Midlife is a stressful. Work demands, financial obligations, and caring for kids and/or ageing parents are significant stressors in midlife.
Weight gain, fatigue, joint pain and the like seem to creep up on you and, before you know it, you’re battling just to live pain free.
The challenge is that lack of sleep, high stress, and general lack of time leaves you feeling stuck in neutral.
PEAK40 is about overcoming obstacles in midlife to conquer your performance goals and health challenges in your 40s and 50s (and 60s!), rather than settling.
Small changes, done consistently, yield incredible results.
PEAK40 is your guide on the journey to better health, a better body, and your best performance in mid-life.
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Midlife is a stressful. Work demands, financial obligations, and caring for kids and/or ageing parents are significant stressors in midlife.
Weight gain, fatigue, joint pain and the like seem to creep up on you and, before you know it, you’re battling just to live pain free.
The challenge is that lack of sleep, high stress, and general lack of time leaves you feeling stuck in neutral.
PEAK40 is about overcoming obstacles in midlife to conquer your performance goals and health challenges in your 40s and 50s (and 60s!), rather than settling.
Small changes, done consistently, yield incredible results.
PEAK40 is your guide on the journey to better health, a better body, and your best performance in mid-life.
S2E1: 5 Key Biomarkers for Metabolic Health (& Reducing Heart Attack Risk) w Dr. Ovadia, MD
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3 years ago
S2E1: 5 Key Biomarkers for Metabolic Health (& Reducing Heart Attack Risk) w Dr. Ovadia, MD
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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Midlife is a stressful. Work demands, financial obligations, and caring for kids and/or ageing parents are significant stressors in midlife.
Weight gain, fatigue, joint pain and the like seem to creep up on you and, before you know it, you’re battling just to live pain free.
The challenge is that lack of sleep, high stress, and general lack of time leaves you feeling stuck in neutral.
PEAK40 is about overcoming obstacles in midlife to conquer your performance goals and health challenges in your 40s and 50s (and 60s!), rather than settling.
Small changes, done consistently, yield incredible results.
PEAK40 is your guide on the journey to better health, a better body, and your best performance in mid-life.
