In this special celebrity AMA episode, Peter answers questions from former Olympians and past guests, Apolo Ohno and Sasha Cohen, on a wide range of subjects including fasting, learning, training for performance versus longevity, and much more. If you’re not a subscriber and listening on a podcast player, you’ll only be able to hear a preview of the AMA.
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We discuss:
- Apolo’s questions begin [5:15];
- Why women may have a harder time fasting, and tips for those who are struggling [5:50];
- Is there any place for fasting as part of a nutritional strategy in adolescents? [9:45];
- Tips for learning and retaining large amounts of new information (and the best nutritional approach) [12:45];
- Must read books of 2019 [18:15];
- If you could only keep a few watches for the rest of your life which would they be? [20:15];
- What workout would Peter do inside a hotel room? [25:45];
- What is Peter’s ultimate gorge meal? [27:15];
- How do you foresee fasting as a mechanism for performance in athletes? [29:00];
- What is driving Peter to strive for excellence? [37:00];
- Sasha’s questions begin [42:10];
- What are you most excited about in the longevity space? [42:15];
- At what point do you see enough data or proof that a new drug, or type of fasting is worth trying it out for yourself? [45:00];
- Is it possible to obsess so much about your health that it becomes a negative stressor? [50:15];
- Which tests are worth doing if you want to be proactive about your health? [51:45];
- Are there any supplements Peter things are beneficial to be taking? [58:45];
- How does Peter’s training differ when optimizing for performance versus longevity? [1:00:00];
- How does taking testosterone and growth hormone affect performance versus longevity? [1:02:45]; and
- More.
Apolo questions begin [1:45]
Why women may have a harder time fasting, and tips for those who are struggling [2:10]
Apolo’s wife
- Apolo and his wife practicing fasting
- Apolo can go up to 7 days pretty easily
- His wife really struggles after 72 hours
- At that point she basically has no energy to even leave the house
- She has no ability to do anything even remotely mentally strenuous
Peter’s thoughts:
- Peter has noticed that his female patients have a tougher time with fasting (and even time restricted feeding)
- He’s not sure why (maybe some evolutionary reasons)
–For people who struggle, Peter progress his patients as follows:
- Once someone is able to consistently do 18 hr fasts with 6 hr eating window
- He then moves them to 1 meal per day
- Next will be a 36 hour fast
Fasting tips from Peter:
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This post about longevity supplements is interesting. The human’s longevity depends not on what we eat as healthy food, but what we like to eat as a tasty natural food. Desirable food depends on our life style, and contribute a lot in our longevity that can be extended for very long time, almost indefinitely, as was discovered by Allen Omton and Serge Dobrow.
John Logger