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Dr. Max Gulhane - 'Identifying and Eliminating Visceral Fat for Optimal Health'

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Dr Max Gulhane is a practicing GP registrar, host of the Regenerative Health Podcast and advocate of circadian & nutritional approaches to optimising health and reversing metabolic diseases.In this talk he explains why we should be worried about visceral fat as an optimal health 'biomarker' and the most effective strategies to eliminate it.TIMESTAMPS00:02:14 Types of fat and sites of ectopic fat,00:06:30 Why ectopic and visceral fat is harmful,00:10:00 The flaws of the BMI metric,00:14:50 LDL cholesterol is a poor a biomarker for health optimisation,00:17:00 Drivers of visceral fat accumulation,00:22:40 Visceral fat accumulates in proportion to a lifestyle which is incompatible with your biology,00:23:00 Strategies for visceral fat elimination, 00:29:25 Q&A,REGENERATE is a holistic health movement based on three pillars - circadian health, ancestral diets and regenerative farming. Follow REGENERATEInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerate.aus/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Regenerate_Aus/Rumble: REGENERATEHEALTHSUMMITPlease consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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