Switching between Deep Mental Focus and Hard Physical workouts
Dear Huberman I am scientist and my main daily routine is to learn, study, and solve problems. However I also like to stay fit. It is difficult for me to keep a schedule where I can et my self to do a workout after a deep focus session in the afternoon for example. It is also difficult to do deep focus sessions after a workout session in the morning. How can I get my self to switch more efficiently and easily between the 2? PS.: At days of hard workout I can not reach a deep focus state at my work. Can I overcome this?
omega 3, atrial fibrillation
I am a Psychiatrist working in Germany. Today we received a Black Box Warning (Red Hand Letter in german, :) ) about the risk of atrial fibrillation with high dose omega 3 fatty acid use . Here are the references they cited, maybe you want to comment on that sometime? Best Defne Eraslan ombardi M, Carbone S, Del Buono MG, Chiabrando JG, Vescovo GM, Camilli M, Montone RA, Vergallo R, Abbate A, Biondi-Zoccai G, Dixon DL, Crea F. Omega-3 fatty acids supplementation and risk of atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Pharmacother. 2021 Jul 23;7(4):e69-e70. Doi: 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvab008. PMID: 33910233; PMCID: PMC8302253. (2) Gencer B, Djousse L, Al-Ramady OT, Cook NR, Manson JE, Albert CM. Effect of Long-Term Marine ɷ -3 Fatty Acids Supplementation on the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Randomized Controlled Trials of Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Circulation. 2021 Dec 21;144(25):1981-1990. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055654. Epub 2021 Oct 6. PMID: 34612056; PMCID: PMC9109217. (3) J Yan, M Liu, D Yang, Y Zhang, F An, The most important safety risk of fish oil from the latest meta-analysis?, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Volume 29, Issue Supplement_1, May 2022, zwac056.186, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwac056.186
Dysautonomia
Hey Dr. Huberman, I have recently been diagnosed with an acute case of dysautonomia. In the span of a month I had a heat stroke, anaphylactic shock due to eating a known food allergen, an episode of what we thought was anaphylactic shock and treated it as such but now seems like it wasn't due to not eating the known allergen, and then finally a concussion upon returning to my teams off season practices. All this sent my body into whack and after a million tests I received my diagnosis of the acute dysautonomia. I play professional indoor soccer (so not as big as the mls, but the highest league, the masl, of indoor soccer.) I am trying to get my body to recover and am frustrated with the symptoms I feel still, and even though I am getting help from an amazing neurological team I still feel like I could get all the help I can. So my question to you is this. Can you shed any of the vast wisdom you have to help with my situation? Can I truly recover and be back to "normal" and playing again? And if so how can I do that? Thanks!
Consciousness & Meditation Studies
Would you know of any current research studies on the use of meditation to connect to the consciousness/frequency of a departed loved one? My curiosity is if anyone is studying where in the brain we process the connection to higher consciousness? I feel bat shit crazy admitting to the various phenomenon I have been experiencing, but my curiosity and scientific nature are greater than the embarrassment. The experience you describe with Costello's passing--that sensation that shot through your chest that is emblazoned on your memory--I experienced that too, when Michael died of COVID in 2021. I have been obsessed with reconnecting to and maintaining my connection to that frequency ever since. My theory is that during his 40+ day hospitalization (and subsequent medically induced coma and intubation), we entrained our frequencies and created some form of quantum entanglement. I am curious where in my brain I receive the electronic impulses that create the 'pinch' sensation he can create on my skin during deep meditation....