Episodes featuring Peter Attia
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How Women Can Start Alzheimer’s Prevention | Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D.
Peter Attia and Lisa Mosconi discuss Alzheimer's prevention strategies specifically for women, with particular emphasis on the role of menopause and **hormone replac...
381‒Alzheimer’s disease in women: how hormonal transitions impact the brain, new therapies, & more
In this episode, Peter Attia interviews neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi about why Alzheimer's disease disproportionately affects women at roughly a 2-to-1 ratio compared to ...
Cooking with Lard vs Seed Oils | Layne Norton, Ph.D.
Attia and Layne Norton examine the debate between lard and seed oils for cooking, dissecting the science behind oxidation, LDL cholesterol effects, and cardiovascular ri...
380 ‒ The seed oil debate: are they uniquely harmful relative to other dietary fats?
Peter Attia and Layne Norton examine whether seed oils pose a uniquely harmful risk to human health, analyzing major randomized controlled trials and mechanistic evidence ar...
A guide to cardiorespiratory training at any fitness level to improve longevity (AMA 79 sneak peek)
Peter Attia discusses why cardiorespiratory fitness is the single most important modifiable predictor of lifespan and healthspan, outperforming cholesterol, blood pressure, ...
378 ‒ Women’s health & performance: how training, nutrition, & hormones interact across life stages
Peter Attia interviews exercise scientist Abby Campbell about women's health across the lifespan, covering how training, nutrition, and hormonal fluctuations interact from adole...
How Your Environment Quietly Controls Your Habits | James Clear
James Clear and Peter Attia discuss how environmental design is a powerful but often overlooked driver of habit formation and behavior change. Through clinical examples and rese...
The Three Components of Meaning in Life | Peter Attia & Arthur Brooks
In this episode, Peter Attia and Arthur Brooks explore the philosophical framework for finding meaning in life, arguing that meaning comprises three essential components: **...
#377 ‒ Special episode: Understanding true happiness and the tools to cultivate a meaningful life
Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor and social scientist, discusses the science behind true happiness and how it differs fundamentally from pleasure or positive feelings. This "b...
Longevity interventions, exercise, diagnostic screening, managing apoB, and more (AMA 78 sneak peek)
Peter Attia addresses a diverse range of longevity questions in this AMA sneak peek, covering exercise, cardiovascular risk management, and practical health interventions. Attia...
Can Ketones Help the Brain When Glucose Fails? | Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D.
Dominic D'Agostino discusses how ketone metabolism may offer a promising therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease and dementia, particularly by addressing the glucos...
375 - The ketogenic diet, ketosis, and hyperbaric oxygen: weight loss, cognition, cancer, and more
Peter Attia interviews Dom D'Agostino, a neuroscientist and ketone researcher, on the mechanisms and applications of nutritional ketosis, exogenous ketones, and **hy...
Childhood Behavioral Differences in Boys vs. Girls | Carole Hooven, Ph.D.
Peter Attia interviews neuroscientist Carole Hooven to explore the biological origins of behavioral differences between boys and girls, arguing that early testosterone expos...
374 - The evolutionary biology of testosterone: male development & sex-based behavioral differences
Peter Attia interviews evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven about how testosterone shapes male development and behavior from embryogenesis through adulthood. The episode...