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Jack Kornfield — How to Find Peace Amidst COVID-19, How to Cultivate Calm in Chaos | Brought to you by FreshBooks and 99designs.

"We have the opportunity, even in difficult times, to let our spirit shine." — Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield (@JackKornfield) trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, shortly thereafter becoming one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974.

Jack has had a profound and direct impact on my life, and I'm thrilled to have him on the podcast once again.

Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a father, husband, and activist.

Jack's books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies, including The Wise Heart, A Lamp in the Darkness, A Path with Heart, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry (one of my favorite book titles of all time), and his most recent, No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy Right Where You Are. He offers a brilliant online training program for those who want to learn to teach meditation at JackKornfield.com. 

This episode is more of a personal therapy session for yours truly in some respects. You will notice that I sound anxious and unsure in this interview, and that is very much by design. I think it is unhelpful when people in the public eye hide the fact that they also struggle, and it puts them on this illusory pedestal that I think is ultimately self-defeating. Instead, I want to share with you that no matter how much Stoic philosophy I read, no matter how often I meditate, there are times when I struggle, and this week is one of them.

I also hope that you'll listen to portions of this conversation multiple times. There are a number of exercises that Jack shares that I will certainly be listening to in the upcoming weeks.

Please enjoy. 

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We are honored to be joined again by the legendary Dr. Jason Fung. We have all benefited greatly from his work and from the times in the past when he has joined us to share his insights on this podcast. In this episode, he has returned to discuss the importance of an open dialogue in the medical community, the necessity of letting the scientific method work unhindered by bias, and the negative effect of paid product endorsements in the medical profession (or any profession for that matter).

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• New York has 3,000 ICU beds. Given 421 diagnosed cases of COVID-19 in the state, a 1.3x growth rate, and a 20% hospitalization rate, it would take ~13.6 days until every ICU bed is filled.
  • Assuming a hospitalization rate of 5%, this number jumps to ~18.8 days
• Peter’s advice to his parents for dealing with COVID-19:
  • “I’ve instructed my parents to stay away from everyone and be as quarantined as possible—to avoid their children, their grandchildren, and any sort of meeting place. I’ve basically asked them to go into a complete quarantine.” – Peter Attia
• Chloroquine appears to rapidly decrease COVID-19’s viral load at low concentrations with minimal to no harm
• COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 can survive outside the human body

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Subscribe to the Drive with Dr. Peter Attia Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Paul Grewal, M.D. joins Peter to discuss what they have learned in the past week in the midst of the rapid changes surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Their conversation touches on both optimism and uncertainty: actionable steps we can take to improve the situation with the understanding that it is too late for viral containment. Specifically, Peter and Paul discuss some promising drug treatment, reasons for isolating-behavior adoption, and what they are personally instituting in their own lives.

Disclaimer: This is information accurate as of March 13, 2020, when it was recorded.

We discuss:

• When the gravity of Coronavirus (COVID-19) hit home [04:30];
  
• Hospitalization and ICU bed space as an issue [8:15];
  
• Natural history and pathology of COVID-19 [12:00];
  
• Potential drug therapies [22:00];
  
• How thinking has changed from containment to management [30:00];
  
• What Paul and Peter are doing [49:00];
  
• What we know about viral transmission [57:00]; and
  
• More.

Learn more: https://peterattiamd.com/

Show notes page for this episode: https://peterattiamd.com/covid-19-update-03152020/

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Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Many people don’t show symptoms of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 infection (most notably, kids), increasing the odds that a carrier going about their daily life infects someone else
  • (This is why social distancing is so critical)
• A recent paper suggests SARS-CoV-2 survives for:
  • 72 hours on plastic
  • 48 hours on cardboard
  • 24 hours on steel
  • 8-24 hours on copper
• Peter Hotez’s colleague, Arturo Casadevall, is pushing the idea of a low-cost, antibody therapy intervention
  • Expanded: we should be taking infected patients who’ve since recovered, collecting their convalescent plasma, isolating their antibodies, and then using them as a treatment

Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org



Subscribe to the Drive with Dr. Peter Attia Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Paul Grewal, M.D. joins Peter to discuss what they have learned in the past week in the midst of the rapid changes surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Their conversation touches on both optimism and uncertainty: actionable steps we can take to improve the situation with the understanding that it is too late for viral containment. Specifically, Peter and Paul discuss some promising drug treatment, reasons for isolating-behavior adoption, and what they are personally instituting in their own lives.

Disclaimer: This is information accurate as of March 13, 2020, when it was recorded.

We discuss:

• When the gravity of Coronavirus (COVID-19) hit home [04:30];
  
• Hospitalization and ICU bed space as an issue [8:15];
  
• Natural history and pathology of COVID-19 [12:00];
  
• Potential drug therapies [22:00];
  
• How thinking has changed from containment to management [30:00];
  
• What Paul and Peter are doing [49:00];
  
• What we know about viral transmission [57:00]; and
  
• More.

Learn more: https://peterattiamd.com/

Show notes page for this episode: https://peterattiamd.com/covid-19-update-03152020/

Subscribe to receive exclusive subscriber-only content: https://peterattiamd.com/subscribe/

Sign up to receive Peter's email newsletter: https://peterattiamd.com/newsletter/

Connect with Peter on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram.

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Sugar offers an escape similar to drugs–People consume sugar against their best self-interest because it makes them temporarily feel better 
• Negative Effects of High-Sugar Diets:
  • Heart disease–People who consumed 17-21% of their calories from added sugar had a 38% greater risk of heart disease 
  • Acne–Teens who consume sugar have a 30% greater risk of developing acne  
• Sugar Advice:
  • Aim to consume less than 70 grams a day
  • Most of it should come from fruits, not soda or fruit juice
  • Being skinny or fit doesn’t give you a pass to consume sugary drinks and foods (pancakes, donuts, cereal), it’s still unhealthy for you

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In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin discuss the potential negative impacts of consuming too much sugar.

• The demonization of sugar. (5:00)
• The addictive properties of sugar and the physiological effects on your body. (7:39)
• How we evolved to crave it. (12:19)
• Things that studies have shown that high sugar diets contribute to. (14:48)
  • #1 - Weight Gain. (16:15)
  • #2 - Risk for heart disease. (21:26)
• Expressing empathy for former clients and themselves. (24:00)
  • #3 - Acne. (30:34)
  • #4 - Effect on the microbiome and autoimmune diseases. (31:40)
  • #5 - Type 2 diabetes. (35:07)
• Consumer alert! Nutrient splitting on labels is a real issue. (38:00)
  • #6 - Cancer and it’s link to high consumption of sugar. (40:03)
  • #7 - Can accelerate skin and cellular aging. (42:36)
  • #8 – Energy swings and mood. (45:10)
• How to eat sugar properly. (49:52)

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• Sugar and the Brain | Neurobiology
• Fructose may affect hunger cues
• Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults
• Acne: prevalence and relationship with dietary habits in Eskisehir, Turkey.
• Sugar and Type 2 diabetes
• Understanding the Warburg Effect: The Metabolic Requirements of Cell Proliferation
• High serum glucose levels are associated with a higher perceived age
• The Relationship between Sugar and Behavior in Children
• The Link Between Sugar And Depression: What You Should Know
• Mind Pump Free Resources

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• “It’s not just bad if you catch it and you’re over 70…there are healthy fit people getting killed by this virus” – Sam Harris
• Even if we’re all destined to contract the virus, social distancing is essential: The healthcare system is collapsing from an overflow of patients, if we can slow down the rate of infection, that will save countless lives
  • “The time for hugging people and shaking hands is over. You’re not being friendly by shaking someone’s hand, in fact, you’re being quite rude.” – Sam Harris
• The coronavirus mortality rate estimates:
  • Age 0-30: 0.2%
  • Age 30-80: 1-2%
  • Age 80+: 20% 
• The most optimistic estimate is that 1 million Americans will get infected and 35K will die from the coronavirus
  • One Harvard scientist estimates that 20-60% of Americans will be infected over the course a year–That means at least 60 million Americans will get infected and 300K will die
• There will be multiple waves of infection, this is only the first–The later you contract the coronavirus the better
  • It gives doctors and scientists more time to research what drugs can help fight the virus and increases the chances of a vaccine being developed 

Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org



Subscribe to the Waking Up with Sam Harris Podcast

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss the likely effects on society, proactive vs reactive school closures, community transmission, false comparisons between coronavirus and flu, the imperative of social distancing, the timeline of the pandemic, Trump’s political messaging, the widespread distrust of expertise, the importance of "flattening the curve" of the epidemic, the possible failure of our healthcare system, gradations of personal response to this threat, and other topics.

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Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Definitions:
  • SARS-CoV-2 is the formal name of the virus (it’s a member of the coronavirus family of viruses)
  • COVID-19 is the official name of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
• In the U.S., COVID-19’s doubling rate (how fast cases double) seems to be ~7.4 days
• ~89% of infected individuals exhibit fevers
• SARS-CoV-2 seems to spread asymptotically
• “This could be as much as an accelerant for biomedicine as the internet was for software” – Balaji Srinivasan
• Second-order effects of THE COVID-19 outbreak:
  • Massive supply chain shocks
  • People will begin to view remote work not as an auxiliary, but as a primary. EVERY job going forward must be remote-capable.
• Let’s say 100 people in San Francisco have the coronavirus (San Francisco has a population of 880k). Now, imagine you have an office with 1,000 people. Given this, there’s about a 10% chance someone in that office is infected (if there are 1,000 people in San Francisco with the virus, the probability that someone’s infected jumps to 60%).

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Subscribe to the Knowledge Project Podcast

This special pop-up episode explores Covid-19, with Balaji Srinivasan. Balaji is one of the more thought-provoking, interesting, and multi-disciplinary thinkers I know and we do a deep dive, including possible second and third-order consequences.

For a list of references check out: https://fs.blog/balaji-srinivasan/

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