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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 […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Walk into any supplement shop and you will find both ashwagandha and creatine on the shelves – often marketed for completely different purposes. Ashwagandha is positioned as a stress and anxiety supplement. Creatine is positioned as […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Sleep apnea affects an estimated 100 million people worldwide, and India carries a disproportionate burden – with obesity, anatomical factors, and underdiagnosis creating a perfect storm. The standard treatment, CPAP therapy, is effective but poorly tolerated: […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy In August 2023, the New England Journal of Medicine published results that changed cardiovascular medicine. The SELECT trial — the largest randomised trial of a GLP-1 drug in cardiovascular patients, 17,604 people followed for over 3 […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Magnesium is involved in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the body – from energy production to nerve function to DNA repair. Yet studies consistently show that 40-60% of Indians have inadequate magnesium intake, and many more […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy For the first time in obesity medicine, doctors have two genuinely different classes of injectable weight loss drugs to choose from. Semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) targets one hormone receptor; tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound) targets two, and produces meaningfully greater average […]
🦺Medically Written & ReviewedBy Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD Medicine — Healthcare Consultant and Health Educator, Founder of Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy India is facing a protein crisis that most people do not know they are part of. A nationwide survey of 1,800 Indian households found that 93% of respondents consumed less protein […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Most people swallow their fish oil capsule at whatever time is convenient and think little of it. But emerging research on omega-3 absorption shows that when and with what you take your supplement can change how […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Creatine has been sitting in gym bags for decades. Now it is appearing in psychiatry research – and the findings are surprising enough that several academic medical centres have begun clinical trials specifically testing creatine as […]
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