Did you know that 30% of cancers are related to obesity? Join me in Episode #322 as I sit down with Harvard Professor and endocrinologist Dr Christos Mantzoros to discuss fatty liver disease, metabolic health, and hormones.

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Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD h.c. mult., is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Adjunct Professor at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He has also served as a Professor of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is the Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Boston VA Healthcare System and the Director of the Human Nutrition Unit of the Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His research has resulted in more than 800 publications in Medline, with more than 72,000 citations with a Hirsch Index H=121.

We cover:
Introduction to The Latest Obesity Research Findings (00:00)
The Evolving Understanding of Obesity Science (03:20)
Uncovering New Fat Storage Mechanisms (10:28)
Modern Techniques for Accurate Body Fat Measurement (14:33)
Why Maintaining Weight Loss Is So Challenging (19:32)
Evolutionary Insights into Human Fat Storage (24:43)
How Leptin Regulates Energy Balance and Health (28:47)
New Approaches to Break Through Weight Set Points (38:57)
Environment's Role in Weight Gain Beyond Diet (45:19)
Decoding the Genetics of Fat Storage and Metabolism (53:35)
NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Explained (55:38)
EvidenceBased Nutrition for Optimal Liver Health (01:05:42)
Promising Advances in NonInvasive Liver Tests (01:11:17)
Estrogen's Impact on Metabolism (01:20:37)
The Link Between Liver Fat and Insulin Resistance (01:22:21)
Addressing America's Growing Metabolic Health Crisis (01:26:22)
Outro (01:27:82)

Connect with Christos Mantzoros, MD DSc PhD:
LinkedIn:   / christosmantzorosmddscphdhcmult660...  
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...

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