Dr. Alka Kanaya joins Yumlish to talk about the correlation between obesity and diabetes. Dr. Kanaya is a primary care doctor and a clinical researcher at UCSF. She has focused her research on understanding why there is a higher risk of diabetes and heart disease among South Asians.
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Question of the Day: How are you managing diabetes in your life?
In this episode you will learn:
The correlation between fatty liver and heart diseases
The Masala study
Factors that make communities of color predisposed to chronic diseases
Plant-based diets and the South Asian community
How the Masala research will help understand diabetes
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Key Points:
00:00 Intro with Shireen!
00:18 Welcome Dr. Alka Kanaya
01:56 How weight increases the chance of becoming diabetic
03:24 Factors that relate to increasing rates of diabetes and obesity
06:33 Heart disease and fatty livers
09:27 Dr. Kanaya's work with the Masala study
11:53 Why communities of color have a predisposition to chronic diseases
13:56 Plant-based diets and the Masala study
18:59 How the research from the Masala study is to be used
21:34 Connect with Dr. Kanaya and learn more about the Masala study
25:00Outro with Shireen!
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