Outlive
by Peter Attia, Bill Gifford · first published 2023
62% recommend33% neutral5% critical
Why HN recommends it
Science-driven overview of longevity and healthspan: prevention over late treatment, major chronic diseases, and exercise (especially strength), sleep, nutrition and breathing. Suits readers wanting a broad start.
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If you haven’t, do read Outlive by Peter Attia. It discusses what we know about nutrition for certain (very little). This yet another correlation not causality result.
on “Dietary fiber intake and all-cause and cause-specific mortality” ↗For anyone interested further in this topic and generally the four horsemen(t2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease), the book Outlive by Peter Attia is a very good general overview of factors that affect each, how medicine will need to evolve to a more preventative stance to move the needle on these diseases, what biomarkers are being…
on “Exercise Increases Number of Immune Cells in Cancer Patients” ↗This is a central point in the new book Outlive by Dr. Peter Attia. RCTs are great, but realistically we're never going to have long-term RCTs that give clear evidence on prevention of the chronic diseases that will probably kill most of us. A long…
on “The Rise and Fall of Evidence Based Medicine (1998) [pdf]” ↗I just read Outlive by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford [0] and liked it for how it made me think about fitness as part of life into old age and not just a specific thing to do in order to accomplish something (run a race, climb…
on “Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?” ↗That is way too complex a question to answer here. If you really want to dig into it including exercise, nutrition, sleep, and medications then the new book "Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity" by Dr. Peter Attia is a pretty good summary of what we currently know. https://peterattiamd.com/outlive/ I wouldn't think of this from a limited budget perspective.…
on “The average persons metabolism doesn't decline until 60” ↗Feedback: - This is great to link to breathing - After reading multiple breathing books (Breath by James Nester, Outlive by Peter Attia, Oxygen Advantage, etc.), there's a lot of evidence to breath slower. Specifically, 5.5 seconds in, and 5.5 seconds out, make the dot match or be closer to matching that rate could actually…
on “Show HN: Improve cognitive focus in 1 minute” ↗I hear you. I’m almost 50, and see it coming as well. I highly recommend the book Outlive by Peter Attia. Just found it recently, wish I had read it at 37. It has really good ideas on extending your “health span “.
on “It's getting harder to die” ↗The book Outlive by Peter Attia refers to this as Medicine 2.0 (vs 3.0 which is health over an entire life). In the end though, Medicine 2.0 is very good at discrete issues like a brain tumor. It's a good thing for…
on “Bridge to Nowhere” ↗…marathons and recently my first triathlon. I work out about 2 hrs a day, 6x a week. If care about yourself, you'll make the time. Chase lofty physical goals and work towards them consistently. Book recs: Outlive by Peter Attia, Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
on “Ask HN: Health Advice for a Tech Person” ↗A worthwhile book to read on this topic is Outlive by Peter Attia (MD). The core premise is that American healthcare focuses far too much on treating problems after they’re extremely severe. It is would be cheaper and healthier to invest more into conservative…
on “I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor” ↗Not OP but I've also read and recommended The Comfort Crisis. Stepping further down the "better personal health" path, there's Outlive by Peter Attia. Stepping further down the "addiction to convenience" path, there's Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke. Both excellent books and perspectives worth reading. (Both audiobooks are great too.)
on “Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over” ↗Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity - Peter Attia
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2023 and recommend for 2024” ↗…sleep every day, a few hours exercise a week (mix of strength and cardio), healthy-ish diet (minimize sugar and processed foods), look after your mental health. For more detail, Peter Attia's new book 'Outlive' is a good introduction to some of the more involved steps you can take (wear a CGM to fine tune your diet for metabolic health, do more exercise and target it more specifically). Attia does have some…
on “Longevity Study Across 5 Species Found a New Pathway to Reverse Aging” ↗For me it's a book I am reading now: Outlive, the science and art of longevity, by Peter Attia MD. The book is a summary of the many podcasts which I have been listening to for a couple of years now, a result of which I am happier, healthier (by…
on “Ask HN: Which book has had the most meaningful contribution in your life?” ↗Also: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity (2023) by Peter Attia Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (2021) by Oliver Burkeman
on “Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?” ↗