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The Wellness Mama Podcast

How to Get Rid of Puffy Weight at Middle Age with Dr. Sam Shay

Feb 20, 2024
34:25

Episode Highlights With Dr. Sam Shay

  • What puffy weight is, and why it's different
  • Puffy weight is weight that rapidly comes on and off and isn’t just fat or water weight
  • The muffin test to know if this is affecting you
  • Have you ever eaten a small amount of something and gained a disproportionate amount of weight… here’s why
  • How inflammatory chemicals in foods can lead to drastic weight fluctuations
  • Dilution is the solution to the pollution, so rapid puffy weight is a signal of an inflammation response
  • The exercise test for exercise-induced obesity 
  • Why some people actually gain fat from exercise based on specific genes
  • Symptoms and inflammation are both gifts and how to learn from them!
  • All inflammation is not bad, but how to keep inflammatory responses in the right range
  • How to help your liver detox estrogen more effectively 
  • Your body is always trying to help you, and there might just be a mismatch between the environment you are in and the genetics you have
  • What genetic salt intolerance is, and how to know if you have it
  • Vitamin D may control up to 5% of the human genome and is super important

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