Starting as a cancer surgeon and researcher, Dr. Peter Attia would never have predicted where his professional career would lead. Between long work days and grueling swimming workouts, Peter became an incredibly fit endurance athlete somehow on the brink of diabetes. That turned out to be a benefit for the rest of us because what followed was a self-described obsession with health and longevity.

Over the last two decades, investigative science journalist Gary Taubes has repeatedly put his tenacious, meticulous research and persuasive writing skills towards debunking the bad science and prevailing dogmas in nutrition. He’s one of the most influential people in the nutrition world, and almost without equal when it comes to low carb. So it makes sense that he is our first guest on the Diet Doctor podcast.