Peter Attia is the President and co-Founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI) who spent five years as a general surgery resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also describes himself as a “relentless self-experimenter,” who has spent the last few years obsessively reading everything on the science of nutrition and applying it to his own life.

In this episode we discuss…

• Why carbohydrate reduction followed by carbohydrate restriction through a period of adaptation helped Dr. Attia reach his fitness goals after his metabolism slowed down
• You need to eat to be healthy because not all elements of health can be seen in the mirror
• There are slender people with metabolic syndrome
• People who are really insulin sensitive tend to access fat as long as possible
• Fat­ adaptation does not require ketosis
• Maximal fat oxidation rate is an amazing metric of metabolic efficiency
• If you don’t fix nutrition and sleep, you’re in for a world of pain

Metabolic syndrome is a clinical proxy involving 3-5 of the following:

• Elevated glucose
• Elevated blood pressure
• Elevated triglycerides
• Elevated truncal girth
• Depressed high density lipoprotein cholesterol

The five diseases that track with metabolic syndrome

• Heart disease
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• Cancer
• Alzheimer’s

Find out more about Dr. Attia

• NUSI project
• Eating Academy blog

Buy Aerobie AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker here.