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Nisha Patel, MD MS, Dipl of ABOM, CCMS

@drplantel

šŸ‘©šŸ½ā€āš•ļøObesity, Lipid, Menopause, Culinary & IM Doc ✨Cardiometabolic health ā­ļøNeuroscience nerd ā­ļøPlant forward 🚫 medical advice. Views are my own

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How is slapping a ā€œhealthierā€ label on ā€œjunk foodā€ just because a dye was removed any different from giving the food industry a free pass to keep making and marketing the same ultra-processed food? It’s a marketing tweak, not a public health win.

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I can’t tell you how many women, especially mothers, I’ve talked to who undergo major surgery and still feel guilty for resting. Not lazy. Not entitled. Just trying to heal. But they can’t. Because the world runs on their backs. Because the system relies on their unpaid labor.

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As a doctor and expert in metabolic health, I’m on a mission to bring the invisible labor and mental load women carry to the front and center of healthcare conversations, especially when it comes to chronic metabolic disease risk. We can’t keep pretending that stress, burnout,

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Big Wellness is unwell… but don’t worry, its influencers will keep yelling at blueberries in the grocery store because ā€œtoo much sugar.ā€

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Look, I’ve been hard on RFK, and rightfully so. He’s pushing dangerous pseudoscience and undermining evidence based medicine and public health. Not cool bro. But if there’s one tiny sliver of good to come from this chaos, it’s the growing awareness that nutrition matters. I don’t

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University of Michigan researchers found marriage adds 7 hours of unpaid labor a week….for women. Meanwhile, society is still telling women to ā€œstress less and just breatheā€. Ugh šŸ¤¦šŸ½ā€ā™€ļø cbsnews.com/amp/philadelph…

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1 in 4 American mothers return to work within two weeks of giving birth. Not because they’re ready, because they can’t afford not to. No paid leave. No time to heal. Just diapers, sleep deprivation, stress, and a full-time job. Their bodies haven’t even recovered from the

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It doesn’t matter how you spin it up, the so called ā€œBig Beautiful Billā€ is a DISASTER for healthcare. It’s not reform. It’s not freedom. It’s an abomination, and it will hit our MOST vulnerable patients the hardest. If you think this won’t affect you, think again. Healthcare is

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No one and I mean no one is going to give you permission to take time for yourself as a mom. So I’m telling you now:You are more than worthy of it. Not time to run errands, do the laundry, or catch up on the kids’ needs. Thats not a break. I’m talking about real time, for you.

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ā€œPersonalized nutritionā€ has become a fancy buzzword that’s mostly used to sell you stuff you don’t need. Here’s the truth: Personalized nutrition isn’t about expensive supplements, DNA kits, or microbiome testing. It’s about making nutrition changes that actually work for you,

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You know what always gets left out of the conversation about ā€œhealthy eatingā€? The person who has to: -shop for the food -haul it home -prep the ingredients -cook the meals -and serve it to a family who may or may not eat it -rinse and repeat 24/7 That person is usually her.

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Mothers spend so much energy feeding everyone else, yet survive on coffee and crackers. The invisible mental load is draining, and it’s hurting their metabolic health.

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It’s outrageous that we even have to say this, but access to nutritious food is a human right. Full stop. No ifs, no ands, no buts. The fact that this is still up for debate is absurd and a damning reflection of our priorities.

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Imagine looking at the panel that recommends cancer screenings and saying, ā€œNope, that’s too woke.ā€ That’s not reform, RFK. That’s replacing science with your own political agenda.

Imagine looking at the panel that recommends cancer screenings and saying, ā€œNope, that’s too woke.ā€ That’s not reform, RFK. That’s replacing science with your own political agenda.
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If RFK replaces the USPSTF with ideologues, the consequences could be deadly, less access to cancer screenings, HIV prevention, and proven preventive care. Evidence based medicine shouldn’t be sacrificed for ideology.

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You want accountability in healthcare? Guess what, so do I! As a metabolic health physician, I want it everywhere. -I want food companies to be held accountable for the role they play in chronic disease. -I want our government to be accountable for protecting public health and

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I refuse to normalize the invisible labor and mental load of motherhood as what she ā€œsigned up forā€ when she became a mom. She signed up to love and raise her children, not to be denied paid leave, priced out of childcare, pushed out of the workplace, or forced to sacrifice her

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Imagine going on national television as a ā€œwellness expertā€ and confidently declaring that Coca Cola with cane sugar is healthier than Diet Coke. Yeah… that actually happened. Embarrassing doesn’t even begin to cover it. šŸ™ƒ