Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

That's all right. I mean, I think you and I are on the same track. People need to be empowered with the knowledge and the tools to both know what to do, know how to do it, and with the information that allows them to be informed about their own biology. And I think most of medicine has been paternalistic and patronizing and has created a firewall between

That's all right. I mean, I think you and I are on the same track. People need to be empowered with the knowledge and the tools to both know what to do, know how to do it, and with the information that allows them to be informed about their own biology. And I think most of medicine has been paternalistic and patronizing and has created a firewall between

That's all right. I mean, I think you and I are on the same track. People need to be empowered with the knowledge and the tools to both know what to do, know how to do it, and with the information that allows them to be informed about their own biology. And I think most of medicine has been paternalistic and patronizing and has created a firewall between

you and your own biology and the doctor and the insurance companies and the healthcare system are standing in that firewall. And your work is breaking that down.

you and your own biology and the doctor and the insurance companies and the healthcare system are standing in that firewall. And your work is breaking that down.

you and your own biology and the doctor and the insurance companies and the healthcare system are standing in that firewall. And your work is breaking that down.

And I co-founded a company called Function Health that empowers people to get their own lab data and learn about their own health in a deep way that they never were able to before without having to go through the system, then be empowered with that knowledge and say, I'm not crazy. I have these things going on. My doctor didn't check for my vitamin D level. I didn't check for my iron level.

And I co-founded a company called Function Health that empowers people to get their own lab data and learn about their own health in a deep way that they never were able to before without having to go through the system, then be empowered with that knowledge and say, I'm not crazy. I have these things going on. My doctor didn't check for my vitamin D level. I didn't check for my iron level.

And I co-founded a company called Function Health that empowers people to get their own lab data and learn about their own health in a deep way that they never were able to before without having to go through the system, then be empowered with that knowledge and say, I'm not crazy. I have these things going on. My doctor didn't check for my vitamin D level. I didn't check for my iron level.

They didn't check for my inflammation levels, didn't check my metabolic health, didn't check my insulin. And these are what's making me feel bad. And they're not things that are abnormal in normal tests. So we had this moment where we're shifting sort of agency back to individuals and realizing that 80% of health does not happen in the doctor's office. I can't cure diabetes in my office, right?

They didn't check for my inflammation levels, didn't check my metabolic health, didn't check my insulin. And these are what's making me feel bad. And they're not things that are abnormal in normal tests. So we had this moment where we're shifting sort of agency back to individuals and realizing that 80% of health does not happen in the doctor's office. I can't cure diabetes in my office, right?

They didn't check for my inflammation levels, didn't check my metabolic health, didn't check my insulin. And these are what's making me feel bad. And they're not things that are abnormal in normal tests. So we had this moment where we're shifting sort of agency back to individuals and realizing that 80% of health does not happen in the doctor's office. I can't cure diabetes in my office, right?

It's cured in the kitchen, it's cured on the farm, like all the way from the field before. Not in the clinic. Exactly. And so this moment where we actually can, once they recognize that we live in a structural system that promotes disease, but two, we have agency and now can use tools and products and books, things like yours, make change that lasts. It's a fabulous book.

It's cured in the kitchen, it's cured on the farm, like all the way from the field before. Not in the clinic. Exactly. And so this moment where we actually can, once they recognize that we live in a structural system that promotes disease, but two, we have agency and now can use tools and products and books, things like yours, make change that lasts. It's a fabulous book.

It's cured in the kitchen, it's cured on the farm, like all the way from the field before. Not in the clinic. Exactly. And so this moment where we actually can, once they recognize that we live in a structural system that promotes disease, but two, we have agency and now can use tools and products and books, things like yours, make change that lasts. It's a fabulous book.

Everybody definitely has got to get it. It's out, nine simple ways to break free from habits that hold you back. I mean, you know, I think, I think there's so much pain that people suffer and shame and we have such a culture of blame.

Everybody definitely has got to get it. It's out, nine simple ways to break free from habits that hold you back. I mean, you know, I think, I think there's so much pain that people suffer and shame and we have such a culture of blame.

Everybody definitely has got to get it. It's out, nine simple ways to break free from habits that hold you back. I mean, you know, I think, I think there's so much pain that people suffer and shame and we have such a culture of blame.

And I think, I think, I think that's something I'd like you to dig in and address because right now what's happening is as, as the, the threat to the food industry is coming from, um, the current American administration, they're freaking out and they're coming out with their talking points and they're very clear. This is discriminatory to tell people not to eat ultra-processed food.

And I think, I think, I think that's something I'd like you to dig in and address because right now what's happening is as, as the, the threat to the food industry is coming from, um, the current American administration, they're freaking out and they're coming out with their talking points and they're very clear. This is discriminatory to tell people not to eat ultra-processed food.