Dr. Layne Norton

If you look at the mortality data, the mortality data actually says, and again, this is correlational, so we have to be careful with how we interpret it. Right. But the mortality data says you're actually better off being around like 18, 20% body fat as a male than you are being like super lean, right?

If you look at the mortality data, the mortality data actually says, and again, this is correlational, so we have to be careful with how we interpret it. Right. But the mortality data says you're actually better off being around like 18, 20% body fat as a male than you are being like super lean, right?

So it's not about being super lean or anything like that. It's about not getting, you know, obese.

So it's not about being super lean or anything like that. It's about not getting, you know, obese.

So it's not about being super lean or anything like that. It's about not getting, you know, obese.

And when you...

And when you...

And when you...

Clinically, I believe for males over 25% body fat and for females over 30%, I believe. And there's BMIs that you can use as well. It just depends on what measure you're using. And so your risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, mortality, they all go up. You...

Clinically, I believe for males over 25% body fat and for females over 30%, I believe. And there's BMIs that you can use as well. It just depends on what measure you're using. And so your risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, mortality, they all go up. You...

Clinically, I believe for males over 25% body fat and for females over 30%, I believe. And there's BMIs that you can use as well. It just depends on what measure you're using. And so your risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, mortality, they all go up. You...

Without getting too into the weeds, there are people who are obese who are metabolically still healthy, meaning they don't have abnormal blood lipids. They don't have abnormal blood glucose. That tends to be more of a rarity, but it does happen. Usually these people actually have more fat cells, and I could go into the biochemistry as to why, but it won't help anybody.

Without getting too into the weeds, there are people who are obese who are metabolically still healthy, meaning they don't have abnormal blood lipids. They don't have abnormal blood glucose. That tends to be more of a rarity, but it does happen. Usually these people actually have more fat cells, and I could go into the biochemistry as to why, but it won't help anybody.

Without getting too into the weeds, there are people who are obese who are metabolically still healthy, meaning they don't have abnormal blood lipids. They don't have abnormal blood glucose. That tends to be more of a rarity, but it does happen. Usually these people actually have more fat cells, and I could go into the biochemistry as to why, but it won't help anybody.

But even when you standardize for that— people who are obese, even if they are healthy obesity, they still have increased risk of mortality, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Because adipose tissue, excess adipose tissue, is a metabolic organ. And it secretes its own hormones. It secretes inflammatory markers.

But even when you standardize for that— people who are obese, even if they are healthy obesity, they still have increased risk of mortality, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Because adipose tissue, excess adipose tissue, is a metabolic organ. And it secretes its own hormones. It secretes inflammatory markers.

But even when you standardize for that— people who are obese, even if they are healthy obesity, they still have increased risk of mortality, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Because adipose tissue, excess adipose tissue, is a metabolic organ. And it secretes its own hormones. It secretes inflammatory markers.

It has, when it gets large enough in mass, it starts to dysregulate signaling in other tissues. Liver, muscle tissue, And so one of the most powerful things you can do, and again, not saying you have to be a six-pack shredded. That's not it. In fact, if you look at even people who are obese, you get the majority of the health benefits in the first 5% to 10% of weight loss.

It has, when it gets large enough in mass, it starts to dysregulate signaling in other tissues. Liver, muscle tissue, And so one of the most powerful things you can do, and again, not saying you have to be a six-pack shredded. That's not it. In fact, if you look at even people who are obese, you get the majority of the health benefits in the first 5% to 10% of weight loss.

It has, when it gets large enough in mass, it starts to dysregulate signaling in other tissues. Liver, muscle tissue, And so one of the most powerful things you can do, and again, not saying you have to be a six-pack shredded. That's not it. In fact, if you look at even people who are obese, you get the majority of the health benefits in the first 5% to 10% of weight loss.