What Michael Pollan has said about Caffeine
3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 28, 2026
Michael Pollan, Journalist and author of How to Change Your Mind, has been quoted on Caffeine 3 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on September 28, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Pollan says caffeine has many positive health effects up to about seven or eight cups a day.
“It has a lot of very positive health effects, up to seven or eight cups a day”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:54:44
Pollan recounts that his first coffee after a three-month caffeine fast was a more powerful drug experience than any psychedelic.
“The day I got back on caffeine, my first cup, it was just the best drug experience, better than any psychedelic experience I've had”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:54:44
Pollan argues that drugs are not inherently good or bad and that context determines their effects.
“Drugs are not good or bad. I mean, it's all about context”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:58:50
Episodes
What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael PollanHuberman Lab · Sep 28, 2026 · 2 h 3 min
Andrew Huberman and author Michael Pollan discuss consciousness, plant intelligence, the microbiome, psychedelics, food politics and Pollan's experiment quitting caffeine.
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- Aimie Apigian · 2 quotes
- Jonathan Cohen · 1 quote
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- Ultra-processed food · 2 quotes
- Ego dissolution · 2 quotes
- Plant intelligence · 2 quotes
- Ibogaine · 1 quote
- Artificial intelligence · 1 quote