Welcome back to the Diet Doctor Podcast with Dr. Brett Schur.

Today I'm joined by Dr. Hasina Kaji.

Now Dr. Kaji started as a physician in South Africa, running an acute care ward in a tertiary

hospital.

And you'll hear her say it seemed like her dream job, what she always aspired to be as a doctor.

But it didn't take long for her to realize she was kind of missing the mark on where

she could have the biggest impact. And through a number of different experiences, which you'll

hear, she realized that she could impact people much better with a low carb lifestyle to help them

to prevent even showing up in the acute care ward.

So she transitioned her practice and also she got involved with social action, with public health,

especially in the poor communities of South Africa, working with the Eat Better South Africa campaign

with the Noakes Foundation and the Nutrition Network.

And she's actually currently the medical director of the nutrition network.

And through her outreach, she has helped thousands of people understand the importance of nutrition, the importance of health, and has helped people adopt a low-carb lifestyle

in a culturally sensitive way and in an economic sensitive way.

And those are lessons I think we all need to take away that there's not just one way to

eat. There's not just one way to eat even low-carb. And we have to be sensitive about the

individuality of people, about their cultural norms, about their ethnicity and their history, and kind of

to help devise a way for people to be healthy in ways that work for them.

She also has some strong beliefs well beyond nutrition about healthy lifestyles and the mind-body

connection, all of which I think are such important lessons for us all to hear.

So I hope you have some good takeaways and really enjoy this interview with Dr. Hasina Khagi.

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