Increase intake of tyrosine-rich foods such as red meat, nuts, Parmesan, and other protein-containing foods to support dopamine and catecholamine production. The idea is that providing more dietary tyrosine can help maintain baseline dopamine levels and promote alertness and wakefulness, especially when mental energy is low.
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“Nuts and meats, in particular red meats, tend to be rich in things like tyrosine. That tells you right there that because tyrosine is the precursor of dopamine and dopamine is the precursor of norepinephrine and epinephrine, that those foods tend to lend themselves toward the production of dopamine and epinephrine and the sorts of things that are associated with wakefulness.”
Andrew Huberman · Using Science to Optimize Sleep, Learning & Metabolism | Huberman Lab Essentials · Nov 28, 2024 · 27:57 · YouTube ↗