DaVita Inc.

Now, surely to goodness, the American Diabetes Association is more committed to helping people with type two diabetes reverse their diabetes than they are with getting millions of dollars in donations They've got million dollar deals with CVS Pharmacy.

They've got a million dollar deal with DaVita.

That's the dialysis company that I just did the interview with Dr. Mueller about the other day.

You should really watch that video if you want to have your stomach turned by the behavior of DaVita and Fresenius.

And if you've ever been to the American Diabetes website, you know that what I'm about to say is true.

Every five seconds, a pop-up window appears saying, hey, donate now, we'll match your contribution.

I'm kind of also curious, are there any use cases that you would want to share with our audience around that as well? Because I know there was GM here, there was OpenAI, there's Cisco, there are many other customers.

I was talking to Davita as well.

And I've been seeing them using Lean for years now.

And what they have shared is phenomenal, not only just in terms of the costing, but the context that they and the team kind of gets.

And next thing you know, they roll me out to get on dialysis.

I'm going to DaVita, which is like, I don't know, like 100 yards away from the hospital.

And I'm doing that like every other day.

So I'm on dialysis.

I don't doubt that.

The kidney-friendly diet that places like DaVita, which is a huge dialysis clinic corporation, the diet that they recommend people with kidney disease eat is literal pure shit.

It is high carbohydrate, high sugar shit.

I don't even know how it's not a conflict of interest.

I'm thinking about making a video about DaVita.

It's atrocious.

Pam, please discuss the importance of hydration.

I'm very happy to be here.

Many of our listeners will know that I had a foray for four years at DaVita in healthcare and the need for healthcare employees, upskilling, the shortage we have of nurses, of doctors, of many other positions, frankly, in non-clinical positions in healthcare.

We really have a crisis and you really stepped into that area, offering a solution to become more directly connected with learning and healthcare careers and employment.

Tell me a little bit about what you think that future of education looks like in health care and what makes health care education a particularly interesting case study for where education and learning might be headed.

How'd that work for you? Right.

So let's not care any longer what your doctors think about your diet, because obviously their diet, the American Diabetes Association diet, maybe even the DaVita diet.

That's why you're in this situation.

So but good news is you absolutely need to over the next month, slowly convert from whatever diet you're eating now to a real whole food, one ingredient ketogenic diet.

American Diabetes Persistence Association, because that's what they do.

They help people keep diabetes their entire life.

And it's almost like the American Diabetes Association is a funnel for DaVita, the dialysis company, because, you know, they make cookbooks together and recipe books together, which I find highly suspicious.

I'm actually working on a video

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Maybe a little short-term physical practicality leading to a lifelong passion.

So, so, so cool.

I'm also curious though, in your path, how did you get to DaVita? I mean, there's so many different places you could be and contribute, but what led to healthcare and why DaVita?

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