Peter Attia

“We want to create differences between cancer and non-cancer cells that we can exploit with therapy. And what's elegant about this [nutritional] approach is that we're able to use drugs that are otherwise very blunt instruments in the treatment of cancer.” —Peter Attia The post #353 – AMA #72: Fasting: benefits for body composition and disease prevention, potential risks, and Peter’s updated practical framework appeared first on Peter Attia.

“The more you move, the more you’re alive. The less you move, the less you’re alive.” —Peter Attia The post #349 – AMA #71: Building strength and muscle mass: how to optimize training, nutrition, and more for longevity appeared first on Peter Attia.

“Low doses of radiation reduce the inflammation that is part and parcel with so many of these things… this type of therapy really works and it's certainly something I will personally keep in mind both for myself and my patients.” —Peter Attia The post #347 – Peter’s takeaways on mastering sleep, dealing with chronic pain, developing breakthrough cancer drugs, transforming healthcare with AI, advancing radiation therapy, and healing trauma | Quarterly Podcast Summary #5 appeared first on Peter Attia.

“Higher addiction potential occurs with the higher the concentration, the faster absorption, and the greater the total consumption.” —Peter Attia The post #344 – AMA #70: Nicotine: impact on cognitive function, performance, and mood, health risks, delivery modalities, and smoking cessation strategies appeared first on Peter Attia.

"This is a framework you can apply to any molecule you put in your body." —Peter Attia The post #340 – AMA #69: Scrutinizing supplements: creatine, fish oil, vitamin D, and more—a framework for understanding effectiveness, quality, and individual need appeared first on Peter Attia.

“You need to tackle the foe [type 2 diabetes] by addressing more than one leg of the stool at a time.” —Peter Attia The post #338 ‒ Peter’s takeaways on aerobic exercise and VO2 max, insulin resistance, rising healthcare costs, treating children with autism and ADHD, and strength training | Quarterly Podcast Summary #4 appeared first on Peter Attia.

“It's the calorie restriction that provides the greatest benefit. How you go about achieving it is really a function of your style.” —Peter Attia The post #336 – AMA #68: Fasting, well-balanced diets, alcohol, exercise for busy people, wearables, emotional health, assessing cardiovascular health, and more appeared first on Peter Attia.

"As food and beverages undergo more and more processing, it accumulates more and more plastics, probably another argument for limiting processed foods." —Peter Attia The post #332 – AMA #67: Microplastics, PFAS, and phthalates: understanding health risks and a framework for minimizing exposure and mitigating risk appeared first on Peter Attia.

In this special episode of The Drive, Peter tackles a wide range of listener questions submitted over the past year. The discussion spans essential topics such as exercise—covering grip strength, traveling workouts, and why Peter doesn’t consider exercise an ideal weight-loss strategy—and the top biomarkers everyone should track. He also explores promising new longevity research,… The post #329 ‒ Special AMA: Peter on exercise, important labs, building good habits, promising longevity research, and more appeared first on Peter Attia.

“There is no discipline of science or engineering for which our magnitude of certainty is so high relative to such poor quality data.” —Peter Attia The post 328 – AMA #66: Optimizing nutrition for health and longevity: myth of a “best” diet, complexities of nutrition science, and practical steps for building a sustainable diet appeared first on Peter Attia.

“Most people who are proponents of red light therapy point to cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) as the main target, and therefore the mediating effect of the biologic impact of red light.” —Peter Attia The post #326 – AMA #65: Red light therapy: promising applications, mixed evidence, and impact on health and aging appeared first on Peter Attia.

“I suspect that that will be the challenge of the next decade or two. It'll be less about what is technically possible and more about what is ethically defensible.” —Peter Attia The post #325 ‒ Peter’s key takeaways on bone health, calorie restriction and energy balance, dopamine and addiction, gene editing, and testosterone therapy safety with a prostate cancer diagnosis | Quarterly Podcast Summary #3 appeared first on Peter Attia.

“I still believe that a nutritional approach to weight loss without physical activity or exercise prescribed is not a good strategy. We should implement both and try to have people enjoying the exercise.” —Eric Ravussin The post #324 ‒ Metabolism, energy balance, and aging: How diet, calorie restriction, and macronutrients influence longevity and metabolic health | Eric Ravussin, Ph.D. appeared first on Peter Attia.

“One of the promises of gene editing is that it can provide a single treatment that is a cure for the disease.” —Feng Zhang The post #323 – CRISPR and the future of gene editing: scientific advances, genetic therapies, disease treatment potential, and ethical considerations | Feng Zhang, Ph.D. appeared first on Peter Attia.

“Bone is a ‘use it or lose it’ tissue.” —Belinda Beck The post #322 – Bone health for life: building strong bones, preventing age-related loss, and reversing osteoporosis with evidence-based exercise | Belinda Beck, Ph.D. appeared first on Peter Attia.