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Midlife is hectic, stressful and demanding. Weight gain, fatigue, joint pain and the like creep up on you in midlife, and before you know it, you’re struggling everyday to feel your best and battling just to live pain free. The challenge is that lack of sleep, high stress, and general lack of time leaves you stuck in neutral (or what feels like reverse!). But, it doesn’t have to be this way. Midlife is also the time in your life with the greatest opportunity for growth. PEAK40 is all about living your best life in midlife. It’s about conquering your performance goals and health challenges in your mid-30s, 40s, 50s and beyond rather than settling. Small changes, done consistently over time, yield incredible results. PEAK40 is your roadmap on the journey to better health, a better body, and your best performance in mid-life. PEAK40 is about making midlife, your best life!
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Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
In Season 2, Episode #1 of the PEAK40 podcast, Marc Bubbs interviews heart surgeon and author Dr. Philip Ovadia, MD, to discuss the connection between better metabolic health and heart disease risk.
Dr. Ovadia outlines 5 key biomarkers you can track to assess your metabolic health and how nutrition, exercise and lifestyle factors can improve your metabolic and heart health.
SUMMARY OF EPISODE:
2:30 – Dr. Ovadia background and why prevention is the best medicine
6:25 – The connection between metabolic health and heart disease risk
8:24 – 95% chance of not being metabolically healthy if you’re overweight
10:05 – The modern food environment and impacts on metabolic health
12:25 – How LDL cholesterol versus metabolic syndrome stack up as and heart disease risk
17:00 – 5 key biomarkers for assessing your metabolic health
22:20 – Healthcare system challenges: too many sick people, not enough doctors
24:56 – Principles vs. strategies: why ‘understanding’ is key
28:45 – Exercise, strength and how it supports better metabolic health
33:40 – Dr. Ovadia story about struggling with lifelong weight loss challenges.
ABOUT DR. OVADIA
Website: ovadiahearthealth.com
Book: Stay Off My Operating Table
Twitter: ifixhearts
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