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Nearing the end of Summer, it is time to make preparations for the upcoming Winter season that is so often referred to as “cold-and-flu-season”. In order to avoid a Winter of misery, it’s critical to have a strong immune…
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Fat Loss 207: How Much Body Fat is Acceptable?
How Much Body Fat is Acceptable? If excess body fat is indeed a threat to our health, we should have an idea what amount of body fat is healthy or unhealthy. That sounds easy enough, but it’s not so clear.…
Fat loss 205: Guide to Eliminating Visceral Fat
Eliminating Visceral Fat Visceral Adipose Tissue (aka visceral fat) is important to understand due to its tight association with metabolic disease. Unfortunately, the presence of visceral fat is not always easy to detect and is certainly not discussed in ordinary…
Fat Loss 204: Visualizing Visceral Fat
Visualizing Visceral Fat Visceral fat can easily be visualized on routine imaging studies, particularly on CT (computed tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), both of which can easily differentiate visceral fat from subcutaneous fat. Given the enormous clinical implications of…
Fat Loss 203: Know the Enemy — Visceral Fat
Visceral Fat – Know the Enemy Not all fat is created equal. Different types and different locations of fat have remarkably different effects on our health, yet there is very little awareness of this fact. As body fat is the…
Fat Loss 102 – Sex Differences in Fat Storage
Sex Differences in Fat Storage Body fat In general, women have more body fat than men. Studies looking at morbidity and mortality among adults suggest that the healthiest levels of body fat are considered to be 20-30% for women and…
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As a physician and a parent, I am deeply invested in the health of our children and future generations. Metabolic health is as critical, if not more, for children as it is for adults. My goal is to partner with individuals of all ages to improve their health spans – the length of time that people remain healthy and functional, not just alive.
