Genetics, Obesity, Diabetes, And Risk Of COVID: A Functional Medicine Perspective with Dr. Ronesh Sinha

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pre-existing conditions, all of which are largely preventable
through diet and lifestyle choices? Obesity, hypertension,
diabetes, and heart failure are strongly linked to more severe
Covid outcomes. These cardiometabolic diseases represented a
different type of pandemic, long before Covid-19 hit. We can make
incredible reductions to our risk of these health problems, and
even reverse them, using the power of food. Even people with
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these diagnoses and the Covid consequences that can come with them.
  Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to Dr. Ronesh Sinha,
author of The South Asian Health Solution. He is an internal
medicine physician who runs a lifestyle clinic in Silicon Valley
focused on reversing insulin resistance in ethnically diverse
patients. He is also an expert in corporate wellness and serves as
the Chief Medical Officer for Silicon Valley Employer Forum, where
he serves as a global adviser to shape health benefits for over 55
major Silicon Valley companies.  This episode is brought to
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thrivemarket.com/Hyman.  Here are more of the details from our
interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  Why
South Asians are at uniquely high risk of developing insulin
resistance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (7:19 / 3:46) The
dangers of a high starch and sugar vegetarian diet (11:00 / 7:24)
Designing a healthy pregnancy (13:41 / 11:00) The importance of
muscle in metabolic health and aging (16:59 / 13:38) The dietary
framework Dr. Sinha uses with his patients (23:12 / 15:45) Dr.
Sinha’s approach to understanding cholesterol, metabolic disease,
statins, and lipid panels (27:43 /  23:00) Cooking with ghee
and coconut oil vs. vegetable and seed oils (36:41 / 31:35)
Thinking of Covid-19 as a lifestyle disease (45:35 / 40:25) The
link between body fat, diet, and Covid-19 outcomes (47:39 / 42:30)
Simple lifestyle changes to reduce your risk of severe outcomes
from Covid-19 (49:32 / 45:15)   Learn more about Dr. Ronesh
Sinha at culturalhealthsolutions.com and check out his new podcast,
Meta Health Podcast. Follow Dr. Sinha on Instagram @roneshsinhamd.