Essentials: Boost Your Energy & Immune System with Cortisol & Adrenaline
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13. 3. 2025
36 min
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain how specific hormones influence both energy levels and the immune system and discuss practical tools for increasing energy throughout the day and managing stress.
I discuss the mechanism through which cortisol and epinephrine (adrenaline) impact the brain and body and why it’s important to regulate their levels, considering factors like time of day or stress levels. I also cover the positive benefits of short-term stress and behavioral protocols to increase energy and enhance stress resilience. Additionally, I explain how to optimize hormone levels through tools like sunlight exposure, meal timing, and supplements such as ashwagandha.
Huberman Lab Essentials episodes are approximately 30 minutes long and focus on key science and protocol takeaways from past Huberman Lab episodes. Essentials will be released every Thursday, and our full-length episodes will continue to be released every Monday.
Read the full episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Huberman Lab Essentials; Immunity & Energy
00:01:34 Cortisol, Epinephrine (Adrenaline)
00:03:32 Sponsors: BetterHelp & LMNT
00:06:03 Cortisol & Epinephrine Biology
00:07:50 Timing Cortisol Release, Tool: Morning Sunlight Exposure
00:10:07 Daytime Stress, Learning & Cortisol
00:11:30 Tool: Increase Energy, Ice Baths, Cyclic Breathing, HIIT
00:16:23 Sponsor: AG1
00:17:26 Tool: Building Resilience; Cortisol vs. Epinephrine Effects, Immune System
00:21:29 Brief Stressors & Immune System
00:25:12 Sponsor: Function
00:26:59 Chronic Stress, Cortisol, Hunger & Food Choice
00:29:18 Stress & Gray Hair?
00:29:55 Reduce Cortisol & Supplements, Ashwagandha, Apigenin
00:31:39 Optimizing Cortisol & Epinephrine, Tool: Meals, Circadian Eating, Fasting
00:34:15 Recap & Key Takeaways
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The Huberman Lab podcast is hosted by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. The podcast discusses neuroscience and science-based tools, including how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health, as well as existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works.
Huberman has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills, and cognitive functioning. He is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, in 2017.
Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover, and other top media outlets.
In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.