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What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health

Andrew Huberman · podcast · Watch on YouTube

Neuroscience & the brainNutrition & diet scienceMental health & neurodiversity

What it is

A two-hour Huberman Lab podcast episode on the physiological effects of alcohol on the brain and body at different levels of consumption. It covers genetic predisposition to alcoholism, alcohol metabolism, and how it causes cellular stress and changes thinking and behavior.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters say it convinced them to quit or cut down on drinking, and point to it as a more comprehensive treatment than most articles.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Andrew Huberman's 2-hour blog post on the negative effects of alcohol[1] convinced me to stop drinking.”

    Convinced the commenter to stop drinking

    cl42, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Against Alcohol”

  2. “Listening to the huberman podcast about alcohol really hit home.”

    Hit home and led commenter to quit drinking

    pipes, 2023-10 · Strong recommendation · in “The drugs did work (2006)”

  3. “his alcohol episode convinced me to really cut down on drinking”

    Episode convinced commenter to cut drinking, improving sleep and weight

    robrenaud, 2023-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?”

  4. “I recently saw this one from Dr. Andrew Huberman, which seemed more comprehensive than a lot of what I've read before.”

    Comprehensive explanation of alcohol's effects on body and brain

    guiambros, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?”

  5. “a recent podcast has helped sway me to effectively give up alcohol”

    Podcast that helped the commenter give up alcohol

    pstuart, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “How I Felt After Binge-Drinking 'Hangover-Free' Alcohol”

  6. “For a detailed take, listen / watch the Huberman Lab podcast”

    Detailed take on alcohol's effects, deeper than the article

    givemeethekeys, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “Alcohol affects your body, from first flush of happiness to hangover”

  7. “Huberman has a great episode too”

    Great Huberman episode on alcohol's health effects

    softwaredoug, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “SF's Anchor Brewing Company shutting down after 127 years”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: alcohol, neuroscience, huberman lab, addiction, metabolism

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