Quotes of the Day

Who needs a sleeping pill? This list is fairly short: 1. For brief periods of acute stress secondary to clearly identifiable stressors or sleep disruptors: loss of a loved one, loss of a job, divorce, chronic pain, and so on. 2. Environmental issues: sleeping in a hotel, camping with your family, or other episodic events that temporarily put you in an environment where sleep is difficult. 3. Shift work disorder. 4. Jet lag. 5. There are some who would add "primary insomnia" to this list. I'm not buying it. I believe there are patients who have higher-than-normal arousal than others. These patients need cognitive behavioral therapy, not a pill. [2017] - W. Chris Winter

You may feel intimidated by groups, but there are certain advantages to successfully opening a group of people. One of the best questions you can ask to start the conversation is "So how do you know each other?" [2012] - Christopher Gray

In Medicine 3.0, we have 5 tactical domains that we can address in order to alter someone's health. The first is exercise. I break it down into its components of aerobic efficiency, maximum aerobic output (VO₂ max), strength, and stability. Next is diet or nutrition-or as I prefer to call it, nutritional biochemistry. The third domain is sleep, which has gone underappreciated by Medicine 3.0 until relatively recently. The fourth domain encompasses a set of tools and techniques to manage and improve emotional health. Our fifth and final domain consists of the various drugs, supplements, and hormones that doctors lean about in medical school and beyond. [2023] - Peter Attia

If you're planning to sell your home within the next six months, then by all means consider replacing front door handles and locks. [2003] - Robert Irwin

Over time, some of the ways of limiting food will prove to be more effective than others. A popular method is to skip breakfast and have a late lunch (the 16:8 diet). Another is to eat 75% fewer calories for two days a week (the 5:2 diet). If you're a bit more adventurous, you can try skipping food a couple of days a week (Eat Stop Eat), or as the health pundit Peter Attia does, go hungry for an entire week every quarter. [2019] - David A. Sinclair