Its a fascinating conversation, balancing the cultural sensitivities around diet and the power of ASF (animal sourced foods) in helping people with acute conditions.
Major focus on diabetes, and patients presenting to the ER with complications of metabolic syndrome.
- 63% of ER patients are pure vegetarians
- 33% eat meat/eggs/fish once a week or so
Dr. Ankur improved Tg/HDL ratio, GERD, acid reflux, bladder control, GI issues, fat loss, muscle soreness, and hypertension on a carnivore diet.
Trained in emergency medicine at George Washington University, Dr. Ankur is currently a Principal Consultant and Faculty of Emergency Medicine in New Delhi. He has a keen interest in trauma, airways, academic emergency medicine, resuscitation, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), and metabolic health. Dr. Ankur conceived and coined the term #SATisfied airway to promote awareness of innovative airway management techniques. With over 40 publications in national and international journals, he has delivered numerous talks at conferences worldwide. He is also the Creator-Founder of THE DESI EM PROJECT™, India’s first and only emergency medicine podcast, listened to in over 70 countries.
A self-taught nutrition advocate, Dr. Ankur focuses on raising awareness about species-specific carnivore lifestyles and addressing root causes of chronic non-communicable diseases. Recently, he has begun integrating emergency medicine with metabolic health research, spearheading studies in this emerging field.
Dr. Ankur serves as President of the Society for Emergency Medicine India (SEMI) – Delhi Chapter and chairs the Trauma Special Interest Group (SIG) for the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. He launched the #EACH1SAVE1™ campaign, empowering SEMI-Delhi members to teach bystander CPR in communities. Under his leadership, SEMI-Delhi organized India’s first carbon-neutral medical conferences, Best Practices in EM v1.0 and v2.0—the latter featuring the country’s inaugural all-women speaker lineup at a medical conference. He also contributes to the ACEP International Ambassador Regional Committee Leadership Team.
Timestamps:
00:00 Trailer and introduction
05:31 Nutrition’s impact on health awareness
06:34 Reevaluating statin use in normal lipid profiles
09:47 Enforcing sugar-free coffee policy
14:46 Diabetes and smoking concerns in India
16:49 Dietary factors in India's diabetes rates
20:18 Avoid frailty with nutrition & exercise
25:21 Calcium channel blockers in SVT management
29:03 Flawed incentives in healthcare system
30:58 Vegan vs. carnivore diet
34:42 Traditional vs. modern fat choices
39:19 Oats triggered TMJ issues
40:56 Perceptions of health and illness
46:09 India's massive cattle industry
47:27 Climate impact of monocropping
52:20 Vegetarian diet vs. medications
54:44 Where to find Ankur
The conversation covers the cost of the carnivore diet in India, apparently its quite affordable.
77% of india is overweight/obese, this doctor personally estimates that 40%-45% of the entire population has diabetes.
Most of the Indian vegetarians are not getting enough protein, the ER sees many frail boned middle aged people.
He is seeing many heart attack patients with normal cholesterol levels, not smokers, and normal bmi. High homocysteine levels, and low b12 levels
he makes a great point that even though there is more meat consumption in different regions its all combined with a massive amount of carbohydrates, so its hard to see strong PBF/ASF signals in the epidemiological data.
Ghee is stilled used by older/traditional patients, but new generation is using more and more seed oils.
India has the largest population of cattle in the world. 200M cows, 100M buffalo. They slaughter more cows then the united states.