Dr. Peter Attia
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And it requires everything from being in energy balance, doing the right kind of exercise, so the right balance between exercise that generates muscle mass and exercise that generates energy.
And it requires everything from being in energy balance, doing the right kind of exercise, so the right balance between exercise that generates muscle mass and exercise that generates energy.
the ability for the muscles to soak up glucose that's kind of one of the important functions of the muscle besides the obvious structural components but the muscles are a huge reservoir for glucose putting glucose into muscles is a super important job that drives so much of our health And then the fourth one is managing these lipids.
the ability for the muscles to soak up glucose that's kind of one of the important functions of the muscle besides the obvious structural components but the muscles are a huge reservoir for glucose putting glucose into muscles is a super important job that drives so much of our health And then the fourth one is managing these lipids.
the ability for the muscles to soak up glucose that's kind of one of the important functions of the muscle besides the obvious structural components but the muscles are a huge reservoir for glucose putting glucose into muscles is a super important job that drives so much of our health And then the fourth one is managing these lipids.
So this APOB marker, which is a very simple blood test, measures the total concentration of all cholesterol-carrying molecules in the body that are harmful. So not all the molecules that carry cholesterol in the body are harmful, but a subset of them are, and that's how you measure them.
So this APOB marker, which is a very simple blood test, measures the total concentration of all cholesterol-carrying molecules in the body that are harmful. So not all the molecules that carry cholesterol in the body are harmful, but a subset of them are, and that's how you measure them.
So this APOB marker, which is a very simple blood test, measures the total concentration of all cholesterol-carrying molecules in the body that are harmful. So not all the molecules that carry cholesterol in the body are harmful, but a subset of them are, and that's how you measure them.
And again, that can be addressed through diet, but if it's not, again, you want to lower those things pharmacologically.
And again, that can be addressed through diet, but if it's not, again, you want to lower those things pharmacologically.
And again, that can be addressed through diet, but if it's not, again, you want to lower those things pharmacologically.
Yeah, so that's a great one, right? So if you're a smoker, I don't think there's anybody out there who's smoking who thinks it's good for them. So really the challenge there is not the, what do I do? It's how do I go about doing it?
Yeah, so that's a great one, right? So if you're a smoker, I don't think there's anybody out there who's smoking who thinks it's good for them. So really the challenge there is not the, what do I do? It's how do I go about doing it?
Yeah, so that's a great one, right? So if you're a smoker, I don't think there's anybody out there who's smoking who thinks it's good for them. So really the challenge there is not the, what do I do? It's how do I go about doing it?
How do I go about a smoking cessation plan, which we could talk about another, we can talk about that as much as you want, by the way, because it's a topic I'm very interested in. Are we talking just cigarettes? Are we talking cigarettes, cigars? Marijuana. So cigarettes are the lion's share of this problem because of just the volume, right?
How do I go about a smoking cessation plan, which we could talk about another, we can talk about that as much as you want, by the way, because it's a topic I'm very interested in. Are we talking just cigarettes? Are we talking cigarettes, cigars? Marijuana. So cigarettes are the lion's share of this problem because of just the volume, right?
How do I go about a smoking cessation plan, which we could talk about another, we can talk about that as much as you want, by the way, because it's a topic I'm very interested in. Are we talking just cigarettes? Are we talking cigarettes, cigars? Marijuana. So cigarettes are the lion's share of this problem because of just the volume, right?
So if you're a cigar smoker, you're probably smoking like, first of all, a lot of cigar smokers aren't inhaling the smoke all the way into their lung. And so it's just generally not posing the same risk. It still is risk. But nothing's probably going to be the risk of taking 25 cigarettes a day and smoking them, right?
So if you're a cigar smoker, you're probably smoking like, first of all, a lot of cigar smokers aren't inhaling the smoke all the way into their lung. And so it's just generally not posing the same risk. It still is risk. But nothing's probably going to be the risk of taking 25 cigarettes a day and smoking them, right?
So if you're a cigar smoker, you're probably smoking like, first of all, a lot of cigar smokers aren't inhaling the smoke all the way into their lung. And so it's just generally not posing the same risk. It still is risk. But nothing's probably going to be the risk of taking 25 cigarettes a day and smoking them, right?