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EP - 251 (Hindi Podcast) : A Master Class On Diabetes with Padma Shri Dr Anoop Misra (Chairman of the Fortis-CDOC, N-DOC and Director, Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases, Diabetes Foundation India.
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According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) 2024 data, India has 89.8 million adults living with diabetes. More than any other country in the world. Yet most people still do not understand what diabetes actually is, how it develops, or what they can do to prevent or manage it.
This week on Run with Fitpage, Vikas sits down with one of India's foremost authorities on the subject.Dr. Anoop Misra is the Chairman of Fortis C-DOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology in New Delhi, and a former Honorary Physician to the Prime Minister of India. A Padma Shri awardee and recipient of the Dr. B.C. Roy Award — India's highest medical honour — he has spent over 45 years studying what diabetes does to the Indian body and why Indians are uniquely vulnerable to it at lower body weights than the rest of the world.
In this episode, the conversation starts from the very beginning — what blood sugar actually is, how insulin works, and why the body moves from healthy to pre-diabetic to diabetic over years without sending obvious signals. Dr. Misra explains why Indians develop diabetes at a BMI of 23 to 25 when Western guidelines only flag risk at 30, and why being slim does not mean being safe.
Read more from his research here: Google Scholar
Dr. Anoop Misra's Books:
In this episode we covered :
→ What blood sugar actually is and why the body needs it
→ How insulin works — and what goes wrong when it stops working
→ The difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and why insulin is not the enemy
→ Why weight is the thick tree and blood sugar is just one of its branches
→ The real cost of ignoring diabetes — from vision loss to kidney failure
→ Why grip strength is as important as blood pressure and should be treated as a vital sign
→ How to start managing diabetes or pre-diabetes from today — diet, exercise, and discipline
About Vikas Singh:
Vikas Singh, an MBA from Chicago Booth, worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, APGlobale, and Reliance before coming up with the idea of democratizing fitness knowledge and helping beginners get on a fitness journey. Vikas is an avid long-distance runner, building fitpage to help people learn, train, and move better.
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