The South Asian Health Solution

The South Asian Health Solution: A Culturally Tailored Guide to Lose Fat, Increase Energy, and Avoid Disease [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition]

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The South Asian Health Solution: A Culturally Tailored Guide to Lose Fat, Increase Energy, and Avoid Disease
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The World Health Organization projects the majority of the world's heart attack patients will be Asian Indian within a few years. South Asians, who are predominantly Indians and Pakistanis, make up one-third of the world's population and have the highest prevalence of heart disease and diabetes. Dr. Ronesh Sinha, an internal medicine specialist in Silicon Valley, CA, recipient of the 2013 Silicon Valley Business Journal Health Care hero award, and TEDx speaker, specializes in helping patients of South Asian heritage moderate heart disease risk factors and obesity trends with a comprehensive lifestyle modification approach that has delivered exceptional results. Dr. Sinha's The South Asian Health Solution is the first book to provide an ancestral health-based wellness plan culturally tailored for South Asians. In particular, South Asians living outside of India in countries such as the United States, England, and Canada, show an even greater disease risk due to their immersion into Western dietary and lifestyle habits.

This book covers some of the following topics:

• South Asian-specific risk factors and how to accurately interpret cholesterol and body composition readings
• Key lifestyle changes for weight loss and disease prevention
• Three common cultural myths that lead to unhealthy habits
• How to effectively manage sleep, stress, and fatigue
• And specific tips for women, children, and seniors.

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• Audible Audio Edition
• Listening Length: 10 hours and 40 minutes
• Program Type: Audiobook
• Version: Unabridged
• Publisher: Primal Blueprint Publishing
• Audible.com Release Date: May 16, 2014
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00KH59XHO

In my medical school class about 30% of the population were Southeast Asian and yet we still learned nothing about the particular risk factors of this group. We also learned little to nothing about the metabolic imbalances that can develop from eating the (Americanized/Exported—a favorite reason to road trip to NYC) version of the original authentic, pre-industrial cuisine. The increased risk of Southeast Asian cuisine (in its current incarnation) has profound implications for all vegetarians and vegans, and Dr Sinha teaches people how to navigate the need for more protein in a culturally appropriate manner.

I appreciate that Dr Sinha opens his book by redirection attention away from Cholesterol, LDL, and Saturated fat to the real culprit of heart disease: inflammation. HIs metabolic 6-pack of blood testing provides a reasonable and very cost effective approach to more accurately assessing risk. I also appreciate the Dr’s emphasis on how you treat your body, because that matters more than blood tests. This is very important for people under 50 to be aware of, since many labs remain normal until the body is deeply into a state of metabolic imbalance.

Another aspect of the book that I find particularly helpful is the exercise section. His Silicon Vally practice may be located in the epicenter of the epidemic of screen-addiction and activity deprivation, and he tailors his advice to this setting, providing a collection of quick, effective, simple workouts that can be done in the home or work office with minimal to no equipment.

Dr Sinha's passion for prevention is infectious and inspiring.

By Catherine Shanahan, MD

I plan to post a longer review later.

I liked the book primarily because it explains the causality behind CAD (and metabolic diseases more generally), in a simple, easy to understand way.

Regardless of where you stand on the low fat vs. low carb spectrum, it highlights what both sides appear to agree on:
a) eat a lot of nutrient dense foods (especially, plant based)
b) get a lot of exercise
c) de-stress.

These are simple rules, but this book offers some useful and practical guidelines, including suggestions for apps. The book is also novel in that it emphasizes ratios, rather than presenting absolute targets.

If you are of Indian origin, this book offers what several others do not. It has an excellent understanding of Indian cultures, and offers suggestions, including recipes, that are geared specifically for Indo-Americans.

A suggestion. While reading this book, don't take the recommendations to suggest that you can be a glutton, especially when it comes to Saturated fats, which, in high concentrations, do cause oxidative stress (see e.g. [...]
Eat in moderation. Control portion sizes. Eat a lot of anti-oxidant foods. Choose your carbohydrate food sources carefully, emphasizing low-glycemic and high-anti oxidant ones.

I have gained a great deal from this book, and recommend it whole-heartedly. It is brilliantly written, and extremely useful. A game changer for Indian-Americans.

By Vanilla Creme

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