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 […]
A major British Journal of Sports Medicine study suggests the standard 150-minute exercise guideline undershoots real heart protection by nearly 4x. Here is what the research actually found — and what it means for your routine.
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 […]
