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Dr. Elissa Epel: Control Stress for Healthy Eating, Metabolism & Aging

2023/4/3
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Andrew Huberman
是一位专注于神经科学、学习和健康的斯坦福大学教授和播客主持人。
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Elissa Epel
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Andrew Huberman: 介绍了Elissa Epel博士的研究,涵盖压力对大脑和身体的积极和消极影响,以及压力对行为选择(特别是饮食)的影响,并探讨了压力干预措施(例如冥想和呼吸练习)。Huberman还强调了Epel博士研究中性别和社会地位对压力和压力干预有效性的影响。 Elissa Epel: 详细解释了压力的不同类型(好压力、坏压力、急性压力、慢性压力),并强调了应对压力的重要性,而不是仅仅关注压力源。Epel博士指出,过度思考和反复琢磨是压力的主要来源,并介绍了多种应对策略,包括提高自我意识、区分有益的思考和有害的反复琢磨,以及改变思维方式。她还讨论了身体和环境策略,例如释放身体压力、改变环境和创造安全感。Epel博士还解释了急性、中等和慢性压力以及恢复机制。她还讨论了压力对细胞衰老、认知和行为选择(特别是饮食)的影响,以及如何利用压力来改善健康和表现。她还介绍了各种压力干预措施,包括冥想、呼吸练习(包括Wim Hof方法)、运动和饮食干预。最后,她讨论了压力对线粒体健康、情绪和衰老的影响,以及应对慢性压力和不确定性的策略。 Andrew Huberman: 在讨论中,Huberman提出了关于管理过度思考和反复琢磨的科学方法的问题,以及如何应对压力以及压力对饮食和衰老的影响。他还探讨了短期、中期和长期压力的不同形式,以及如何识别这些形式。他还询问了关于压力和挑战反应、以及如何促进挑战反应的机制和策略。Huberman还讨论了压力对内啡肽系统和饮食习惯的影响,以及如何通过干预来打破压力引起的暴饮暴食循环。他还探讨了正念、怀孕和代谢健康之间的关系,以及如何使用正念来改善代谢健康。最后,Huberman还讨论了冥想、迷幻药和神经可塑性之间的关系,以及如何利用这些方法来改善健康和福祉。

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This chapter explores the multifaceted nature of stress, differentiating between acute, chronic, and good vs bad stress. It emphasizes the importance of our response to stressors, rather than the stressors themselves, and discusses how our thoughts significantly contribute to our stress levels. The chapter also touches upon the decreased stress levels observed in older adults compared to younger adults.
  • Stress is defined as feeling overwhelmed when demands exceed resources.
  • Thoughts are the most common form of stress.
  • Older adults generally report lower stress levels than younger adults.
  • Chronic stress can have a significant toll on the body, but individual responses vary greatly.

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In this episode, my guest is Elissa Epel, Ph.D.), professor and vice chair of the department of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the author of a new book entitled "The Stress Prescription)." We discuss her work showing how stress impacts mood, eating behavior, mental health, physical health, and aging. She explains stress intervention tools using “top-down” techniques (e.g., radical acceptance, mindfulness, reframing), body-based methods (e.g., breathwork) including the Wim Hof Method, exercise, meditation, body scans, and environmental shifts proven to help people cease unhealthy rumination patterns. We discuss how stress can positively impact psychology and sense of purpose, how stress affects cellular aging, how our narratives of stressful events impact our mood and biology, and how to effectively reframe stress. She explains science-based techniques to break stress-induced cycles of craving and overeating and thereby improve insulin sensitivity and metabolic health. Dr. Epel provides a wide range of tools shown to be effective in reducing stress and improving various aspects of our health.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Dr. Elissa Epel

(00:02:33) Sponsors: LMNT & Waking Up

(00:06:18) Stress; Effects on Body & Mind

(00:12:50) Tools: Overthinking & Stress

(00:15:37) Acute, Moderate & Chronic Stress, Breathing

(00:21:23) Stress Benefits, Aging & Cognition; Stress Challenge Response

(00:27:23) Sponsor: AG1 (Athletic Greens)

(00:32:19) Tool: Shifting Stress to Challenge Response, “Stress Shields”

(00:37:400 Stress, Overeating, Craving & Opioid System

(00:48:55) Tools: Breaking Overeating Cycles, Mindfulness

(00:54:44) Soda & Sugary Drinks

(01:00:51) Smoking, Processed Food & Rebellion

(01:06:47) Tools: Mindfulness, Pregnancy & Metabolic Health

(01:14:11) Body Scan & Cravings

(01:17:28) Tool: Meditation & Aging; Meditation Retreats

(01:23:35) Meditation, Psychedelics & Neuroplasticity

(01:26:02) Mitochondrial Health, Stress & Mood

(01:29:49) Chronic Stress & Radical Acceptance, “Brick Wall”

(01:37:57) Tool: Control, Uncertainty

(01:45:25) Stress Management, “Skillful Surfing”

(01:50:25) Narrative, Purpose & Stress

(01:52:49) Breathwork, Wim Hof Method, Positivity & Cellular Aging

(02:03:11) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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