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It is often said that once you hit 50, it is all downhill. However at MHS we are happy to report this is not always the case, particularly when you focus on your metabolic health, just like Kaye (F, 64).She presented MHS trying to lose weight for her hernia operation and to prevent bariatric surgery as suggested by her GP. After completing her metabolic management program and increasing her level of fat burning from 35% -->69%, Kaye had lost 32kg weight loss and trending at her last visit....

Attention athletes and weekend warriors - this podcast is for you! In this episode one of our Exercise Physiologists covers the following: ✅ The importance of metabolism for performance ✅ Overtraining, diet, supplements and sleep ✅ Testing and case studies Listen to...

Channel Seven’s Today Tonight programme recently explored how MHS’s metabolic monitor (ECAL) could breath new life into weight management, proving that one size DOES NOT fit all. ECAL can measure how many calories you use in a day, what percentage of that energy is from fat or carbs … & the efficiency of your mitochondria, which is important for overall health. These are things that a practitioner can use to personalise diet, exercise & metabolic health. The segment...

MHS is delighted to be involved with the practicum program at The University of Western Australia to help clients achieve their goals, and develop our future practitioners. This is the story of Bill* who used resistance based training to break through his plateau and lose 25kg, reduce inflammation and help to reverse insulin resistance and fatty liver. Detailed Case...

WA today recently reported on the Australian breath test that can help you lose weight. The newest tool in the fight against weight gain isn't found on late-night television infomercials - it's data collected by ECAL (the indirect calorimeter manufactured by MHS and used in our metabolic clinics). "The machine doesn’t suck out the fat; rather, it gives patients data about the type of fuel they're using to generate energy and help them avoid weight loss programs that don’t suit their...

To some WA means Wait Awhile, however when it comes to diabetes management, WA stands for Way Ahead. With the release of the WA Parliamentary enquiry into the management of Type 2 Diabetes, WA government have developed a world first report that highlights the potential for using food to reverse a common disease that currently affects 5% of the WA population, with a new diagnosis every hour and an annual cost of $1B to the health budget. At MHS we have pioneered a metabolic approach to weight...

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....