There is a generally unrecognized health crisis affecting one of the largest communities in the world, South Asians. Here are the 13 elements that drive the "Perfect Storm"

South Asians have a tendency to generate/store fat & not burn it off coz of the way our bodies have evolved after becoming starvation adapted due to famines (esp in colonial times).Just one famine doubles the risk of diabetes & obesity in next generations huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/south-as…

My mother's family handed aid - specifically, bowls of the water rice is cooked in - to my father's family, including his older sister, during the famine. That's how close it is.

Brilliant article by the wonderful Faima Bakar. Thanks again for spreading awareness!

South Asians lived through 31 famines during the British Raj. Check out this fascinating piece on how this could be linked to life-limiting health inequalities generations down the line 📊 huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/south-as…

Happy to share our manuscript on social deprivation and premature CV mortality in the US. Persistent disparities over the past 2 decades. paper led by superstar mentee Dr Graham Bevan Khurram Nasir sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

One to two servings, or 5.5 ounces, of protein daily is recommended for a heart healthy diet. New research shows that getting that protein from a variety of sources (grains, lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs and legumes) could prevent high blood pressure.

The Kaplans Shruti Advani Faima Bakar Starvation adaptation can help explain the higher rates of CVD and diabetes in SAs. It seems the near 2 century history of under nutrition is commonly overlooked by many scientific circles. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Great thread clarifying differences in fat storage and how weight/BMI alone is not a good predictor for developing T2DM or CVD

The #DASHDiet continues to be one of the top diets for heart healthy eating. Find out how to create your own healthy eating plan: go.usa.gov/xtEPG #NutritionMonth

Thank you to the AJ+ staff for sharing my research! Hoping it brings awareness to a much overlooked South Asian heart health crisis.

Careful what you wish for: ⬆️HDLc >80 mg/dL was associated with ⬆️risk of all-cause death & CV death after adjustment for age, gender, race, BMI, HTN, smoking, TG, LDL-C, CVA & MI history, diabetes, eGFR, & alcohol use (defined as ≥3 times/week) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35039162/

Recently interviewed DesiDoc.MD and produced this piece about the links between intergenerational trauma and our physical bodies. This topic is personal for me because my grandparents were refugees from India under British colonization:

“Compelling arguments to seriously expand #PopulationBased #genetic studies”. K.M. Venkat Narayan & Jithin Sam Varghese highlight Hodgson S. et al.’s study comparing #type2diabetes risk factors in the South Asian & European populations, published in PLOS Medicine. facultyopinions.com/article/742156…

Population-based genetic epidemiological studies need to reflect world populations. M Daniele Fallin Shivani Patel Alka Kanaya NIDDK NIH NHLBI naseem abuzhea

FYI, the effects of these man-made famines last generations (credit DesiDoc.MD).