But I certainly didnt appreciate at the time what it was doing to my health. degrees in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics. It quickly raised more than $40 million from big-name donors to facilitate expensive, high-risk studies intended to illuminate the root causes of obesity. ATTIA: Correct. Dr. Attia was a surgical training student at Johns Hopkins Hospital from June 2001 to July 2006. Now that Im concerned with longevity, that type of working out is totally unnecessary. So, again, evolution won. Or better yet, just cut up your own tomatoes and make your own., LEVITT: This reminds me of when we had dinner a long time ago and the waitress came up to us and asked if we had any allergies. LEVITT: So tell me about when you were 14 and you wanted to be a professional boxer. Its a wonderful fuel. Dr. Peter Attia is a medical doctor specializing in health, longevity and preventive medicine. And I think most people do find a lot of benefit from it. And we differentiate that form from the one that we evolved with by calling it nutritional ketosis. It also has a significant effect in terms of fat oxidation. and holds a B.Sc. Theres days when I think technologys going to solve all of our problems. Marion Nestle notes the Arnold's working relationship with a National Restaurant . Residency didnt seem very merit-based. He has since been mentored by some of the most experienced and innovative lipidologists, endocrinologists, gynecologists, sleep physiologists, and longevity scientists in the United States and Canada. So, I think it puts N.I.H. He is the host of The Drive, one of the most popular podcasts covering the topics of health and medicine. ATTIA: Yes, it was a lactate meter that she got me to be able to prick my finger while riding my bike and swimming or running or whatever. If were going to take Tylenol, we know the dose. How we are going about medicine the wrong way. Dr. Attia believes we must replace this outdated framework with a personalized, proactive strategy for longevity, one where we take action now, rather than waiting. Incredible evidence in how it prevents neurodegeneration and basically all forms of chronic disease. I could barely turn my head. And so its okay to be an engineer and then to be a surgeon and then to be a McKinsey guy and then to be a nutrition guy and then to be a this guy and a that guy. Peter Attia, MD, is the President and co-Founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). I also had an additional conversation with Kevin Hall, PhD, one of the key researchers NuSI . Dr. Peter trained for five years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in general surgery, where he was the recipient of several prestigious awards, including Resident of the Year. Hes spent the last few years being mentored by the top medical scientists and now hosts The Drive, a weekly, deep-dive podcast focusing on maximizing longevity by working on physical, cognitive, and emotional health. [7] Attia co-founded and served as President of Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI) with Gary Taubes in 2012. And the more adenosine you accumulate, the more you fatigue. ATTIA: Well, I think theres something biologically interesting that happens in people when they have a kid, which is, they sort of realize their own mortality in a way. Its not about exercising more, especially as he gets older. In addition to being an accomplished physician, Dr. Peter is also a successful businessman. It promises to be one of the most important books you'll ever read." Steven D. Levitt, New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomics "In Outlive, Peter Attia explores the science of not just . ATTIA: Yeah, I mean, most of these viruses are actually benign enough. is incredibly risk averse. He is licensed in Texas (S8803), California (A96452), and New York (281406-1). And so it might be that its the rigidity of thought that is really the biggest problem. So there are lots of benefits to fasting. How often? The owner of this blog reserves the right to edit or delete any comments submitted to the blog without notice. But I have to say, hes also completely, totally insane. 2 teaspoons (10 mL) every evening with dinner, providing 1600mg EPA and 1,000mg DHA. Because what youre basically saying is: whats the dose? And then take a little step further, and you reach neurodegenerative disease, of which Alzheimers disease is far and away the most common and also the most rapidly increasing. Peter Attia talks with Steve Levitt about the problem with immortality, whats missing from our Covid response, and why nicotine is underrated. And then, of course, this third piece, which is the emotional resilience and the ability to maintain a tolerance around distress. Dr. Peter Attia. The purpose of comments on our site is to expand knowledge, engage in thoughtful discussion, and learn more from readers. Those four main pillars focus on the different areas Dr. Peter wants to maintain good health even into old age. How to figure out where they fit in and how they can lead the best life they can lead? LEVITT: And how much fasting does a person have to do to start getting those benefits? After medical school, Attia spent five years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland as a general surgery resident. We promise no spam. Its the cognitive piece so how well does your brain work as you age? His post can be found here. His practice focuses on the applied science of longevity. Throughout our lives, we experience different stressors that can cause strain on our mental health. And it was at that point that I learned about this company called McKinsey that was like business school that you got paid for. @bariweiss. You got to do it.. And so now eating a diet thats high in fructose, again, especially liquid fructose, wreaks all metabolic destruction. He is the Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of the fasting app. Thats the ultimate goal: To practice medicine and healthy living in such a way that we avoid encountering any kind of death before we have to. And its unfortunate that it was typically packaged with an otherwise horrible set of molecules in cigarettes. ATTIA: Totally my favorite thing on the planet. But I tried to build a mathematical model to address a problem in the I.C.U. What Happened To Peter Attia. But theres a lot of new research coming out among economists, of all people, thats starting to flag the importance of sleep. So, if we can stop eating a few hours before bedtime, well get better sleep, our bodies will process the glucose we consume, and we can avoid Type 2 diabetes. Were you a good boxer? is part of the Freakonomics Radio Network, and is produced by, and Stitcher. This mask versus that mask? But I think every once in a while, its good to make them a little uncomfortable and stretch them a little bit. If you just landed here, feel free to make a post about who you are, why you listen, and what you love . Thats the problem that Dr. Peter and other doctors like him are trying to solve. And we might have to take a closer look at your sleep habits. Your podcasts are like a massive gift to humanity. I hope you loved this episode as much as I did. Peter Attia: "I Definitely Lost a Lot of IQ Points That Day" He's been an engineer, a surgeon, a management consultant, and even a boxer. Dont just listen to people say stuff you agree with. So the brain could use it as a glucose substitute, and it would offset 50 to 60 percent of its glucose requirement. But you started out wanting to be a professional boxer. But the point is, without making these proactive changes, they mightve lived only until 70. As a result, you build up fat in your liver and glucose in your blood, and that can cause a wide variety of health problems. Because for most people, the last 20 years, especially the last 10 years, are not great, both physically and cognitively. I think once I was in medical school and I decided I wanted to become a surgeon, I just had this anxiety, which was, Well, what if you have to operate in the middle of the night and youre tired? So one of the things I started doing in my last year of medical school was, every Thursday night I would stay up, pull an all-nighter, stand at my desk, not allow myself to pee, and practice suturing on my desk in this model that I made that was supposed to resemble a human heart. All of the music you heard on this show was composed by Luis Guerra. Aging often comes with significant physical problems that are increasingly tough to deal with. Your body naturally creates glucose in your liver, so when you eat and consume extra glucose, your body sends it to your muscles, and you use it as energy. To listen ad-free, subscribe to Stitcher Premium. 3K? Whats the latest we should eat before going to bed? He is the host ofThe Drive, one of the most popular podcasts covering the topics of health and medicine. So I went, three days and just had water. And so we slogged through this hour documentary on income inequality, basically, and I dont know, would we have been better off watching M.S.T. But it needs to be that long nap because thats about the length of time it takes to go through the phases of sleep. You sometimes need that distance from something. Try playing chess with it, its so confident gives you a very detailed analysis why it's making a move and why your move was wrong, but tried to make illegal moves and doesn't But theyre not really set up to do big, big thinking. Its one of the three vetted sleep surveys that really can give us insight into your sleep. The first two are simple: Diet and exercise. So I abandoned that one on my own. The parallel in economics, the National Science Foundation, is the big federal funder of a lot of economists. Dr. Peter Attia is the founder of Attia Medical PC. But not too far behind it is cancer. A surgeon who developed metabolic syndrome himself despite the fact that he ate well and exercised often, Attia realized that our understanding of these important health issues may not actually be correct. I am absolutely in the process of rewriting it, and that is my intention. He is willing to entertain any hypothesis. But we just have to know what were doing it for and what matters. ATTIA: Well, I think its too soon to say that. Learn how to live longer, be healthier, and optimize your performance. Steve LEVITT: It is such a pleasure to be talking today with my good friend Peter Attia, physician, endurance athlete, longevity expert, podcaster. Ive been enjoying them very much, If you want to know how to live longer, and how to live better, you should be listening to Peter. Healthspan has three pieces, right? When it comes to chronic and life-threatening diseases, Dr. Peter said it comes down to three major things: So the big three are, in order, atherosclerotic disease so thats vascular disease, meaning heart disease and stroke. Dr. Peters goal is to reduce those early deaths as much as possible. And for that, Dr. Peter recommended therapy. However, theres one disease that underlies all three of these. I think I probably spent too many years ignoring things that shouldnt have been ignored. We care about this. If you want pasta sauce, find one that has no sugar. It showed I had cerebral contusions. And then probably have N.I.H. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and three kids. Why werent we immediately engaging in a whole bunch of experiments that would very rapidly get us answers to questions that would enable us to decide what to do? points on that day. Peter's current diet can simplified into 3 "rules": Time Restricted Feeding Avoid Sugars, High Fructose Corn Syrup & Junk Food No Restriction on Healthy Starches and Vegetables 1) Time Restricted Feeding At the low end, Peter fasts between 14 - 16 hours each day, and at the high end, he fasts between 20 - 22 hours. Peter Attia @PeterAttiaMD. In addition to training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Peter also spent two years at the National Institutes of Health as a surgical oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute, where his research focused on immune-based therapies for melanoma. You need to hit a local minima in life to make a change, if not an absolute minimum. I definitely had one horrible concussion. Bring everyone together in one space with Microsoft Teams! Dr. Peter Attia and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss the truth about dietary cholesterol and what impacts it.Dr. . document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 20122023 PA IP, LLC. Now, whether its another SARS coronavirus or an influenza virus or another virus, I dont know. So thats how I ended up at McKinsey. And in the meantime, if youre ready to learn how to live to be over 100 and prevent chronic diseases, join me on Episode 1,045 with Dr. Peter Attia! Hes really it makes me hopeful that I got some of those genes, that I can have a shot at some of that too. LEVITT: Yeah, I mean, youve listed a bunch of things that we would want to know the answers to that we dont know the answers to. And my glucose level is very low. Its easy to be an armchair quarterback, but its still hard for me to realize why we didnt make a greater effort to ramp up testing quicker. LEVITT: Thats been my reaction exactly, is, the answer to every one of the questions you just posed is completely and totally knowable. Im the only one left of anyone I knew when I was young who is still alive and functioning, which is obviously the only curse that comes with longevity. In addition to training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Peter also spent two years at the. And this mutation actually is what saved our species, because if we didnt have the ability to go to a cold place like Europe and get fat in the fall by eating all of the fructose-rich berries, we wouldnt have survived the winters. In 2014, Attia founded Attia Medical, PC, a medical practice focusing on the applied science of longevity and optimal performance. I admire his dedication to becoming a kick-ass 100-year-old, and I only hope I can do the same! So thats called starvation ketosis. And white bread is generally depleted of anything of value. ATTIA: Exactly. Ive known Peter for 10 years. based in San Diego and New York. Lets watch this thing instead. And shes like, Who is this guy? And I said, Look, I dont agree with half the things this guy says, but he is categorically one of the smartest dudes ever. . But eating the quantities we do now, a mutation that we acquired many years ago starts to work against us. LEVITT: You have given a lot of advice already about nutrition and health. His practice deals extensively with nutritional interventions, exercise physiology, sleep physiology, emotional and mental health, and pharmacology to increase lifespan (delay the onset of chronic disease) while simultaneously improving healthspan (quality of life). He has since been mentored by some of the most experienced and innovative lipidologists, endocrinologists, gynecologists, sleep physiologists, and longevity scientists in the United States and Canada. for Dr. Peters definition of greatness, so for now, Ill leave you with one final piece of wisdom: There are people out there who have so many genetic things working against them, that theyll be lucky to make it to 80. Both of them are funded by the Arnold Foundation, with substantial ties to animal agriculture industry lobbying. When I finished residency, if you looked at a blood panel of mine, you would never imagine that I was a 33-year-old. ATTIA: It was hard, actually. [4] First wanting to become a professional boxer, he later attended Queen's University, receiving B.Sc. So theyve either died a cognitive death which is to say their minds have become so dull that theyre really not able to be the people they wanted to be [or] their body has broken down so much that the things that once gave them so much joy, theyre deprived of or emotionally theyve become depressed. Hes playing the long-game and working hard to maintain the strength and overall good health hell need to continue living an active and fulfilled life even when hes over 100 years old. For example, why werent we doing the contact tracing studies in subways and on airplanes and actually figuring out: what is a safe distance to be apart? In 2018 Dr. Attia switched to a special type of magnesium called Slow-Mag. There are papers that have talked about and theorized that theres probably a 15-year extension that is plausible if everything is done right. [5] He spent two years at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, Maryland as a surgical oncology fellow under Steven Rosenberg. Nina Teicholz misleads readers by chronically failing to disclose how her work is financially supported, How to use psyllium husk supplements to reduce or in some cases replace cholesterol medications, THE SQUAT AND THE DEADLIFT ARE DANGEROUS, SPECIALIST LIFTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE USED BY MOST PEOPLE, PART 3, A comprehensive debunking of Peter Attias claims about continuous glucose monitoring, with a cameo appearance by david Sinclair. Dr. Attia received his medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine and trained for five years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in general surgery, where he was the recipient of several prestigious awards, including resident of the year. He is of Coptic Egyptian descent. Dr. Attia is medical doctor who focuses on the science behind living a longer, healthier life. What the three main pieces of our healthspan are. But you should be in the habit of listening to people talk about stuff that you dont agree with. Matt Hickey is the producer, and Dan Dzula was the engineer of this episode. ", "Are We Fighting The Wrong Battle In The Obesity War? To improve sleep, Peter Attia takes phosphatidylserine, magnesium and a supplement called Doc Parsley's Sleep Remedy (a company in which Attia invested), comprising of vitamin D, niacin, magnesium (150 mg), and a blend of tryptophan, GABA, phosphatidylserine, theanine, 5-HTP and melatonin. LEVITT: And did you actually do a lot of fights? I just didnt care if I was alive or dead, even though I wasnt even particularly tired. Or that we overeat? Non-lame, weekly emails on thelatest strategies and tacticsfor increasing your lifespan, healthspan, and well-being (plus new podcast announcements). Saturated fat and dieta postprandial triglyceridemia is associated with cardiovascular disease risk, Why lose weight to prevent covid-19 is an inappropriate and harmful message for health influencers to be sending, Mainstream, popular health gurus peddle ineffective, dangerous, and costly products that degrade physical and financial health, Why I question the objectivity of low-carb pioneers Stephen Phinney and Jeff Volek. Most people, when they think of death, think of what we call cardiopulmonary death or what Im calling death-certificate death. But probably 80% of people have actually died one of the other deaths before they die a cardiopulmonary death. His practice also focuses on elements such as diet, sleep, exercise, and, physiological aspects that promote But not too far behind it is cancer. My guest today is physician Dr. Peter Attia. People I (Mostly) Admire is part of the Freakonomics Radio Network, and is produced by Freakonomics Radio and Stitcher. I dont know that its a substitute for the nighttime sleep, though. And I do that in academic seminars and its incredibly embarrassing. And then I would come home and I had a ritual that I would do 400 pushups every single night in sets of 50s and then go to bed and repeat. Note this may include abusive, threatening, pornographic, offensive, misleading or libelous language. Kudos to @SnoozyWeiss. So, Ive done a lot of different things and that makes me a master of nothing. They have to basically show every year that theres an R.O.I. And that ketone was a substitute fuel for glucose and for fat. Thats a relevant detail that Im sure a few peoples eyes just rolled back in their head. [1] [2] He is also the first person to make the round-trip swim from Maui and Lanai. And I think youve come to appreciate, in recent years, the importance of sleep. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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