Dr. Anand Parekh

You're one of the few scientists, physicians who've come to the insight that we can't just treat patients in the office and tell them what to eat, that we have to fix the food environment that healthcare fix.

You're one of the few scientists, physicians who've come to the insight that we can't just treat patients in the office and tell them what to eat, that we have to fix the food environment that healthcare fix.

It's not just about better care coordination or better efficiencies or improving payment systems or prevention in some vague way, but it has to do with changing the context in which we eat the foods that we have access to and the policies that promote the consumption of more and more of the bad stuff. And again, we're sort of incentivizing the wrong things.

It's not just about better care coordination or better efficiencies or improving payment systems or prevention in some vague way, but it has to do with changing the context in which we eat the foods that we have access to and the policies that promote the consumption of more and more of the bad stuff. And again, we're sort of incentivizing the wrong things.

It's not just about better care coordination or better efficiencies or improving payment systems or prevention in some vague way, but it has to do with changing the context in which we eat the foods that we have access to and the policies that promote the consumption of more and more of the bad stuff. And again, we're sort of incentivizing the wrong things.

So one, how did you kind of have the aha? And two, let's talk about this because it seems like, you know, one, one in $5 is for healthcare and about 80% of that is for chronic disease. And most of that is from diet that if we go upstream, unless you go upstream, we're not going to fix the problem.

So one, how did you kind of have the aha? And two, let's talk about this because it seems like, you know, one, one in $5 is for healthcare and about 80% of that is for chronic disease. And most of that is from diet that if we go upstream, unless you go upstream, we're not going to fix the problem.

So one, how did you kind of have the aha? And two, let's talk about this because it seems like, you know, one, one in $5 is for healthcare and about 80% of that is for chronic disease. And most of that is from diet that if we go upstream, unless you go upstream, we're not going to fix the problem.

And that's projected to go up exponentially.

And that's projected to go up exponentially.

And that's projected to go up exponentially.

Yeah. All of them. Well, the challenge with that is that the food industry has polluted the science with studies that confound the truth, that challenge notions that they're unsafe. You know, American Beverage Association fund studies that soda doesn't cause obesity and kind of muddies the waters.

Yeah. All of them. Well, the challenge with that is that the food industry has polluted the science with studies that confound the truth, that challenge notions that they're unsafe. You know, American Beverage Association fund studies that soda doesn't cause obesity and kind of muddies the waters.

Yeah. All of them. Well, the challenge with that is that the food industry has polluted the science with studies that confound the truth, that challenge notions that they're unsafe. You know, American Beverage Association fund studies that soda doesn't cause obesity and kind of muddies the waters.

And so the argument is, well, who's going to be the judge and determine whether or not this is safe or not safe, right? Some people think, well, Twinkie's fine if you eat it once a week, but maybe not. Yeah.

And so the argument is, well, who's going to be the judge and determine whether or not this is safe or not safe, right? Some people think, well, Twinkie's fine if you eat it once a week, but maybe not. Yeah.

And so the argument is, well, who's going to be the judge and determine whether or not this is safe or not safe, right? Some people think, well, Twinkie's fine if you eat it once a week, but maybe not. Yeah.

There was a guy who was at the Milken Conference who was the head of a big food company. He was like, I feel like a frightened dinosaur.

There was a guy who was at the Milken Conference who was the head of a big food company. He was like, I feel like a frightened dinosaur.

There was a guy who was at the Milken Conference who was the head of a big food company. He was like, I feel like a frightened dinosaur.