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He was such a proponent that he was the chief medical officer for Zero, a fasting app https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFxAHRo4NqM https://www.youtube.com/watch
by AlexErrant 4y ago
He was such a proponent that he was the chief medical officer for Zero, a fasting app
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFxAHRo4NqM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFxAHRo4NqM
He used to do four 7-day fasts per year (one per quarter). He's chilled on that though after doing a dexa scan and seeing how much muscle mass he's lost. Exercise seems to be what he's focusing on now. He tweeted this, which I found remarkable: https://twitter.com/PeterAttiaMD/status/1499407558468980736/photo/2 https://twitter.com/PeterAttiaMD/status/1499407558468980736/...
Basically, the hazard ratio of being a smoker is _better_ than that of someone who doesn't exercise. Louder, for those in the back:
No exercise is worse than smoking
Compare smoking in photo 2 against "low vs below-average [exercise]". That hazard ratio is worse than smoking, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Going from virtually no exercise to _any exercise at all_ is better than quitting smoking.
- 876978095789789 4y agoI posted something on those studies that probably influenced Attia's about-face, including the TRF one that Ethan Weiss, former TRF practitioner/advocate and recent Attia interviewee, co-authored, that got flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33091215 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33091215 HN fasting, low-carb, and keto zealots (there's massive overlap) really hate being told that their fad diet(s) don't work or are outright dangerous. In fairness, it does look like if you're extremely diligent in terms of meeting your protein requirements, even OMAD might not cause muscle loss, but in general, it seems like a bad idea.