How to Enhance Your Gut Microbiome for Brain & Overall Health

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as an accessible neuroscientist's overview of gut microbiome science with practical takeaways.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Andrew Huberman

Topic

gut microbiome and brain health

Format

podcast

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• Our gut biomes and the gut-brain axis are pretty mind-blowing in the way they facilitate our behaviors and general mental/physical health. It's amazing how much we haven't figured out yet too...especially with neural pathways. Today's world of commercialized food (a few major foods/culprits in particular) …

• Cold showers, breath exercises (i.e. Wim Hof method), intermittent fasting and physical exercise do wonders for regulating stress, boosting immunity, dopamine, and serotonin. Cutting out sugar and eating fermented probiotic foods like sauerkraut, kimchi and apple cider vinegar can also help your gut microbiome immensely. …

• This is the sort of advice people need to hear more of. Almost none of us are ever going to realistically adopt a hunter-gatherer lifestyle again. We need more data on how to get close to that within the confines of modern life. There's some …