This product has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrew Huberman, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-02-14 and the most recent from 2025-09-10. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
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Supplements I’m Taking, Training for Mental Performance, AI Tools, Recovering from Surgery, and More
“I am also taking maca root extract which I found to be beneficial for a host of different things and almost acts like a mild androgen”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tim Ferriss: Author, angel investor, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show; creator of the Coyote card game with Exploding Kittens and founder of the Saisei (SCI) Foundation funding mental-health science. Tim Ferriss answers listener Q&A solo on elbow surgery recovery, his current supplement stack, AI medical-research workflow, fasting, and creative projects.
The Science of Love, Desire and Attachment
“three that in particular have good peer-reviewed research to support them are Maca, M-A-C-A, which is actually a root.”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman: Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. This is a solo episode with no outside guest. Andrew Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of desire, love, and attachment, framing all three as products of autonomic nervous system coordination.
