Ep. 374 Understanding Visceral Fat and Its Impact on Health with Dr. Sean O'Mara

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Today, I am honored to connect with Dr. Sean O'Mara, the leading global health and performance-optimizing physician. Dr. O'Mara is a former ER physician and attorney. He works with business executives, professional performers, and athletes, and he has also had the chance to collaborate with multiple United States presidents, Secretaries of State, senior government officials, and high-level foreign dignitaries. In our discussion today, we address the dangers of visceral fat and the general lack of awareness of it, particularly among healthcare professionals. We cover various types of fat, the influence of Big Pharma, and the impact of menopause on disease susceptibility. We dive into health optimization, sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, frailty, adiponectin, and MRIs for assessing visceral fat, and Dr. O'Mara offers valuable insights on muscle tissue differences, lifestyle factors, epigenetics, and the most effective exercises, discussing his advocacy for intermittent fasting, the importance of clinical labs, and the specific supplements for managing visceral fat. He also shares his thoughts on alcohol and caffeine. This engaging and informative episode with Dr. Sean O’Mara features numerous slides and MRI images. So, I recommended viewing it on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Why visceral fat is a significant contributor to chronic disease How visceral fat invades muscles, leading to the loss of spinal erectness Why superficial subcutaneous fat is essential for health The impact of visceral fat on muscle mass and bone density in older adults How lifestyle choices impact metabolic health The benefits of fermented foods and extended fasting for optimal health Why Dr. O’Mara believes that modern humans are less intelligent than our ancestors How fasting helps to cleanse the body and reverse disease How distance running and cycling can impact the body negatively, and the benefits of sprinting Why Dr O’Mara recommends avoiding alcohol Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Submit your questions to [email protected] Connect with Dr. Sean O'Mara On his website Instagram YouTube TikTok LinkedIn Join Dr. O’Mara’s online community (www.drseanomara.podia.com) Recommended Podcast What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health, from Andrew Huberman

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast. I'm your host, Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.0	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:14.0	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the
0:19.2	health and wellness industry each week and impact over a million lives.
0:23.4	Today I had the honor of connecting with Dr. Sean O'Mara. He is the world's leading health and
0:34.8	performance optimizing physician. He works with business executives, professional
0:39.3	performers and athletes. He is also a former ER physician as well as an attorney and he's had the
0:46.7	opportunity to work with multiple US presidents secretaries of state and other
0:51.7	senior government officials and high-level foreign dignitaries.
0:55.6	He is frank, outspoken, but absolutely delightful and wants to help educate the public about the impact of visceral fat.
1:05.0	Today we spoke at length about the significance of visceral fat,
1:09.2	how it is problematic and there's a lack of awareness,
1:12.0	especially with health care practitioners.
1:14.6	The influence of big pharma, the different types of fat including subcutaneous and
1:19.2	visceral, the changes that occur in menopause that impact our susceptibility to disease,
1:25.8	the role of health optimization.
1:28.3	We spoke at length about sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity and frailty, the importance of adoponectin, the role of
1:36.8	MRIs for evaluating visceral fat, differences in muscle tissue, the role of lifestyle, and as he refers to it, meat and microbes,
1:46.7	the impact of epigenetics, the role of the right types of exercise including sprinting his love for intermittent fasting
1:55.8	Why he thinks labs are not the important most important aspect of
2:00.5	clinical care and lastly specific supplements that he has spent a great deal of time
2:06.5	researching on that can be helpful for Viscilla at a posity as well as
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