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#336 – AMA #68: Fasting, well-balanced diets, alcohol, exercise for busy people, wearables, emotional health, assessing cardiovascular health, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:15:00 +0000

“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

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All things blood pressure: from measurement to management

Peter Attia — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Hypertension is often called the “silent killer.” This guide covers how to monitor blood pressure, who’s at highest risk, and how best to manage it.

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A link between antihypertensive medications and fall risk reminds us to take precautions

Peter Attia — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000

A recent study highlights the association between blood pressure medications and risk of falls and fall-related injuries, but we can take steps to offset the danger

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#313 – AMA #62: Protein’s impact on appetite and weight management, and uric acid’s link to disease and how to manage levels

Peter Attia — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:45:11 +0000

"The body responds in pretty significant ways to alterations in protein availability.” —Peter Attia

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#306 – AMA #60: preventing cognitive decline, nutrition myths, lowering blood glucose, apoB, and blood pressure, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:45:49 +0000

“Metabolic health, first and foremost, is the goal of nutrition.” —Peter Attia

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Is low-to-moderate alcohol consumption beneficial for longevity?

Peter Attia — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000

There is a common belief that low-to-moderate consumption of alcohol has unique health benefits. What does the evidence show?

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#258 – AMA #48: Blood pressure—how to measure, manage, and treat high blood pressure

Peter Attia — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:45:03 +0000

“If you care about your brain, if you care about your heart and if you care about your kidneys, you need low blood pressure. I think we can say that as confidently as we can say almost anything in medicine.” —Peter Attia

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#252 ‒ Latest insights on Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, exercise, nutrition, and fasting | Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 01 May 2023 08:45:03 +0000

“My perspective has shifted as any scientist that's following data should… When new data comes out, you have to reassess things.” —Rhonda Patrick

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When CAC Tests Are Useful and When They Are Not

Peter Attia — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:45:24 +0000

This video clip is from episode #185 – Allan Sniderman, M.D.: Cardiovascular disease and why we should change the way we assess risk, originally released on November 29, 2021.

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Peter on why early prevention of atherosclerosis is critical

Peter Attia — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:35:36 +0000

This video clip is from episode #185 – Allan Sniderman, M.D.: Cardiovascular disease and why we should change the way we assess risk, originally released on November 29, 2021.

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Preventing Atherosclerosis: 2 Fatal Flaws with the “10 Year Risk” Approach

Peter Attia — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:28:53 +0000

This video clip is from episode #185 – Allan Sniderman, M.D.: Cardiovascular disease and why we should change the way we assess risk, originally released on November 29, 2021.

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Why a recent study hasn’t shaken my faith in statins

Peter Attia — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:00:42 +0000

A rebuttal of Byrne et al.

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Patient Case Study: Elevated Uric Acid and High Blood Pressure

Peter Attia — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:00:57 +0000

This audio clip is from “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode #15 — Real-world case studies—metabolic dysregulation, low testosterone, menopause, and more. 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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How Peter thinks about managing GFR & high blood pressure in his patients

Peter Attia — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 02:33:47 +0000

This video clip is taken from Podcast #194 – How Fructose Drives Metabolic Disease with Rick Johnson, M.D. Rick Johnson is a Professor of Nephrology at the University of Colorado. In this video clip, Peter and Rick Johnson discuss how to think about managing blood pressure and when to use dietary interventions versus medications.

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Rick Johnson, M.D. on the impact of high blood pressure on chronic disease

Peter Attia — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 02:27:29 +0000

This video clip is taken from Podcast #194 – How Fructose Drives Metabolic Disease with Rick Johnson, M.D. Rick Johnson is a Professor of Nephrology at the University of Colorado.

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Rick Johnson, M.D. on the relationship between salt & blood pressure

Peter Attia — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 02:22:24 +0000

This video clip is taken from Podcast #194 – How Fructose Drives Metabolic Disease with Rick Johnson, M.D. Rick Johnson is a Professor of Nephrology at the University of Colorado.

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#194 – How fructose drives metabolic disease | Rick Johnson, M.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:45:46 +0000

“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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#185 – Allan Sniderman, M.D.: Cardiovascular disease and why we should change the way we assess risk

Peter Attia — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:45:11 +0000

“If we're still saying the same things we said 30 years ago, it could be a problem because we should have learned how to say it better, more accurately.” —Allan Sniderman

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#110 – Lew Cantley, Ph.D.: Cancer metabolism, cancer therapies, and the discovery of PI3K

Peter Attia — Mon, 11 May 2020 09:45:17 +0000

"If I get a result that suddenly doesn't make sense, to me that's more exciting. . .if you figure out why it didn't work and what was wrong, then that's where most breakthroughs come from." — Lew Cantley

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#87 – Rick Johnson, M.D.: Metabolic Effects of Fructose

Peter Attia — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 10:45:34 +0000

“Fructose turns out to be used by animals as a mechanism to store fat.” — Rick Johnson

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LDL-C & systolic blood pressure and lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease

Peter Attia — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 12:30:09 +0000

Mendelian randomization and lifetime cardiovascular disease risk.

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#63 – AMA #7: Exercise framework, deadlifting, lower back pain, blood pressure, nootropics, CGM, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:45:27 +0000

“The single greatest risk to my longevity is my lower back.” —Peter Attia

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#48 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D., on sleep – Part II of III: Heart disease, cancer, sexual function, and the causes of sleep disruption (and tips to correct it)

Peter Attia — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:45:45 +0000

"If there is one central, common pathway through which we can understand almost all aspects of the deleterious impact of insufficient sleep, it is...an excessive leaning on the fight or flight branch of the nervous system." — Matthew Walker

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