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

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This episode is brought to you by Kettle & Fire, Beekeeper’s Naturals, and Thrive Market

Did you know that 63% of Covid-19 hospitalizations can be linked back to at least one of four 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 genetic predispositions can significantly reduce the risk of any of 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 you by Kettle & Fire, Beekeeper’s Naturals, and Thrive Market.

Right now, you can get 25% off Kettle & Fire bone broth plus free shipping by using the code HYMAN at kettleandfire.com/hyman.

Get 20% off your first Beekeeper’s Naturals order by visiting beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and entering the code HYMAN at checkout.

Thrive Market is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners an extra 25% off your first purchase and a free gift when you sign up for Thrive Market. Just head over to 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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy. I tell people you treat COVID-19 kind of like a sporting event
0:06.8	It's like you're training for five carry 10k. How do we get you less breathless through physical activity?
0:11.8	How do we elevate your VO2 max? How do we get an intro to off the waistline?
0:15.8	These are all goals that I had even before COVID-19
0:18.4	But how do we accelerate those goals and now that I'm giving talks to schools?
0:22.1	I'm really trying to push how do we really emphasize physical fitness more in the midst of a pandemic?
0:26.9	Hey everyone it's Dr. Mark. Years ago I realized the connection between food and health was far bigger than I thought.
0:35.8	It's not just about eating certain things and avoiding others.
0:38.8	You see the quality of our food in the soil is either grown in or raised in. Is it defining factor with the quality of our health?
0:46.2	And that's how I learned about regenerative agriculture. It's a method of farming and grazing practices that basically helps rebuild organic soil matter.
0:54.0	It restores soil biodiversity. It enhances carbon drawdown and sequestration.
0:59.2	All while producing way more nutritious plants and animals for us to eat.
1:03.9	And it's a key solution for climate change but also for chronic disease.
1:07.7	Now I know more about this connection every day and I try to source as much of my food from regenerative sources as possible.
1:15.0	One of my favorite pantry staples that I always have on hand is kettle and fire.
1:19.7	Bone broth. So I was really excited to see that they just launched a line of 100% regenerative beef and chicken bone broth.
1:25.8	Kettle and fire's bone broth is a super easy way to get more protein.
1:29.6	Got supporting collagen and flavor in all sorts of dishes.
1:33.4	It's one of those kitchen hacks that can spruce up almost any savory dish.
1:37.8	I love using it as a base to make a quick soup with zucchini noodles or
1:41.2	miracle noodles with lots of veggies but it's also really tasty sift on its own
1:45.8	and can be a great option while you're doing intermittent fasting or time restricted eating.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Mark Hyman, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Mark Hyman and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.