Improve Your Lymphatic System for Overall Health & Appearance

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. Today we are discussing the lymphatic system. For many of you, the lymphatic system probably sounds a little bit esoteric, and for many of you, the lymphatic system may even draw up notions of people talking about lymphatic clearance or doing bizarre seeming types of very light massage or jade rollers or bouncing on trampolines. And I must say, in researching this episode, I came to three

general conclusions that I think are important to point out right now. First of all, your lymphatic system is absolutely essential to your immediate and long-term health. It's an incredible system that is serving you right now as you listen to this, and it's a system that you need to support. The second conclusion is that the lymphatic system is somewhat cryptic. And it doesn't get as much attention as, say, the cardiovascular system or your brain and nervous system or even the gut microbiome.

And then the third conclusion is that the lymphatic system, and what is sometimes just generally referred to as lymphatics, often get kind of a bad rap. And the reason is that a lot of the practices that are out there in the wellness space and health space that relate to lymphatics can often seem a little bit goofy or odd or kind of new agey or woo. Things like rebounding, like bouncing on a trampoline, or shaking, things of that sort. And to some extent, they look odd, because typically those aren't behaviors that most people engage in every day. But once you understand the structure and function of the lymphatic system, which you soon will, you'll realize why things like rebounding, things like treading water, things like specific ways of breathing actually serve the lymphatic system quite well.

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