Sami Inkinen

Exactly. So, so finally, like, you know, how did I become a co-founder and now CEO of Virta Health here now almost a decade later? Well, it turns out despite my, you know, winning and running triathlons and staying lean, I discovered that I was on my way to type two diabetes myself, and I already had pre-diabetes. And so this was around 2011. And I honestly, I was pissed.

I was surprised, pissed and frustrated. I said, what the heck? I'm not one of those people. Like I'm not one of those people.

I was surprised, pissed and frustrated. I said, what the heck? I'm not one of those people. Like I'm not one of those people.

I was surprised, pissed and frustrated. I said, what the heck? I'm not one of those people. Like I'm not one of those people.

And I should say, fortunately, you know, I got very curious. I was like, what the heck's going on here? And I got lucky that through reading and reaching out to a lot of people, I met a number of scientists, but particularly Dr. Stephen Finney and

And I should say, fortunately, you know, I got very curious. I was like, what the heck's going on here? And I got lucky that through reading and reaching out to a lot of people, I met a number of scientists, but particularly Dr. Stephen Finney and

And I should say, fortunately, you know, I got very curious. I was like, what the heck's going on here? And I got lucky that through reading and reaching out to a lot of people, I met a number of scientists, but particularly Dr. Stephen Finney and

Dr. Jeff Volek, who had done research over three decades about metabolism and how the body metabolizes carbohydrates and fat and so forth, and met these gentlemen, scientists, and basically learned two things very briefly. One, I was obviously completely wrong. Diabetes and obesity, it's a metabolic disease.

Dr. Jeff Volek, who had done research over three decades about metabolism and how the body metabolizes carbohydrates and fat and so forth, and met these gentlemen, scientists, and basically learned two things very briefly. One, I was obviously completely wrong. Diabetes and obesity, it's a metabolic disease.

Dr. Jeff Volek, who had done research over three decades about metabolism and how the body metabolizes carbohydrates and fat and so forth, and met these gentlemen, scientists, and basically learned two things very briefly. One, I was obviously completely wrong. Diabetes and obesity, it's a metabolic disease.

It's not a personal choice that you wake up one Monday and say, hey, I'm just going to eat too much today. develop type two diabetes. So that was one I was wrong. And then the second thing was kind of what you Mark said earlier, which is that these conditions, despite the conventional wisdom are reversible nutritionally.

It's not a personal choice that you wake up one Monday and say, hey, I'm just going to eat too much today. develop type two diabetes. So that was one I was wrong. And then the second thing was kind of what you Mark said earlier, which is that these conditions, despite the conventional wisdom are reversible nutritionally.

It's not a personal choice that you wake up one Monday and say, hey, I'm just going to eat too much today. develop type two diabetes. So that was one I was wrong. And then the second thing was kind of what you Mark said earlier, which is that these conditions, despite the conventional wisdom are reversible nutritionally.

Type two diabetes, obesity are systematically reversible nutritionally. If you know how to manipulate nutrition. And I became convinced both through personal experience and reading all this published research that it indeed is is possible. And so I'm not going to go too much wrong about this was 2014. And I said, Hey, this is incredible. If you can use nutrition in that way,

Type two diabetes, obesity are systematically reversible nutritionally. If you know how to manipulate nutrition. And I became convinced both through personal experience and reading all this published research that it indeed is is possible. And so I'm not going to go too much wrong about this was 2014. And I said, Hey, this is incredible. If you can use nutrition in that way,

Type two diabetes, obesity are systematically reversible nutritionally. If you know how to manipulate nutrition. And I became convinced both through personal experience and reading all this published research that it indeed is is possible. And so I'm not going to go too much wrong about this was 2014. And I said, Hey, this is incredible. If you can use nutrition in that way,

maybe I can help with my tech and entrepreneurial background and figure out a care delivery mechanism, how we can get this into the hands of millions and millions of people. And yeah, we started Virta Health now, it's almost 10 years ago.

maybe I can help with my tech and entrepreneurial background and figure out a care delivery mechanism, how we can get this into the hands of millions and millions of people. And yeah, we started Virta Health now, it's almost 10 years ago.

maybe I can help with my tech and entrepreneurial background and figure out a care delivery mechanism, how we can get this into the hands of millions and millions of people. And yeah, we started Virta Health now, it's almost 10 years ago.

And we have this a little bit of a crazy mission, reverse type two diabetes and obesity in 1 billion people, reverse type two diabetes and obesity in 1 billion people. And yeah, here we are 10 years later and we can go into details. How's it going? But yeah, Yeah, that's how I became an accidental healthcare entrepreneur.