Dr. Peter Attia

That's literally like 80% of people listening to us are going to die from one of those things.

Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, other neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and things like that. So those are all chronic diseases and we have not made great progress on any of them with the exception of cardiovascular disease. We're doing a much better job on that.

Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, other neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and things like that. So those are all chronic diseases and we have not made great progress on any of them with the exception of cardiovascular disease. We're doing a much better job on that.

Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, other neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and things like that. So those are all chronic diseases and we have not made great progress on any of them with the exception of cardiovascular disease. We're doing a much better job on that.

People are definitely getting heart attacks later in life and you're more likely to survive your first heart attack today than you were 25 or 30 years ago. So 30 years ago, uh, roughly two-thirds of people would not survive their first heart attack today, slightly more than half will. But I would still argue that all of these results are kind of unacceptable, right?

People are definitely getting heart attacks later in life and you're more likely to survive your first heart attack today than you were 25 or 30 years ago. So 30 years ago, uh, roughly two-thirds of people would not survive their first heart attack today, slightly more than half will. But I would still argue that all of these results are kind of unacceptable, right?

People are definitely getting heart attacks later in life and you're more likely to survive your first heart attack today than you were 25 or 30 years ago. So 30 years ago, uh, roughly two-thirds of people would not survive their first heart attack today, slightly more than half will. But I would still argue that all of these results are kind of unacceptable, right?

And that we should be able to do better. And so now to your question, apologies for the ramble. The first and most important pillar of medicine 3.0 is you have to be able to be better at treating chronic disease because chronic disease is what's going to kill us today. And again, this is a privilege, right?

And that we should be able to do better. And so now to your question, apologies for the ramble. The first and most important pillar of medicine 3.0 is you have to be able to be better at treating chronic disease because chronic disease is what's going to kill us today. And again, this is a privilege, right?

And that we should be able to do better. And so now to your question, apologies for the ramble. The first and most important pillar of medicine 3.0 is you have to be able to be better at treating chronic disease because chronic disease is what's going to kill us today. And again, this is a privilege, right?

We've done so well at treating acute diseases that we've now earned the right to have to focus on chronic diseases. But the current medical system was not designed for it. The economics of the system aren't built around it. And again, this is not a conspiracy theory. You get all these sort of health influencers that want to turn this into a big pharma conspiracy theory.

We've done so well at treating acute diseases that we've now earned the right to have to focus on chronic diseases. But the current medical system was not designed for it. The economics of the system aren't built around it. And again, this is not a conspiracy theory. You get all these sort of health influencers that want to turn this into a big pharma conspiracy theory.

We've done so well at treating acute diseases that we've now earned the right to have to focus on chronic diseases. But the current medical system was not designed for it. The economics of the system aren't built around it. And again, this is not a conspiracy theory. You get all these sort of health influencers that want to turn this into a big pharma conspiracy theory.

No, it's not a conspiracy theory. It's simple economics. You have a billing system that is predicated not on keeping people sick, but on treating people when they get sick. I get so frustrated when I hear people say, oh, big pharma has the cure for cancer. They just don't want it out there. They want you to be sick. That is hands down the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

No, it's not a conspiracy theory. It's simple economics. You have a billing system that is predicated not on keeping people sick, but on treating people when they get sick. I get so frustrated when I hear people say, oh, big pharma has the cure for cancer. They just don't want it out there. They want you to be sick. That is hands down the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

No, it's not a conspiracy theory. It's simple economics. You have a billing system that is predicated not on keeping people sick, but on treating people when they get sick. I get so frustrated when I hear people say, oh, big pharma has the cure for cancer. They just don't want it out there. They want you to be sick. That is hands down the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

If big pharma had a cure for cancer, they would happily profit on it all day long. The bottom line is cancer is really, really, really hard to cure once it's taken hold. The far better strategy to address cancer is to catch it early or prevent it altogether. And that's not in the purview of pharma.

If big pharma had a cure for cancer, they would happily profit on it all day long. The bottom line is cancer is really, really, really hard to cure once it's taken hold. The far better strategy to address cancer is to catch it early or prevent it altogether. And that's not in the purview of pharma.

If big pharma had a cure for cancer, they would happily profit on it all day long. The bottom line is cancer is really, really, really hard to cure once it's taken hold. The far better strategy to address cancer is to catch it early or prevent it altogether. And that's not in the purview of pharma.

They're not in the business of doing that any more than the guy who runs the car wash is in the business of making me dinner. They're different businesses. So, medicine 3.0 has to come up with a better way to treat chronic disease. And though I won't get into all the details, but I write about it extensively in the book,