Can one podcast episode change your life?
On the 29th of August, 2022, I listened to Huberman Lab Podcast.
I haven't touched alcohol ever since.
10 lessons from @hubermanlab that made me quit alcohol after 18 years of regular drinking
#ship30for30
On the 29th of August, 2022, I listened to Huberman Lab Podcast.
I haven't touched alcohol ever since.
10 lessons from @hubermanlab that made me quit alcohol after 18 years of regular drinking
#ship30for30
@hubermanlab 1/ You're poisoning your body when you drink alcohol.
Your liver metabolizes alcohol into acetaldehyde. It is a poison to your brain and body. It kills cells.
Being drunk is a poison-induced disruption.
Your liver metabolizes alcohol into acetaldehyde. It is a poison to your brain and body. It kills cells.
Being drunk is a poison-induced disruption.
@hubermanlab 2/ Alcohol damages your brain
You have a well-protected blood-brain barrier.
But alcohol can easily pass through it and directly damage your brain.
It gets where most damaging substances can't.
You have a well-protected blood-brain barrier.
But alcohol can easily pass through it and directly damage your brain.
It gets where most damaging substances can't.
@hubermanlab It leads to
• neurons degeneration
• thinning prefrontal cortex - the area responsible for thinking, memory, planning, or suppressing impulsive behavior
• thinning neocortex - the area responsible for higher cognitive functioning.
• neurons degeneration
• thinning prefrontal cortex - the area responsible for thinking, memory, planning, or suppressing impulsive behavior
• thinning neocortex - the area responsible for higher cognitive functioning.
@hubermanlab 3/ Alcohol damages your gut microbiome.
It kills your good bacteria and healthy gut microbiota.
It causes a leaky gut, so toxins and other harmful substances effortlessly enter your brain and body.
Alcohol disrupts your natural gut protection.
It kills your good bacteria and healthy gut microbiota.
It causes a leaky gut, so toxins and other harmful substances effortlessly enter your brain and body.
Alcohol disrupts your natural gut protection.
@hubermanlab 4/ The optimal alcohol intake is ZERO.
Even a moderate amount of alcohol (2-3 drinks a week) has a negative impact.
Not drinking is always the best choice.
Even a moderate amount of alcohol (2-3 drinks a week) has a negative impact.
Not drinking is always the best choice.
@hubermanlab 5/ No scientific research has proven any positive impact of alcohol on your health.
Period.
Period.
@hubermanlab 6/ Alcohol permanently increases the stress level.
Regular drinkers produce more cortisol, even during sober days.
Cortisol is the "stress hormone." The more you produce, the more stressed and anxious you become.
Regular drinkers produce more cortisol, even during sober days.
Cortisol is the "stress hormone." The more you produce, the more stressed and anxious you become.
@hubermanlab 7/ Alcohol reinforces your lizard brain
The lizard brain is the most primitive part of your brain.
Alcohol boosts the lizard brain even when you're sober.
Regular alcohol intake strengthens impulsive and habitual behaviors.
Your emotional stability diminishes.
The lizard brain is the most primitive part of your brain.
Alcohol boosts the lizard brain even when you're sober.
Regular alcohol intake strengthens impulsive and habitual behaviors.
Your emotional stability diminishes.
@hubermanlab 8/ Alcohol disrupts sleep.
Even if you "sleep like a baby" after alcohol, the quality of your sleep is terrible.
The quality of your sleep is essential to your cognitive and physical performance.
It impacts your emotional stability.
Even if you "sleep like a baby" after alcohol, the quality of your sleep is terrible.
The quality of your sleep is essential to your cognitive and physical performance.
It impacts your emotional stability.
@hubermanlab 9/ Alcohol increases cancer risk.
The risk of breast cancer among women is the highest.
The risk of breast cancer among women is the highest.
@hubermanlab 10/ Damage to the prefrontal cortex and neocortex is reversible within 2-6 months of abstinence.
The exceptions are chronic abusive drinkers (12+ drinks per week for several years).
They recover only partially.
The exceptions are chronic abusive drinkers (12+ drinks per week for several years).
They recover only partially.
That's a wrap!
Hopefully, you'll remember this thread when reaching for the next drink.
Follow me @KrisOgrabek for more tips on how to keep your brain healthy and strong.
Hopefully, you'll remember this thread when reaching for the next drink.
Follow me @KrisOgrabek for more tips on how to keep your brain healthy and strong.
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