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Dr. Attia's book Outlive is like no other longevity book. It defies the wisdom of other longevity books and it's the #7 best-selling book on Amazon overall. Is it great? Or just another best-selling fad diet book?
BOOKS:
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
The Longevity Diet by Valter Longo
The Path to Longevity: The Secrets to Living a Long, Happy, Healthy Life by Luigi Fontana
How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older by Michael Greger
The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
by Elizabeth Blackburn & Elissa Epel.
Lifespan: Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To by David Sinclair
Age Later: Health Span, Life Span, and the New Science of Longevity by Nir Barzilai
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner
Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life by Rose Ann Kenny
Unaging: The four factors that impact how you age by Robert Friedland
How We Age: The Science of Longevity by Coleen Murphy
Healthy at 100 by John Robbins
VIDEOS:
Do Older Adults Really Need More Protein by Miche, PhD
youtu.be/calC-qn5rt0?si=BtbsSGEYLrpxUpw-
CLIP: Minnesota Coronary Experiment
youtu.be/pQLRfxdl3wI
PAPERS:
Survival of the fittest: VO2max, a key predictor of longevity?
imrpress.com/journal/FBL/23/8/10.2741/4657
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality Risk Across the Spectra of Age, Race, and Sex
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109722052603?via%3Dihub
Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Long-term Mortality Among Adults Undergoing Exercise Treadmill Testing
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2707428
The association of resistance training with mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/article/26/15/1647/5925845
Associations of Muscle Mass and Strength with All-Cause Mortality among US Older Adults
journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/2018/03000/associations_of_muscle_mass_and_strength_with.8.aspx
Low muscle mass and mortality risk later in life: A 10-year follow-up study
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9333286
Grip Strength: An Indispensable Biomarker For Older Adults
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6778477
Handgrip strength and all-cause dementia incidence and mortality: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcsm.12857
The impact of dietary protein intake on longevity and metabolic health
thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(19)30239-7/fulltext
A word of caution against excessive protein intake
nature.com/articles/s41574-019-0274-7
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of protein intake to support muscle mass and function in healthy adults
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8978023
Effects of protein supplementation on lean body mass, muscle strength, and physical performance in nonfrail community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522030234
Effects of protein supplementation on lean body mass, muscle strength, and physical performance in nonfrail community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522030234
Comparative ecologic relationships of saturated fat, sucrose, food groups, and a Mediterranean food pattern score to 50-year coronary heart disease mortality rates among 16 cohorts of the Seven Countries Study
nature.com/articles/s41430-018-0183-1
Unhappy Meals by Michael Pollan
nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html
Evidence of regression of atherosclerosis in primates and man
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2496395/pdf/postmedj00283-0044.pdf
Swine in atherosclerosis research
atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(79)80008-8/pdf
Familial and diet-induced hypercholesterolemia in swine. Lipid, ApoB, and ApoA-I concentrations and distributions in plasma and lipoprotein subfractions.
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.ATV.14.6.923
Test of effect of lipid lowering by diet on cardiovascular risk. The Minnesota Coronary Survey.
ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/01.atv.9.1.129
Re-evaluation of the traditional diet-heart hypothesis: analysis of recovered data from Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-73)
bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1246
0:00 My book problem
2:26 Muscle loss
3:19 Why this review
4:32 Exercise
7:09 Strength
9:24 Centenarian decathlon
11:08 Diet
17:26 Epidemiology
23:37 Ketogenic diet
24:47 High protein diet
27:22 Salt and blood pressure
31:02 Excess protein
32:46 My opinion of Outlive
Dr. Attia's book Outlive is like no other longevity book. It defies the wisdom of other longevity books and it's the #7 best-selling book on Amazon overall. Is it great? Or just another best-selling fad diet book?
BOOKS:
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
The Longevity Diet by Valter Longo
The Path to Longevity: The Secrets to Living a Long, Happy, Healthy Life by Luigi Fontana
How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older by Michael Greger
The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
by Elizabeth Blackburn & Elissa Epel.
Lifespan: Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To by David Sinclair
Age Later: Health Span, Life Span, and the New Science of Longevity by Nir Barzilai
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner
Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life by Rose Ann Kenny
Unaging: The four factors that impact how you age by Robert Friedland
How We Age: The Science of Longevity by Coleen Murphy
Healthy at 100 by John Robbins
VIDEOS:
Do Older Adults Really Need More Protein by Miche, PhD
youtu.be/calC-qn5rt0?si=BtbsSGEYLrpxUpw-
CLIP: Minnesota Coronary Experiment
youtu.be/pQLRfxdl3wI
PAPERS:
Survival of the fittest: VO2max, a key predictor of longevity?
imrpress.com/journal/FBL/23/8/10.2741/4657
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality Risk Across the Spectra of Age, Race, and Sex
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109722052603?via%3Dihub
Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Long-term Mortality Among Adults Undergoing Exercise Treadmill Testing
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2707428
The association of resistance training with mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/article/26/15/1647/5925845
Associations of Muscle Mass and Strength with All-Cause Mortality among US Older Adults
journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/2018/03000/associations_of_muscle_mass_and_strength_with.8.aspx
Low muscle mass and mortality risk later in life: A 10-year follow-up study
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9333286
Grip Strength: An Indispensable Biomarker For Older Adults
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6778477
Handgrip strength and all-cause dementia incidence and mortality: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcsm.12857
The impact of dietary protein intake on longevity and metabolic health
thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(19)30239-7/fulltext
A word of caution against excessive protein intake
nature.com/articles/s41574-019-0274-7
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of protein intake to support muscle mass and function in healthy adults
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8978023
Effects of protein supplementation on lean body mass, muscle strength, and physical performance in nonfrail community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522030234
Effects of protein supplementation on lean body mass, muscle strength, and physical performance in nonfrail community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522030234
Comparative ecologic relationships of saturated fat, sucrose, food groups, and a Mediterranean food pattern score to 50-year coronary heart disease mortality rates among 16 cohorts of the Seven Countries Study
nature.com/articles/s41430-018-0183-1
Unhappy Meals by Michael Pollan
nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html
Evidence of regression of atherosclerosis in primates and man
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2496395/pdf/postmedj00283-0044.pdf
Swine in atherosclerosis research
atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(79)80008-8/pdf
Familial and diet-induced hypercholesterolemia in swine. Lipid, ApoB, and ApoA-I concentrations and distributions in plasma and lipoprotein subfractions.
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.ATV.14.6.923
Test of effect of lipid lowering by diet on cardiovascular risk. The Minnesota Coronary Survey.
ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/01.atv.9.1.129
Re-evaluation of the traditional diet-heart hypothesis: analysis of recovered data from Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-73)
bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1246
0:00 My book problem
2:26 Muscle loss
3:19 Why this review
4:32 Exercise
7:09 Strength
9:24 Centenarian decathlon
11:08 Diet
17:26 Epidemiology
23:37 Ketogenic diet
24:47 High protein diet
27:22 Salt and blood pressure
31:02 Excess protein
32:46 My opinion of Outlive
