18. Dr Sean O'Mara: Harms of Visceral Fat and Unlocking Elite-level Human Performance

 Dr Sean O’Mara is a lifestyle physician with a specialty in elite tier-human performance optimization. He routinely uses full-body MRI scanning to identify metabolically-damaging visceral fat and guides his special cohort of patients through the most effective ways of eliminating it.

In this riveting discussion we cover what is visceral fat, the five key drivers of visceral fat accumulation, physical markers of human health, the importance of visible arterial pulses,  Dr O’Mara’s strategies for nuking visceral fat and  much, much more...

TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Update on Dr Max & upcoming events
00:06:40 Podcast begins
00:07:30 Dr O’Mara’s backstory
00:15:48 What is visceral fat?
00:25:55 Duration AND quantity of visceral fat dictate degree of harm
00:27:05 Processed food drives visceral fat accumulation
00:29:35 Stress drives visceral fat accumulation
00:31:11 Alcohol contributes to visceral fat accumulation
00:32:14 Chronic exercising contributes to visceral fat accumulation
00:36:00 Poor sleep contributes to visceral fat accumulation
00:42:51 Blood tests and other imaging vs MRI for visceral fat
00:46:00 Ancestral thoughts on visceral fat
00:48:50 Physical indicators of visceral fat
00:51:30 What percentage of people are truly ancestrally healthy?
00:56:14 Dr O’Mara’s strategies for nuking visceral fat
00:59:08 Nitric oxide and visible arterial pulses
01:05:45 Thoughts on consuming meat with intramuscular fat (ie marbling) 
01:14:15 The benefits of consuming raw liver
01:16:38 The benefits of intermittent feasting (fasting)
01:23:38 Co-mastication of meat with fermented foods
01:29:00 The harms of unfermented vegetables
01:31:30 The deleterious effects of fruit and honey consumption on nitric oxide
01:34:34 Vegans and vegetarians accumulate visceral fat on MRI
01:39:20 Closing thoughts

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LINKS

Andrew Huberman on Alcohol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS1pkKpILY

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