Experiences with

Attia

Just started listening to "the drive" podcast by Peter Attia. This weeks show is about carcinogen issues around zantac. Just thought this may be of interwst to group

Peter Attia - The Drive podcast about the generic drug industry. The discussion was with investigative journalist Katherine Eban who shed light on this industry and identified some incredibly dangerous practices, as well as shortcomings at the FDA.

Peter Attia Drive Podcast released April 17th, 2019. https://podcastnotes.org/2019/04/17/sleep-5/ "Cardiovascular Disease is Accelerated by Sleep Deprivation Let’s look at daylight savings time: - In the spring (when we lose an hour of sleep) – there’s a 24% rise in heart attacks the following day; -

Europace. 2018; 20: 225-233 7.Attia ZI Noseworthy PA Lopez-Jimenez F et al. An artificial intelligence-enabled ECG algorithm for the identification of patients with atrial fibrillation during sinus rhythm: a retrospective analysis of outcome prediction.

Peter Attia points out: "The real world tragedy: 90-95% of physicians, including cardiologists, would bet their own lives that persons with an LDL-C < 70 mg/dL [1.8 mmol/l] have no atherosclerotic risk. Tim Russert (click on link below), shortly before his death, had his LDL-C level checked.

Peter Attia gives a testimony about his transition to low carb eating, some of the reasoning behind it, and how it effects his mental and physical performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Iseme RA1, McEvoy M2, Kelly B3, Agnew L4, Attia J5, Walker FR6. Author information 1Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.

I've had a facebook message from Peter Attia, one of the two gurus of NK, over in the USA and he recommends getting apoB tested as a better indicator of improvements in cholesterol and heart risk factors. Even if tests are not available on the NHS, is there a commercial test that can be purchased?