Publisher's Synopsis
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert
"One of the most important books you'll ever read."_Steven D. Levitt, New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomic Do you wish you could live longer? And superior? Dr. Peter Attia presents cutting-edge nutritional interventions, strategies for maximizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health in this operating manual for longevity, which draws on the most recent research. Despite its successes, mainstream medicine has not done much to combat the majority of people's fatal aging diseases: Alzheimer's disease, diabetes type 2, and heart disease. Again and again, it intercedes with medicines past time to help, drawing out life expectancy to the detriment of healthspan, or personal satisfaction. Dr. Attia is of the opinion that this out-of-date framework needs to be replaced with a customized, proactive strategy for longevity, one in which we take action right away rather than waiting. This is science, not "biohacking," a well-thought-out strategy and tactical plan for extending our lives and enhancing our mental, physical, and emotional well-being at the same time. Dr. Attia doesn't want to tell you what to do; rather, he wants to help you learn how to think about your long-term health so that he can make the best plan for you. Readers of Outlive will discover: - Why your annual cholesterol test doesn't give you enough information about your actual risk of dying from a heart attack.- That you may already be afflicted with a liver condition that is extremely prevalent but undiagnosed and may serve as a forerunner to more serious aging-related conditions.
- Why exercise is the most effective "drug" for increasing longevity and how to start training for the "Centenarian Decathlon."
- Why you should focus on nutritional biochemistry rather than diets and use technology and data to tailor your eating habits.
- Why it could be the greatest curse of all to strive for physical health and longevity while neglecting emotional health. Life expectancy and aging are much more adaptable than we realize; Our destiny is not fixed. You can create a new life path that allows you to outlive your genes and makes each decade better than the one before it with the right roadmap.
