Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy For three decades, the dietary advice was consistent and confident: choose low-fat or fat-free dairy. Avoid full-fat milk. Skip the butter. Choose reduced-fat cheese. The saturated fat in full-fat dairy, the guidelines insisted, raised LDL cholesterol […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy I get asked about alcohol and Ozempic almost every week in clinic, and I’ve noticed the questions cluster around the same handful of assumptions — most of them half-right, which is actually worse than being wrong, […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy If you have ever experienced a migraine that begins with visual disturbances – zig-zag lines, blind spots, flashing lights, or a shimmering arc of light that moves across your field of vision – you have experienced […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Millions of people are taking Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro with impressive results. But a growing body of research is asking a question that very few people in the weight loss conversation are talking about: why do […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy If you’ve been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, the condition has genuinely just been renamed. On May 12, 2026, The Lancet published the result of a decade-long global consensus process — more than 50 patient and […]
Medical Review: This article was reviewed by Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine), Healthcare Consultant. Content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult your doctor before making changes to your exercise routine. The number you have been told your whole life – 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week – […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy The Mediterranean diet is the most evidence-backed dietary pattern in cardiovascular medicine. The PREDIMED trial — the largest randomised trial of dietary intervention ever conducted — showed it reduces major cardiovascular events by 30%. Yet for […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy India receives more sunlight than almost any other major country. Yet surveys consistently show that 65-75% of Indians are vitamin D deficient, and India has among the highest vitamin D deficiency rates in Asia. This paradox […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy You went to bed at a reasonable hour, slept for eight hours, and woke up feeling like you barely slept at all. This experience is so common that many people assume it is simply how adult […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy As GLP-1 drugs have dominated health headlines, a provocative question has emerged: if a weekly injection can produce 15-20% body weight loss with minimal effort, is there any point to the gym? Conversely, if someone cannot […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy When tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound) was approved, it was described as a dual GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist. Most of the attention went to GLP-1 – the hormone semaglutide (Ozempic) also targets, and the one that has dominated obesity medicine […]
