Alex Adkins's Reviews > Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

"There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in" --

Without question, this is the most comprehensive, yet digestible book on medicine / improving your life. I have found so many adjacent books written in this space to exaggerate claims, embellish science, and use vague advice to fit people's paradigm on why what they do is the one and only way.

Sure, I admit I have been a Peter Attia disciple for years, ingesting as much of his content as possible, and implementing his approaches to medicine, exercise, and longevity. Nonetheless, he is able to practically lay out where medicine fails society today and the steps we can individually and collectively take to improve our own lives. I particularly found his last chapter on emotional health to be one of the most insightful and sobering collections of thoughts I have read in a while.