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Ep 54: Peter Attia on the Science of Longevity, Willpower vs Environment, and Why Americans Are Increasingly Unhealthy

Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist

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The Effects of Sleep on Hormone Levels

Sally Kohn: There's a lot of stuff I've seen about declines in testosterone levels. Is that tied to this? She says she doesn't believe there has been an erosion in self control over the last 40 years. Why is it that obesity rates have gone up by two to three X in the last 40 year with it has gone metabolic health, she asks.Kohn: When you have a log fold increase in 50 years of one of the most devastating diseases, you have to ask the question, is this a failure of personal responsibility more or is it a failure of the environment more?

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