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Andrew Huberman: Peptides, Sleep Tech, and the End of Obesity
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Daisy Wolf speaks with Dr. Andrew Huberman, professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University and host of the Huberman Lab podcast. They discuss how the pandemic sparked a consumer health revolution, the emerging peptide and GLP landscape, what the science actually says about focus drugs, and the neurotechnologies Huberman believes will let us write to our own biology within the next five years. Timestamps: 0:00—Introduction 1:15—The Health Awakening, Explained 7:02—MAHA's Role in the Health Movement 13:05—GLP-1: Nearly One in Seven Americans 18:37—The Non-GLP Peptide Craze 25:16—Rogue Experiments and Low-Dose GLP 31:40—Real-Time Cortisol Sensing 44:39—The Pet Octopus and AI Communication Resources: Follow Andrew Huberman on X: https://twitter.com/hubermanlab Follow Daisy on X https://twitter.com/daisydwolf Stay Updated: If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to like, subscribe, and share with your friends! Find a16z on X: https://twitter.com/a16z Find a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z Listen to the a16z Show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5bC65RDvs3oxnLyqqvkUYX Listen to the a16z Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a16z-podcast/id842818711 Follow our host: https://x.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see http://a16z.com/disclosures.
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Introduction
"You don't want to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system so much for so often. It can probably shorten your life. There's a whole category of what are called growth hormone secrets which are very po..."
The Health Awakening, Explained
">> Dr. Heberman, welcome to the A16Z show. >> Thank you. Delighted to be here. >> I want to talk about what's happened over the last 5 years. like since you launched your podcast, there's been an extr..."
MAHA's Role in the Health Movement
">> What do you make of kind of Maha's role in this broader health awakening? What do you think the effects will be >> on our health? >> Well, I very deliberately not joined a maja panel to maintain th..."
GLP-1: Nearly One in Seven Americans
">> Let's talk about peptides. Yeah. >> Um nearly one in seven Americans is taking a GLP-1 drug. 20% have tried them. These numbers continue to rise. You've talked about um retride um a GLP and Lily's ..."
The Non-GLP Peptide Craze
">> Maybe you can just kind of speak more broadly about the nongp peptide craze. There's been a lot of kind of black market activity around Chinese peptides. >> Um >> I love how that term has come abou..."
Rogue Experiments and Low-Dose GLP
"people are taking these things and they're getting them either through black market which I don't recommend gray market which is risky or compounding pharmacy so now we're sort of ascending levels of ..."
Real-Time Cortisol Sensing
"measures. people are are working on these things like right now for our listeners there are continuous glucose monitors and they put kind of a little piece of like dental floss under your skin that mo..."
The Pet Octopus and AI Communication
">> Last question. You have a pet octopus. >> I do. >> That is unusual. Tell us about him or her. >> Van Go. Um, >> Van Go. >> Van Go. Yeah, it's a starry night octopus, hence Van Go. And then it got e..."