137: Dr. Sylvia Tara - Visceral Fat... The Dangerous Type Of Fat Stop Eating Carbs And Fat Together The Gut-Fat Connection
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Dr. Sylvia Tara holds a PhD in biochemistry from the University of California at San Diego and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She\'s the author of The Secret Life of Fat and blogs at Science to Live By.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Sylvia\'s story and how her body is really good at holding onto fat
- Why does fat stick more to some people compared to others?
- Bacteria can impact your waistline
- The functions of fat in our bodies
- Fat is an organ
- Gaining extra weight could permanently alter your metabolism
- Is body fat percentage a useful measurement?
- Women naturally store more fat then men do
- The 3 types of fat - brown, beige, and white fat
- Convert beige fat to brown fat through exercise and cold exposure
- Visceral fat... the dangerous type of fat
- Sumo wrestlers are fit but fat
- An easy way to test for visceral fat, at home
- We get fatter as we get older due to hormonal changes
- The gut-fat connection
- Change your microbiome for the better by eating more fruits and vegetables
- Boost your release of growth hormone with intermittent fasting
- How Sylvia eats throughout the day
- Women tie emotions to food more then men do
- Eating fat and carbs together will put more fat on your body
- Different people can have a different blood sugar response to the same food
- Building up your self control muscle
- Sylvia\'s message to the person out there who is struggling to maintain a healthy body weight
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Dr. Sylvia Tara - The Secret Life of Fat (book)
Dr. Sylvia Tara\'s blog - Science to Live By
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Barry Sears - Enter The Zone (book)
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