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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