Hey Dr Sean! I'm a 39 year old mom of 5, ages 1-11. I've struggled with weight since I was 12 and baby making hasn't helped as it's also caused back issues. When I was pregnant with my last baby I threw my back out so bad I couldn't walk for a month. BUT I've switched over to carnivore, 5 months now, down 40lbs and started sprinting 3 weeks ago. My goal is 3 days a week for the one month, do my measurements and decide if I should do more. I feel better and, even though I still have at least 30lbs to loose, I didn't hurt my knees or or any other body parts lol So thank for the info and the cheerful way you share it I'll keep at it and hope it heals this mommy body.
I’m a 39 year old long time weight lifter/gym goer. Also long time beer/vodka drinker. I’m cutting that out tho, along with carbs/sugar. I’ve never dreamed of going carnivore but that’s what I’m convinced to try now. I’ve been doing pretty good physically most of my life but I know drinking has influenced some visceral fat to creep into my anbdomen. Adding in sprinting and hitting a heavy bag. Nature has planted in my brain stem a deep desire to remain sexually relevant, at least to a moderate degree, as I age 🤷♂️
Carnivore for almost a year now, I’ll never go back.. simplifies your life, so many side benefits - like even my teeth are so clean! Up your bbq/smoker/sous vide game, make your own bone broth, beef jerky, lots and lots of eggs/homemade bacon - I make my own l. Reuteri yogurt. reverse osmosis water, Redman’s real salt…. Just need to start fermenting next 💪
Great video @DrSean. Thanks for displaying the strategies so clearly on this one. Have you had many female clients? I'd love to see a video focused on women's health optimisation and any variations in the strategies needed for women across the lifespan inc menopause and beyond. Thanks for all your work.
Love your passion. I am a numbers guy. Bought a smart scale - I know its likely not precise, but it gives me numbers I can work on - visceral fat, muscle mass, bone mass. I watch the trends - drive visceral fat down (my number is 4 - 5), drive my muscle mass and bone mass up. I do a combo of weight training, calisthenics and sprinting (running, biking and rowing). Most importantly I eat well - not perfect..... No highly processed foods, lots of ferments, grass-fed, grass finished beef, free-rang chicken, line caught fish. Intermittent fasting including one 24 hour fast per week. Love your passion and message Dr Sean.
Doc, I started Carnivore on January 1, 2024. Starting weight 290lbs………First I figured out what is my Basel metabolic rate for my ideal weight…to make sure my food portions were correct. I’ve been eating is Ribeye,Bacon ,ground burger, eggs and Salt for seasoning. First month, I ate two meals a day with a three hour eating window… I’ve been lifting weight, and wind sprints. I’m not working out like crazy. First month I lost 22lbs…. Second month I incorporated OMAD and Rolling 48hr fasts. I lost 12lbs. The third month I incorporated the Mojo meter to track my ketones and Glucose levels. March 20, I’ve lost I’ve lost 10 lbs with 10 more days of the month left….My goal weight is 185lbs, which is the weight, I was when I graduated Basis Training, 24 years ago….The hardest thing for me was the carb addiction and sugar addiction. Which only lasted about a week. My emotional connection with food has changed…. Now food is Medicine…..I will start to add fermented food in my diet but small amounts to see how many body reacts…. Five Stages of Carnivore 1. Make the Decision to start… 2.Adaptations Phase 3.Notice benefits, weight loss is one aspect. 4. Depletions of your stored Fat…. 5. Maintenance…. My wife has been on carnivore as well with great results. She went through a priming stage of eating for about a month. To help regulate her hormones…. If you’re interested about priming on carnivore look it up on utube. Today is the Day to get Healthy and you can’t out run a bad diet! If you mess up with your eating Don’t beat yourself up ,just regroup and start over… Thank you Dr. Omara for sharing all of your knowledge. You’re such brilliant motivating individual.
One of my fav docs out there. Shared with the group chat and family chat. If I had social media I'd be plastering my page with your videos. Well done as always Sean
Well thank you. I find t so sad most watch, never like and never share. Many try my strategies and improve and some totally change their life and still don’t share. What a world.
Hey Dr Sean, I’m the guy that had 9 ACA stokes. Just a guestion and an update. You showed that bone marrow was increasing in legs that had “human marbling”. Can that be reversed to build up bone material that would increase density? Also, as of this past week I am now down 100 pounds. Belly actually sinks down when laying flat. 40 more to hit goal. As always, thank you for your inspiration.
To help with your bone density, try doing some strength training. I'm a trainer, and I have lots of older ladies who reverse their ostiopinia by doing a farmer carry. Make sure you carry heavy enough to send a signal to your brain to beef up your bone mass.
@lindaloranger2998 it just has to be heavy enough to kinda jar you with every step. I would try 25 lbs in each hand to start. Go from there. If it's too much, go down if it feels hard, but double then stick with it and go up in a few months..
Dr. Sean is right on the fact that people get motivated when they “see” what’s going on inside their bodies. But since nobody can afford MRIs on a regular basis, trust the symptoms. If the belly is there, that’s enough motivation to cut the carbs, and the inflammatory oils. One should try being on meat and animal fats as long as they start seeing results. And the weight lifting and sprinting too. If you see results, then no need to spend money on MRIs.
Fully on board.Been Carnivore for 14 months and following your protocols for 4 weeks now.I can't afford an MRI but thats fine I don't need one I know I still have some visceral fat that I need to eliminate despite losing 50lb I can tell by my belly shape.But I have seen a small improvement already
Great job doc...to the masses reading this, the only thing I have ever seen work reliably for the most folks it no carb diet. Period. Please try and treat your body better than you treat your car or lawn. Thanks!
67 year old with multiple organ removal. Muscle invasive bladder cancer and an adrenal tumor. Now with the adrenal tumor excised my muscle mass is increasing and I’d wager the visceral fat is melting away. Won’t this show on a CAT scan? I’m scheduled for one soon. Been pretty much carnivore for a while. Doubt if I’d survived without the animal nutrition.
Dr. Sean, thank you so much for another excellent video. I’ve watched all your videos but don’t remember blood donation being on your list. Can you maybe do a video to explain why that is helpful? And how often you recommend donating?
Saw your interview with KenDBerry MD on Visceral Fat and sprinting. You make so much sense to me, you are in alignment with my mentor Dr Jack Kruse a Brain, neck and spine surgeon. I'd love to have you on my UA-cam channel as a guest. What's the best way to send you a guest request?
Love all your info. Wondering if you track cortisol and inflammation markers. wondering if extreme diet change, (not enough clean carbs), lots of vigorous exercise raise inflammation which will affect fat loss, sleep, drives disease etc in a negative fashion, even though losing fat.
Have you ever done a presentation on insulin resistance, visceral fat, and heart attacks? Here's why. I had a heart attack 3 years ago, and the cardiologist was baffled as to how I had the blockage I did in my arteries. Cholesterol numbers were above normal, but not bad, triglycerides were moderately elevated, I wasn't considered overweight, and I was active. The one thing he DIDN'T check in the blood tests was insulin resistance. That was picked up by my family doctor 1.5 years after the heart attack. It was about 6 moths ago that I ran into your channel. That was the final piece that was missing. Couldn't afford the scan. However. Checked measurable subQ abdominal fat and it was low, yet still had a "dad bod" abdomen. Had the hint of a six pack even with the bulging abdomen. Was active and exercising regularly. Blood test showed prediabetic level insulin resistance. Cut out carbs, and went to at least 12 hours between breakfast and dinner. Lost 3-1/2 inches in my waist. Had not changed the amount of exercising the whole time. Stomach went flat with the same hint of a six pack and the same measurable subQ fat. Insulin resistance is gone. Not as good as a scan, but all of these measurable data points point to losing visceral fat. For someone that starts obese, this would not work. But I was externally lean with good muscle definition when I started (like the runner you mentioned).
Dr Sean you are awesome. Thank you for what you do. I am Carnivore, ferments, HIT weights, sprints, sauna, cold plunges, sleep and use sleep tracker, intermittent fasting. Does Kefir and homemade real yogurt (dairy) help or hurt? What MRI do we need abdominal, thoracic?
I tried your stragies but aggreviated my achilles and was sidelined from sprinting for 6 months. I am 59 and now and the physcial therapists suggested rowing. I have added 5 min blasts with a min rest in between, then 4 45 second blasts with 45 second rests between and finally 3 30 second blasts with 3 30 second rests. Three times a week. What do you think Dr. Sean?
Hey Doc. Keep up the great work! What would you recommend for people that do NOT do well on fermented foods? I for example always feel worse after eating anything fermented.
I've benefited enormously from implementing your guidelines, however, when my husband , who has haemochromatosis, upped his red meat consumption his iron levels became dangerously high. He recently had a venesection and has been told to remove red meat from his diet. Is this the only option for him? Thanks
Thanks Dr Sean for the great info. You talk about sprinting and how it helps. Is it also ok to walk 3 miles a day while incorporating the sprints into that exercise or it as bad as jogging.
Just wondering whether the LPIR score has any correlation to the amount of visceral fat? Seeing an MRI is obviously the way to go for behavioral change but getting access to LPIR testing could be good in between MRIs if there is a correlation.
I'm your age Sean. I have a bad knee, so instead of sprinting I trail run and do hill circuits - driving hard on the hills and recovering on the way down. Alternately, I hit the same hills on my mtb. Not exactly speed work, but best I can do without blowing out my damaged knee. Cant do it every day, but every other day. Any comment?
Why do we need ferments please?. I haven't heard of us having ferments 1million to 10,000 years ago. So why should we need this? What has changed in us or our environment? Did we start having this in the last 10,000 years and genetics have morphed to need ferments?
Do you have mri’s of people eating ferments versus those not? I don’t understand the need for fermented vegetables. You’re the science guy, please shed some light here? ❤
Does anyone know if Dr Sean has made a video on how often we can sprint, how long to rest and how to combine all of that with weight training so we don’t over exercise
I keep a fit condition, better than Gabe shot at his best but trying to add muscle without much fat. Thanks for the advice as I hope to hit my seventies getting ever better for on more decade.
So, doctor, please . A question . Do you think visceral fat will exercise negative effect on a post op hernia in relation to a urostomia? Would make sense , right? Abdominal pressure . Great work , doc. Will get back to sprinting but last year an injury on Achilles tendon . This year 2 weeks ago I pulled the calf muscle in the other leg. I am your age but I see I must go slower. I won’t give up though . Diet too and fasting will continue. Thank you , sir.
It's much criticised poorly conducted study. It's not available anywhere barring one press release about it. AHAs biggest donors are pharma companies who will go bankrupt if you fast your way to good health.
Im going to try carnivore. I have been keto for years .. before, it was a thing. Im almost 50 and getting the midsection body fat us woman seems to get during menopausa. I guess i worried about getting enough viamins we get from fruit and veggies. I know meat has some, but do we need to take extra supplements? Also, can i still use my protein powder on this diet? Not plant based powder the real stuff.😊
With a combination of fasting and carnivore, how long does it normally take to start seeing visceral fat disappear?? I'm 40, and about to start the police academy.
What made your friend put on all the fat? I was also in the best shape of my life 2019-20-21-22. Then 2 kidney infections so tons of antibiotics and steroids now im 12 lbs heavier and full of visceral fat
As a 30 year multisport endurance athlete, now aged 57 I enjoy this analysis. That said lean musculature in itself, combined with low visceral fat, is NOT a clear determinant of 'fitness'. Having worked with many of the worlds fittest individuals, who appear similar as the introductory pic, combined with Vo2 at their genetic max, with low resting heart rates, typically in the 35-45 range, THIS is what fit is. Musculature and low visceral fat, although they 'may look aesthetically pleasing, such as the case with many 'artificially' enhanced individuals, such as many bodybuilders, are anything but fit, even though they give the appearance as such. As my exercise physiology professor taught me 35 years ago, "you can put a suit on any idiot, doesn't make them intelligent or a CEO'.
Question to any sprinter. If I split up my sprints to 3 sets of 3 intervals over a day be just as beneficial as doing sprints 1x9, basically doing all my sprint intervals in one session. I find i can generate more power for 3x3 then 1x9 as the last 3 intervals in the 9 are sub par. So in one day and I do 3 sessions of FULL power for 3 intervals, after a month, would the results be better splitting them up over the day, or would they be better doing them all in one session on that day. The reason I ask is I'm over 60 and recently getting benefit during my weight training sessions of a 3 minute rest instead of a 1+ minute rest in between sets, allowing me to Generate more power for each set. I'm just wondering if this would apply to sprinting??
II follow all of your strategies except the fermented foods. I do drink organic apple cider daily and occasionally have yogurt with live cultures. How important is the fermented foods? I tried making kraut, but failed. I could buy kimchi, if it is absolutely necessary.
I was packed with visceral fat 3 years ago. I didn't look very fat but I was metabolically sick with high triglycerides, high blood pressure, fatty liver etc. I cut the sugar drinks and went ketovore on an 18:6 IF schedule and lost 52 pounds. It has made a tremendous difference in my health. My only mistake was choosing David Goggins as my motivational coach. Nothing like taking an ass chewing out every day about how I need to get off the couch and exercise or I'm a pathetic POS.🤣
@@jeanvernesse8873 That was sarcasm. I love the man. While others encourage exercise he calls you names and criticizes you for being lazy. I think it's funny how he coaches. He's not a hypocrite.
Wait one you said not to eat fruit or honey and then said don't eat processed carbs and then said meat and vegetables are okay. So can we eat fruit? Honey?
Yes Doc. Eating Wagyu is great. Lots of healthy saturated fat. Right? I don't know why you asked if we want to eat Wagyu as if it not healthy meat to eat? :)
Why don’t you show some Mom bods? I’m tired of looking of bods that don’t have the features of mine! What happens to the female organs and dainty little kidneys when they are being squeezed and smothered by visceral fat? From past DXA scans, I know I have 8+ lb of visceral fat. Even when I would gain muscle and lose fat, the visceral fat scarcely budged. Please show us some females! I’m 73 and have worked my way up over about 6-7 years from yoga to pilates to weights, but I can’t sprint yet-a couple of months ago I could only walk 1/3 mile! I’m up to 1 mile in 25 minutes, with a little intermittent jogging in last 5 minutes, going between 3 mh and 3.3 mph. That’s my “sprint” (I’m 5’2”). Does that count? How fast do I have to go to call it a sprint? More importantly, how fast do I have to go to burn the visceral fat? My German forbears (female German, Scots-Irish and French males-but the German ladies cooked-) thought a fat baby was a healthy baby and stuffed me like a goose. Diagnosed as “obese” at 12 months, I couldn’t even walk until 14 months. My doctor put me on a “diet” and except for that one photo, I was not a fat child, unless you noticed a slight pot belly. Pancakes and waffles (with Karo dark corn syrup), French toast and cereal, cookies and coffee cake; Halloween candy, Valentine candy, Easter baskets, Black Cows with extra Root beer (but hardly any soda apart from that). I could go on, but you get the gist. I always wondered why, after menarche, I always had a tummy. Because I wasn’t fat. At 12 I was 112, at 14, 114, at 18, 118; at marriage (24), 124! I wasn’t fat! I wore a size 8 wedding dress. I did not undergo fad diets, except for one: in my thirties, annoyed at being size 12, I tried the Hollywood diet (lots of fruit). It actually worked but was not sustainable due to a lack of protein. I developed an aversion to pineapple! So I devoted myself to my marriage, my job, my singing, and my pets. Every so often, I would take a dance class or badminton, for fitness. But for several years my publishing job consumed too many hours. After my company was bought out by a competitor and destroyed, I had only a little time to rest before I was called upon for eldercare, for my mother-in-law (twice), my mother, and my voice teacher. That went on 2002-2019 and my figure was my last concern. Finally, in our sixties, my husband and I turned our attention to our health, and joined a health club. He lost weight through his own self-discipline and portion control. I lost maybe 12-14 lb (down from 188) but (after a disastrous experience with semaglutide) had been stuck at 173 + 4. Now 6 months carnivorish, hovering around 171. Considering another diet drug since all my weight work has given me great arms but my large tummy sort of spoils the look. I’m considering another diet drug, since I want to lose 30 pounds and at least some of that visceral fat. Also stuck at HA1c of 5.7 (but low fasting glucose, fasting insulin, and no insulin resistance). On hypertension meds. Have added treadmill and sauna. Other experts have said you can’t lose visceral fat until all the exterior fat is gone. 😢 I’ve had plenty of community input; I want to hear from the doc! There are surely other little feminine round balls of women who could use some advice and encouragement from Dr. Sean! Come on, give!
My health club does not have a cold plunge. The manager says they are looking to convert one of their two “spas” to one. But I’m guessing 9 months to a year before it happens. And I just can’t stand in a cold shower for long enough to do much good.
God bless ma'am, you sound like you're doing everything right. Please don't injure yourself trying to run if you don't feel ready. Just keep taking it one step at a time and look to make progress regularly, you'll get there.
Margo, thank you for sharing your story. I’m a 60 year old woman who has four pounds of visceral fat that I’m working on. I’d love to lose about 25 pounds. It all came on ten years ago in perimenopause, and it’s been a struggle to get rid of. Plus we have the disadvantage of going through menopause and becoming more insulin resistant due to our hormones plummeting. I would love to hear more about women too from Dr. Sean. 😊
Please check out Dr. Annette Bozworth - "Dr. Boz". She does a good job explaining why things are stalled in the weight department for people that are " doing all the right things". Insulin resistance could be a factor that may be causing the wrong signal to the cells - instead of release fat, they are holding fat.
@@Scorp2017_water, I follow her too. She’s great. I went ahead and had an insulin fasting test done. Mine was 11.4 which isn’t horrible, but I know it should definitely be under 10 and closer to 5. I think that’s why my weight is so stubborn.
Doc, I need your advice. Doctors all around me, especially covered by my insurance are complete morons, their idea of "healthy living" is what kills people. I am 60, ex-pro athlete, developped all of the symptoms you were kind enough to share with us. Since I started carnivorey diet, your style - meaning, I do eat Kefir, which I make myself, fermented veggies. Got off CPAP machine after 15 years, fixed my Type 2 diabetes, dropped 2-3 sizes, improved my eyesight, got rid of ackes and pains all over..... QUESTION!!! After 4-5 month on carnivore, peripheral neuropathy came back, burning in my feet as if im in livnig hell. Luckily I listened to a Dr. from England who said that B1 defficiency is what's causing it, even on all meat diet it is very much possible to be B1 defficient. The very first time I took 300mg of B1, burning went away, now I take 300mg daily. WHAT IS A PROPER DOSAGE? HOW LONG? WILL THIS CONDITION GO AWAY, OR SHOULD I SUPPLEMENT ALL THE TIME? HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS CONDITION WHILE ON CARNIVORE DIET?
The British army has demonstrated that the most effective way to eliminate visceral fat is through the practice of tantric wrenching, a yogic technique. This method is a fundamental part of the training for all elite British forces.
I mean, have you tried it? Have you looked at any of the interventional studies on ketogenic diets? I know that since I cut carbs, I have much higher energy and I don’t get bronchitis and pneumonia every time someone sneezes near me like I used to.
Love this stuff, man he really took an angled approach no one else really ever did!
Hey Dr Sean! I'm a 39 year old mom of 5, ages 1-11. I've struggled with weight since I was 12 and baby making hasn't helped as it's also caused back issues. When I was pregnant with my last baby I threw my back out so bad I couldn't walk for a month. BUT I've switched over to carnivore, 5 months now, down 40lbs and started sprinting 3 weeks ago. My goal is 3 days a week for the one month, do my measurements and decide if I should do more. I feel better and, even though I still have at least 30lbs to loose, I didn't hurt my knees or or any other body parts lol So thank for the info and the cheerful way you share it I'll keep at it and hope it heals this mommy body.
@Holly, kudos to you!! It’s now two months since you posted this, and I hope the sprinting is still going well for you!! 🎉
Big Lenny should get an MRI. It would be fascinating.
I’m a 39 year old long time weight lifter/gym goer. Also long time beer/vodka drinker. I’m cutting that out tho, along with carbs/sugar. I’ve never dreamed of going carnivore but that’s what I’m convinced to try now. I’ve been doing pretty good physically most of my life but I know drinking has influenced some visceral fat to creep into my anbdomen. Adding in sprinting and hitting a heavy bag. Nature has planted in my brain stem a deep desire to remain sexually relevant, at least to a moderate degree, as I age 🤷♂️
Awesome man 👊🙏
Carnivore for almost a year now, I’ll never go back.. simplifies your life, so many side benefits - like even my teeth are so clean! Up your bbq/smoker/sous vide game, make your own bone broth, beef jerky, lots and lots of eggs/homemade bacon - I make my own l. Reuteri yogurt. reverse osmosis water, Redman’s real salt…. Just need to start fermenting next 💪
@@MrTrda how do you do the whole teeth brushing thing? Just the tooth brush and no paste? Or do you just wash out your mouth with water?
Eating carnivore I need a lot more flossing - I use those fluffy wire things to get the meat chunks out
Get a high temp grill for cooking your steaks
Carnivore will have you supper skinny in shocking little time. Add in hanging leg lifts .
For me you are always the number one medical doctor!
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Dr Shawn. Does a trampoline perform the removal fat as sprinting.
Great insights Doc! Looking forward to growing in my own journey with you.
Love your message and enthusiasm! Working to incorporate more strategies. Not sure I am at a point of optimizing. Really working to regain my health.
Great video @DrSean. Thanks for displaying the strategies so clearly on this one.
Have you had many female clients?
I'd love to see a video focused on women's health optimisation and any variations in the strategies needed for women across the lifespan inc menopause and beyond.
Thanks for all your work.
Love your passion. I am a numbers guy. Bought a smart scale - I know its likely not precise, but it gives me numbers I can work on - visceral fat, muscle mass, bone mass. I watch the trends - drive visceral fat down (my number is 4 - 5), drive my muscle mass and bone mass up. I do a combo of weight training, calisthenics and sprinting (running, biking and rowing). Most importantly I eat well - not perfect..... No highly processed foods, lots of ferments, grass-fed, grass finished beef, free-rang chicken, line caught fish. Intermittent fasting including one 24 hour fast per week. Love your passion and message Dr Sean.
Awesome hombre 🙏👊
THIS is a great video.... Thanks Dr Sean! You are super motivating!! Ribeye tonight then 72 hour fast ... working on it man!
Maybe do an interview with someone who does homemade ferments or something along those lines.
Doc, I started Carnivore on January 1, 2024. Starting weight 290lbs………First I figured out what is my Basel metabolic rate for my ideal weight…to make sure my food portions were correct. I’ve been eating is Ribeye,Bacon ,ground burger, eggs and Salt for seasoning. First month, I ate two meals a day with a three hour eating window… I’ve been lifting weight, and wind sprints. I’m not working out like crazy. First month I lost 22lbs…. Second month I incorporated OMAD and Rolling 48hr fasts. I lost 12lbs. The third month I incorporated the Mojo meter to track my ketones and Glucose levels. March 20, I’ve lost I’ve lost 10 lbs with 10 more days of the month left….My goal weight is 185lbs, which is the weight, I was when I graduated Basis Training, 24 years ago….The hardest thing for me was the carb addiction and sugar addiction. Which only lasted about a week. My emotional connection with food has changed…. Now food is Medicine…..I will start to add fermented food in my diet but small amounts to see how many body reacts….
Five Stages of Carnivore
1. Make the Decision to start…
2.Adaptations Phase
3.Notice benefits, weight loss is one aspect.
4. Depletions of your stored Fat….
5. Maintenance….
My wife has been on carnivore as well with great results. She went through a priming stage of eating for about a month. To help regulate her hormones….
If you’re interested about priming on carnivore look it up on utube.
Today is the Day to get Healthy and you can’t out run a bad diet! If you mess up with your eating Don’t beat yourself up ,just regroup and start over…
Thank you Dr. Omara for sharing all of your knowledge. You’re such brilliant motivating individual.
One of my fav docs out there. Shared with the group chat and family chat. If I had social media I'd be plastering my page with your videos. Well done as always Sean
Well thank you. I find t so sad most watch, never like and never share. Many try my strategies and improve and some totally change their life and still don’t share. What a world.
I try to share things and nobody wants to hear it.
As always great to hear your pep talk, thank you doctor Sean!
Hey Dr Sean, I’m the guy that had 9 ACA stokes. Just a guestion and an update. You showed that bone marrow was increasing in legs that had “human marbling”. Can that be reversed to build up bone material that would increase density? Also, as of this past week I am now down 100 pounds. Belly actually sinks down when laying flat. 40 more to hit goal. As always, thank you for your inspiration.
It’s not clear but I believe so and congrats 👊👊
To help with your bone density, try doing some strength training. I'm a trainer, and I have lots of older ladies who reverse their ostiopinia by doing a farmer carry. Make sure you carry heavy enough to send a signal to your brain to beef up your bone mass.
@@kwucmpI’m 72 and 120 lbs so how much weight should I be packing?
@lindaloranger2998 it just has to be heavy enough to kinda jar you with every step. I would try 25 lbs in each hand to start. Go from there. If it's too much, go down if it feels hard, but double then stick with it and go up in a few months..
Dr. Sean is right on the fact that people get motivated when they “see” what’s going on inside their bodies. But since nobody can afford MRIs on a regular basis, trust the symptoms. If the belly is there, that’s enough motivation to cut the carbs, and the inflammatory oils. One should try being on meat and animal fats as long as they start seeing results. And the weight lifting and sprinting too. If you see results, then no need to spend money on MRIs.
The slide at the end had some reasonable advice that works.
Fully on board.Been Carnivore for 14 months and following your protocols for 4 weeks now.I can't afford an MRI but thats fine I don't need one I know I still have some visceral fat that I need to eliminate despite losing 50lb I can tell by my belly shape.But I have seen a small improvement already
Loved the "I'm a runner" impression 😅
Hello from East Tx+++Go Carnivore for LIFE!!!!====Marvin 72 yrs. Young!
Great job doc...to the masses reading this, the only thing I have ever seen work reliably for the most folks it no carb diet. Period.
Please try and treat your body better than you treat your car or lawn. Thanks!
So no eggs?
Love your style, Dr. O'Mara! Very motivating! (laughed at your awkwardness around visualizing the bikini moment.😂)
Dr Sean is the best!
67 year old with multiple organ removal. Muscle invasive bladder cancer and an adrenal tumor. Now with the adrenal tumor excised my muscle mass is increasing and I’d wager the visceral fat is melting away.
Won’t this show on a CAT scan? I’m scheduled for one soon. Been pretty much carnivore for a while. Doubt if I’d survived without the animal nutrition.
Yes. Visceral fat is very evident in an abdominal CT scan.
Thanks Doc.
Dr. Sean, thank you so much for another excellent video. I’ve watched all your videos but don’t remember blood donation being on your list. Can you maybe do a video to explain why that is helpful? And how often you recommend donating?
Getting rid of excess iron! 👍🏾
Saw your interview with KenDBerry MD on Visceral Fat and sprinting. You make so much sense to me, you are in alignment with my mentor Dr Jack Kruse a Brain, neck and spine surgeon. I'd love to have you on my UA-cam channel as a guest. What's the best way to send you a guest request?
Dr. Kruse & Dr. Sean are my top two, but the difference between their approaches is staggering…
Love all your info. Wondering if you track cortisol and inflammation markers. wondering if extreme diet change, (not enough clean carbs), lots of vigorous exercise raise inflammation which will affect fat loss, sleep, drives disease etc in a negative fashion, even though losing fat.
Have you ever done a presentation on insulin resistance, visceral fat, and heart attacks? Here's why.
I had a heart attack 3 years ago, and the cardiologist was baffled as to how I had the blockage I did in my arteries. Cholesterol numbers were above normal, but not bad, triglycerides were moderately elevated, I wasn't considered overweight, and I was active. The one thing he DIDN'T check in the blood tests was insulin resistance. That was picked up by my family doctor 1.5 years after the heart attack. It was about 6 moths ago that I ran into your channel. That was the final piece that was missing.
Couldn't afford the scan. However. Checked measurable subQ abdominal fat and it was low, yet still had a "dad bod" abdomen. Had the hint of a six pack even with the bulging abdomen. Was active and exercising regularly. Blood test showed prediabetic level insulin resistance. Cut out carbs, and went to at least 12 hours between breakfast and dinner. Lost 3-1/2 inches in my waist. Had not changed the amount of exercising the whole time. Stomach went flat with the same hint of a six pack and the same measurable subQ fat. Insulin resistance is gone. Not as good as a scan, but all of these measurable data points point to losing visceral fat.
For someone that starts obese, this would not work. But I was externally lean with good muscle definition when I started (like the runner you mentioned).
This was an incredible video doc. Hit everything
Another great video!
Some doctors wont even recommend unless there is a very good reason, nevermind health insurance issues. Still very good info.
Dr Sean you are awesome. Thank you for what you do. I am Carnivore, ferments, HIT weights, sprints, sauna, cold plunges, sleep and use sleep tracker, intermittent fasting. Does Kefir and homemade real yogurt (dairy) help or hurt? What MRI do we need abdominal, thoracic?
???? Why did the guy get visceral fat? How did his food choices and exercise change over four years to build visceral fat?
I tried your stragies but aggreviated my achilles and was sidelined from sprinting for 6 months. I am 59 and now and the physcial therapists suggested rowing. I have added 5 min blasts with a min rest in between, then 4 45 second blasts with 45 second rests between and finally 3 30 second blasts with 3 30 second rests. Three times a week. What do you think Dr. Sean?
Hey Doc. Keep up the great work!
What would you recommend for people that do NOT do well on fermented foods? I for example always feel worse after eating anything fermented.
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Eat fatty ruminant meat and eggs. No need for plants.
I've benefited enormously from implementing your guidelines, however, when my husband , who has haemochromatosis, upped his red meat consumption his iron levels became dangerously high. He recently had a venesection and has been told to remove red meat from his diet. Is this the only option for him? Thanks
Have him discuss phlebotomy.
Anything checks available in Scotland ???
Thanks Dr Sean for the great info. You talk about sprinting and how it helps. Is it also ok to walk 3 miles a day while incorporating the sprints into that exercise or it as bad as jogging.
Just wondering whether the LPIR score has any correlation to the amount of visceral fat? Seeing an MRI is obviously the way to go for behavioral change but getting access to LPIR testing could be good in between MRIs if there is a correlation.
I'm your age Sean. I have a bad knee, so instead of sprinting I trail run and do hill circuits - driving hard on the hills and recovering on the way down. Alternately, I hit the same hills on my mtb. Not exactly speed work, but best I can do without blowing out my damaged knee. Cant do it every day, but every other day. Any comment?
Why do we need ferments please?. I haven't heard of us having ferments 1million to 10,000 years ago. So why should we need this? What has changed in us or our environment? Did we start having this in the last 10,000 years and genetics have morphed to need ferments?
I like to do stationary sprinting when I am unable to go outdoors or do hills. Is doing that intensely worthwhile?
Do you have mri’s of people eating ferments versus those not? I don’t understand the need for fermented vegetables. You’re the science guy, please shed some light here? ❤
Dr Sean, do you have an ETA on when your sprinting masterclass will be available?
I can't eat meat or fish Dr Sean... I can eat eggs, though.. What would be a good straightforward type of food to eat?
I appreciate you
How do you feel about DEXA scans?
Does anyone know if Dr Sean has made a video on how often we can sprint, how long to rest and how to combine all of that with weight training so we don’t over exercise
I keep a fit condition, better than Gabe shot at his best but trying to add muscle without much fat. Thanks for the advice as I hope to hit my seventies getting ever better for on more decade.
So, doctor, please . A question . Do you think visceral fat will exercise negative effect on a post op hernia in relation to a urostomia? Would make sense , right? Abdominal pressure . Great work , doc.
Will get back to sprinting but last year an injury on Achilles tendon . This year 2 weeks ago I pulled the calf muscle in the other leg. I am your age but I see I must go slower. I won’t give up though . Diet too and fasting will continue.
Thank you , sir.
Great video! Have you heard about Inulin Fiber being effective at removing visceral fat?
Dr Sean- any thoughts on the recent AHA study saying fasting increases risk of CV disease ?
Sounds bogus
It's much criticised poorly conducted study. It's not available anywhere barring one press release about it. AHAs biggest donors are pharma companies who will go bankrupt if you fast your way to good health.
What did Gabe did for the past 4 years from a perfect fit guy to a 75%+ average American? Food? Or prolonged exercise?
Yes, I'd love to know this as well
On bike sprints should a person use high cadence/easy gearing or low cadence/hard gearing?
Hey Sean, does fat to protein ratio matter on a carnivore diet for absolving visceral fat, or is cutting out carbs the only necessity?
@@J.o.e_KSorry I should have specified that I was just referring to the carnivore diet aspect only.
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*"Oh i went carnivore and i am just gonna be all better..NO"*
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I thought going carnivore will do the job. 😓
I see Adiponectin as a supplement. Is it worth it to take it?
Im going to try carnivore. I have been keto for years .. before, it was a thing. Im almost 50 and getting the midsection body fat us woman seems to get during menopausa. I guess i worried about getting enough viamins we get from fruit and veggies. I know meat has some, but do we need to take extra supplements? Also, can i still use my protein powder on this diet? Not plant based powder the real stuff.😊
With a combination of fasting and carnivore, how long does it normally take to start seeing visceral fat disappear?? I'm 40, and about to start the police academy.
Dr Sean what about the use of creatine as a supplement?
These MRIs look delicious.
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Dr Sean, can you show us a fatty liver and fatty pancreas?
What made your friend put on all the fat? I was also in the best shape of my life 2019-20-21-22. Then 2 kidney infections so tons of antibiotics and steroids now im 12 lbs heavier and full of visceral fat
As a 30 year multisport endurance athlete, now aged 57 I enjoy this analysis.
That said lean musculature in itself, combined with low visceral fat, is NOT a clear determinant of 'fitness'. Having worked with many of the worlds fittest individuals, who appear similar as the introductory pic, combined with Vo2 at their genetic max, with low resting heart rates, typically in the 35-45 range, THIS is what fit is.
Musculature and low visceral fat, although they 'may look aesthetically pleasing, such as the case with many 'artificially' enhanced individuals, such as many bodybuilders, are anything but fit, even though they give the appearance as such.
As my exercise physiology professor taught me 35 years ago, "you can put a suit on any idiot, doesn't make them intelligent or a CEO'.
Question to any sprinter. If I split up my sprints to 3 sets of 3 intervals over a day be just as beneficial as doing sprints 1x9, basically doing all my sprint intervals in one session. I find i can generate more power for 3x3 then 1x9 as the last 3 intervals in the 9 are sub par. So in one day and I do 3 sessions of FULL power for 3 intervals, after a month, would the results be better splitting them up over the day, or would they be better doing them all in one session on that day. The reason I ask is I'm over 60 and recently getting benefit during my weight training sessions of a 3 minute rest instead of a 1+ minute rest in between sets, allowing me to Generate more power for each set. I'm just wondering if this would apply to sprinting??
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Where is brown fat in MRIs?
Can't afford scans lost 30kg in 6 months on carnivore diet can't sprint due to injury...don't eat carbs or processed food drink water only
II follow all of your strategies except the fermented foods. I do drink organic apple cider daily and occasionally have yogurt with live cultures. How important is the fermented foods? I tried making kraut, but failed. I could buy kimchi, if it is absolutely necessary.
Eating Fermented Foods is Life saving and changing! 👊👊👊
@@DrSeanOMara Thanks for the response. What do you recommend and how much?
different sauerkrauts and garnish level amounts to be masticated with meat
I was packed with visceral fat 3 years ago. I didn't look very fat but I was metabolically sick with high triglycerides, high blood pressure, fatty liver etc. I cut the sugar drinks and went ketovore on an 18:6 IF schedule and lost 52 pounds. It has made a tremendous difference in my health. My only mistake was choosing David Goggins as my motivational coach. Nothing like taking an ass chewing out every day about how I need to get off the couch and exercise or I'm a pathetic POS.🤣
What's wrong with Goggins, us fittest man ?
@@jeanvernesse8873 That was sarcasm. I love the man. While others encourage exercise he calls you names and criticizes you for being lazy. I think it's funny how he coaches. He's not a hypocrite.
Wait one you said not to eat fruit or honey and then said don't eat processed carbs and then said meat and vegetables are okay. So can we eat fruit? Honey?
Yes Doc. Eating Wagyu is great. Lots of healthy saturated fat. Right? I don't know why you asked if we want to eat Wagyu as if it not healthy meat to eat? :)
It's not great. Its marbled abnormal muscle due to grain fed diet. Better to eat a leancut with healthy yellowish fat deposits
Cattle should eat grass. Not grains.
Am I the only one who still can't see what is written there when he says take a screenshot no matter how many times he says it? 😂😂😳
Why don’t you show some Mom bods? I’m tired of looking of bods that don’t have the features of mine!
What happens to the female organs and dainty little kidneys when they are being squeezed and smothered by visceral fat? From past DXA scans, I know I have 8+ lb of visceral fat. Even when I would gain muscle and lose fat, the visceral fat scarcely budged.
Please show us some females!
I’m 73 and have worked my way up over about 6-7 years from yoga to pilates to weights, but I can’t sprint yet-a couple of months ago I could only walk 1/3 mile! I’m up to 1 mile in 25 minutes, with a little intermittent jogging in last 5 minutes, going between 3 mh and 3.3 mph. That’s my “sprint” (I’m 5’2”). Does that count? How fast do I have to go to call it a sprint? More importantly, how fast do I have to go to burn the visceral fat?
My German forbears (female German, Scots-Irish and French males-but the German ladies cooked-) thought a fat baby was a healthy baby and stuffed me like a goose. Diagnosed as “obese” at 12 months, I couldn’t even walk until 14 months.
My doctor put me on a “diet” and except for that one photo, I was not a fat child, unless you noticed a slight pot belly.
Pancakes and waffles (with Karo dark corn syrup), French toast and cereal, cookies and coffee cake; Halloween candy, Valentine candy, Easter baskets, Black Cows with extra Root beer (but hardly any soda apart from that). I could go on, but you get the gist. I always wondered why, after menarche, I always had a tummy. Because I wasn’t fat. At 12 I was 112, at 14, 114, at 18, 118; at marriage (24), 124! I wasn’t fat! I wore a size 8 wedding dress.
I did not undergo fad diets, except for one: in my thirties, annoyed at being size 12, I tried the Hollywood diet (lots of fruit). It actually worked but was not sustainable due to a lack of protein. I developed an aversion to pineapple!
So I devoted myself to my marriage, my job, my singing, and my pets. Every so often, I would take a dance class or badminton, for fitness. But for several years my publishing job consumed too many hours.
After my company was bought out by a competitor and destroyed, I had only a little time to rest before I was called upon for eldercare, for my mother-in-law (twice), my mother, and my voice teacher. That went on 2002-2019 and my figure was my last concern. Finally, in our sixties, my husband and I turned our attention to our health, and joined a health club.
He lost weight through his own self-discipline and portion control. I lost maybe 12-14 lb (down from 188) but (after a disastrous experience with semaglutide) had been stuck at 173 + 4. Now 6 months carnivorish, hovering around 171.
Considering another diet drug since all my weight work has given me great arms but my large tummy sort of spoils the look. I’m considering another diet drug, since I want to lose 30 pounds and at least some of that visceral fat. Also stuck at HA1c of 5.7 (but low fasting glucose, fasting insulin, and no insulin resistance). On hypertension meds.
Have added treadmill and sauna. Other experts have said you can’t lose visceral fat until all the exterior fat is gone. 😢 I’ve had plenty of community input; I want to hear from the doc! There are surely other little feminine round balls of women who could use some advice and encouragement from Dr. Sean!
Come on, give!
My health club does not have a cold plunge. The manager says they are looking to convert one of their two “spas” to one. But I’m guessing 9 months to a year before it happens. And I just can’t stand in a cold shower for long enough to do much good.
God bless ma'am, you sound like you're doing everything right. Please don't injure yourself trying to run if you don't feel ready. Just keep taking it one step at a time and look to make progress regularly, you'll get there.
Margo, thank you for sharing your story. I’m a 60 year old woman who has four pounds of visceral fat that I’m working on. I’d love to lose about 25 pounds. It all came on ten years ago in perimenopause, and it’s been a struggle to get rid of. Plus we have the disadvantage of going through menopause and becoming more insulin resistant due to our hormones plummeting. I would love to hear more about women too from Dr. Sean. 😊
Please check out Dr. Annette Bozworth - "Dr. Boz". She does a good job explaining why things are stalled in the weight department for people that are " doing all the right things". Insulin resistance could be a factor that may be causing the wrong signal to the cells - instead of release fat, they are holding fat.
@@Scorp2017_water, I follow her too. She’s great. I went ahead and had an insulin fasting test done. Mine was 11.4 which isn’t horrible, but I know it should definitely be under 10 and closer to 5. I think that’s why my weight is so stubborn.
Now that I’m super skinny from Carnivore diet how do I gain back some pump skin fat.
Sprints
@@taplubambhos2869-I’m do a fifty yard dash most mornings. Hanging is the other big game changer … and you can add knee raises to that for a 6 pack
Doc, I need your advice. Doctors all around me, especially covered by my insurance are complete morons, their idea of "healthy living" is what kills people. I am 60, ex-pro athlete, developped all of the symptoms you were kind enough to share with us. Since I started carnivorey diet, your style - meaning, I do eat Kefir, which I make myself, fermented veggies. Got off CPAP machine after 15 years, fixed my Type 2 diabetes, dropped 2-3 sizes, improved my eyesight, got rid of ackes and pains all over..... QUESTION!!! After 4-5 month on carnivore, peripheral neuropathy came back, burning in my feet as if im in livnig hell. Luckily I listened to a Dr. from England who said that B1 defficiency is what's causing it, even on all meat diet it is very much possible to be B1 defficient. The very first time I took 300mg of B1, burning went away, now I take 300mg daily. WHAT IS A PROPER DOSAGE? HOW LONG? WILL THIS CONDITION GO AWAY, OR SHOULD I SUPPLEMENT ALL THE TIME? HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS CONDITION WHILE ON CARNIVORE DIET?
The British army has demonstrated that the most effective way to eliminate visceral fat is through the practice of tantric wrenching, a yogic technique. This method is a fundamental part of the training for all elite British forces.
Do you have literature I could look into? Specifically the renching? Google doesn't give me results because tantric is attached to the phrase
Hey guys
you dont recommend carbs, but what about stuff like broccoli and carrot?
He says to eat only fermented vegetables and fruits as they're alive with good bacteria
Does processed foods include cheese. sausage, bacon, protein powder?
Often yes but not always.
@@DrSeanOMara Your content is fantastic. I appreciate what you do.
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Wagyu Humans hahaha
Ihave always had fat around the abdomen but the muscles underneath seem flat and tight.
Duck fat
Bodybuilders eat too many eggs and fatty meat.
Can you talk about wrinkles in us older people - if we are optimizing and loosing weight- when will all that sort itself out?
Facial creases soften, diminish and reverse with my strategies. Facial creases come from bad living bad. Choices.
cutting out carbs is the biggest stupidity peddled on social meia
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I mean, have you tried it? Have you looked at any of the interventional studies on ketogenic diets? I know that since I cut carbs, I have much higher energy and I don’t get bronchitis and pneumonia every time someone sneezes near me like I used to.
Keep eating carbs excess to requirements and you’ll eat your words……
Telling diabetics to eat mostly carbs is the dumbest thing ever done
Carbs diminish spelling and grammar.