Metabolism Archives - Peter Attia Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:45:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://peterattiamd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-apple-icon-32x32.png Metabolism Archives - Peter Attia 32 32 #326 – AMA #65: Red light therapy: promising applications, mixed evidence, and impact on health and aging https://peterattiamd.com/ama65/ https://peterattiamd.com/ama65/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=30417 “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

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/ama65/feed/ 14 #324 ‒ Metabolism, energy balance, and aging: How diet, calorie restriction, and macronutrients influence longevity and metabolic health | Eric Ravussin, Ph.D. https://peterattiamd.com/ericravussin/ https://peterattiamd.com/ericravussin/#comments Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:45:31 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=28379 “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

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/ericravussin/feed/ 5 #307 ‒ Exercise for aging people: where to begin, and how to minimize risk while maximizing potential | Peter Attia, M.D. https://peterattiamd.com/exerciseforagingpeople/ https://peterattiamd.com/exerciseforagingpeople/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:45:27 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=25313 “The name of the game is play the game and stay in the game forever. And so we are really looking to minimize injury here and we're looking to minimize burnout.” —Peter Attia

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/exerciseforagingpeople/feed/ 10 #231 – AMA #41: Medicine 3.0, developments in the field of aging, healthy habits in times of stress, and more https://peterattiamd.com/ama41/ https://peterattiamd.com/ama41/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:45:03 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=19078 “We have reached the limits of medicine 2.0 capacity, and if longevity is something we are aspiring for, we need a new strategy.” —Peter Attia

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/ama41/feed/ 9 #216 – Metabolomics, NAD+, and cancer metabolism | Josh Rabinowitz, M.D., Ph.D. https://peterattiamd.com/joshrabinowitz/ https://peterattiamd.com/joshrabinowitz/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2022 08:45:08 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=18539 "My big hope is that we're going to be able to have some combination of directed, metabolic immune supplements and diet that really work with therapy to treat cancer.” —Josh Rabinowitz

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/joshrabinowitz/feed/ 3 Sugar & Cancer: Does Fructose Cause Cancer? https://peterattiamd.com/sugar-cancer-does-fructose-cause-cancer/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:41:48 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=18400 This clip is from episode #187 – Sam Apple: The Warburg Effect—Otto Warburg’s cancer metabolism theory, originally released on December 13, 2021.

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]]> Peter Attia on mitigating and reversing insulin resistance with nutrition https://peterattiamd.com/how-to-reverse-insulin-resistance-with-diet/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:00:25 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=16863 This clip is from “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode #17, originally released on November 9, 2020. If you’re a member, you can now listen to this full episode on your private RSS feed or on our website. If you are not a member, learn more about the how to become a member and the benefits here.

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]]> #194 – How fructose drives metabolic disease | Rick Johnson, M.D. https://peterattiamd.com/rickjohnson2/ https://peterattiamd.com/rickjohnson2/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:45:46 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=16734 “Fructose turns out to have been meant to be this wonderful system for survival, but in our culture with the amount of sugar in foods that we are eating (that either provide sugar or can be turned into fructose), this pathway has become hazardous.” —Rick Johnson

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/rickjohnson2/feed/ 17 #187 – Sam Apple: The Warburg Effect—Otto Warburg’s cancer metabolism theory https://peterattiamd.com/samapple/ https://peterattiamd.com/samapple/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:45:21 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=16424 “I think [Otto Warburg’s] influence is much wider than many people realize… he ended up having a massive influence on American life. Just nobody knows about it.” —Sam Apple

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/samapple/feed/ 4 #144 – Phil Maffetone: Optimizing health and performance through maximal aerobic function https://peterattiamd.com/philmaffetone/ https://peterattiamd.com/philmaffetone/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:45:03 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=14700 “You're training your body to burn more fat as an energy source, therefore, you're going to store less fat, and you're going to get rid of any excess fat.” —Phil Maffetone

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/philmaffetone/feed/ 9 #136 – AMA #17: Body composition methods tour de force, insulin resistance, and Topo Chico https://peterattiamd.com/ama17/ https://peterattiamd.com/ama17/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2020 10:45:11 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=14515 “Skeletal muscles are the greatest reservoir that you have for glucose disposal.” —Peter Attia

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/ama17/feed/ 2 #114 – Eileen White, Ph.D.: Autophagy, fasting, and promising new cancer therapies https://peterattiamd.com/eileenwhite/ https://peterattiamd.com/eileenwhite/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:45:00 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=13195 "I would like to translate what we've learned about the role of autophagy in cancer and that involves developing small molecules to inhibit autophagy for cancer therapy." — Eileen White

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/eileenwhite/feed/ 14 #49 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D., on sleep – Part III of III: The penetrating effects of poor sleep from metabolism to performance to genetics, and the impact of caffeine, alcohol, THC, and CBD on sleep https://peterattiamd.com/matthewwalker3/ https://peterattiamd.com/matthewwalker3/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:45:37 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=7234 "Lack of sleep is like a broken water pipe in your home. It will leak down into every nook and cranny of your physiology." —Matthew Walker

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/matthewwalker3/feed/ 4 #32 – Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., Ph.D.: new frontiers in cancer therapy, medicine, and the writing process https://peterattiamd.com/sidmukherjee/ https://peterattiamd.com/sidmukherjee/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:35:51 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=6018 “The fundamental rule that works for me is just to throw something at the world. The first line, the first experiment, the first idea, and then, keep at it.” —Siddhartha Mukherjee

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/sidmukherjee/feed/ 1 #31 – Navdeep Chandel, Ph.D.: metabolism, mitochondria, and metformin in health and disease https://peterattiamd.com/navchandel/ https://peterattiamd.com/navchandel/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2018 10:45:27 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=5973 "I pay more attention today to stress than anything else." —Nav Chandel

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/navchandel/feed/ 3 #02 – Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.: the performance and longevity paradox of IGF-1, ketogenic diets and genetics, the health benefits of sauna, NAD+, and more https://peterattiamd.com/rhondapatrick/ https://peterattiamd.com/rhondapatrick/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:25:04 +0000 https://peterattiamd.com/?p=4269 "If you’re doing something of quality, and are passionate about it, and you put in the work, people will notice it." —Rhonda Patrick

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/rhondapatrick/feed/ 13 Is there a way to exploit the metabolic quirk of cancer? https://peterattiamd.com/way-exploit-metabolic-quirk-cancer/ https://peterattiamd.com/way-exploit-metabolic-quirk-cancer/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:07:56 +0000 http://eatingacademy.com/?p=3195 Can we starve the disease?

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/way-exploit-metabolic-quirk-cancer/feed/ 240 The interplay of exercise and ketosis – Part II https://peterattiamd.com/the-interplay-of-exercise-and-ketosis-part-ii/ https://peterattiamd.com/the-interplay-of-exercise-and-ketosis-part-ii/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:43:14 +0000 http://waroninsulin.com/?p=1808 You’ll recall from last week’s post I did a self-experiment to see if I could learn something about the interplay of exercise and ketosis, at least in myself. To understand this discussion, you’ll want to have read Part I of this post. However, before getting to this, I want to digress and briefly address two…

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]]> https://peterattiamd.com/the-interplay-of-exercise-and-ketosis-part-ii/feed/ 321 The interplay of exercise and ketosis – Part I https://peterattiamd.com/the-interplay-of-exercise-and-ketosis-part-i/ https://peterattiamd.com/the-interplay-of-exercise-and-ketosis-part-i/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:45:36 +0000 http://waroninsulin.com/?p=1790 I embarked on a self-experiment last weekend to see if I could better understand the interplay between the different types of exercise I do and ketone production (beta-hydroxybutyrate, or B-OHB, to be specific).  To be clear, nothing I do with a sample size of one “proves” anything, but sometimes self-experiments can help you formulate hypotheses…

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