Virta Health Corp.
Virta Health is on a mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people — and we’re already proving it’s possible. Through AI-powered, personalized nutrition therapy and human care, we help members address the root cause of metabolic disease, reducing or eliminating medications and building lasting health — without surgery or deprivation. Virta partners with the nation’s largest employers, payers, and pharmacy benefit managers to improve the health of their members while reducing costs. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Virta is transforming how metabolic health care is delivered at scale.www.virtahealth.com
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Sep 15, 2026
Jayne BullenGUEST
So of course then as an organization, we went with our data, which in the previous slide that you're now not gonna see, was astounding data.
Jayne BullenGUEST
It was very, very similar to the Virta Health data, and all we did was a public health intervention over six weeks where we dropped in once a week.
Jayne BullenGUEST
It cost under $200 per person.
Jayne BullenGUEST
The results were im- absolutely astronomically brilliant.
Eric WestmanUNKNOWN
I w- was impressed with Ben Bikman's sleuthing school, uh, s- skills to find a obscure paper on Sam Feltham's N of one trial.
Eric WestmanUNKNOWN
Why did you miss the Virta Health study, which I think is the best evidence of s-- of inflammation reduction and, uh, it's affluent area and it's a sub-- subsequent publication from their, you know, diabetes study.
Philip OvadiaGUEST
Uh, that, that's a very good question why I missed it.
Philip OvadiaGUEST
Uh, maybe those results are being suppressed.
Anthony ChaffeeGUEST
When you bring that something back and the effect comes back, then you're really onto something in that cause and effect relationship.
Anthony ChaffeeGUEST
So again, diabetes was, was shown to be reversible with a low carb ketogenic diet, animal-based at Virta Health.
Anthony ChaffeeGUEST
Um, Dr. Unwin and others have been reversing numerous cases of diabetes.
Anthony ChaffeeGUEST
Dr. Unwin has been keeping count and keeping records and showing that-- uh, he's a UK doctor, and he's showing the NHS, "Hey, this is how many tens of thousands of pounds I'm saving you every year just on diabetes medications, all these other diabe- uh, medications." That's probably the only reason he hasn't been struck off yet for going against the, the guidelines.
Andrew McIntyreGUEST
They, they're not...
Andrew McIntyreGUEST
Virta Health has really shown this amazing, you know, reversal of diabetes in, in large numbers of people, and it's been maintained.
Andrew McIntyreGUEST
Um, the people involved have shown previously the lipid changes which other people have gone through.
Andrew McIntyreGUEST
And I think, you know, the LDL sometimes goes up a bit, but I don't...
Caryn ZinnGUEST
And that's a real shame because I think if we nipped it in the bud and treated prediabetes, which for those of us in the room, we know it's an easy fix, I think our health statistics, um, downstream would look quite different.
Caryn ZinnGUEST
So landmark trials like Virta Health and, uh, the DIRECT study has, um, or have informed us that diabetes reversal and remission is possible.
Caryn ZinnGUEST
And now it's really cool because we don't think of Type 2 diabetes as a chronic progressive condition as we once, uh, used to.
Caryn ZinnGUEST
For those who don't know, uh, Virta Health was a non, is a non-randomized, um, trial, real world trial comparing ketogenic diet with continuous, um, monitoring health coaching versus usual care.
Caryn ZinnGUEST
And the DIRECT trial is an RCT, randomized control trial, comparing us- usual care versus, um, a very low calorie and 800 calorie, uh, meal plan followed by a food reintroduction.
Caryn ZinnGUEST
So on that note, I wanna talk about, um, the Kiwi innovation in primary care, and what we're trying to do in New Zealand at the moment is we are trying to implement...
Lily JohnstonHOST
Yeah, and I think part of the curiosity is that it's a very specific phenotype, and it is not the universal experience of people who choose a low-carb way of eating to have sky-high ApoB.
Lily JohnstonHOST
And to wit, I would point out the Virta Health study because that was a whole separate cohort of people, largely who had excess fat, who went on a ketogenic diet as a therapeutic intervention for their Type 2 diabetes, and by and large, at two years, their ApoB had not changed.
Lily JohnstonHOST
Their CIMT had not changed.
Lily JohnstonHOST
So I just...
Sean LeinbachGUEST
And now the question is, is this a blip? Is this going to be continued durable momentum? What's your take?
MartinHOST
Okay, so in addition to those fantastic prints from Hinge and Omada, and I want to get to the Hinge acquisition in a second, but Kevin spoke with Virta Health's president, Amit Shah, earlier this week.
MartinHOST
And if you haven't already looked at it, you should see the revenue graph that he shared, which is like a pancake with a nail coming out of it on the right side.
MartinHOST
I mean, it's just like straight up at the end.
MartinHOST
But if you look at the last couple of years in particular, it was like a sort of soft arc and then another big spike.
MartinHOST
It is clear that employers are desperate for solutions to manage costs.
MartinHOST
Virta, Omada, Hinge, they all have these risk type arrangements or success arrangements.
MartinHOST
And so they're selling like hotcakes.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
We really are.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Yeah, we're going deep into landmark... clinical trials like the FASTER study and Dr. Louise Burke's Race Walker studies, we are analyzing expert coaching frameworks from groups like CTS and Virta Health to see how this actually works in the field.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Right, because theory is one thing but practice is another.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Exactly.
32 MINS LATER
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Keto athletes require vastly more salt than the standard dietary guidelines recommend for the general population.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
While a normal diet might suggest limiting intake, keto endurance athletes routinely need four to seven grams of salt daily, which equates to roughly 1.6 to 2.8 grams of pure elemental sodium.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Some specialized coaching frameworks, like those from Virta Health, suggest high-performing low-carb athletes may need three to five grams of sodium per day, especially in hot conditions.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
But here is the critical, overlooked piece of the equation that causes so many race day disasters.
Matt DixonHOST
In fact, it's an old coached athlete of mine, Sami Inkinen.
Matt DixonHOST
He is the co-founder and CEO of Virta Health, but you'll also know that we dig into his old chapter as the co-founder and COO of Trulia, all the way through its journey to where it went public.
Matt DixonHOST
And it was someone, Sami, who I had the privilege of coaching for many years.
Matt DixonHOST
Now Sami, he is an extraordinary leader.
38 MINS LATER
Matt DixonHOST
And I think that's such an important component.
Sami InkinenGUEST
Yeah.
Sami InkinenGUEST
Uh, I, I'm no psychologist, but now in my day job at Virta Health-
Kelli McMasterHOST
Yeah