When I first heard Peter Attia’s discussion around aging and the Centenarian Decathalon in 2018, a huge paradigm shift occurred in my thinking.
As a prWhen I first heard Peter Attia’s discussion around aging and the Centenarian Decathalon in 2018, a huge paradigm shift occurred in my thinking.
As a practicing Physician Assistant in Brain & Spine health, I have soaked up Attia’s podcasts and show-notes (i.e. graduate level lecture notes) for the last 4+ years. His thinking, particularly regarding frameworks and scaffolding around health, has benefited most of my patient interactions (at least the ones who want to make changes to lifestyle).
This book does not disappoint. As some reviewers have noted, there is not much that’s new, especially for an up-to-date practitioner or health consumer. But this is the first succinct “collection” of Attia’s framework.
This is the closest he’s come to giving you the blueprint.
The openness and vulnerability is spot-on. The small chapter on emotional health struck a personal cord as well as, considering the personality types and thinking patterns are relatively similar among healthcare and medical thinkers. It may be the most powerful chapter for healthcare providers (particularly men) to read. A great extension of Terrence Real’s “I Don’t Want to Talk About It”.
The reader will easily find a myriad of changes to their habits and thinking, which if implemented, will lead to avoidance of early morbidity and mortality.
Wonderful addition to place at the top of the longevity/healthspan bookshelf.
Wonderful reading. Completely changed my view of “natural aging” and what it means to live a full life. I would very much like to meet my great-great-Wonderful reading. Completely changed my view of “natural aging” and what it means to live a full life. I would very much like to meet my great-great-grandchildren. With the advances being made and the paradigm shift of viewing aging as a disease that can be treated, I think it just may happen barring catastrophe.
I particularly enjoyed the philosophical musings of what it will mean to have older people around for longer and how we as a society will handle this new phenomenon.
What an insightful book. It is clearly aimed at a middle-income-early-baby-boomer population. But as he alluded to in the book, if you’re going to speWhat an insightful book. It is clearly aimed at a middle-income-early-baby-boomer population. But as he alluded to in the book, if you’re going to spend money on something, wouldn’t it be determining if you’re at risk of losing your faculties? I would highly recommend this to anyone over 45. Although most of the recommendations seem redundant to other well-accepted dogma, i.e. clean-mostly-plant-diet, sleep, exercise; there hasn’t been a good resource for specifically tackling a cognitively impaired state. Well worth the quick read....more
Eye opening. The author provides a full review of sleep, why/how/when we do it. Frightening at times, it’s clear that we as a society don’t value sleeEye opening. The author provides a full review of sleep, why/how/when we do it. Frightening at times, it’s clear that we as a society don’t value sleep and the detrimental effects are laid out in detail. I found myself sleeping considerably better over the two weeks reading this book. Would highly recommend this to anyone who’s ever thought they were an individual who functions well on a few hours of sleep. He may change your mind....more
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