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@PeterAttiaMD

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Former national level tic-tac-toe player. Still play for fun, but not quite as good. Also, play a LOT of Uno.

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@PeterAttiaMD
Peter Attia
2 years
Why I'm for COVID vaccines, but against vaccine mandates. In the heated debate over vaccine mandates, science and logic have often been lost amid politics and fear. #VaccineMandate #CovidVaccine
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If you want perspective on how how people <35 die in the US, relative to COVID, take a look. It would be nice if we placed a proportionate amount of societal energy into preserving life via prevention of MV acc, ODs, homicide, suicide, & drownings (not shown but 12x more for <5)
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I'm excited to announce that after more than 6 yrs of planning, research, writing, rewriting, editing, & rewriting, my book, Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity, has a release date of March 28th, 2023. You can pre-order now wherever books are sold:
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1/8 The good news: we have a “drug” that is very effective at delaying the onset of death and preserving healthspan. This drug is called exercise, and nothing else rivals it. The bad news: it takes more time and effort than ingesting any pill or employing any “hack.”
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From The Atlantic yesterday. I’ve had Paul Offit on my podcast, and he is about as pro-vaccine as one can be, and yet he clearly sees the risk of over vaccinating young people. Why is this such a taboo subject?
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I would not have imagined this could happen in a western democracy, until it just did. Do Americans reading this article believe it can happen here? Why or why not? @bariweiss @DavidSacks A Social Credit System Arrives in Canada
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Peter Attia
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Do the people who lost their jobs for not getting vaccinated get their jobs back? Or get to collect the unemployment insurance they were denied?
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Hugh, my friend, my brother... you were the very FIRST person to read it and your support, especially in writing the hard stuff, can't be overstated. Thank you for your friendship and for being an important part of making this book a reality.
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Hugh Jackman
1 year
I recommend … OUTLIVE by @PeterAttiaMD
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Vamos! This is savage! What an inspiration!!!
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Squat University
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82 years young: deadlifting 210 lbs 🤯
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Pure genius.
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Two dudes in black shirts hanging out… finally got to sit down with my dear friend  @hubermanlab  for a 3+ hr podcast. But… we covered exactly ZERO of the topics on my 6pp of “topics for discussion”… I think we both know what this means. Can’t wait to share this conversation
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Best writing advice I ever received: Never use a long word when a diminutive one will suffice.
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2 years
Agree.
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Vinay Prasad MD MPH
2 years
Every organization mandating boosters in young healthy people knowing the data on omicron's breakthrough rate despite boosting is making a big error. It is ethically bankrupt, it is scientifically bankrupt, and it is going to cause serious damage to future vaccination efforts.
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Just watched Wonder Woman 1984. Here’s my wish: I wish for that 2.5 hours of my life back. If granted a 2nd wish... no more DC movies.
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This is a tragedy. What happened to @DMSabatini makes a complete mockery of what sexual harassment is and is not. Kudos to @SnoozyWeiss and @bariweiss on this detailed breakdown of what happens when due process is thrown out the window.
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I have not seen such staggering sacrifice in my lifetime. I wonder if this is what it was like during the bombing campaigns of WWII? I was worried COVID-19 was getting the upper hand... but now I'm feeling better. No-make-up-zone is going to prevail!
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Page Six
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Celebrities are going makeup-free while social distancing
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I’m excited/relieved/nervous to announce that my book Outlive is officially available today. To celebrate this event, we recorded a special episode of The Drive (# 248). Order Outlive: New podcast:
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Emails like this make my month.   (I asked for her permission to share this.)
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3 years
Back on JRE with @joerogan . We talk about stuff outside of longevity and go deep in the weeds of longevity. Talk a lot about COVID, the vaccines (and my framework for risk), ivermectin, fluvoxamine, the latest drugs from Pfizer and Merck, plus a lot more!
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Ever find yourself at a hotel where you wonder if the person who procured the gym equipment has ever actually exercised or been to a real gym?
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Peter Attia
2 years
In this clip I discuss the relationship between the food we eat and the cholesterol in our bloodstream, a topic that’s often misunderstood.
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Peter Attia
2 years
I'm considering shifting my focus from human longevity to something even more elusive: banana longevity. Is there a way to keep bananas fresh (not brown and mushy) for more than 2 days? Will this involve the DAF pathway? mTOR pathway? PI3K pathway? This needs resolution.
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1 year
Why does my 5-year-old run the house yelling (i'm not making this up or embellishing), "Pizza butt cheek fart!" over and over and over? Where am I failing as a parent?
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Here’s a sneak peek from episode #249 of The Drive with @hubermanlab . In this clip, Andrew discusses the brain's autonomic response to high-stress situations and why becoming familiar with these states can be beneficial. This episode will be released on Monday (4/3).
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At my daughter's X-country meet yesterday they only gave out medals to the top 3 finishers. Ergo, most kids did not get a medal. Can't tell you how happy I was this being the first meet of the yr... was worried we were going down the medals-for-all path. (my girl did not get one)
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Peter Attia
4 years
The evolution of my thinking over the past week. I wrote this as an internal memo last week to our team. I'm sharing it broadly now in an effort to explain some common questions, namely, have we over-reacted? (answer: it's not so simple)
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1/10 Sleep is one of the most-commonly overlooked aspects of health, wellness & longevity. It took me a long time to understand the importance of sleep. I completely ignored it early on in my career, likely to my detriment.
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Amazing… NOW I get it! 😂😂😂
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Michael Shermer
2 years
The science is in for why we need to wear masks when entering a restaurant but now while seated as diners eating...
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Here’s a sneak peek from episode # 252 of The Drive with Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D. ( @foundmyfitness ). In this clip, Rhonda explains why exercise is one of the most powerful tools we have to prevent chronic disease. This episode will be released on Monday (5/1).
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1 year
I love sitting down for (long) non-sound bit interviews with friends like you, @hubermanlab , and @joerogan ... but I never know if others listening will like it. I'm glad you did, brother!
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Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.
1 year
A remarkable and important episode of the @joerogan podcast with @PeterAttiaMD If you have a less-than-supportive inner narrative, don’t miss this discussion. Powerful and useful.
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2 years
Amen. Even better? Two hours per day.
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Peter Attia
5 years
Part 1: Summary of my framework for nutrition. This is probably the most concise way I can provide a comprehensive overview of how to manipulate nutrition to impact health. Feedback appreciated, as I love refining frameworks and models!
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2 years
My interview with Brian Deer (Episode #158 ), the deepest exploration possible of why vaccines do NOT—I repeat, DO NOT—cause autism, and how the entire case for vaccines causing autism was fabricated by a former doctor in the UK was taken down today by YouTube. NotMakingThisUp.
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4 years
Agree. Watch this if you have not seen it. This is wisdom.
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1 year
To celebrate turning the square root of 2500 I took my daughter out to learn to drive stick. She crushed it! Literally only stalled once. That’s better than my first attempt! Her future is bright!! (Yes, am the parent who is making his kids drive stick to minimize distraction)
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1 year
Thank you so much @BillAckman for the kind words. Very happy to hear that you found so much value in Outlive.
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Bill Ackman
1 year
There are a few times in life when you read a new book and realize that your life will be transformed if you follow its teachings. @PeterAttiaMD ’s Outlive is such a book. It can save, or at a minimum massively improve, your life. I can’t imagine a better investment for 28 bucks.
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Every once in a while you see something that is just a mega FUCKING HELL YES. This is one of those moments. If you are >65, and you fall and break your hip, there is a 30-40% chance you will be DEAD in 12 months. This can be stopped.
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Peter Attia
4 years
20 years?! Yikes! This makes Covid more of a longevity play than #rapamycin , #metformin , #NAD , #CR , and frankly anything else I can think of! How has this alluded me for all this time? This is why I love science: sometimes the most important discoveries are right in plain sight.
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Donald J. Trump
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I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
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Can anyone point me to a very good visual reference for the history of life on earth? For example, how can I help a child understand how long ago T. Rex lived, for how long, and how that compares to megalodon's start and end on earth.
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1 year
I make you a deal... if I can convince @hubermanlab to move to Austin (I'm working this like it's my day job)... I will commit to doing a few of these. I would LOVE this, actually. C'mon Andrew!
@ConorLawrence
Conor Lawrence
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@PeterAttiaMD @hubermanlab You guys should do a joint podcast with other guests. The amount of knowledge provided by the two of you is insane. Plus, the conversations seem to just flow.
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The personal story of a podcast listener who sought to gain a better picture of his cardiovascular health – and who saved his own life as a result.
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Peter Attia
1 year
If you haven’t done so, please consider pre-ordering Outlive, out March 28. Lots of perks for those who preorder as discussed in this clip!   Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold:
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Peter Attia
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Good god... talk about inspiration.
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Peter Attia
1 year
This week on The Drive, I sit down with @hubermanlab . In this episode, we discuss the five senses and the human superpower of vision, Andrew's fascinating backstory, the crisis of scientific literacy, and more. Watch/listen:
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Peter Attia
4 months
A new study adds nuance – rather than contradictions – to conventional wisdom on protein intake patterns for maximal anabolic response
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Peter Attia
2 years
Is it just me or are a LOT of parents drinking coffee in opaque travel mugs this evening?
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Peter Attia
1 year
My obsession with how bad ChatGPT is (so far) continues. Today I asked, "What happened in the 2021 Abu Dhabi gp?" and got the most incorrect answer to a factual question in the history of civilization. Can someone ask and tell me how bad this is? Maybe it's just "my" version...
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Peter Attia
1 year
Goodbye old friend….
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Peter Attia
2 years
Important research question: what is your all time favorite clip from South Park? Please send link.
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3 years
"The quickest to be offended are the easiest to manipulate." — @ShaneAParrish
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Peter Attia
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Aging weakens the regulatory systems for maintaining water balance, necessitating more conscious oversight of fluid intake to prevent dehydration.
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Peter Attia
1 year
Top 3 email we received last week. Warms my heart to know The Drive is making the most educated consumers of healthcare.
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3 years
Is it a sad statement when you and your wife go to a packed Costco on a Saturday without your kids and consider it the most relaxing part of your day?
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Peter Attia
1 year
Avoiding late-night snacking has long been recommended to those trying to lose weight. Two recent randomized trials found that biasing food intake toward the end of the day increases appetite and may reduce energy expenditure.
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The neuroprotective effects of coffee observed in epidemiological research are still poorly understood. Coffee contains many bioactive compounds, making it difficult to determine how each may contribute to its protective effects on the brain.
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Peter Attia
4 years
This experiment, ideally in NYC, needs to be done asap. Please tell me it's already in the works. If we don't know this fraction of the population we have zero way to interpret the all morbidity and mortality data, beyond the crudests descriptive stats.
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Peter Attia
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Cumulative time spent in “vigorous” physical activity lowers mortality risk, but the effects of frequent, sub-minute bouts of high-intensity movement have not convinced me to change my exercise routine.
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Peter Attia
5 years
Simply unreal.
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Peter Attia
4 years
My colleagues and I wrote a letter to the editor a few weeks ago, which was rejected by several journals. We still feel the topic is relevant and worthy of discussion/exploration, so we're posting it here. Please share.
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Peter Attia
1 year
Incredible. Simply out of this world.
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ESPN F1
1 year
The qualifying lap time comparison between Verstappen and Alonso in Monaco is fascinating to watch 👀 (via @Formuladdict )
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In this clip from episode # 235 of The Drive, I highlight the relationship between strength, VO2 max, and longevity. I cannot emphasize this point enough - regular exercise is the most potent longevity “drug” we have.
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Peter Attia
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Moderna recently announced preliminary results of a clinical trial involving a personalized antitumor mRNA vaccine, and despite the knee-jerk uproar, the treatment may prove to be another useful weapon in the battle against cancer.
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Peter Attia
2 years
1/1 After last week’s article on COVID vaccine mandates, my inbox has been pretty intense. To help navigate this feedback, my supportive team crafted this handy flowchart. See the full flowchart here:
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Peter Attia
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Very elegant and simple way to present how SARS-CoV-2 spreads and how adding distance and isolation can alter the growth curve. People: we still have a say in how this story ends! These simulations show how to flatten the coronavirus growth curve
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Peter Attia
4 years
On the positive side, I just set my personal record for longest non-travel streak since 2006. Very happy about that.
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Peter Attia
2 years
So enjoyable to sit down with you @hubermanlab and do on camera what we do normally over meals.
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Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.
2 years
The incredibly knowledgeable @PeterAttiaMD is my guest on the Huberman Lab Podcast coming out this Monday. You’ll want a notebook for this one. We cover: key markers of health, longevity, how to train, eat, modulate hormones (for men and women), fertility, cognition & much more.
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Peter Attia
1 year
I know this is going to be a special discussion @jockowillink ... can't wait.
@jockowillink
Jocko Willink
1 year
My friend @PeterAttiaMD book is now live. We will be covering it on the podcast in the near future. Get it and OUTLIVE.
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Peter Attia
3 years
Nice to see a study published in 2021 verify what has been known (by Ancel Keys, no less) in 1960: dietary cholesterol has virtually no impact on serum lipoproteins. Why? Primarily b/c esterified cholesterol, which is what we eat, can't enter the gut.
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Peter Attia
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I recently got the new AirPods. Very nice, actually. Today my son dropped them in my coffee (with cream). Any tips for cleaning them? I have to believe this can be salvaged. (This is why evolution made us think our kids are cute...imagine a stranger walked by and did this to you)
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Peter Attia
4 years
I’ve decided to start re-naming foods in our pantry to better reflect their real value/impact. I’m starting with the raisins. How about “cavity makers”?
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Peter Attia
2 years
Not sure why, but I love this quote from Richard Bach: "You teach best what you most need to learn."
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Peter Attia
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I'm not sure how many times I've watched this, but I still find myself floored. Who is this super human? And how can I train near her?
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Peter Attia
2 years
This is an excellent article. Thank you, @VPrasadMDMPH for bringing it to my attention today. As always, I'm eager to hear from the defenders of this mask debacle in its current state, with our current state of knowledge. "The Mask Debacle" -
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Peter Attia
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My daughter just asked me why all the kids at her school who play football have signs on their front lawns saying as much... needless to say we’ll be watching Friday Night Lights for family movie night this week. Shame on me for not getting her up to speed PRIOR to the move to TX
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Peter Attia
2 years
We’re thinking about doing an AMA on fruits & vegetables (in the context of an omnivore diet)—such as nutritional qualities, common myths, whether some are healthier than others, etc. What questions or topics would you like addressed?
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Peter Attia
1 year
If you strip out top 8 infectious & communicable dz, these graphs basically all collapse onto the current curve. The increase in median survival and 90th %ile survival has more to do with not dying from infections than progress against ASCVD, cancer, neurodegenerative dz.
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Paul Graham
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The survival curve inflates like a sail, but the far end of it doesn't move much.
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Debate summary: It's like being forced to have one of your hands amputated. You get to pick if it's your dominant hand or non-dominant hand. Clearly there is a correct choice in this matter, but ...
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Peter Attia
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Alarming speed that COVID-19 went from being a rounding error to a sig fraction of mortality in the US. Which begs the question, how much longer will this continue? Of course it depends on 1) # infected, 2) dev of effective RX, 3) ongoing social distancing
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Peter Attia
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Research shows that noninvasive neuromodulation can improve performance in memory tasks. Is this technique simply a research tool, or is it a therapy of the future?
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Peter Attia
4 years
Detailed update of our assessment today: Stop thinking of the U.S. as a homogenous entity. Think of each city as a car driving toward a cliff edge. Which ones are stopping fast enough?
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Peter Attia
2 years
If my wife asks, I got these for the kids. NOT for me. Not at all for me. No chance I would ever want these. It’s for them.
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Peter Attia
6 years
I saw this and hoped it was a mistake or a bad joke... the deeper I dive into longevity science the more I am convinced it’s meaningless if we don’t understand emotional pain.
@anahadoconnor
anahad oconnor
6 years
I became a huge Bourdain fan after reading his brilliant book, Kitchen Confidential, one of the best ever written about food. He was a legend and will be missed greatly. Another profound loss this week.
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Peter Attia
2 years
MEGA congratulations to my friend @BioLayne for winning the World Masters Powerlifting meet today. Squat 600; Bench; 358; Deadlift 677; Total: 1635 lb. VERY well done! (NB: This is a drug free / tested competition.)
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Peter Attia
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I got my flu shot on Sunday (I get it every year), but this one feels MUCH worse. I normally experience nothing. For 3 days I feel sicker than I have felt in years (Covid tests are negative). Is ANYONE else finding this true of the quadrivalent flu shot of 2020?
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I was at a party last night with my wife and we overheard a guy (with no kids) say to another guy with no kids, “I don’t think there’s any difference between 1 or 10 kids, once you have 1 it’s all pretty much the same.” My wife and I nearly choke we laughed so hard! True wisdom..
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Peter Attia
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7/8 Bottom line: I can’t dream of an intervention that has nearly this impact on human longevity. If intensive, well-formulated exercise does not occupy your first, second, and third priorities for longevity, it’s time to reexamine your priorities.
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2 years
Wait, they still have these??
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Peter Attia
5 years
“Reputation is what strangers think of you. Character is what your friends think of you.” @rickygervais on @SamHarrisOrg ... listening this morning. What a great reminder of how much time I spend worrying about the wrong thing (the former). Just worry about the latter.
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