Topics - Peter Attia

Below you will find a collection of major categories and an index of topics. The purpose of this page is to organize the various podcast episodes, articles, weekly emails, and research to help you find more information on a given topic.

Major Categories

Aging

Learn more about age-related topics, including healthspan, lifespan, centenarians, genes, hallmarks of aging, and longevity.

Cholesterol

Learn more about lipids and lipoproteins, including cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids, and lipoproteins.

COVID-19

Learn more about Covid-19 vaccines, the outbreak, masks, and more.

Diseases

Learn more about diseases and conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and type 2 diabetes.

Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most prevalent diseases in the developed world. Learn more about heart disease prevention, atherosclerosis, coronary disease, cholesterol, apoB, and more.

Exercise

Learn more about exercise, including strength training, aerobic capacity, zone 2, stability, and high-intensity training.

Fasting

Learn more about fasting, including types of fasting, fasting metabolism, health effects, and mechanisms of fasting.

Ketosis

Learn more about ketosis, including the ketogenic diet and nutritional ketosis, exogenous ketones, ketone metabolism, and diabetic ketoacidosis.

Mental health

All things related to mental health, including addiction, depression, suicide, trauma, meditation, mindfulness, and cognition.

Mental models

Learn more about general thinking strategies and tactics, including decision-making, problem-solving, and productivity.

Nutritional biochemistry

Learn more about nutritional biochemistry, including metabolic pathways, fuel partitioning, mitochondrial metabolism, and relationships between diet, health, and disease.

Sleep

Learn more about sleep, including sleep physiology, sleep technology, effects of sleep on health and disease, and sleep hygiene.

Treatments

Learn more about treatments for health, cosmetic purposes, and disease, including supplements, drugs, surgeries, and therapies.

Understanding science

Learn more about how to improve your understanding of science, including interpreting research, and the science (and pseudoscience) behind it.

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