Paul Saladino

Yeah, that's formally diagnosed diabetes, but there are other studies that have been done looking at this continuum. And this is what Western medicine really misses when we're talking to patients and when we are taught as doctors to think about this. Diabetes is a continuum.

Yeah, that's formally diagnosed diabetes, but there are other studies that have been done looking at this continuum. And this is what Western medicine really misses when we're talking to patients and when we are taught as doctors to think about this. Diabetes is a continuum.

And the reason this is so important to talk about is because metabolic dysfunction, also known as insulin resistance, is that continuum. And that pathology underlies, I would say, 90 plus percent of chronic illness. And this is not hyperbole. The majority of chronic illness that we suffer from as Americans today is based in insulin resistance, also known as metabolic dysfunction.

And the reason this is so important to talk about is because metabolic dysfunction, also known as insulin resistance, is that continuum. And that pathology underlies, I would say, 90 plus percent of chronic illness. And this is not hyperbole. The majority of chronic illness that we suffer from as Americans today is based in insulin resistance, also known as metabolic dysfunction.

And the reason this is so important to talk about is because metabolic dysfunction, also known as insulin resistance, is that continuum. And that pathology underlies, I would say, 90 plus percent of chronic illness. And this is not hyperbole. The majority of chronic illness that we suffer from as Americans today is based in insulin resistance, also known as metabolic dysfunction.

And 90% of our healthcare costs are related to chronic illness, something that is preventable and reversible with the quality of our diet and how we live. This is what the Hadza don't have. This is what Native Americans did not have historically. So I'll tell you the story. This is pretty interesting. I went to medical school in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona.

And 90% of our healthcare costs are related to chronic illness, something that is preventable and reversible with the quality of our diet and how we live. This is what the Hadza don't have. This is what Native Americans did not have historically. So I'll tell you the story. This is pretty interesting. I went to medical school in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona.

And 90% of our healthcare costs are related to chronic illness, something that is preventable and reversible with the quality of our diet and how we live. This is what the Hadza don't have. This is what Native Americans did not have historically. So I'll tell you the story. This is pretty interesting. I went to medical school in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona.

The Pima Indians are around Tucson, Arizona. So I went and visited Pima Indian reservations when I was in medical school. The Pima Indians are some of the sickest people in the world today. The rates of obesity and diabetes are over 80 to 90%. 80 to 90%. Wow. Like, what? Okay. And so... 200 years ago, rates of obesity and diabetes were less than 1% in the Pima Indian tribe.

The Pima Indians are around Tucson, Arizona. So I went and visited Pima Indian reservations when I was in medical school. The Pima Indians are some of the sickest people in the world today. The rates of obesity and diabetes are over 80 to 90%. 80 to 90%. Wow. Like, what? Okay. And so... 200 years ago, rates of obesity and diabetes were less than 1% in the Pima Indian tribe.

The Pima Indians are around Tucson, Arizona. So I went and visited Pima Indian reservations when I was in medical school. The Pima Indians are some of the sickest people in the world today. The rates of obesity and diabetes are over 80 to 90%. 80 to 90%. Wow. Like, what? Okay. And so... 200 years ago, rates of obesity and diabetes were less than 1% in the Pima Indian tribe.

This tribe of Native Americans has genetics that are uniquely susceptible to the environment that they find themselves in now. Ultra processed foods, we can talk about certain things. But 200 years ago, there are pictures online of Pima Indians from 1860, right? They're fit. They have six, they look like healthy, they're healthy humans.

This tribe of Native Americans has genetics that are uniquely susceptible to the environment that they find themselves in now. Ultra processed foods, we can talk about certain things. But 200 years ago, there are pictures online of Pima Indians from 1860, right? They're fit. They have six, they look like healthy, they're healthy humans.

This tribe of Native Americans has genetics that are uniquely susceptible to the environment that they find themselves in now. Ultra processed foods, we can talk about certain things. But 200 years ago, there are pictures online of Pima Indians from 1860, right? They're fit. They have six, they look like healthy, they're healthy humans.

but they have a uniquely susceptible genetic makeup to becoming insulin resistant. And so what happened when the Pima Indians had this explosion of chronic illness after we gave them supermarkets full of Cheetos and Fritos and Takis and alcohol is the NIH sent researchers to draw their blood to see what kind of genetics they have that make them susceptible to this chronic illness.

but they have a uniquely susceptible genetic makeup to becoming insulin resistant. And so what happened when the Pima Indians had this explosion of chronic illness after we gave them supermarkets full of Cheetos and Fritos and Takis and alcohol is the NIH sent researchers to draw their blood to see what kind of genetics they have that make them susceptible to this chronic illness.

but they have a uniquely susceptible genetic makeup to becoming insulin resistant. And so what happened when the Pima Indians had this explosion of chronic illness after we gave them supermarkets full of Cheetos and Fritos and Takis and alcohol is the NIH sent researchers to draw their blood to see what kind of genetics they have that make them susceptible to this chronic illness.

We never thought, oh, maybe we just poisoned them, right? the cause of their illness is black and white. It's absolutely black and white. And yet not once in medical school did this come up. Never once was I taught to think about this or challenged to think about this from a professor saying, what do you think about the Pima Indians? How do we help them?

We never thought, oh, maybe we just poisoned them, right? the cause of their illness is black and white. It's absolutely black and white. And yet not once in medical school did this come up. Never once was I taught to think about this or challenged to think about this from a professor saying, what do you think about the Pima Indians? How do we help them?

We never thought, oh, maybe we just poisoned them, right? the cause of their illness is black and white. It's absolutely black and white. And yet not once in medical school did this come up. Never once was I taught to think about this or challenged to think about this from a professor saying, what do you think about the Pima Indians? How do we help them?