The #1 Thing Stopping You From Losing Belly Fat - How To Lose It Effectively

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Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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View Show Notes From This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal Carrying excess weight around your midsection can be frustrating, especially if you maintain a healthy diet and exercise regularly. Yet, millions of people worldwide struggle with their weight, It is crucial to understand that belly fat is more than just a layer under your clothes. It is an active endocrine organ that secretes pro-inflammatory cytokines throughout the body, contributing to our risk for chronic diseases. It's important to recognize that this is not a reflection of personal failure. Our modern-day lifestyles are overloaded with stress, environmental toxins, and convenience foods that actively work against us. In today’s episode, we will explore visceral fat (a.k.a. belly fat), the factors that contribute to it, and how to address it using the principles of Functional Medicine effectively. In this episode, I dive into: Understanding belly fat and obesity (2:51) The role of diet and lifestyle in the accumulation of belly fat (10:48) The impact of sleep, alcohol, and stress on weight gain (19:14) What are obesogens, and how do they make us gain weight? (21:44) Health risks associated with visceral fat and belly fat (23:05) Where does conventional medicine miss the mark? (24:14) Functional medicine's approach to assessing and addressing visceral fat (26:38) Dietary and lifestyle changes to reduce visceral fat (30:52) Rupa University is hosting FREE classes and bootcamps for healthcare providers who want to learn more about Functional Medicine testing. Sign up at RupaUniversity.com. Upgrade your cookware, appliances and more with Our Place. Head over to FromOurPlace.com and enter code HYMAN at checkout to receive 10% off site-wide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy,
0:02.6	belly fat is one of the biggest drivers of having heart attacks.
0:05.4	So the question then is, what's driving belly fat?
0:09.2	Well, two things.
0:10.0	Excess sugar and refined carbs and ultra-processed food and excess calorie consumption. excess sugar,
0:13.0	and refined carbs, and processed food,
0:14.0	and excess calorie consumption.
0:15.0	So basically sugar, carbs, and processed food,
0:17.0	and just too many calories.
0:20.0	It seems that every day more and more patients
0:22.0	come into my office bringing ever increasing amounts of health care information with them.
0:25.8	And I love it when this happens because it means people are taking ownership of their health.
0:30.0	But it also means I have to stay on the top of my game.
0:32.4	So as a health care practitioner, how do you make sure that when a patient walks in your
0:35.6	office and says, hey, I really want a Dutch complete or a GI map,
0:38.4	did you have the right answers and tools?
0:40.3	The answer is Ruby University.
0:42.1	They are the number one educational institute for root cause medicine with over 20,000 practitioners a year learning about functional and specially lab testing.
0:49.0	Not only do they have absolutely free live classes hosted every week but they bring in industry
0:53.8	experts to teach in-depth six-week boot camps on all the most popular
0:57.5	functional tests. If you want to level up your knowledge of functional lab
1:00.3	testing make sure to visit Rupa University.
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