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Peter Attia's 12-year Body Composition Transformation AMA
TLDR Peter Attia discusses his 12-year body composition transformation, highlighting changes in his diet, fasting routines, and training protocols. The podcast delves into the shift from underwater weighing to DEXA scanning, tracking factors like body fat percentage, muscle mass metrics, and bone mineral density to analyze the impact of nutrition, fasting, and exercise variations.
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Peter discusses the changes in his body composition over the past 12 years due to evolving dietary, fasting, and training protocols in AMA episode number 44.
03:07
The podcast discusses Peter's body composition changes over the years, focusing on recent lab and DEXA results.
06:01
Peter switched from underwater weighing to DEXA scanning around 2011, which is considered the gold standard for accurately measuring body composition, focusing on factors like total body fat, visceral fat, and other compartments that can indicate health risks.
09:12
Peter tracks factors like inflammatory effects of fat sources, bone mineral density, muscle mass metrics, and DEXA data over 12 years to analyze changes influenced by nutrition, fasting, and exercise variations.
12:28
Peter tracks historical DEXA scan data over 12 years to monitor body composition changes and discrepancies between hydrostatic tests, focusing on lean mass, fat mass, bone mineral content, and fat-free mass metrics.
15:38
Peter's body fat percentage was at 9% and his FFMI was at 23.4 during a period of swimming, weight lifting, and carb-restricted diet before transitioning to a ketogenic diet in 2011.
19:18
Peter shifted from a carb-restricted diet with swimming and weight lifting to a ketogenic diet with more cycling, experiencing weight loss and adapting to the diet over time before eventually transitioning to experimenting with fasting in 2014.
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The podcast provides discounts on endorsed products, exclusive member benefits, and access to a member-only podcast feed, emphasizing the importance of seeking professional medical advice and disclosing conflicts of interest.
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