Setting Realistic Body Goals Amidst Unrealistic Claims
Metabolic vs Aesthetic Metrics My clinical practice is focused on diabetes and heart disease prevention and reversal through lifestyle changes, yet I often see patients whose primary goal is aesthetics. Their metabolic numbers are within range, but they are not satisfied with the look and shape of…
September 21, 2023
Accelerating Strength and Muscle Mass
Background After leading a mostly injury-free life, I've had quite the run over the past few months leading up to my 50th birthday. A neuroma surgery for my left foot, followed by an ankle sprain playing basketball which in retrospect was due to my lack of regaining full proprioception (balance)…
September 26, 2021
The Glycemic Impact of Stress
Background Many of you have probably read or heard about the impact of stress on glucose. Despite this, most people are only partially convinced about the connection. Unlike the impact of something concrete and tangible like food and physical exercise, it's often difficult to accept that…
April 16, 2021
The Dark Side of the Keto Diet
Background I've lived through many cycles of fad dieting and one observation I've made is that the minute a diet becomes mainstream and especially when food companies latch onto it, the diet often transitions into a dark phase. One of the problems with diets is that although initially the…
March 16, 2021
Is Intermittent Fasting Overrated and Harmful to Health?
Background I got a ton of questions from patients and readers about the recent UCSF study on a form of fasting called time-restricted feeding (TRF), being ineffective for weight loss. This is a perfect opportunity for me to dig deeper into how fasting can either be a powerful tool that potentially…
October 4, 2020
Why Your Family Won’t Listen to Your Health Advice
Background I sent the letter below to my newsletter group and got flooded with multiple responses telling me how much this information helped them. To make this information more accessible, I turned this into a blog post which you can share. Clearly it hit a nerve since so many of us struggle to…
August 30, 2020
Expert Q&A on Health Effects of Blue Light
For this blog post I’m doing a Q&A with an expert on the topic of blue light. I’m a big believer on the adverse effects of blue light on vision, metabolic, and mental health in adults and children. It definitely used to be a major sleep disruptor for me until I started getting far more…
August 17, 2020
VO2 Max and Other Key Markers of Fitness and Longevity
Background There is no doubt that improving diet is a powerful way to shift metabolism and reverse conditions like insulin resistance and chronic inflammation. In fact, in my early days, simply changing the diet in patients led to such significant changes in metrics like body weight, triglycerides…
July 30, 2020
Sleep Better Now
Dr. Ronesh Sinha Dr. Ronesh Sinha, author of The South Asian Health Solution and free Sleep and Fatigue e-book being used by Silicon Valley companies and readers worldwide, is an internal medicine physician and expert on insulin resistance and corporate wellness. His groundbreaking work in…
June 9, 2020
Biohacking Breathing and Oxygen Fasting
Background Breathing is an overlooked gateway to optimal health. When you breathe better you become more energized, more focused, and more calm. Spending more time on my breathing has taken my meditation to another level and my aerobic workouts have also improved significantly. I'm less tired,…
May 5, 2020