#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

The Peter Attia Drive

Peter Attia, MD

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Fitness

4.7 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In this quarterly podcast summary (QPS) episode, Peter summarizes his biggest takeaways from the last three months of guest interviews on the podcast. Peter shares key insights from his discussions on diverse topics such as dopamine and addiction with Anna Lembke, the current state and exciting future of CRISPR-mediated gene editing with Feng Zhang, how to build and maintain strong bones from youth to old age with Belinda Beck, how calorie restriction may influence longevity and metabolic health with Eric Ravussin, and the role of testosterone and TRT in prostate cancer with Ted Schaeffer. Additionally, Peter shares any personal behavioral adjustments or modifications to his patient care practices that have arisen from these engaging discussions.

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We discuss:

Overview of topics to be covered [1:45];
Anna Lembke episode: addiction, dopamine's role in pleasure and pain, and managing addictive behaviors [4:15];
Follow-up questions about addiction: heritability, cold therapy, exercise, and strategies for breaking addictive behaviors [14:45];
Feng Zhang episode: the potential of gene editing with CRISPR technology for treating diseases, and the challenges ahead [21:00];
Feng Zhang’s impactful education experience, and how early exposure and curiosity-driven learning can develop scientific interest for kids [28:30];
The future of CRISPR: weighing the scientific potential to combat complex diseases against ethical considerations around genetic modification [33:45];
Belinda Beck episode: how to build and maintain strong bones from youth to old age [37:30];
How both nutrition and exercise are crucial for bone health at all ages, and why it’s never too late to start [54:45];
Eric Ravussin episode: calorie restriction, energy expenditure, exercise for weight maintenance, and more [59:00];
Measuring energy intake and energy expenditure: techniques and challenges [1:09:45];
ed Schaeffer episode: the nuance role of testosterone in prostate cancer, TRT, and the need for better cancer biomarkers [1:14:30];
Peter’s favorite bands [1:25:45]; and
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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome to a sneak peek, Ask Me Anything, or AMA episode of the Drive podcast.
0:16.0	I'm your host, Peter Attia. At the end of this short episode, I'll explain how you can access the AMA episodes in full,
0:22.3	along with a ton of other membership benefits we've created.
0:25.2	Or you can learn more now by going to peteratia-md.com forward slash subscribe.
0:30.8	So without further delay, here's today's sneak peek of the Ask Me Anything episode.
0:39.0	Welcome to another AMA episode of The Drive.
0:42.0	Today's episode will be the third of what we're calling the quarterly podcast summary.
0:46.7	The feedback, again, has been very positive on these, so we're going to continue to do these.
0:50.9	And in these conversations, what I do, take the interviews that I've done over the
0:55.7	preceding quarter and note the most important insights that I've gained personally from these
1:01.3	interviews along with any changes that have resulted in my practices from these insights.
1:06.9	So with all that said, these shouldn't be seen really as a replacement for listening to these, but I hope they serve as both a primer if you've listened to them or maybe they
1:15.8	direct you to go back and listen to something that you missed.
1:18.4	In today's episode, I'm going to cover interviews that I did with Anna Lemke, Fung Zhang,
1:24.4	Belinda Beck, Eric Ravison, and Ted Schaefer.
1:28.2	In this discussion, we speak about topics such as dopamine, addictions, crisper, gene
1:33.2	editing, bone health, the importance of exercise at any age, energy balance, caloric restriction,
1:40.0	prostate cancer, testosterone, and much more.
1:43.3	If you're a subscriber and you want to watch the full video of this podcast, you can find it
1:47.4	on the show notes page.
1:48.7	If you're not a subscriber, you can watch a sneak peek of the video on our YouTube page.
1:53.3	So without further delay, I hope you enjoy this special quarterly podcast summary AMA of
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