Dr. Anand Parekh

Because the truth is, you know, food industry and pharma are not investing in research around this.

Is that really true? 19% of the NIH budget goes to prevention? 19%.

Is that really true? 19% of the NIH budget goes to prevention? 19%.

Is that really true? 19% of the NIH budget goes to prevention? 19%.

Well, let's just define prevention because is a mammogram prevention, is a colonoscopy prevention? No, it's early detection. True prevention is really dealing with the causes, the upstream causes that you talked about in your book.

Well, let's just define prevention because is a mammogram prevention, is a colonoscopy prevention? No, it's early detection. True prevention is really dealing with the causes, the upstream causes that you talked about in your book.

Well, let's just define prevention because is a mammogram prevention, is a colonoscopy prevention? No, it's early detection. True prevention is really dealing with the causes, the upstream causes that you talked about in your book.

Yeah, one of the things you mention in your book, in addition to sort of these points, is sort of targeting things that work but aren't paid for. So digital health, for example. You mentioned Omada Health, which I helped advise when they were starting out.

Yeah, one of the things you mention in your book, in addition to sort of these points, is sort of targeting things that work but aren't paid for. So digital health, for example. You mentioned Omada Health, which I helped advise when they were starting out.

Yeah, one of the things you mention in your book, in addition to sort of these points, is sort of targeting things that work but aren't paid for. So digital health, for example. You mentioned Omada Health, which I helped advise when they were starting out.

And I said to them, look, the diabetes prevention was a good start, but it's based on a little bit antiquated nutritional data about low-fat diets and high-carb diets for diabetics. But it worked because, and I met people who were in the program And they said, well, it worked because we came to groups, because we had to write down everything we ate, because we exercised together.

And I said to them, look, the diabetes prevention was a good start, but it's based on a little bit antiquated nutritional data about low-fat diets and high-carb diets for diabetics. But it worked because, and I met people who were in the program And they said, well, it worked because we came to groups, because we had to write down everything we ate, because we exercised together.

And I said to them, look, the diabetes prevention was a good start, but it's based on a little bit antiquated nutritional data about low-fat diets and high-carb diets for diabetics. But it worked because, and I met people who were in the program And they said, well, it worked because we came to groups, because we had to write down everything we ate, because we exercised together.

And it wasn't so much the food, although it was healthier, it wasn't the healthiest. And there's been more sort of advanced versions of that that have developed that are digital. For example, Virta Health, you probably heard about, where they literally take in poorly controlled, like pretty overweight, poorly controlled diabetics, 60%, 60% reversal. Now, in traditional medicine, it's like zero.

And it wasn't so much the food, although it was healthier, it wasn't the healthiest. And there's been more sort of advanced versions of that that have developed that are digital. For example, Virta Health, you probably heard about, where they literally take in poorly controlled, like pretty overweight, poorly controlled diabetics, 60%, 60% reversal. Now, in traditional medicine, it's like zero.

And it wasn't so much the food, although it was healthier, it wasn't the healthiest. And there's been more sort of advanced versions of that that have developed that are digital. For example, Virta Health, you probably heard about, where they literally take in poorly controlled, like pretty overweight, poorly controlled diabetics, 60%, 60% reversal. Now, in traditional medicine, it's like zero.

It's zero, right? Unless you get a gastric bypass. And they had 60% reversal. They had 90% or more off of insulin or very low insulin doses. They had 12% weight loss, which is a massive amount. In weight loss studies, you get five. Everybody's dancing around, happy and excited for 5% weight loss. And they did it through a digital platform where there were coaches and support.

It's zero, right? Unless you get a gastric bypass. And they had 60% reversal. They had 90% or more off of insulin or very low insulin doses. They had 12% weight loss, which is a massive amount. In weight loss studies, you get five. Everybody's dancing around, happy and excited for 5% weight loss. And they did it through a digital platform where there were coaches and support.

It's zero, right? Unless you get a gastric bypass. And they had 60% reversal. They had 90% or more off of insulin or very low insulin doses. They had 12% weight loss, which is a massive amount. In weight loss studies, you get five. Everybody's dancing around, happy and excited for 5% weight loss. And they did it through a digital platform where there were coaches and support.

There was remote monitoring for ketones, for weight, for blood sugar. And they published the data. It was a ketogenic intervention, which is the opposite of the DPP, which is basically high fat. And yet this is not reimbursed. And it's the amount of savings in these patients just astronomical.