Andrew Huberman

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.

And there's a real basis for why those practices actually work.

So those are three general points about the lymphatic system to keep in mind today as we move forward.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the lymphatic system is directly related to your appearance.

Later you'll learn why if you were to stay up for one night and not get any sleep or even just get a poor night's sleep and you look at your face in the morning, you look very different.

after a poor night's sleep than you do after a great night's sleep.

Sometimes you even look very different immediately upon waking after a great night's sleep, as opposed to a couple of hours later.

Many people wake up with kind of bags under their eyes.

They look kind of groggy.

They look much older.

And then a couple of hours later, they look fresh and that stuff is all cleared away.

And certainly not by doing anything cosmetic in terms of makeup or anything.

That transition from bags under the eyes, feeling a heaviness in the face, the eyes tired, a sort of lack of life in the face and eyes, and then later, just a couple of hours, looking vibrant, the face looking very fresh and ready for the day, that has everything to do with what's called a glymphatic clearance and the lymphatic system of the face and neck.

So today you're going to learn how the lymphatic system works.

You're going to learn how to support your lymphatic system for your immediate and long-term health, as well as for appearance.

And you're going to learn about if you were to have, say, an injury to the body, or God forbid, if you were suffering from cancer, how you could support your lymphatic system.