Robert Lufkin MD
@robertlufkinmd.bsky.social
Medical school professor (UCLA & USC) and New York Times bestselling author empowering people to take back their health and live life to the fullest.
https://www.robertlufkinmd.com/
https://www.robertlufkinmd.com/
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Both versions are unhealthy junk food.
But we managed to make it even worse in the US version.
Why?
But we managed to make it even worse in the US version.
Why?
December 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Both versions are unhealthy junk food.
But we managed to make it even worse in the US version.
Why?
But we managed to make it even worse in the US version.
Why?
I now take creatine on a regular basis for my health and longevity.
Everyday.
Even on days I am not lifting weights.
What about you?
Everyday.
Even on days I am not lifting weights.
What about you?
December 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I now take creatine on a regular basis for my health and longevity.
Everyday.
Even on days I am not lifting weights.
What about you?
Everyday.
Even on days I am not lifting weights.
What about you?
It's better to be the oldest at the gym,
than the youngest at the nursing home.
than the youngest at the nursing home.
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's better to be the oldest at the gym,
than the youngest at the nursing home.
than the youngest at the nursing home.
Even as a doctor, I've come to understand something important:
Doctors don't make us healthy.
They help us manage illness.
True health?
That's something we create ourselves—through the daily lifestyle choices we make in how we live, eat, move, and rest.
Agree?
Doctors don't make us healthy.
They help us manage illness.
True health?
That's something we create ourselves—through the daily lifestyle choices we make in how we live, eat, move, and rest.
Agree?
December 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Even as a doctor, I've come to understand something important:
Doctors don't make us healthy.
They help us manage illness.
True health?
That's something we create ourselves—through the daily lifestyle choices we make in how we live, eat, move, and rest.
Agree?
Doctors don't make us healthy.
They help us manage illness.
True health?
That's something we create ourselves—through the daily lifestyle choices we make in how we live, eat, move, and rest.
Agree?
New study: 1 in 5 elite rowers develops atrial fibrillation later in life.
Extreme endurance training may remodel the heart—but not always in a good way.
Optimized Performance ≠ Optimized Longevity
https://t.co/7jDMvhrSRL
h/t @outbreakupdates
Extreme endurance training may remodel the heart—but not always in a good way.
Optimized Performance ≠ Optimized Longevity
https://t.co/7jDMvhrSRL
h/t @outbreakupdates
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New study: 1 in 5 elite rowers develops atrial fibrillation later in life.
Extreme endurance training may remodel the heart—but not always in a good way.
Optimized Performance ≠ Optimized Longevity
https://t.co/7jDMvhrSRL
h/t @outbreakupdates
Extreme endurance training may remodel the heart—but not always in a good way.
Optimized Performance ≠ Optimized Longevity
https://t.co/7jDMvhrSRL
h/t @outbreakupdates
It doesn't have to be this way.
ht/t @AlpacaAurelius
ht/t @AlpacaAurelius
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It doesn't have to be this way.
ht/t @AlpacaAurelius
ht/t @AlpacaAurelius
If you need a chemistry degree to decipher the ingredient list on your food,
it's probably not food.
h/t @JosephRudys
it's probably not food.
h/t @JosephRudys
December 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you need a chemistry degree to decipher the ingredient list on your food,
it's probably not food.
h/t @JosephRudys
it's probably not food.
h/t @JosephRudys
I just arrived from sea level to 8,000 feet, and the first night my O₂ sat fell to 93%.
Once my erythropoietin ramped up and pumped out more red blood cells, I was back to 97% the next night.
What an incredible homeostatic machine the human body is.
Once my erythropoietin ramped up and pumped out more red blood cells, I was back to 97% the next night.
What an incredible homeostatic machine the human body is.
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I just arrived from sea level to 8,000 feet, and the first night my O₂ sat fell to 93%.
Once my erythropoietin ramped up and pumped out more red blood cells, I was back to 97% the next night.
What an incredible homeostatic machine the human body is.
Once my erythropoietin ramped up and pumped out more red blood cells, I was back to 97% the next night.
What an incredible homeostatic machine the human body is.
Why mitochondria are more like the motherboard than the powerhouse of the cell.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mitochondria-are-more-like-a-motherboard-than-the-powerhouse-of-the-cell/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mitochondria-are-more-like-a-motherboard-than-the-powerhouse-of-the-cell/
December 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Why mitochondria are more like the motherboard than the powerhouse of the cell.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mitochondria-are-more-like-a-motherboard-than-the-powerhouse-of-the-cell/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mitochondria-are-more-like-a-motherboard-than-the-powerhouse-of-the-cell/
Please join me in London or via zoom for this important conference in 2026.
[Use code LUFKIN10 for 10% off tickets.]
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December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Please join me in London or via zoom for this important conference in 2026.
[Use code LUFKIN10 for 10% off tickets.]
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The more your shopping list looks like this,
the healthier that you will be.
Most 'modern' foods don't
make us healthier.
the healthier that you will be.
Most 'modern' foods don't
make us healthier.
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The more your shopping list looks like this,
the healthier that you will be.
Most 'modern' foods don't
make us healthier.
the healthier that you will be.
Most 'modern' foods don't
make us healthier.
The ketogenic diet is not just for improving obesity, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's and mental illness.
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The ketogenic diet is not just for improving obesity, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's and mental illness.
It doesn't have to be this way.
h/t @CaryKelly11
h/t @CaryKelly11
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It doesn't have to be this way.
h/t @CaryKelly11
h/t @CaryKelly11
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
―Haruki Murakami
―Haruki Murakami
December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
―Haruki Murakami
―Haruki Murakami
This 1958 photo shows a famous actor visiting US troops in the Philippines.
Also in the photo is another man—less known at the time—whose actions just four years later would alter the course of world history.
Can you name the actor?
Do you recognize the other man?
What did he do?
Also in the photo is another man—less known at the time—whose actions just four years later would alter the course of world history.
Can you name the actor?
Do you recognize the other man?
What did he do?
December 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This 1958 photo shows a famous actor visiting US troops in the Philippines.
Also in the photo is another man—less known at the time—whose actions just four years later would alter the course of world history.
Can you name the actor?
Do you recognize the other man?
What did he do?
Also in the photo is another man—less known at the time—whose actions just four years later would alter the course of world history.
Can you name the actor?
Do you recognize the other man?
What did he do?
My holiday gift wish list has only one thing on it.
What's on your list?
What's on your list?
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My holiday gift wish list has only one thing on it.
What's on your list?
What's on your list?
When asked why he was laughing while rescuing the elderly woman, the firefighter explained:
"She told me I reminded her of her wedding night."
What are you smiling about today?
"She told me I reminded her of her wedding night."
What are you smiling about today?
December 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
When asked why he was laughing while rescuing the elderly woman, the firefighter explained:
"She told me I reminded her of her wedding night."
What are you smiling about today?
"She told me I reminded her of her wedding night."
What are you smiling about today?
Gemini 3.0 Pro now outperforms human radiology trainees.
When will AI outperform board certified radiologists?
https://drdattaaiims.github.io/Gemini-3.0-Radiology-2025.html
When will AI outperform board certified radiologists?
https://drdattaaiims.github.io/Gemini-3.0-Radiology-2025.html
December 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Gemini 3.0 Pro now outperforms human radiology trainees.
When will AI outperform board certified radiologists?
https://drdattaaiims.github.io/Gemini-3.0-Radiology-2025.html
When will AI outperform board certified radiologists?
https://drdattaaiims.github.io/Gemini-3.0-Radiology-2025.html
New edition now out of Lies I Taught In Medical School.
Also available in:
Mandarin
Czech
Spanish
Bulgarian
Hungarian
Korean
Turkish
Australian English
New Zealand English
Irish English
Download a free sample chapter here:
https://robertlufkinmd.com/lies/
Also available in:
Mandarin
Czech
Spanish
Bulgarian
Hungarian
Korean
Turkish
Australian English
New Zealand English
Irish English
Download a free sample chapter here:
https://robertlufkinmd.com/lies/
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
New edition now out of Lies I Taught In Medical School.
Also available in:
Mandarin
Czech
Spanish
Bulgarian
Hungarian
Korean
Turkish
Australian English
New Zealand English
Irish English
Download a free sample chapter here:
https://robertlufkinmd.com/lies/
Also available in:
Mandarin
Czech
Spanish
Bulgarian
Hungarian
Korean
Turkish
Australian English
New Zealand English
Irish English
Download a free sample chapter here:
https://robertlufkinmd.com/lies/
We all get to be the stars of our own life stories.
Walk through life like it's a red carpet!
Walk through life like it's a red carpet!
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We all get to be the stars of our own life stories.
Walk through life like it's a red carpet!
Walk through life like it's a red carpet!
85 year old man in the gym
(where we all should be every week).
Weight lifting is one of the most powerful longevity hacks we have.
Better to be the oldest person in the gym,
than the youngest person in the nursing home.
Anybody recognize him?
Hint: He once had a contest with Superman and th....
(where we all should be every week).
Weight lifting is one of the most powerful longevity hacks we have.
Better to be the oldest person in the gym,
than the youngest person in the nursing home.
Anybody recognize him?
Hint: He once had a contest with Superman and th....
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
85 year old man in the gym
(where we all should be every week).
Weight lifting is one of the most powerful longevity hacks we have.
Better to be the oldest person in the gym,
than the youngest person in the nursing home.
Anybody recognize him?
Hint: He once had a contest with Superman and th....
(where we all should be every week).
Weight lifting is one of the most powerful longevity hacks we have.
Better to be the oldest person in the gym,
than the youngest person in the nursing home.
Anybody recognize him?
Hint: He once had a contest with Superman and th....
The global impact of unhealthy ultra-processed junk foods.
No wonder we are all getting sicker.
https://t.co/8Gebs9wXqq
No wonder we are all getting sicker.
https://t.co/8Gebs9wXqq
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The global impact of unhealthy ultra-processed junk foods.
No wonder we are all getting sicker.
https://t.co/8Gebs9wXqq
No wonder we are all getting sicker.
https://t.co/8Gebs9wXqq
I just noticed my Wikipedia page.
What are your thoughts about this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lufkin
What are your thoughts about this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lufkin
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I just noticed my Wikipedia page.
What are your thoughts about this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lufkin
What are your thoughts about this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lufkin
He looks like a completely different person
—except for that warm smile and those signature ear piercings that give it away.
Huge congratulations on an amazing health transformation!
h/t @FITNESS__WINS
—except for that warm smile and those signature ear piercings that give it away.
Huge congratulations on an amazing health transformation!
h/t @FITNESS__WINS
December 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
He looks like a completely different person
—except for that warm smile and those signature ear piercings that give it away.
Huge congratulations on an amazing health transformation!
h/t @FITNESS__WINS
—except for that warm smile and those signature ear piercings that give it away.
Huge congratulations on an amazing health transformation!
h/t @FITNESS__WINS