What happened to @DMSabatini. I said, No, no, no. Im afraid that Ive worked too much. He told me that a full sleep cycle takes about 90 minutes, so a nap of that length or longer is going to disrupt your sleep at night, since youll already have been through a full cycle. You got to do it.. Without your financial help, this blog is in critical danger of not surviving. Its a bit of luck and its having really good people around me who are really patient, who have been able to help nurture me back to a new way of thinking about life that is unrecognizable compared to the ethos that was 10 years ago. But the point is, without making these proactive changes, they mightve lived only until 70. His unique spectrum of experience, relentless obsession over details, and ability to translate the cutting edge of science into something the rest of us can use is invaluable., Ive always been fascinated with medicine. LEVITT: So you love your children with a depth that is rare and I admire. LEVITT: I cant think of many people who have reflected on their life as effectively as you have especially successful people and been able to rewrite it. In 2018 Dr. Attia switched to a special type of magnesium called Slow-Mag. ATTIA: I did. He is the host of The Drive, one of the most popular podcasts covering the topics of health and medicine. Post a screenshot of the episode along with your biggest takeaways on Instagram, and make sure to tag Dr. Peter, @peterattiamd, and me, @lewishowes. And when my daughter was born, I ended up getting a type of medical test that had a finding that no one in their mid-thirties should have. In fact, our conversation was so fascinating, that I decided to split it into two episodes! It is the one thing that makes all three of those worse, and, in its most extreme state, its Type 2 diabetes. But I still stand by the benefits of nicotine. I hope you loved this episode as much as I did. So, the other night, Olivias like, Daddy, lets watch a movie. And were like, all right. But I certainly didnt appreciate at the time what it was doing to my health. I actually find a fasting sleep to be some of the most amazing because Im watching this plummeting temperature, rising heart rate variability, falling heart rate, all of those really valuable things. Dr. Peter Attia. Peter Attia talks with Steve Levitt about the problem with immortality, whats missing from our Covid response, and why nicotine is underrated. Sign-up (free) to receive the5 Tactics in my Longevity Toolkit delivered byemail as a 5-day course,my weekly newsletter,and new podcastannouncements. Comments that harass other posters will be deleted. [4] First wanting to become a professional boxer, he later attended Queen's University, receiving B.Sc. I hope you loved this episode as much as I did. 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. But heres the problem: Were living longer, but our quality of life is decreasing. Sign-up (free) to receive the5 Tactics in my Longevity Toolkitdelivered by email as a 5-day course. What did your day look like? 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. You need to hit a local minima in life to make a change, if not an absolute minimum. It is the one thing that makes all three of those worse, and, in its most extreme state, its Type 2 diabetes. It started very early. ATTIA: I dont know if that exercise did, but yes, I think a lot of the training that I did did pay off, actually. based in San Diego and New York. today! So, if we can turn off the phones well before bedtime, well find it a lot easier to fall asleep. He also receives speaking honorariums from organizations, including hospitals and health-related businesses, when he is asked to speak on longevity, metabolic-related topics, athletic performance, and his personal experience working in medicine. What do you do daily to live a longer and healthier life? I know Im inspired to increase my healthspan in addition to my lifespan, and I hope you are too! Prior to that, in 1996, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Queen's University. According to his website, Attia is "a Stanford/Johns Hopkins/NIH-trained physician focusing on the applied science of longevity, the extension of human life and well-being." These credentials have given Attia unparalleled clout (along with David Sinclair) in this niche of influencers. The other two preventions, however, might surprise you, If I just took 20 guys like you and took them from eight hours a night to four hours a night for two weeks and then did these glucose tolerance tests, I could reduce [their] glucose disposal by 50%. , a weekly, deep-dive podcast focusing on maximizing longevity by working on physical, cognitive, and emotional health. TheDriveis hosted by Dr. Peter Attia, a Stanford/Johns Hopkins/NIH-trained physician focusing on the applied science of longevity, the extension of human life, and well-being. Now hes a physician focused on the science of longevity. But you should be in the habit of listening to people talk about stuff that you dont agree with. ATTIA: What an obnoxious idiot I was. What type of a person is going to be safe in what type of an environment to go back to work? 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. in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics. And therefore it was just disjointed. Stay tuned for Wednesdays episode Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Peter Attia! And thats really about the highest praise I can offer anyone I know. Were living to reach older and older ages than ever before, which is great. Maybe it was partly the placebo effect of all your happy stories about it. Its great to live until youre 90 or 100 years old, but if you spend the last 20 or 30 years in so much pain or with a neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimers, youre not really enjoying those last few decades. But something inside said, You dont feel right. So I said, Hey, Mike, I got to call it a day, man. And when I went down to cool down by hitting the speed bag, which is that tiny little round bag that basically has no weight or impact just the impact of hitting that hurt my head so much that I was like, I got to stop.. ATTIA: No, I think its the hardest job. But it also comes with letting go of a bunch of stuff, too. and holds a B.Sc. ATTIA: I mean, I was a pretty good fighter at the time, but we have a heavy bag in our garage now. I actually find a fasting sleep to be some of the most amazing because Im watching this plummeting temperature, rising heart rate variability, falling heart rate, all of those really valuable things. , I think there [are] basically three ways that we can approach dealing with this: One of these is through psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and then behavioral therapy, which Im an overwhelming proponent of in particular a type of behavioral therapy called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy or DBT. , My training is very specific, but now it is fundamentally organized around four pillars: Stability, strength, mitochondrial or aerobic efficiency, and anaerobic performance. , Those four main pillars focus on the different areas Dr. Peter wants to maintain good health even into old age. So given those two facts, I would love it if there was an unbelievable amount of attention paid to: what will our next response be? And I felt great. ", "Are We Fighting The Wrong Battle In The Obesity War? By implication, it cannot be used to make nutrition recommendations. So, I think it puts N.I.H. About Community. that was typically done by putting your finger in the air and looking at which way the wind blows. So I think when you say sugar, what you mean is added sugar. Both of them are funded by the Arnold Foundation, with substantial ties to animal agriculture industry lobbying. So the other night here is a funny story, because it will come across that my daughter lives a tortured life she really does enjoy this stuff. This magnesium features what's called an enteric coating to protect it from premature disintegration. Dr. Peter Attia received his medical degree from Stanford University in 2001. 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. He also. Peter Attia is a physician focusing on the applied science of longevity. ATTIA: But I think thats an interesting point. 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. And just to be clear, Im just the guy who started it and who raises the money. We won. 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. The four pillars of being a kick-ass 100-year-old. It comes from this place of, Im not good enough. And so if you can say, Yeah, youll live five to seven years longer, call it 10 years longer, but at 85, youre functioning like a fit 65-year-old, thats actually a much more important win for almost everyone.. Thank you so much for joining me today! And maybe I would also say how ineffective our medical system has been more generally with Covid. How do we know if we have Type 2 Diabetes? ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Attia&oldid=1139971534, Stanford University School of Medicine alumni, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2023, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 19:54. So I want to start with a story. By Sydney Bueckert, NASM CPT, CES, FNS, GPT November 23, 2022 So you have this starvation ketosis, nutritional ketosis. ATTIA: No. He is willing to entertain any hypothesis. And theres no getting around that. So I know Ive got the time to get better and better. And thats important, but just as important is our mental health. I basically had the worst headache of my life for the next three months. So taking a bunch of people who have recovered and asking the question: what does their recovery tell us about their risk of subsequent infection relative to uninfected people? And white bread is generally depleted of anything of value. 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. ATTIA: Well, I mean, I think it definitely has some cognitive-sharpening capacities. points on that day. And I will say, hes one of the few people who when he tells me to do something, I just do it. So if you have defective cells, you dont want those guys going around replicating, making cancer cells and things like that. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late to help, prolonging lifespan at the expense of healthspan, or quality of life. I lived in Boston. And I remember once I was being interviewed and someone asked me: if you could be granted immortality or something, would you take it? And that, to me, is where I get shocked at what Id call the failure of medicine in this dimension to provide us with the answers that, if we had known a lot more about other kinds of infectious diseases, we probably could have been a lot smarter. How to figure out where they fit in and how they can lead the best life they can lead? So autophagy is a very important process for preventing cancer. Its about exercising intentionally. Peter Attia, MD, is the founder ofEarly Medical, a medical practice that applies the principles of Medicine 3.0 to patients with the goal oflengthening their lifespan and simultaneously improving their healthspan. And they mightve spent the last 20 of those years in an unbelievable state of misery. But of course, we live in an environment where natural selection doesnt have the time to make modifications. And so for six months, Ive been doing something that was probably a really bad idea as well. People I (Mostly) Admire is part of the Freakonomics Radio Network, and is produced by Freakonomics Radio and Stitcher. Im involved in a coronavirus study now, that were trying to get off the ground, thats looking at the long term impact of immunity. We talk once every six months or four months. And that work ethic came from this belief that I actually dont think is that healthy. [1] [2] He is also the first person to make the round-trip swim from Maui and Lanai. Hes really it makes me hopeful that I got some of those genes, that I can have a shot at some of that too. ATTIA: I dont know. That sort of irked me. So I dont really chew it that much anymore, just out of sheer laziness. LEVITT: I will say that youve taught me a lot and I never told you this before youre one of the few people on the planet whose opinion I trust so completely that when you tell me to do something, no matter how absurd it sounds, I do it. So when you contrast living to 70 [and] spending 20 years in misery versus living to 75 with maybe two years in misery, it just doesnt even strike me as a trade-off. . LEVITT: Thats intense. In fact, Dr. Peter recommended to stop eating about three hours before bedtime. And youll tell me your latest thing. LEVITT: And it sounds like youre doing it all with private money. 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. As we get older, we may develop knee or hip problems, hearing or vision loss, or even memory problems. funding for the rest of your life.. I think its worth understanding that a little bit. It also has a significant effect in terms of fat oxidation. I would run between five and 13 miles each morning. ATTIA: So a big part of our clumsy response to this is that it couldnt be centrally coordinated. And you might say, Well, gosh, thats a lot of money. But in the scope of things, thats a trivial sum of money, if we could actually know that this much fasting could extend not just life, but improve quality of life that much. 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. LEVITT: So my wife is very upset that I like white bread. Its a very expensive study for one year. ABOUT DR. PETER ATTIA. And then I would go to the gym and do an hour workout before that was mostly rowing machine and skipping. The problem is that we may be living longer, but were living with chronic health conditions that significantly lower our quality of life. While it's easy for me to say, I implore you to keep fighting back and never . ATTIA: Yeah, thats another example of something that I think, prior to 2012, I was very much of the mindset that, Oh, Ill sleep when Im dead. And residency certainly reinforced that. Im sure anyone who did something at a high level, whether it be playing the piano or doing anything, once theyre so far past their prime, they look back and go, I dont think I appreciated what it took to get there.. And thats when I stopped my experiment. Youll have to wait until Wednesday 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. And tell us about the longest period of time you ever spent in ketosis. But it could put a slightly different interpretation on it. LEVITT: And did you actually do a lot of fights? He is licensed in Texas (S8803), California (A96452), and New York (281406-1). All rights reserved. All rights reserved. ATTIA: Well, I think its too soon to say that. 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. Steve, we should have you take the Epworth Sleep Survey. Why didn't you address what Nina has brought up? Those four main pillars focus on the different areas Dr. Peter wants to maintain good health even into old age. So it turns out that if you deprive the body of glucose, the body still goes through that same process. Ive known Peter for 10 years. Im afraid that I havent done a great job. Its about exercising intentionally. Where did this insecurity come from? Thats actually a billion dollar question. 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