Personalized nutrition approach using wearables and mobile devices and apps.
Hi Friends
Via this video I would want to share my personal health experience and journey over the last 4 years (2015 -2018) along with the data capturing that I have done with wearable devices and food tracking.
Yes I follow low carb healthy fat Ketogenic lifestyle to get the changes that I needed for myself. I am not trying to advocate one style of eating over another. I am just sharing my experience. Also I show my carbohydrate challenge experimentation.
Everyone is unique in food response. There's not one right answer for everyone. Finding a healthy diet that works involves a bit of trial and error. We ought to be able to create that solution for our patients. Different bio and inflammatory markers, and some guidance will help patients make changes for themselves. This would happen only when patients are ready but it's our responsibility as healthcare providers to get them ready.
What's a healthy pattern of eating that a person can follow for the long term? Could be a big debate. Macronutrients in diet may be a distraction but the real solution would be consistent lifestyle. Very often it boils down to adherence. Chronic diseases happen when one is
"Metabolically wounded". Good health coaching, will help patient better understand their health responses and be able to follow through with suggestions. So the mass recommendation has to be changed to personalized nutritional guidance. Cardio metabolic health of people needs to be improved to prevent downstream consequences of chronic disease. This is only possible via programs that could be easily delivered, using people process and technology, along with a significant buy in from the visionary Health Systems that have the onus in removing barriers to healing for the population they serve. Be warned that likes of big companies like Amazon, google will be partnering with big pharmacies and HMO's and pull the rug from under the feet of health systems!!!
Real impact would be, to have an activated patient and that would be a miraculous drug for the Health System.
We need to translate the knowledge of sick Care System into real action and package those concepts and deliver consistent ever improving solution to the population we serve and make this a well care system. There is an apocalypse of chronic care happening in healthcare now and unless team based approach with continuous improvement is not implemented we are all going to be crushed under Tsunami of healthcare!!!
As always we are working towards #removingbarrierstohealing for our patients.
