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COVID-19 : Reduce Your Risk & Improve OutcomesIn light of the onset of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Australia, we would like to assure you that the health, wellness, and safety of our clients and staff will always be our top priorities at Metabolic Health Solutions.To this end, we are continuing to take every measure to maintain the highest possible standards in cleanliness and hygiene, and have added extra stringent precautions including:Before and after each appointment staff will clean...

Metabolic Health Solutions welcomes Exercise Physiologist Kiley Green. She brings her passion for helping clients reach their sustainable goals - click here to see her case study featured on active nation, and read on as she shares her journey to becoming an AEP below. I started my journey to become an exercise physiologist back in 2012 when I commenced a degree in Physical education at the University of Canberra. After a year I quickly realised I wanted more knowledge about exercise and how...

We have learned so much from AMGC this year and are delighted to be featured in their December Newsletter. "MHS has developed a simple machine the size of a shoe box that could breathe new life into the management of obesity. ECAL is the world’s first portable metabolic monitor designed for clinical practice. ECAL stands for an electronic indirect calorimeter" For full details click on the button below. Read...

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...