I like that line... very, very true! Central adiposity - aka belly-fat - is a great simple heuristics for men... The more you have, the greater your risk of heart disease, type-2 diabetes, low lidido, low testosterone, depression, etc.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 📏 *Waist Circumference and Metabolic Health* - Waist circumference is a key marker for metabolic health. - Measure it a little above the belly button, and aim for less than 40 inches for men and less than 35 inches for women. - Reflects visceral fat level, a driver of metabolic disease. 01:50 🩸 *Blood Sugar Levels and Targets* - Fasting blood sugar should be under 100 mg/dL without glucose-lowering medications. - HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) should be over 50 for women and over 40 for men. - Triglyceride level should be under 150 mg/dL. 03:28 🩺 *Blood Pressure as a Metabolic Health Indicator* - Blood pressure should be less than 130/85 without the use of medications. - High blood pressure is a hallmark of poor metabolic health. - Often overlooked by physicians as a part of metabolic health. 05:20 ⏰ *Challenges in Current Healthcare System* - Lack of time and education contribute to the failure in connecting metabolic health dots. - Healthcare system focus is more on treating sickness than keeping people healthy. - Physicians may lack knowledge about metabolic health due to educational gaps. 06:45 🩺 *Physician's Struggle for Information* - Physicians are trapped in a system focused on treating sickness rather than preventing it. - Lack of education on metabolic health in medical training. - Physicians often need to seek information outside the traditional system for a holistic understanding. Made with HARPA AI
I was under the impression that visceral fat cannot be measured by tape measures. From what I understand, using a tape measure, there’s no way to quantify whether that is fat on the outside of the abdomen muscles or the inside.
It's a simple and very good general measure... Waist circumference is strongly associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality with or without adjusting for BMI. REF: - Pischon, T., Boeing, H., Hoffmann, K. & Bergmann, M.General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe. N. Engl. J. Med. 359, 2105-2120 (2008). - Cerhan, J. R. et al. A pooled analysis of waist circumference and mortality in 650,000 adults. Mayo Clin. Proc. 89, 335-345 (2014). - Zhang, C., et al. Abdominal obesity and the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: sixteen years of follow-up in US women. Circulation 117, 1658-1667 (2008) - Song, X. et al. Comparison of various surrogate obesity indicators as predictors of cardiovascular mortality in four European populations. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 67, 1298-1302 (2013). - Seidell, J. C. Waist circumference and waist/hip ratio in relation to all-cause mortality, cancer and sleep apnea. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 64, 35-41 (2010).
Waist-loss is more important than weight-loss as the key metric of gauging your fitness/health journey success.
I like that line... very, very true!
Central adiposity - aka belly-fat - is a great simple heuristics for men... The more you have, the greater your risk of heart disease, type-2 diabetes, low lidido, low testosterone, depression, etc.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 📏 *Waist Circumference and Metabolic Health*
- Waist circumference is a key marker for metabolic health.
- Measure it a little above the belly button, and aim for less than 40 inches for men and less than 35 inches for women.
- Reflects visceral fat level, a driver of metabolic disease.
01:50 🩸 *Blood Sugar Levels and Targets*
- Fasting blood sugar should be under 100 mg/dL without glucose-lowering medications.
- HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) should be over 50 for women and over 40 for men.
- Triglyceride level should be under 150 mg/dL.
03:28 🩺 *Blood Pressure as a Metabolic Health Indicator*
- Blood pressure should be less than 130/85 without the use of medications.
- High blood pressure is a hallmark of poor metabolic health.
- Often overlooked by physicians as a part of metabolic health.
05:20 ⏰ *Challenges in Current Healthcare System*
- Lack of time and education contribute to the failure in connecting metabolic health dots.
- Healthcare system focus is more on treating sickness than keeping people healthy.
- Physicians may lack knowledge about metabolic health due to educational gaps.
06:45 🩺 *Physician's Struggle for Information*
- Physicians are trapped in a system focused on treating sickness rather than preventing it.
- Lack of education on metabolic health in medical training.
- Physicians often need to seek information outside the traditional system for a holistic understanding.
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Thanks for sharing.
I was under the impression that visceral fat cannot be measured by tape measures. From what I understand, using a tape measure, there’s no way to quantify whether that is fat on the outside of the abdomen muscles or the inside.
It's a simple and very good general measure...
Waist circumference is strongly associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality with or without adjusting for BMI.
REF:
- Pischon, T., Boeing, H., Hoffmann, K. & Bergmann, M.General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death
in Europe. N. Engl. J. Med. 359, 2105-2120 (2008).
- Cerhan, J. R. et al. A pooled analysis of waist circumference and mortality in 650,000 adults.
Mayo Clin. Proc. 89, 335-345 (2014).
- Zhang, C., et al. Abdominal obesity and the risk of all-cause,
cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: sixteen years of follow-up in US women. Circulation 117, 1658-1667
(2008)
- Song, X. et al. Comparison of various surrogate obesity indicators as predictors of cardiovascular
mortality in four European populations. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 67, 1298-1302 (2013).
- Seidell, J. C. Waist circumference and waist/hip ratio in relation to all-cause mortality, cancer and sleep apnea.
Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 64, 35-41 (2010).
@@DrMarcBubbs Thank you for addressing the question.
@@trentonvoss4125 Any time Trent! 👊
PS. Question about biomarkers for health? Hit me below...
Medication is to easy it’s life style changes that most people can’t change.
There needs to better education starting in public school.
HDL doesn’t matter
Actually, it does. However, if it's 'too high'... it can also be a problem.
LDL?
@@DrMarcBubbs
@@Reck12358 Yep, LDL matters