Brian Johnson explains waist-to-height ratio as a better health predictor than waist circumference alone. The target is under 0.5: divide your waist measurement by your height. An Optimized coach participant, Frank Iriami, lost 25 pounds and improved his cholesterol while reaching that ratio.
Questions this video answers
Less than 0.5
More than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women (per Robert Lustig)
He says he is 6 ft (72 inches); states his waist can be up to 36 inches, and says to "pass" the less-than-0.5 test it's 32 inches or so.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Optimize plus one. In our last plus one, we talked about the fact that as per Robert Lustig's Fat Chance, our visceral fat, AKA abdominal big belly fat, is the fulcrum on which your health teeters. He tells us that more than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women is is a likely indicator of visceral fat. But research is showing that there's an even more powerful predictor of morbidity than a simple waist circumference measure. It's called the waist to height ratio, or capital W, capital H, little T, capital R, whtr Waist to height Ratio. We've got a link to an academic paper where you can learn more in the plus one. Now, the optimal ratio between your waist and your height is less than 0.5. For example, I'm 6ft tall. That's 72 inches. My waist can be up to 36 inches. To pass the less than 0.5 test, it's 32 inches or so. Today's +1 another private question. How's your waist to height ratio? Check out our notes on the official Bright Line Eating Cookbook, where I kind of go off on why I think this less than 0.5 waist to height ratio target is so important and how to rock it and why we've made this a target standard for our optimized coach program. For now, let's know A that it's important and B that whatever challenges you're facing, you can optimize this +1 +1 +1 all the way to less than 0.5 less than 0.5 less than zero.5 little PS1 more here. Here's how Frank Iriami, another inspiring, radiant exemplar from our coach program, shares his experience. I optimizing his waist to height ratio and approaching the less than 0.5 again. We talk about this a lot in the program. It's been astonishing for me to see how many people have optimized their weight, etc. He says, I quote, there are so many ways that the Optimized coach program has made a difference in my life. Probably the most noticeable changes have been in the energy area, he says. I have lost two 25 pounds this year and I am at a weight I never thought I'd see again on the scale. My cholesterol numbers are pristine and I'm on the verge of the waist to height ratio being 0.5. Nice work. Specifically, he says, the movement stuff really resonated with me being a perpetual motion machine is something that I have put into practice and I love tracking activity. Also, the time spent on not having to redline our exercise a la maffetone resonated big time. Applying the eating, moving, sleeping tools have changed my life. Friends and family have been asking me hey man, what are you doing? You look great. Brian, Michael and Team I can go on and on forever. I am now in the process of whooping out starting a coaching practice. Michael has been super inspiring on this. Here's something else which permeates not only the coach program, but all the 1 101s and PNs. He says there is an authenticity that is tough to find anywhere else. You get the 1000% feeling give me tears in my eyes again that you guys actually practice what you preach, which is inspir.
