McGill OSS Article: Andrew Huberman Has Supplements on the Brain

"Neuroscience professor Andrew Huberman hosts one of the most popular science podcasts. So why does he love dietary supplements so much?"

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/c...andrew-huberman-has-bad-case-supplement-brain

 

Sounds like my kind of guy.

 

Vitamin E supplements are not all equal. According to wikipedia "Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols." Many vitamin E supplements just contain alpha-tocopherol. Some people swear by supplements that contain just the tocotrienols, some people take all eight compounds. Some take only alpha and beta-tocopherol. I haven't done any research into all the various forms of vitamin E and I don't take it. But I doubt that any research will be done into it to find out what benefits the various forms gives to those with low (but not deficient) levels, given that vitamins can't be patented.

Beta-carotene is a provitamin not a vitamin. It has to be converted into vitamin A before it can do it's job as a vitamin. Some people can't do the conversion very well, and they can go orange if they take beta-carotene, particularly on the soles of the feet and the palms of the hands. I don't take vitamin A or beta-carotene either.

 

The palms of my hands had an orange hue for weeks when I was into heavy juicing in the 90's. I don't think I was able to convert and it overactivated my thyroid b/c my hair started shedding.

 

I bought a juicer in the 90's. I used it a bit, but was too tired to keep at it.

Note, veggie juice was supposed to cure me.

 

Long article on Huberman


Andrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of Control
The private and public seductions of the world’s biggest pop neuroscientist.

Talks a bit about the supplements and also mentions that his lab is barely operational.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-huberman-podcast-stanford-joe-rogan.html