Why body composition is more important than weight | Peter Attia, M.D.

#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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#331 ‒ Optimizing endurance performance: metrics, nutrition, lactate, and more insights from elite performers | Olav Aleksander Bu (Pt. 2)

Peter Attia — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 05:15:00 +0000

“Sometimes it makes it more universally easy to understand if we think of what kind of sport we do as a function of intensity and duration.” —Olav Aleksander Bu

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#329 ‒ Special AMA: Peter on exercise, important labs, building good habits, promising longevity research, and more

Peter Attia — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

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,…

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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

Peter Attia — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

“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

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#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

Peter Attia — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:45:29 +0000

“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

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#324 ‒ Metabolism, energy balance, and aging: How diet, calorie restriction, and macronutrients influence longevity and metabolic health | Eric Ravussin, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:45:31 +0000

“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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#320 – AMA 64: New insights on GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro) – efficacy, benefits, risks, and considerations in the rapidly evolving weight-loss drug landscape

Peter Attia — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 08:45:03 +0000

"If you're taking these drugs, really, really pay attention to your protein consumption and your resistance training. . .that's obviously going to be an important part of being on the right side of that body composition curve.” — Peter Attia

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#314 ‒ Rethinking nutrition science: the evolving landscape of obesity treatment, GLP-1 agonists, protein, and the need for higher research standards | David Allison, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:45:11 +0000

“I think we really need a radically different public health paradigm.” —David Allison

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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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Body composition: impact on disease risk and how to assess and improve it

Peter Attia — Wed, 08 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

A refresher on why you should care about body composition and a practical guide to determining and interpreting your measurements

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#299 ‒ Optimizing muscle protein synthesis: the crucial impact of protein quality and quantity, and the key role of resistance training | Luc van Loon, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:45:32 +0000

"It's the exercise that makes you respond way more to the same or less amount of protein that you ingest.” —Luc van Loon

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Does time-restricted eating increase the risk of cardiovascular death?

Peter Attia — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:00:46 +0000

Why I don’t put any stock in a recent “study”

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Optimizing protein quantity, distribution, and quality

Peter Attia — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Maximizing muscle protein synthesis is more than a matter of daily protein intake. How we distribute protein throughout the day matters, as does protein quality.

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New insights on maximizing protein utilization for muscle protein synthesis

Peter Attia — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 12:00:04 +0000

A new study adds nuance – rather than contradictions – to conventional wisdom on protein intake patterns for maximal anabolic response

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Sugar substitutes: deep dive into the pros, cons, available options, and impact on metabolic health

Peter Attia — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Sugar substitutes offer sweet taste with minimal calories, yet they remain controversial. How well do they solve the problems associated with traditional sugar, and where do they fall short?

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How does aging increase risk of dehydration?

Peter Attia — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 11:00:09 +0000

Aging weakens the regulatory systems for maintaining water balance, necessitating more conscious oversight of fluid intake to prevent dehydration.

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The cases for and against dietary protein for healthy aging

Peter Attia — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 22:29:42 +0000

An endeavor to settle the debate of high- vs. low-protein diets for increasing lifespan and healthspan

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Does carbohydrate load impact the balance between fat storage and oxidation?

Peter Attia — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 11:00:45 +0000

A study investigated the effects of different dietary levels of carbohydrates on mitochondrial respiration, but mechanistic conclusions are premature.

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Is a recent clinical trial enough to support the use of semaglutide in treating adolescent obesity?

Peter Attia — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:00:52 +0000

The imperative for effective weight management strategies in children and teens is clear, but in our desperation for effective obesity treatments, are we allowing ourselves to be too shortsighted on testing?

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#242 – AMA #44: Peter’s historical changes in body composition with his evolving dietary, fasting, and training protocols

Peter Attia — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:45:21 +0000

“Trends matter. You're treating what you see, but you're mindful of the trends.” —Peter Attia

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To reduce appetite, skip late-night snacks

Peter Attia — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 12:00:22 +0000

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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#235 ‒ Training principles for mass and strength, changing views on nutrition, creatine supplementation, and more | Layne Norton, Ph.D.

Peter Attia — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:45:32 +0000

“Most 40 year olds, 50 year olds, they have pain anyway. So I'd rather be strong and have pain than be weak and have pain.” —Layne Norton

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#228 ‒ Improving body composition, female-specific training principles, and overcoming an eating disorder | Holly Baxter, APD

Peter Attia — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:45:04 +0000

“You will always lose muscle mass when you attempt a fat-loss phase, but the leaner you get, the greater the risk of that muscle loss because you no longer have that caloric cushioning to support that.” —Holly Baxter

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