May 21, 2026 · 58 min · 11 segments
You think you are healthy. Dr. Poonam Desai is here to prove you wrong. Dr. Desai is a former emergency medicine physician turned longevity doctor who spent years watching people end up in the ER…
[upbeat music] What do you tell your friends who wanna start the health and wellness journey and come from more of the East?
First of all, we have a lot of skinny fat, okay? And when we do get fat, we tend to get a lot of visceral fat-
Um, and so number one, it's important to acknowledge that, okay? So it's not because you're doing something wrong.
My husband is not South Asian, and I'm like, "God, you can eat a cupcake and you'll be okay."
I was like, "Oh, you have great genes." But I, like, look at the cupcake and I feel like the weight's coming, you know?
[upbeat music] What do you tell your friends who wanna start the health and wellness journey and come from more of the East?
First of all, we have a lot of skinny fat, okay? And when we do get fat, we tend to get a lot of visceral fat-
Um, and so number one, it's important to acknowledge that, okay? So it's not because you're doing something wrong.
My husband is not South Asian, and I'm like, "God, you can eat a cupcake and you'll be okay."
I was like, "Oh, you have great genes." But I, like, look at the cupcake and I feel like the weight's coming, you know?
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