Andrew Huberman· PhD
I'm a big um fan of yerba mate I'm drinking it right now in fact um in its many forms usually the loose leaf I don't tend to drink it out of the gourd my dad's Argentine so that's where I picked it up I started drinking it when I was like five years old or younger which I don't recommend people do is heavily caffeinated don't drink the smoked versions either folks I think those are potentially carcinogenic but this thing that you describe of of carrying around the thermos close to the body if you are ever in Uruguay or if you ever spot grown men in a restaurant anywhere in the world carrying a thermos with them and to their meals and hugging it close chances are they're Uruguayan and they're drinking yerba mate they drink it usually after their meals supposed to be good for your digestion so it's not that far from from reality I don't carry the thermos but I do drink mate every day