Research Worth Sharing: October 2025 Edition - Peter Attia
Creatine and cognition, anti-inflammatory effects of probiotics, frailty and hospital outcomes, metformin for longevity, and lipid-lowering drugs| Peter Attia
"Protein intake stimulates muscle protein synthesis, MPS, which is the necessary tool to fuel muscle growth in response to the adaptations of muscles under resistance training." — Peter Attia The post #370 – AMA #76: Peter evaluates longevity drugs, aspirin for CVD, and strategies to improve muscle mass — proven, promising, fuzzy, noise, or nonsense? appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
Early results hint at lifespan extension with psilocybin, but is this science ready to inform human aging? The post A critical look at the lifespan-extending promise of psilocybin appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
"Exercise is the most important thing, but you need protein to support that physical activity.” —Rhonda Patrick The post #369 ‒ Rethinking protein needs for performance, muscle preservation, and longevity, and the mental and physical benefits of creatine supplementation and sauna use | Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D. appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
Creatine and cognition, anti-inflammatory effects of probiotics, frailty and hospital outcomes, metformin for longevity, and lipid-lowering drugs| Peter Attia
“The bottom line here is the earlier you were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the higher your risk of dementia.” —Peter Attia| Peter Attia
“It's one thing after another where people look for the villains and the heroes and the angels and the demons in food.” —David Allison The post #368 ‒ The protein debate: optimal intake, limitations of the RDA, whether high-protein intake is harmful, and how to think about processed foods | David Allison, Ph.D. appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
For body weight, why you switch from sugar-sweetened beverages to “diet” options may be even more important than whether you switch The post Artificially sweetened beverages for metabolic health: motivation matters appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
“Science is not about being right or wrong in an absolute sense. It's really about constantly updating our priors, understanding the probability of something as new evidence becomes emergent.” —Peter Attia The post #367 – Tylenol, pregnancy, and autism: What recent studies show and how to interpret the data appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
Coronary artery calcium scoring has revolutionized cardiovascular prevention. But in women, it sometimes underestimates the risk. The post When zero doesn’t mean zero: the limits of coronary calcium in women appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
“When you use these learning science-based AI tutors and the apps that we have, kids can learn 10 times faster.” —Joe Liemandt The post #366 ‒ Transforming education with AI and an individualized, mastery-based education model | Joe Liemandt appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
We’re preparing a detailed discussion of the claims and evidence regarding potential links between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and autism risk| Peter Attia
"This is a framework you can apply to any molecule you put in your body." —Peter Attia| Peter Attia
“This is the beginning of a type of technology that I hope, over the coming decade, can make screening, especially for melanoma, to be a more effective tool.” —Peter Attia| Peter Attia
“There's nothing more important for maintaining health and wellness than taking care of muscle health.”‒ Gabrielle Lyon The post 365 ‒ Training for longevity: A roundtable on building strength, preventing injury, meeting protein needs, guidance for women and youth athletes, and more | Gabrielle Lyon, Mike Boyle, Jeff Cavaliere appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
A recent study in mice offers hope for greater efficacy concerning a treatment that has already captured researchers’ attention The post Cautious optimism over lithium orotate as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
"The best diet is the one that simultaneously meets the core physiologic needs, the five legs of the table, and also addresses your own individual goals and preferences." —Peter Attia The post #364 – AMA #75: Diets: how to evaluate and implement any diet including keto, carnivore, vegan, Mediterranean, and more appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
A recent study shows that moderate-intensity exercise can offset the drop in vitamin D that many experience during winter months| Peter Attia
“It's a super exciting time because every time we unlock essentially a function of a certain part of the brain, there's a very high probability that there's going to be a therapy either through a brain-computer interface or through a new biological approach.” —Edward Chang The post #363 ‒ A new frontier in neurosurgery: restoring brain function with brain-computer interfaces, advancing glioblastoma care, and new hope for devastating brain diseases | Edward Chang, M.D. appeared first o...| Peter Attia
A study in mice demonstrated impressive lifespan extension with extreme calorie restriction, but will results translate outside a research setting? The post Can extreme calorie restriction enhance human lifespan? appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
Highlighting past newsletters on melatonin supplements, hearing and dementia, AI in health assessments, vegan diets, and metabolic health The post Oldies-But-Goodies, August 2025 Edition appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
"Avoidance is a behavioral coping tool that's highly effective in the moment for the anxiety, but ineffective long-term for functioning, that is shared amongst almost all the anxiety disorders.” —Josh Spitalnick| Peter Attia
After an onslaught of mainstream articles questioning protein needs, it’s time to question the questioning with a critical look at existing data The post Determining optimal protein intake from data, not dogmatism appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
“When you live in a black and white world, and everything has to be good or bad, and natural is good and not natural is bad, and you are a robot, life is a painful place to exist.” —Peter Attia The post #361 – AMA #74: Sugar and sugar substitutes: weight control, metabolic effects, and health trade-offs appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
A new study tested whether weighted vests can help achieve and sustain weight loss The post Weighted vests for weight-loss maintenance? appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
"Humans are habit machines. We literally have evolved a brain that is fantastic at making habits.” —Charles Duhigg The post #360 ‒ How to change your habits: why they form and how to build or break them | Charles Duhigg, M.B.A appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
A critical look at the latest observational study on plant compounds and longevity| Peter Attia
"I can't tell you how many women soldier on either avoiding sex or in pain because they don't either know or feel validated to seek treatment." —Sharon Parish| Peter Attia
“It’s so important for women to understand that the absolute risks of these hormones are much lower in early menopause than in later menopause.” —JoAnn Manson| Peter Attia
In this special episode of The Drive, Peter provides a comprehensive overview of the various endocrine systems: the thyroid system, the adrenal system, and the sex hormone system (for both men and women). He walks through the basic biology and the feedback cycles that regulate the production of these hormones and discusses the various options…| Peter Attia
"We welcome the criticism and the discussion, that way we will all learn. We don't claim to have the final answer, but we think that this book [Estrogen Matters] represents an important step forward in empowering women and helping them live longer and live better." —Avrum Bluming| Peter Attia
OPTIMIZE YOUR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY Begin your journey by selecting a topic #1 New York Times Bestseller Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity Wouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep,…| Peter Attia
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." —Wayne Gretzky| Peter Attia
“People don't just die from disease, they die from the care itself.” —Marty Makary| Peter Attia
“The ovary and the thymus. We call them the canary in the coal mine.” —Eric Verdin The post #359 ‒ How metabolic and immune system dysfunction drive the aging process, the role of NAD, promising interventions, aging clocks, and more | Eric Verdin, M.D. appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
A recent study reporting a link between dieting and depression made waves in the press but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny The post Are data on dieting and depression deceiving us? appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
"I think a good life is what makes a good death." —BJ Miller The post #358 ‒ Peter’s takeaways on navigating HRT, rejuvenating the face, understanding the biology of aging, optimizing fertility, and learning to live well from the dying | Quarterly Podcast Summary #6 appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
An FDA panel emphatically recommended that the agency reverse its controversial 2003 decision to mark HRT as potentially harmful to health| Peter Attia
“I really think that all of these interventions that we're looking at are restoring dynamic range…We're restoring things that happened when you were young.” —Brian Kennedy The post #357 ‒ A new era of longevity science: models of aging, human trials of rapamycin, biological clocks, promising compounds, and lifestyle interventions | Brian Kennedy, Ph.D. appeared first on Peter Attia.| Peter Attia
“We can just see empirically that all the strength in the world, if it doesn't come with reasonable mobility, is going to be somewhat limiting at a minimum in quality of life.” —Peter Attia| Peter Attia
“When you give women information about how their bodies work, they make great decisions for themselves.” —Rachel Rubin| Peter Attia
I wrote this post almost six years ago (March 21, 2012), but it’s the gift that keeps on giving.| Peter Attia
A new observational study has reported positive associations between meat intake and type 2 diabetes risk, but let’s repeat: correlation is not causation.| Peter Attia
“I think people may look at Africa and say, ‘What you're doing is just a drop in the ocean.’. . .But when you're there, you don't see a drop in the ocean. You see a person. You see a life.”—Tom Catena| Peter Attia
A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert.| Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive features guests and experts that offer advice and insight to help you optimize performance, health, longevity, critical thinking, and life. It’s hosted by Stanford M.D., TED speaker, and longevity expert Dr. Peter Attia, founder of Attia Medical, PC, a medical practice with offices in San Diego and New York City.| Peter Attia
In a recent conversation I had with author and social scientist Arthur Brooks, we discuss why friendship is one of the key factors in finding and maintaining happiness as we age.| Peter Attia
