Science of Mindsets for Health & Performance | Dr. Alia Crum

My guest is Dr. Alia Crum, Associate (tenured) Professor of
Psychology at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Mind
& Body Lab. Dr. Crum is a world expert on mindsets and beliefs
and how they shape our responses to stress, exercise, and even to
the foods we eat. We discuss how our mindset about the nutritional
content of food changes whether it is satisfying to us at a
physiological (hormonal and metabolic) level. She also tells how
mindsets about exercise can dramatically alter the effects of
exercise on weight loss, blood pressure, and other health metrics.
Dr. Crum teaches us how to think about stress in ways that allow
stress to grow us and bring out our best rather than diminish our
health and performance. Throughout the episode, Dr. Crum provides
descriptions of high-quality peer-reviewed scientific findings that
we can all leverage toward better health and performance in our
lives. For the full show notes, visit hubermanlab.com. Thank you to
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https://livemomentous.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00)
Introducing Dr. Alia Crum from Stanford University (00:03:31)
Sponsors: AG1, LMNT (00:08:26) What Is a Mindset & What Does It
Do?  (00:14:45) Mindsets Change Our Biological Responses to
Food (00:22:28) Beliefs About Our Food Matter (00:25:57) Placebo vs
Beliefs vs Nocebo Effects (00:28:57) Mindset (Dramatically) Impacts
the Effects of Exercise (00:33:44) Motivational Messaging &
Mindset About Fitness (00:39:30) The Power of a ‘Potency &
Indulgence’ Mindset (00:42:03) Mindsets About Sleep, Tracking
Sleep  (00:45:00) Making Stress Work For (or Against) You
(01:01:50) Mindsets Link Our Conscious & Subconscious
(01:04:50) 3 Best Ways to Leverage Stress (01:10:40) 4 Things That
Shape Mindsets, Influencers & Mindsets (01:19:40) Mindsets
About Medicines & Side Effects (01:26:25) How to Teach Mindsets
(01:31:47) Dr. Crum’s Research, Clinical & Athletic Backgrounds
(01:36:20) The Stanford Mind & Body Lab, Resources for Stress
(01:38:30) Synthesis, Participating in Research (01:39:04)
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