1: When it comes to nutrition, we get it wrong.
“Fad diets with extreme principles pushed by savvy marketers have dominated the cultural understanding of nutrition over the years,” Sahil Bloom writes in his book The 5 Types of Wealth.
“But contrary to what these expert marketers might tell us,” he notes, “proper nutrition is quite simple.”
Nothing extreme or complicated is required here.
2: This week, we’ve been … continue reading
1: In her book Imaginable, New York Times bestselling author Jane McGonigal takes her readers through what she calls “futures thinking” that “inspires us to take actions today that set us up for future happiness and success.”
The guided exercise has us imagine our future self in great detail.
Imagine that it is our 80th birthday…
“What are we wearing? Where are we? What’s around us? Who is around … continue reading
1: The wife of a close friend of Dr. Peter Attia was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“Sandra (not her real name) had been diagnosed with breast cancer six years earlier,” Peter writes in his book Outlive. “It had already spread to her lymph nodes and her bones. Because of her poor prognosis, she qualified for a clinical trial of an experimental PI3K-inhibitor drug, in combination with standard therapies.”
What … continue reading
1: “Our first and most obvious wish is to avoid getting cancer at all,” Peter Attia writes in his powerful book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.
“But cancer prevention is tricky,” Peter notes, “because we do not yet fully understand what drives the initiation and progression of the disease with the same resolution that we have for [heart disease].”
Peter defines the four deadly diseases that will … continue reading
1: “One major reason why cancer is so deadly—and so scary—is that we still know relatively little about how it begins and why it spreads,” Dr. Peter Attia writes in his powerful book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.
Cancer cells differ from normal cells in two critical ways.
First, “Contrary to popular belief,” Peter notes, “cancer cells don’t grow faster than their noncancerous counterparts; they just don’t … continue reading
1: The bad news?
The ten-year survival rate for someone with Stage IV cancer is essentially the same now as it was fifty years ago, Peter Attia writes in his book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.
Stage IV or metastatic cancer occurs when the cancer cells break away from the primary tumor and travel to form new tumors in other parts of the body.
And what is … continue reading
1: 1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This week, we’ve been exploring the ideas in Peter Attia‘s powerful book Outlive. Peter writes about The Four Horsemen: heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and type … continue reading
1: Ever heard of 3-hydroxyisobutyric aciduria?
Probably not.
“That’s because there have been only thirteen reported cases. Ever,” Dr. Peter Attia writes in his powerful book Outlive.
It’s an “orphan disease,” a rare disease that doesn’t impact many people.
Why does Peter share this anecdote? Because he believes heart disease, our #1 killer in the United States, should not even be among the ten causes of death.
If we … continue reading
1: “Do we tell people it’s okay to smoke until they are 65 and then have them stop?” Peter Attia asks in his terrific book Outlive.
“Should we tell someone to stop smoking only after their ten-year risk of lung cancer reaches a certain threshold?” he asks.
Of course not. Much better to do everything we can to stop people from starting smoking.
“The sooner we cut the head … continue reading
1: Heart disease is a sly, slow-moving, stealth-like killer.
It “unfolds very slowly—not over two or three or even five years, but over many decades,” Dr. Peter Attia writes in his powerful book Outlive.
Yesterday, we explored how teenagers who passed away from other causes were found to have lesions and plaques in their arteries.
“There is a considerable period of time when the disease is not harmful,” Peter … continue reading
