Dr. Peter Attia — Interview on Life-Extension, Ultra-Endurance, and More

Brought to you by AG1 all-in-one supplement: https://drinkag1.com/tim Dr. Peter Attia on Life-Extension, Drinking Jet Fuel, Ultra-Endurance, Human Foie Gras, and More Show Notes: https://tim.blog/2014/12/18/peter-attia/ Start [00:00] Obsessions on performance [11:35] Is hemoglobin A1C a running 3-month average of your aggregate glucose level? [16:50] Managing metabolic syndrome [17:15] Synthetic ketones [19:45] Advantages of consuming synthetic ketones [28:55] Ketoacidosis vs. ketosis [31:10] The difference between exogenous and endogenous [34:40] Tests with metabolic chambers [35:15] Health complications related to blood bio-markers [41:45] The bio-effects of swimming from Catalina Island to Los Angeles [51:05] Questioning fecal matter transplants [53:45] Daily cycles of testosterone and how this effects testing [46:35] The sloppy thinking around life extension [58:45] Death avoidance, IGF-1 and growth hormone use [01:03:00] Heart-rate optimization for longevity [1:14:15] Exercise recommendations for extending life [1:21:15] Addressing cancer, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and neurodegenerative disease [1:44:45] Rapid Fire Questions: Meditation, favorite $100 spend, the successful, and the punchable [1:31:30] About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 200 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://bit.ly/2rYjUBr Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: http://bit.ly/17jDHw3 Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/1avYUxq Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/17d94TE Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2IfH37J Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2IfH37J

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Apr 23, 20152h 3mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: April 23, 2015
Duration: 2h 3m
Channel: Tim Ferriss
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Brought to you by AG1 all-in-one supplement: https://drinkag1.com/tim Dr. Peter Attia on Life-Extension, Drinking Jet Fuel, Ultra-Endurance, Human Foie Gras, and More Show Notes: https://tim.blog/2014/12/18/peter-attia/ Start [00:00] Obsessions on performance [11:35] Is hemoglobin A1C a running 3-month average of your aggregate glucose level? [16:50] Managing metabolic syndrome [17:15] Synthetic ketones [19:45] Advantages of consuming synthetic ketones [28:55] Ketoacidosis vs. ketosis [31:10] The difference between exogenous and endogenous [34:40] Tests with metabolic chambers [35:15] Health complications related to blood bio-markers [41:45] The bio-effects of swimming from Catalina Island to Los Angeles [51:05] Questioning fecal matter transplants [53:45] Daily cycles of testosterone and how this effects testing [46:35] The sloppy thinking around life extension [58:45] Death avoidance, IGF-1 and growth hormone use [01:03:00] Heart-rate optimization for longevity [1:14:15] Exercise recommendations for extending life [1:21:15] Addressing cancer, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and neurodegenerative disease [1:44:45] Rapid Fire Questions: Meditation, favorite $100 spend, the successful, and the punchable [1:31:30] About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 200 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://bit.ly/2rYjUBr Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: http://bit.ly/17jDHw3 Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/1avYUxq Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/17d94TE Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2IfH37J Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2IfH37J

SPEAKERS

Tim Ferriss
host
Entrepreneur, author, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show.
Dr. Peter Attia
guest
Physician focused on longevity medicine and metabolic health.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Tim Ferriss, featuring Tim Ferriss and Dr. Peter Attia, Dr. Peter Attia — Interview on Life-Extension, Ultra-Endurance, and More explores peter Attia on nutrition science, ketosis experiments, and longevity trade-offs Dr. Peter Attia explains why he and Gary Taubes created NUSI to fund rigorous nutrition studies that can test hypotheses outside conventional dietary thinking.

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