Andrew Huberman· PhD
Dr. Attia is a physician who's focused on nutritional supplementation-based behavioral, prescription drug, and other interventions that promote health span and lifespan.
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Dr. Attia is a physician who's focused on nutritional supplementation-based behavioral, prescription drug, and other interventions that promote health span and lifespan.
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so the way I think of Health span really is along these three dimensions physical cognitive and emotional
it involves some bifurcation between lifespan and healthspan
I don't expect to live to a 100 uh you know if you look at my uh my wall chart it says 88 so it's call it in my 80s was probably you know where I hope to be
so the way I think about it is longevity means how do we live longer and I I think that means you know years longer a decade longer it doesn't mean a doubling of lifespan and how do we prevent the um sort of well I think a better way to describe it is how do we reduce the rate of decline of Health span that that would probably be uh kind of the most the most operative way to talk about it
longevity means how do we live longer and I I think that means you know years longer a decade longer it doesn't mean a doubling of lifespan and how do we prevent the um sort of well I think a better way to describe it is how do we reduce the rate of decline of Health span that that would probably be uh kind of the most the most operative way to talk about it
so the way I think about it is longevity means how do we live longer and I I think that means you know years longer a decade longer it doesn't mean a doubling lifespan and how do we prevent the um sort of well I think a better way to describe it is how do we reduce the rate of decline of Health span
I say, 'Actually, I'm not the guy. I don't believe it's possible. What I believe is possible is seven to 10 more years of infinitely higher quality life.'