Diet Doctor Podcast #101:
Revolutionizing diabetes care with Sami Inkinen
Sami Inkinen and his team at Virta Health have helped revolutionize the way we treat type 2 diabetes. They have shown, through clinical research and their clinical success, that we don’t have to see type 2 diabetes as a chronic condition requiring medications to hopefully delay complications.
Instead, by using a ketogenic diet and a continuous care intervention, Sami and his team are helping people reverse their type 2 diabetes and eliminate their expensive diabetes medications.
But can they help 100 million people reverse their type 2 diabetes, as stated in their company mission? What obstacles are in the way of accomplishing this lofty goal? And how much of Virta’s success is due to the fact that Sami is a medical “outsider”?
Sami brings his background in physics, technology, and business to help Virta solve the issues of virtual care, medical compensation, and medical management for type 2 diabetes. It is likely because he is an outsider, aided by assembling an amazing team of medical professionals, that Virta has been able to succeed.
About the video
Virtual podcast recorded in June 2022, published in July 2022.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Producer: Hari Dewang
Table of contents
00:00 Introduction
02:44 Welcome, Sami Inkinen
06:43 The upbringing of Virta Health and its diabetes care
10:40 The roles of clinical trials at Virta Health
15:44 The reasoning behind patients’ higher retention
19:28 Highlighting the importance of criticism in research
26:48 Defining “success” in Virta’s diabetes care
35:12 Dealing with the long-term concern
39:53 The hurdle to reach more patients in need
Instead, by using a ketogenic diet and a continuous care intervention, Sami and his team are helping people reverse their type 2 diabetes and eliminate their expensive diabetes medications.
But can they help 100 million people reverse their type 2 diabetes, as stated in their company mission? What obstacles are in the way of accomplishing this lofty goal? And how much of Virta’s success is due to the fact that Sami is a medical “outsider”?
Sami brings his background in physics, technology, and business to help Virta solve the issues of virtual care, medical compensation, and medical management for type 2 diabetes. It is likely because he is an outsider, aided by assembling an amazing team of medical professionals, that Virta has been able to succeed.
About the video
Virtual podcast recorded in June 2022, published in July 2022.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Producer: Hari Dewang
