The book chronicles the journey of a successful news anchor as he discovers the power of mindfulness. Through practical advice and relatable anecdotes, Harris proves that meditation can lead to greater self-awareness, resilience, peace, and happiness. Listen to Peter Attia’s book recommendations on Speechify Audiobooks

The fundamental assumption underlying the diet wars, and most nutrition research—that there is one perfect diet that works for every single person—is absolutely incorrect,” Attia writes in his new book, Outlive. In Outlive, Peter Attia explores the science of not just prolonging life, but also prolonging aliveness. Attia makes the crucial connection between overall health and relational health. Esther Perel, New York Times bestselling author, psychotherapist, and podcast host of Where Should We Begin? In Outlive, Peter Attia explores the science of not just prolonging life, but also prolonging aliveness. Attia makes the crucial connection between overall health and relational health.” —Esther Perel, New York Times bestselling author, psychotherapist, and podcast host of Where Should We Begin? For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of ageing that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late, prolonging lifespan at the expense of quality of life. Dr Peter Attia, the world's top longevity expert who is featured on Chris Hemsworth's National Geographic documentary LIMITLESS, believes we must replace this outdated framework with a personalised, proactive strategy for longevity.Why striving for physical health and longevity, but ignoring emotional health, could be the ultimate curse of all.

But what, I wonder, about vegans? “You’re just going to have to work a lot harder and pay attention to amino acid quality,” he says. But that’s not the only thing we can do. It turns out that food has a huge effect on our body’s ability to sleep, so we need to be careful about eating before bed. In fact, Dr. Peter recommended to stop eating about three hours before bedtime. Some studies suggest moderate levels of alcohol consumption can be beneficial in reducing cardiovascular disease ( 6). But heavier drinking tends to reverse these effects ( 7). Still, Attia believes drinking alcohol is a net negative for longevity. I think there [are] … basically three ways that we can approach dealing with this: One of these is through psychotherapy, … pharmacotherapy, … and then behavioral therapy, which I’m an overwhelming proponent of —in particular a type of behavioral therapy called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy or DBT.” – Dr. Peter AttiaFor all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late to help, prolonging lifespan at the expense of healthspan, or quality of life. Dr. Attia believes we must replace this outdated framework with a personalized, proactive strategy for longevity, one where we take action now, rather than waiting. He divides the historical evolution of illness and treatment into three. What he calls Medicine 1.0 was the shaky way of doing things that humanity relied on for thousands of years: a system based on “direct observation and abetted more or less by pure guesswork”. From the mid-19th century, that model began to give way to Medicine 2.0, which was centred on such innovations as the microscope, the discovery of antibiotics and thorough scientific experiments and research. This is the model we still use, but Attia wants us to move to Medicine 3.0, which “places a far greater emphasis on prevention than treatment”. Longer lifespan with no improvement in healthspan is a curse, not a blessing Peter Attia If I just took 20 guys like you and took them from eight hours a night to four hours a night for two weeks and then did these glucose tolerance tests, I could reduce [their] glucose disposal by 50%. I could basically, within two weeks, turn you into an almost-diabetic … by sleep depriving you.” – Dr. Peter Attia Peter Attia Bio: A Deep Dive into the Life and Achievements of the Longevity Expert". podcastmentions.com . Retrieved 30 July 2023. It really makes sense when you consider what an evolutionary sacrifice it was for us to sleep. Think about evolution, and how ruthless it is in optimising your ability to procreate, forage for food and protect yourself – three things you can’t do when you’re sleeping. And yet, somehow, we didn’t out-evolve a way to spend eight hours in an unconscious state. It’s a very compelling evolutionary argument for why this thing must matter.”