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Huberman's Sleep Cocktail: Full Supplement List + Doses
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Huberman's Sleep Cocktail: Full Supplement List + Doses

Every dose in Huberman's sleep cocktail, checked against his own newsletter and podcast, with the evidence for each ingredient and who should skip it.

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Natural Anxiety Remedies: 7 Methods Ranked by Speed
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Natural Anxiety Remedies: 7 Methods Ranked by Speed

Seven natural anxiety remedies, from a breathing pattern you can use mid-spike to supplements tested over weeks, with the size and limits of each study.

16 min read
Best Foods for Sleep: What to Eat, How Much and When
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Best Foods for Sleep: What to Eat, How Much and When

Tart cherry juice, kiwi, fatty fish and an early carb-based dinner have the best evidence for sleep. The doses, the timing and how small each study was.

15 min read
Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms: What to Expect and How to Recover
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Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms: What to Expect and How to Recover

Withdrawal starts 12 to 24 hours after your last caffeine, peaks around day 2 and lasts 2 to 9 days. How to ease the headache and taper down.

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Andrew Huberman Daily Routine: 8 Habits, Fact-Checked
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Andrew Huberman Daily Routine: 8 Habits, Fact-Checked

Huberman's day as he described it in 2021, from morning light and delayed caffeine to NSDR after lunch and a cool bedroom, with each habit checked against the studies.

14 min read
How to Lower Cortisol: The Timing-First Protocol
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How to Lower Cortisol: The Timing-First Protocol

Cortisol should be high soon after waking and low by evening. How to lower it with timed light, easy exercise, time outdoors, sleep and ashwagandha, and what each study found.

15 min read
Default Mode Network: How to Work with Your Brain's Rest State
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Default Mode Network: How to Work with Your Brain's Rest State

The default mode network is what runs when your mind wanders. What it does, why a busy one goes with rumination and worry, and what quiets it, with the size of each study.

13 min read
Focus Techniques: 7 Methods and the Evidence
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Focus Techniques: 7 Methods and the Evidence

Seven focus techniques with timings and honest evidence: phone out of the room, one task at a time, sleep, attention drills, movement, timed blocks and rest.

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How to Improve Memory: What to Do During and After Learning
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How to Improve Memory: What to Do During and After Learning

Test yourself instead of rereading, space your reviews, rest quietly after studying and sleep 7 to 9 hours. The study behind each tip, sized honestly.

14 min read
How to Enter Flow State: 5 Conditions You Can Set Up
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How to Enter Flow State: 5 Conditions You Can Set Up

Five conditions that make flow likely, from Csikszentmihalyi's research to a cortisol experiment, plus which famous flow numbers to ignore.

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