Essentials: Using Your Nervous System to Enhance Your Immune System
Huberman Lab25 Sep 2025

Essentials: Using Your Nervous System to Enhance Your Immune System

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain how the immune system defends against infection and describe the relationship between the immune and nervous systems. I discuss the immune system's three primary layers of defense, emphasizing how each contributes to protection from infection. I share practical tools to enhance immune function and accelerate recovery from sickness, including specific breathing patterns, sleep positioning and targeted supplementation. I also explore the powerful mind-body connection, showing how mindset and nervous system activation can directly influence the body's ability to heal. Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/huberman Timestamps (0:00) Immune System & Nervous System (0:33) Immune System 101, Innate & Adaptive Immune Systems (8:03) Mucus & Microbiome, Tools: Nasal Breathing; Avoid Eyes; Ingest Fermented Foods (10:57) Sponsor: AG1 (12:04) Sickness Behavior & Vagus Nerve, Fever, Photophobia, Rest (16:43) Humoral Factors, Inflammatory Cytokines (18:14) Sleep & Enhancing Immune System, Glymphatic System, Tool: Elevate Feet (21:12) Sponsor: LMNT (22:44) Stress & Inflammation, Tool: Early Symptoms & Cyclic Hyperventilation (31:09) Positive Mindset & Immune Function, Dopamine (34:03) Electroacupuncture, Fascia, Catecholamines & Inflammation (36:22) Accelerating Recovery, Medication, Tool: Spirulina & Rhinitis (38:34) Recap & Key Takeaways Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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