The 5 Major Causes of BELLY FAT & How to Get Rid of It FAST - With Dr. Sean O’Mara

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Research consistently shows that carrying excessive amounts of belly fat is associated with increased risk of serious health problems like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Today, you’re going to learn about the causative factors of dangerous visceral fat and science-backed strategies you can use to lower your body fat and improve your health. On this episode of The Model Health Show, our guest is the world’s leading physician in visceral fat elimination, Dr. Sean O’Mara. His expertise is reversing chronic fat by monitoring biomarkers like visceral and pericardial fat. He is passionate about helping humans achieve biological optimization through natural lifestyle changes. In this powerful conversation, Dr. O’Mara is sharing the five main causes of visceral fat and specific lifestyle changes you can implement today to reverse your risk for chronic disease. We’re also covering the importance of the microbiome, reviewing images of pericardial fat, and discussing the truth about how to eliminate stubborn belly fat for good. I hope you enjoy this conversation with the incredible Dr. Sean O’Mara. In this episode you’ll discover: Why excess cortisol is so detrimental to human health. (8:11) How lowering your stress levels can reduce visceral fat. (8:35) The connection between accumulating visceral fat and eating processed foods. (9:42) How your sleep quality impacts your body composition. (10:34) The effects of drinking alcohol on your metabolism. (11:16) How durational exercise affects your levels of visceral fat. (12:30) Why cortisol is catabolic to muscle. (15:02) The role of cortisol in the body. (15:34) How stress can undermine your healthy habits. (16:42) The role of myokines in fat loss. (21:30) An important physiology lesson that should be taught in medical school. (22:11) The connection between ultra-processed food, microbes, and belly fat. (32:56) Which fermented foods to eat for better health. (37:16) What myosteatosis is. (44:45). The #1 cause of the top killer in the country. (57:12) How light exposure impacts your biology. (59:53) The connection between poor sleep and disease. (1:01:19) What to expect when you quit drinking alcohol. (1:04:34) Items mentioned in this episode include: DrinkLMNT.com/model - Get a FREE sample pack of electrolytes with any order! Foursigmatic.com/model - Get an exclusive discount on your daily health elixirs! Daylight Computer - Learn more about blue-light free computers! GrowingBetterNotOlder.com - Learn how to eliminate stubborn belly fat! Connect with Dr. Sean O’Mara Website / Facebook / Instagram / YouTube Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:  Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by LMNT and Four Sigmatic. Head to DrinkLMNT.com/model to claim a FREE sample pack of electrolytes with any purchase. Visit foursigmatic.com/model to get an exclusive discount on mushroom and adaptogen-packed blends to improve your life.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:05.0	For more, visit the modelhealthshow.com.
0:08.0	Today we're going to unlock the secrets of burning belly fat.
0:17.0	We have on the foremost expert in the world in understanding visceral belly fat.
0:24.6	This individual has the roadmap, number one, to what's creating abnormal amounts of belly fat,
0:31.8	and also the roadmap to eliminating it for good.
0:36.3	And I'm telling you some of these factors that's contributing
0:39.4	to our epidemic rates and prevalence of belly fat. Some of these factors are misunderstood,
0:47.7	little acknowledged, but important nonetheless. And I'm telling you, once you get this information
0:52.5	in your hands, that is the
0:55.1	catalyst for change because you might be missing out on or doing one of these things that's creating
1:01.5	all of the problems. And so yes, we want to stack conditions in our favor, but we absolutely
1:06.9	want to know what we're up against, but we need to have some strategies and insights to help us to address this issue once and for all.
1:14.6	And also, what was so cool, which I highly recommend you pop over to the Model Health Show YouTube channel.
1:20.6	He brought in a monitor, an actual monitor to put these images up on screen to look at what's going on in our bodies
1:29.5	specifically in regards to body fat. And so he was able to show this visually what healthy muscle
1:36.9	looks like and what fat invaded muscle looks like. And he's going to talk about this
1:43.3	intramuscular fat epidemic as well.
1:46.7	So you could pop over to the YouTube channel, which you should be subscribed to the
1:50.3	Model Health Show over on YouTube anyways.
1:52.6	We create some incredible original content over on the YouTube channel.
1:56.5	And just to be able to hang out in the studio with me, it's always a good time.
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