Nikhil Joshi

For years, nutrition debates have been reduced to a single, convenient villain: cooking oils. Scroll through any health forum, and you’ll find strong opinions: seed oils are toxic, saturated fats are dangerous, olive oil is the gold standard. This narrative is appealing because it simplifies a complex problem. But metabolic health is not dictated by a single ingredient. A network of biochemical processes governs it, many of which have little to do with the oil in your kitchen. What follows is...

Most people think of sleep apnea as a problem of loud snoring. Something that annoys a partner, disrupts sleep, and perhaps requires a medical device. But sleep apnea is far more serious than an uncomfortable night of sleep. Increasing research shows that it is closely linked to metabolic health. What is Sleep Apnea? Sleep apnea is a condition in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep. These pauses can last from a few seconds to nearly a minute and may occur dozens or even...

Most people undergo a lipid profile test as part of a routine health check and stop at one simple conclusion: “everything is normal.” But metabolic health doesn’t always show up as abnormal numbers. It often hides within acceptable ranges, quietly progressing toward disease. To truly understand your health, you need to go beyond isolated values and start looking at patterns. One of the most powerful yet underutilised indicators is the triglyceride-HDL ratio, a simple calculation that reveals...