#53 - AMA #6: Fasting framework, vitamin supplementation, antioxidants, time management, problem-solving, and more

The Peter Attia Drive

Peter Attia, MD

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Fitness

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🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter answers a wide range of questions from readers and podcast listeners. Bob Kaplan, Peter’s head of research, asks the questions. If you’re listening on a podcast player, you’ll be able to hear a preview of the AMA.

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We discuss:

Vitamin supplementation: Is it necessary if you eat a balanced diet? [2:00];
Antioxidants: What does current science have to say about antioxidants in food and supplements? [9:00];
How do you break a fast of more than three days? [17:15];
Does a morning black coffee break a fast? In other words, does black coffee raise insulin levels? [22:15];
When intermittent fasting, does the placement of the “feeding window” matter? [25:30];
Is it better to fast before or after a planned food binge (e.g., Thanksgiving)? [28:30];
Fasting protocol: Do you have a specific protocol to recommend? [31:30];
Time management: How do you manage your time between work, family, and your many personal interests? [35:45];
Problem solving: Can you breakdown your process of problem-solving? [46:45];
For those looking to gain a better understanding of biochemistry, pharmacology, etc., do you have any good textbooks or (online) resources to recommend? [49:00];
What are some of your favorite podcasts that you listen to? [51:15];
What is your favorite animal? [54:45]; and
More.

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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 along the way. I've spent the last several years working
0:19.6	with some of the most successful top performing individuals in the world, and this podcast
0:23.8	is my attempt to synthesize what I've learned along the way to help you live a higher quality
0:28.3	more fulfilling life. If you enjoy this podcast, you can find more information on today's
0:32.5	episode and other topics at peteratiamd.com.
0:41.6	Hey everybody, welcome to this week's episode of The Drive. I'd like to take a couple of
0:45.6	minutes to talk about why we don't run ads on this podcast and why instead we've chosen to rely
0:50.8	entirely on listener support. If you're listening to this, you probably already know, but the two things
0:55.9	I care most about professionally are how to live longer and how to live better. I have a
1:01.4	complete fascination and obsession with this topic. I practice it professionally and I've seen
1:06.6	firsthand how access to information is basically all people need to make better decisions and improve
1:11.8	the quality of their lives. Curating and sharing this knowledge is not easy and even before starting
1:17.3	the podcast that became clear to me, the sheer volume of material published in this space is overwhelming.
1:23.2	I'm fortunate to have a great team that helps me continue learning and sharing this information
1:27.8	with you. To take one example, our show notes are in a league of their own. In fact, we now have a
1:33.7	full-time person that is dedicated to producing those and the feedback has mirrored this. So all of
1:39.4	this raises a natural question, how will we continue to fund the work necessary to support this?
1:45.6	As you probably know, the tried and true way to do this is to sell ads, but after a lot of
1:50.2	contemplation, that model just doesn't feel right to me for a few reasons. Now the first and most
1:55.8	important of these is trust. I'm not sure how you could trust me if I'm telling you about something
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