Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

This book by Paul Ehrlich and Sandra Kahn has been genuinely recommended 2 times on Andrew Huberman. The people who vouched for it on air: Andrew Huberman. It comes up in conversations about anxiety & stress, brain health, hormones, meditation & mindfulness, productivity & performance. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Feb 2023 and the most recent from May 2023. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of this rapid shift in oral evolution and the health risks posed by obstructed airways? Sandra Kahn and Paul R.

• “I'm a big fan of the book Jaws a hidden epidemic written by colleagues of mine at Stanford familiar with it”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “I'm a big fan of the book”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · May 202300:53:00

  Said during "How Smells Influence Our Hormones, Health & Behavior | Dr. Noam Sobel". The episode features Noam Sobel: Professor of neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, formerly at UC Berkeley. His lab studies olfaction and chemosensation, with landmark work on human scent-tracking, the nasal cycle, and social chemosignaling. Olfaction expert Noam Sobel reveals how human smell rivals dogs and silently shapes our hormones, relationships, and behavior.

• “If you want to check out that book Jaws, A Hidden Epidemic, it's a terrific read. And it also shows some absolutely striking pictures, twin studies and so forth”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's a terrific read”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · Feb 202302:11:27

  Said during "How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance". The episode features Andrew Huberman: Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast. This is a solo episode. Huberman explains the mechanics and chemistry of breathing and the zero-cost breathing tools that control stress, sleep, learning and performance.