2025-02-24
3 小时 28 分钟Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast where we discuss science and science based tools for everyday life.
I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.
My guest today is Dr. Roger Schwelt.
Dr. Roger Schweltt is a board certified medical doctor in Pulmonology, which is the understanding and treatment of conditions that impact the respiratory system so such as colds, flus and other viruses, mold, infections, Asthma and more.
Dr. Schweilt is also board certified in Sleep medicine.
He does his clinical work in the Intensive Care unit at Loma Linda University and he is actively involved in medical and public health education through his terrific online channel called MedCram.
Today we discuss how to avoid getting colds, flus and other viruses and how to treat them to minimize discomfort, accelerate healing and avoid long term consequences.
During today's episode we discuss long Covid as well as the use of sun and red light to stimulate mitochondrial and therefore metabolic health across the entire brain and body.
That opens up a broader discussion about phototherapy, which is the use of light to control health and temperature and other levers for improving brain and bodily function.
Dr. Schwell emphasizes that sun and red light therapy have a long and well established medical history and their mechanisms of action are known and therefore it's not just biohacking as many people think.
We also discuss the sometimes controversial topic of the flu shot and if and when you should get one.
Dr.
Schwelt, as you'll soon hear, is world class at making medical concepts and the actionable items related to health exceptionally clear.
As a consequence, I'm certain that you'll truly appreciate the knowledge that he shares in your efforts to be and stay healthy at any age.
In fact, by the end of today's episode, you'll be armed with the real knowledge on how to best get over nasty infections of the sinuses, lungs and throat faster should you happen to get one, and even better, how to avoid them altogether.
Before we begin, I'd like to emphasize that this podcast is separate from my teaching and research roles at Stanford.
It is, however, part of my desire.
And effort to bring zero cost to consumer information about science and science related tools to the general public.
In keeping with that theme, this episode does include sponsors.
And now for my discussion with Dr. Roger Schwelt.