

How to Get Rid of Puffy Weight at Middle Age with Dr. Sam Shay
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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
Resources We Mention
- Dr. Sam Shay - Website
- Dr. Sam Shay - Instagram
- Your Missing Genes