Daily supplements

Peter Attia's over-the-counter list from The Drive #276 (23 Oct 2023): ~2 g EPA and ~1.5 g DHA (Carlson's), vitamin D 5,000 IU, ~1 g elemental magnesium across three forms, methylfolate + methyl B12 (Jarrow), vitamin B6 50 mg three times a week, a baby aspirin, AG1 and Pendulum Glucose Control in the morning, plus phosphatidylserine on long flights. His night stack (ashwagandha, glycine, Magtein) is in the sleep protocol and his prescriptions in the medications protocol.

Reported practice

Date of record:: 23 Oct 2023

About this protocol

He prefaced the list by saying people copy him without context and "you shouldn't just blindly follow me."

Interventions

Supplements

EPACarlson's
~2 g (from 4 capsules a day) · Daily
treats to a red-blood-cell membrane EPA+DHA of about 12%
Details & sources
Carlson's "highest EPA version"; brand went Carlson's to Nordic Naturals and back. The Drive
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DHACarlson's
~1.5 g (from the same 4 capsules) · Daily
treats to a red-blood-cell membrane EPA+DHA of about 12%
Details & sources
Same Carlson's capsules as the EPA item. The Drive #276, 23 Oct 2023 (third-party transcript).
Sources1
Vitamin D
5,000 IU · Daily
evidence is weak but he judged the downside risk "insanely low"
Details & sources
On and off historically; form not stated. The Drive
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Magnesium (elemental total)
~1 g elemental, across forms · Daily · day and night
to reach about a gram of total elemental magnesium
Details & sources
Forms are SlowMag 2–3 a day, Magtein (L-threonate, at night; itemised in the sleep protocol) and magnesium oxide. The Drive
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Methylfolate + methyl B12Jarrow
one a day, the "lower of the two" strengths · Daily
keep homocysteine below 9; he has MTHFR variants
Details & sources
Milligram strength not stated. The Drive
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Vitamin B6
50 mg · 3×/week
homocysteine; cut from daily to three times a week after concern about neuropathy at high B6 doses
Details & sources
Previously 50 mg daily. The Drive
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Baby aspirin
a baby aspirin · Daily
a "soft call" for cardio-protection; he called the evidence "pretty weak" but judged his bleeding risk low at his age
Details & sources
Over-the-counter low-dose aspirin; he did not state 81 mg. On and off historically. The Drive
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Glucose ControlPendulum
2 capsules · Daily · morning, with AG1
an experiment on his average blood glucose, citing a 90-day randomised trial in type 2 diabetes
Details & sources
New as of about 2023. Akkermansia muciniphila-based probiotic; earlier catalog name "Pendulum" was the company, not the product. The Drive
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AG1
Daily · morning, first thing
Details & sources
Conflict of interest, disclosed by him in the same breath - he is an investor in and advisor to AG1. Serving size not stated. The Drive
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PhosphatidylserineJarrow
~400 mg · occasional, when travelling · on long flights
jet lag / time-zone changes
Details & sources
Occasional, not daily. The Drive
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Sources

Original accounts behind this protocol. Numbers match the references in each intervention.

01The Drive #276: Peter answers questions on longevity, supplements, protein, fasting, apoB, statins, and more Source for this protocol

Single dated source (third-party transcript of