Peter Attia

Physician, author and host of The Peter Attia Drive

Peter Attia is a physician, founder of Early Medical, host of The Peter Attia Drive and author of Outlive. He trained in general surgery at Johns Hopkins and in surgical oncology at the National Cancer Institute before focusing his practice and public education on healthspan and chronic-disease prevention.

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Protocols

Clinical

Medications

Date of record:: 26 Oct 2025

Peter Attia's prescription lipid therapy as stated in October 2023: Repatha twice monthly and Nexlizet, used to target apoB of 30–40 mg/dL.

About this protocol

Peter Attia's prescription lipid therapy as stated in October 2023: Repatha twice monthly and Nexlizet, used to target apoB of 30–40 mg/dL. He separately reported stopping metformin in 2019 and stopping rapamycin 'for now' by October 2025 after mouth sores. No current dose is inferred for either stopped drug.

Repatha (evolocumab, PCSK9 inhibitor)

twice monthly injection

Nexlizet (bempedoic acid + ezetimibe)

RapamycinStopped · Date not stated

MetforminStopped · 2019

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Nutrition

Prolonged fasting

Date of record:: 23 Oct 2023
Stopped:: Date not stated

Peter Attia used to do prolonged water fasts (7–10 days quarterly, or 3 days monthly) and has stopped: he no longer travels, saw no biomarker showing benefit, and said it cost him about 20 pounds of muscle over six years (The Drive #276, Oct 2023).

Prolonged water fastsStopped · Date not stated

7–10 days quarterly, or 3 days monthly

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Training

Date of record:: 26 Oct 2025

Peter Attia reported exercising daily, with about four hours of Zone 2, one VO2-max session and four strength sessions per week in the January 2024 FoundMyFitness interview. In October 2025, 60 Minutes described his total as about 10 hours a week and also observed him rucking. His 2023 protein target was 150–180 g/day, partly through Maui Nui venison sticks; he disclosed being an investor.

Zone 2 training

~4 h/week · weekly

VO2 max training

1 session per week

Rucking

Strength training

4 sessions per week

Morpheus HRV app

Daily · every morningDetails

daily · every morning

+1 more intervention

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Supplement

Daily supplements

Date of record:: 23 Oct 2023

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.

EPA

~2 g (from 4 capsules a day) · DailyDetails

~2 g (from 4 capsules a day) · daily

DHA

~1.5 g (from the same 4 capsules) · DailyDetails

~1.5 g (from the same 4 capsules) · daily

Vitamin D

5,000 IU · DailyDetails

5,000 IU · daily

Magnesium (elemental total)

~1 g elemental, across forms · Daily · day and nightDetails

~1 g elemental, across forms · daily · day and night

Methylfolate + methyl B12

one a day, the "lower of the two" strengths · DailyDetails

one a day, the "lower of the two" strengths · daily

+5 more interventions

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Sleep

Sleep stack

Date of record:: 23 Oct 2023

Peter Attia's night stack from The Drive #276 (23 Oct 2023): ashwagandha 600 mg (Solgar), glycine 2 g (Thorne) and Magtein magnesium L-threonate.

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Peter Attia's night stack from The Drive #276 (23 Oct 2023): ashwagandha 600 mg (Solgar), glycine 2 g (Thorne) and Magtein magnesium L-threonate. He reported sauna 4–6 nights a week before bed in AMA #42 and described using Eight Sleep for his sleep time and score in #276.

Ashwagandha

600 mg · nightly · night stack

Glycine

2 g · nightly · night stack

Magnesium L-threonate

nightly · night stack

Sauna before bed

4–6 nights per week · before bed

Eight Sleep

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