Dr. Amy Shah on South Asian genetics and the cortisol reset

The Skinny-Fat Crisis — Dr. Amy Shah on South Asian Genetics

I had been trying to get Dr. Amy Shah on Biohack-it for eighteen months, and we finally made it happen while filming in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

As two South Asian women, we go straight into a conversation that hits close to home: why our bodies can look petite while carrying a significantly higher risk of type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's and heart disease than other populations, and what a cortisol reset actually involves.

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