Dr. Peter Attia

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. in an otherwise healthy environment, right?

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So if you talk about the individual who comes home and has a glass of wine while he's with his wife and they kind of unwind in the backyard and talk about their day and things like that, there might be benefits from doing that that outweigh the very, very small amount of toxicity that came in that ethanol.

So if you talk about the individual who comes home and has a glass of wine while he's with his wife and they kind of unwind in the backyard and talk about their day and things like that, there might be benefits from doing that that outweigh the very, very small amount of toxicity that came in that ethanol.

Once you reach about 30 grams of ethanol a day, I don't see, and I have not seen, a shred of evidence that there is any amount of pro-social behavior that can offset the toxicity of that ethanol. So while I would not go as far as the World Health Organization, which has condemned ethanol as a carcinogen at every dose, I just don't see the data to make that case for every dose.

Once you reach about 30 grams of ethanol a day, I don't see, and I have not seen, a shred of evidence that there is any amount of pro-social behavior that can offset the toxicity of that ethanol. So while I would not go as far as the World Health Organization, which has condemned ethanol as a carcinogen at every dose, I just don't see the data to make that case for every dose.

I tell my patients in a very measured, nuanced way, kind of what I just told you. Like, you know, I drink alcohol, but I think about it every time I do. Like, is it worth it? Is it worth it? Is it worth it? Like, I'm not just drinking for the sake of drinking. I have this expression, don't drink on airplanes because the alcohol sucks. Like, I'm not just drinking to numb myself, right?

I tell my patients in a very measured, nuanced way, kind of what I just told you. Like, you know, I drink alcohol, but I think about it every time I do. Like, is it worth it? Is it worth it? Is it worth it? Like, I'm not just drinking for the sake of drinking. I have this expression, don't drink on airplanes because the alcohol sucks. Like, I'm not just drinking to numb myself, right?

Like, if I'm going to drink, there's a reason. It's going to be really freaking good. And that, for me, amounts to probably like four drinks a week.

Like, if I'm going to drink, there's a reason. It's going to be really freaking good. And that, for me, amounts to probably like four drinks a week.

Well, first of all, as a disclosure, I'm an investor in a company that sells electrolytes, so LMNT. So I'm an investor in that company, which I always want to disclose stuff like that if it's pertinent. The short answer is it depends. So why did I get interested in electrolytes? Well, I historically never consumed electrolytes when exercising.

Well, first of all, as a disclosure, I'm an investor in a company that sells electrolytes, so LMNT. So I'm an investor in that company, which I always want to disclose stuff like that if it's pertinent. The short answer is it depends. So why did I get interested in electrolytes? Well, I historically never consumed electrolytes when exercising.

I was pretty much always consuming water and or water plus carbohydrate, depending on the intensity and duration of the exercise. I also tend to have very low blood pressure. And a couple of years ago, I had a really, really bad fall when I woke up in the morning and I was jet lagged. So I had just flown to Brazil. So obviously you get a little bit dehydrated on a plane.

I was pretty much always consuming water and or water plus carbohydrate, depending on the intensity and duration of the exercise. I also tend to have very low blood pressure. And a couple of years ago, I had a really, really bad fall when I woke up in the morning and I was jet lagged. So I had just flown to Brazil. So obviously you get a little bit dehydrated on a plane.

And then the first, like, you know, you get in whatever that night. And then the next morning I woke up, got out of bed and face planted into a table. You can probably still see the scar on my forehead. And I get back home and, you know, my doc measures my blood pressure. It's like 95 over 60. And he's like, yeah, you're just you're really dehydrated, man. Like we need to get a little more.

And then the first, like, you know, you get in whatever that night. And then the next morning I woke up, got out of bed and face planted into a table. You can probably still see the scar on my forehead. And I get back home and, you know, my doc measures my blood pressure. It's like 95 over 60. And he's like, yeah, you're just you're really dehydrated, man. Like we need to get a little more.