32. Dr Sean O'Mara: MRI scan for Visceral Fat - the Ultimate Biomarker for Health Optimisation

Dr Sean O’Mara joins me again to talk all things VISCERAL FAT. We cover the reasons why this key indicator of human disease is not being identified, diagnosed or treated, why you need an abdominal MRI, democratizing access to MRI, working out indoors vs outdoors and much more. Dr Sean O’Mara is a former Emergency Physician turned 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. TIMESTAMPS 00:01:56 How the current system is failing patients 00:04:45 Different types of fat and why they matter 00:12:43 Facial and physical markers of poor metabolic health 00:14:19 Not all overweight people are unhealthy, not all normal weight are healthy 00:20:47 Radiologists do not report presence of visceral fat on routine CT and MRI scans 00:24:05 More visceral fat = worse outcome in cancer patients 00:26:30 Serum cholesterol is the wrong biomarker, visceral fat is the right one. 00:31:50 Mechanical analogies for the broken healthcare system 00:35:11 The CT calcium score was a grassroots movement, visceral fat MRI needs to be next 00:42:00 Democratizing the visceral fat MRI for health optimization – single slice at L3 level 00:49:00 Ask for a visceral fat reading of your historic abdominal CT or MRI 00:52:40 Amount AND duration of visceral fat matters 00:55:50 Visceral fat affects muscle hypertrophy 00:59:35 Muscle hypertophy as a strategy for longevity and Sean’s thoughts on Jack Kruse’s takes 01:08:43 Dr Max summarizes – perform evolutionarily appropriate exercise outside in the sun LINKS Regenerative Health Podcast, Sean O’Mara Series Episode I – https://youtu.be/6sURlMWBeGI Dr O’Mara’s website - https://drseanomara.com/ Dr O’Mara Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@DrSeanOMara/videos Twitter - https://twitter.com/DrSeanOMara Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drseanomara/ PAPERS Superficial vs Deep Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: Sex-Specific Associations With Hepatic Steatosis and Metabolic Traits https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/106/10/e3881/6301935 Visceral obesity and insulin resistance as risk factors for colorectal adenoma: a cross-sectional, case-control study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19755965/ High visceral fat-to-muscle ratio is an independent factor that predicts worse overall survival in patients with primary epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer https://ovarianresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13048-023-01098-1 ^These are a tiny selection of the evidence for visceral fat and poor cancer outcomes. Just enter ‘visceral fat’ and ‘xxx cancer’ and you will find many more.  Send us Fan Mail 🧡 HARDBLOCK Australia's Longest Running Bitcoin-only (₿) Exchange Use code REGENPOD for AUD 10 of bitcoin post account verification Support the show