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...