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What Medicine is Getting WRONG, with Dr. Peter Attia!

Feb 20, 2024

Dr. Peter Attia challenges the medical model and advocates for combating healthspan erosion. Topics include the impact of certain foods, mental health on physical well-being, spirituality in healing, preventing chronic diseases, and detaching behaviors from urges. Personal insights on addiction, psychedelic experiences, and numbing pain are shared, along with prioritizing health information and implementing new strategies.

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Focus on combating erosion of healthspan for fuller life

Importance of addressing emotional well-being for overall health

Balanced diet and portion control key for optimal health

Deep dives

The Importance of Changing Healthcare Metrics

The speaker believes that the current healthcare metrics, which prioritize lifespan, are not effectively addressing the rise of chronic diseases and erosion of health span. He argues that doctors often focus on putting out immediate fires instead of proactive measures for improving health span.

Introduction

2min

Medicine 3.0: Extending Lifespan and Health Span

12min

Taking Control of Health and Relationships

5min

Dispelling Misconceptions and Prioritizing Health

15min

Navigating Health Information and Promoting Nutritional Supplement

2min

Prioritizing Movement and Outdoor Activity for Health

2min

Understanding Mortality Causes and the Impact of Diet on Health

19min

Exploring the Roots of Anger and Male Rage

22min

Exploring Blue Zones and Dietary Habits

16min

The Ultimate Guide to Living Longer and Happier – with World Famous Longevity MD, Peter Attia!

Dr. Peter Attia’s MOST personal interview yet.

Best-selling author of Outlive & host of The Drive podcast Dr. Peter Attia reveals why the current medical model is failing us and how a focus on combating the erosion of healthspan could be the secret to a fuller, richer life.

We can PREVENT chronic diseases - Dr. Attia's insights will change the way you think about your health forever!

He helps us break down everything from the real reasons we should avoid certain foods and the impact of mental health on our physical well-being, to the role of spirituality as a healing component to terminal illness and trauma. We also cover:

- Why most people today are dying from chronic diseases

- Impediments our doctors are currently facing

- Certain foods to avoid

- How to best make use of the time we have to dedicate to our health each week

- The benefits of young people spending time with the elderly population

- How to prioritize and implement new health information in the ever-changing medical landscape

- What is parasuicide and how do we tackle it?

- How to detach your behaviors from your urges

Dr. Attia GETS PERSONAL in a way you've never seen him before. He opens up about:

- Being addicted to workaholism, perfectionism, anger, and even oxycontin

- The physiological ramifications he experienced from going cold turkey off of oxytocin

- His psychedelic experiences

- What numbing the pain looks like for him now

- Why the underlying emotion under his anger is helplessness

Are you ready to challenge everything you thought you knew about health and longevity?

TUNE IN to MBB for this life-altering perspective on making the most out of our time on this earth!

Dr. Peter Attia's book, Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity: https://peterattiamd.com/outlive/

Dr. Peter Attia's Podcast, The Drive: https://peterattiamd.com/podcast/

Learn more about Early Medical: https://www.earlymedical.com/

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Mayim Bialik's Breakdown

What Medicine is Getting WRONG, with Dr. Peter Attia!

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Importance of Changing Healthcare Metrics

The Significance of Knowledge and Time for Longevity

The Impact of Addiction and Mental Health

The Role of Diet and Nutrition in Health

The Importance of Downstream Behavior and Recognizing Stress in the System

Understanding Trauma, Helplessness, and the Role of Spirituality

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