Oldies-But-Goodies, May 2024 Edition
A collection of past newsletters on topics including continuous glucose monitors, fish oil, nutritional epidemiology, fostering meaningful friendships, and traffic safety
Body composition: impact on disease risk and how to assess and improve it
A refresher on why you should care about body composition and a practical guide to determining and interpreting your measurements
#300 – Special episode: Peter on exercise, fasting, nutrition, stem cells, geroprotective drugs, and more — promising interventions or just noise?
“The probability that having a high VO2 max, high muscle mass, and high muscle strength are going to increase the length of your life and improve the quality of your life. . .is so high that to act in disregard of that is irresponsible.” —Peter Attia
#299 ‒ Optimizing muscle protein synthesis: the crucial impact of protein quality and quantity, and the key role of resistance training | Luc van Loon, Ph.D.
“It’s the exercise that makes you respond way more to the same or less amount of protein that you ingest.” —Luc van Loon
Silencing the alarm over a recent paper on dietary protein and atherosclerosis
A recent report that high protein intake contributes to atherosclerosis has limited relevance to anyone but transgenic mice
Research Worth Sharing, March 2024 Edition
Organ-specific aging, a blood-based test for brain tumors, avoiding bananas in smoothies, stair-climbing tests for frailty, and omega-3 intake and CVD
Does time-restricted eating increase the risk of cardiovascular death?
Why I don’t put any stock in a recent “study”
“DNA diets” are still a long way off from offering an easier route to weight loss
A recent study reports that leveraging genetics to inform diet choice is ineffective in promoting weight loss beyond the effects of calorie restriction alone
Optimizing protein quantity, distribution, and quality
Maximizing muscle protein synthesis is more than a matter of daily protein intake. How we distribute protein throughout the day matters, as does protein quality.
A study comparing the effects of vegan and omnivorous diets fails Science 101
A direct-to-docuseries twin study should not be mistaken for valid, knowledge-generating research