Review of Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia

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This page is under construction, but essentially I highly recommend the book.

In my relatively uneducated opinion, here is a brief synopsis on my thoughts to the book’s section:

Concept of Medicine 3.0, preventative medicine: A+
Exercise chapters: A
- Other experts seem to also like his 4 pillars of exercise: stability training, strength training, Zone 2 cardio, and VO2 max cardio. I really love his approach to emphasizing stability training, as I do.
Nutrition: B or B- (I think Simon Hill’s approach of mostly plant-based is more evidence based),
Metabolic health: Very good
Heart disease prevention: A- or B+
- I believe Attia says dietary cholesterol doesn’t impact blood cholesterol levels, but lipidologist Dr. Thomas Dayspring, says about 25% of people are hyper-absorber to dietary cholesterol, meaning it does for them.
- I think Attia could’ve emphasized a little more about which foods lower LDL the most: unsaturated fats and fiber. Attia promotes a high protein diet, which displaces sources of unsaturated fats and fiber from meals, meaning a sub-optimal diet for heart disease.
Cancer prevention: I don’t know that much about cancer, so I don’t feel it’s appropriate for me to give a rating.
Neurodegeneration prevention: Similar to cancer, I haven’t read enough on the topic to judge.
Other physicians disagree with the extent of his testing, and how many tests he orders and relies upon. Those physicians may say the testing doesn’t give useful results, could give false positives, is unneeded, or could give anxiety to the patient while not giving much actionable information.
Sleep: I honestly don’t remember the chapter that well, but I remember thinking it was good
Here is a summary of the book