#04 - AMA #1: alcohol, best lab tests, wearables, finding the right doc, racing, and more

The Peter Attia Drive

Peter Attia, MD

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Fitness

4.7 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

In his first “Ask Me Anything” episode, Peter answered your questions submitted to him via Twitter.

We discuss:

What are Peter’s thoughts on alcohol consumption and health? [4:00]
What are the best lab tests to request from your PCP, and what are the best markers for longevity? [14:00]
What are the best wearables and why, and why does Peter use a continuous glucose monitor? [35:00]
How does one select the right physician as a patient? [47:00]
Why does Peter race cars and what’s the hardest thing to learn as a new driver? [54:30]
What is Peter’s current exercise regimen and what are his thoughts on exercise for improving lifespan and healthspan? [1:20:15]
What is Peter’s strategy for learning something deeply? [1:33:00]
What is Peter’s process for forming his beliefs? [1:53:30]
What does Peter’s diet look like these days? [1:57:45]
And more.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the Peter Atia Drive. I'm your host, Peter Atia.
0:10.0	The drive is a result of my hunger for optimizing performance, health, longevity, critical thinking,
0:15.7	along with a few other obsessions I've gathered along the way.
0:18.6	I've spent the last several years working with some of the most successful top performing
0:21.9	individuals in the world, and this podcast is my attempt to synthesize what I've learned
0:26.1	along the way to help you with a higher quality, more fulfilling life.
0:30.2	If you enjoy this podcast, you can find more information on today's episode and other
0:34.1	topics at PeterAtiaMD.com.
0:42.0	Welcome to the inaugural AMA. Ask me anything not to be confused with against medical advice.
0:48.1	After getting a lot of really good questions on Twitter and realizing that I didn't have
0:51.9	the bandwidth or wherewithal to respond to all of them, especially in such a short period
0:56.9	of time or short period of space rather, Bob Kaplan, who's my head analyst, and I put up
1:02.3	a little ask me anything on Twitter.
1:05.0	Post, and over the next week we gathered a bunch of questions.
1:07.8	They were amazing questions. We organized them. We got probably over 200. Obviously,
1:12.2	couldn't address them all in this episode, but we kind of bundled them.
1:15.0	And I think in many ways we got through probably half of the intended content that people
1:19.0	had asked about.
1:20.7	In this episode, Bob interviews me. I didn't really look at the questions before or spend
1:24.7	much time preparing, but I also thought it would be more enjoyable that way.
1:28.5	And I will say it went by pretty quick. So I guess we were having fun. Depending on how
1:32.7	people like this, I think this is a format that we should probably repeat and maybe we'll
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