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Use Licorice for Travel Wakefulness
Licorice may be used strategically while traveling to promote wakefulness at a destination because of its cortisol-elevating effects; timing should be managed carefully to avoid creating two cortisol peaks in one day.
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“I suppose one instance where you might want to use licorice would be if you're traveling and you're trying to wake up at a particular location, because licorice has these effects on cortisol and cortisol is associated with the waking phenomenon and alertness and energy, you could use it in that regard.”
Andrew Huberman · Using Cortisol & Adrenaline to Boost Our Energy & Immune System Function · May 3, 2021 · 1:28:05 · YouTube ↗
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