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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have state of the art whole room calorimeters at $3m each. They are used to conduct fundamental metabolic research and provided some interesting insights into the role of metabolism in weight loss including: Heavier people generally have higher metabolic rates than skinny folks to meet the fuel demands of their larger bodies. Crash dieting can permanently slow a person’s metabolic rate Low carb diets don’t always improve fat utilisation  There’s a...

MHS recently featured in the Raconteur specialist edition on Understanding Diabetes. You can access the full paper...

Are you not getting the weight loss results you expected despite all your efforts? Here are 5 reasons why your physiology may be hindering your progress. 1. Disease State We know the bodies of those with disease function differently to healthy people, yet from a weight loss perspective they’re treated the same.For example, those  with Hashimoto’s diagnosed from high thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) are put on the same medications as those with other thyroid diseases. However, from a...

When you are grocery shopping, selecting the rights food can be a long and confusing process. The following 5 minute video gives some hints and tips when choosing foods that support fat burning and metabolism. It should however be pointed out that most of the best choices for the shopping trolley DON’T even have a label eg) vegetables, meats and other fresh foods....

We had leading endocrinologist Dr Ben Ng visit us from Singapore. He uses ECAL not just to assess metabolic rate, but whether lifestyle and drug interventions are improving the fat utilisation of his clients. This video of Body and Soul (a daytime health show) is dedicated to the management of Diabetes type 2 and discusses new and innovative technologies that can improve the prognosis of diabetes patients. The interviewer concludes by questioning whether all diabetic patients and those at risk...

With 14 Million Australian’s feeling the bulge, it is no surprise that many people are looking to lose weight, whether under doctor’s orders or just to look and feel healthier.However, have you ever stopped to think about where the weight goes when you lose it? A recent survey of health professionals came up with all sorts of interesting answers, ranging from the loss of bodily fluids like sweat and urine, through to more solid waste products. Many felt it was converted to energy, but the...

Richard Morris (one half of the 2 Keto Dudes) caught up with me at a recent Nutrition event in Perth. Among other things we discuss our lead technology ECAL and the potential for individualisation of nutritional therapy. http://2ketodudes.com/show.aspx?episode=114 This week on the 2 Keto Dudes Podcast, Richard sat down with John Wright while in Perth to talk about the LCHF event he... Posted by 2 Keto Dudes on Monday, 23 April 2018...

BALDIVIS, WA, March 6, 2018 – Verita Healthcare Group Limited (Verita), a global healthcare company has made a strategic equity investment in Metabolic Health Solutions Pty Ltd (MHS). For more information read the full press release...

At Metabolic Health Solutions we’re passionate about improving metabolic health. We believe there are issues affecting so many Australians that nobody seems to want to talk about, let alone address. An elephant in the room we would like to expose, and we think it’s a BIG one, is type 2 diabetes and weight.It is clearly a big issue, with 1 in 4 Australians having diabetes or pre-diabetes (Diabetes Australia, 2017). Our concern is that over 75% of people with type 2 diabetes experience shame...

For many people, having a healthy Christmas seems impossible and gaining a few kilos is a bit of an unwanted yearly tradition. Our MHS survival guide to the festive season below will provide you with the recipes, hints and tips to start the New Year with a positive bang! Christmas Survival Guide Download...