Dr. Peter Attia

which is a Facebook group of doctors who are gearheads. We're about to crack 3,000 members. It's exploded. Yeah. That's awesome. So shout out to MD Motorheads. You're also a radiation oncologist, which we also spend some time talking about. Right. I guess we thought it would be a really fun idea to do a podcast for a couple of reasons.

which is a Facebook group of doctors who are gearheads. We're about to crack 3,000 members. It's exploded. Yeah. That's awesome. So shout out to MD Motorheads. You're also a radiation oncologist, which we also spend some time talking about. Right. I guess we thought it would be a really fun idea to do a podcast for a couple of reasons.

One is just the bread and butter of what you do as a radiation oncologist is a bit of a black box to many people, myself included, if I'm going to be completely truthful. Even training in surgical oncology, I feel like I had much more familiarity with the medical side of oncology than I did with the radiation side of oncology.

One is just the bread and butter of what you do as a radiation oncologist is a bit of a black box to many people, myself included, if I'm going to be completely truthful. Even training in surgical oncology, I feel like I had much more familiarity with the medical side of oncology than I did with the radiation side of oncology.

So for myself, for the audience, I think it would be wonderful to understand more about as it's a field that has evolved a lot. I'm guessing the last 25 years has seen a lot of change.

So for myself, for the audience, I think it would be wonderful to understand more about as it's a field that has evolved a lot. I'm guessing the last 25 years has seen a lot of change.

It's pretty incredible. Just out of curiosity, when did it become its own discipline, its own set of boards and everything like that?

It's pretty incredible. Just out of curiosity, when did it become its own discipline, its own set of boards and everything like that?

Got it. I had no idea that it was that new. And in terms of medicine, that's obviously like very new. The second thing that I wanted to talk about on the radiation front is this idea of using very low dose radiation to heal injuries. I think that while people will be incredibly interested to understand the ins and outs of radiation oncology, again, given the ubiquity of it in treating people,

Got it. I had no idea that it was that new. And in terms of medicine, that's obviously like very new. The second thing that I wanted to talk about on the radiation front is this idea of using very low dose radiation to heal injuries. I think that while people will be incredibly interested to understand the ins and outs of radiation oncology, again, given the ubiquity of it in treating people,

I think a lot of people are going to be very interested in this idea that why aren't we using low-dose radiation more to heal some of these nagging orthopedic injuries that people have? And of course, we'll go far down the rabbit hole on that. But I don't think we can have this discussion without giving people some understanding of what radiation is.

I think a lot of people are going to be very interested in this idea that why aren't we using low-dose radiation more to heal some of these nagging orthopedic injuries that people have? And of course, we'll go far down the rabbit hole on that. But I don't think we can have this discussion without giving people some understanding of what radiation is.

And I would like us to do it in a way that's both rigorous enough that we can really get into some of the science of this, but also get into it gently enough that people that maybe don't remember high school physics well enough can come along for the ride and not get lost.

And I would like us to do it in a way that's both rigorous enough that we can really get into some of the science of this, but also get into it gently enough that people that maybe don't remember high school physics well enough can come along for the ride and not get lost.

But once we get into grays and millisieverts and all that stuff, I want everyone to be fluent when we start talking about doses. Right, right, right.

But once we get into grays and millisieverts and all that stuff, I want everyone to be fluent when we start talking about doses. Right, right, right.

Why is it that the shorter the wavelength, because that's what's changing as you go from radio waves to microwaves to visible waves to ultraviolet, why is it that as the wavelength gets shorter, the energy gets bigger?

Why is it that the shorter the wavelength, because that's what's changing as you go from radio waves to microwaves to visible waves to ultraviolet, why is it that as the wavelength gets shorter, the energy gets bigger?

The radio wave is too long. That's That's right. The microwave is too long. It doesn't have the energy. You can stand on it all you want. It can heat, but it can't damage.

The radio wave is too long. That's That's right. The microwave is too long. It doesn't have the energy. You can stand on it all you want. It can heat, but it can't damage.