Caramel Skin Patches Are Not Just Cosmetic — They’re Metabolic Warnings

When I started my low-carb journey, I had no idea that metabolic health impacts the skin — the largest organ of our body.

We often think of skin as something separate from our internal systems.
But that’s not true. What’s going on inside shows up on the outside — and one powerful sign is skin caramelization.

When your skin starts to “caramelize,” it’s not just about dryness or aging.
It’s often a sign that sugar is binding to your body’s tissues through a process called glycation.

Most people see skin discoloration as a normal part of getting older.
But in many cases, the culprit isn’t biological aging — it’s metabolic aging.

Metabolic aging happens when your body’s repair and detox systems slow down due to excess sugar intake (glucose or fructose).
This can be deeply drying and damaging to your tissues.

Through Glycation:
Sugars attach to proteins and fats in your body — especially collagen in the skin — leading to internal caramelization.

This often shows up as:
• Dark patches
• Dry, flaky skin
• Rough areas on the elbows, knees, or neck
No amount of moisturizer can reverse this.
Until you address the root cause — your diet and lifestyle — your skin will keep sending you the same message.

What is Glycation?
Glycation = sugar molecules binding to proteins/fats
This forms AGEs (Advanced Glycation End-products), which:
• Make tissues stiff and less elastic
• Damage skin, joints, and blood vessels
• Accelerate visible aging (wrinkles, dullness, sagging)
• Increase inflammation, insulin resistance, and oxidative stress

Glycation is Like Internal Caramelization
Just like sugar browns and hardens in a hot pan, glycation “browns” your inner tissues over time — especially if:
• You have frequent blood sugar spikes (even without diabetes)
• You eat lots of sugar + refined carbs
• You experience oxidative stress or poor recovery
• You eat ultra-processed or charred foods often

What to Watch For
If you’re noticing mysterious dry or dark patches on your skin — especially in friction zones — it might be time to look deeper than your skincare routine.
Your metabolism leaves clues. Sometimes, they show up on your skin first.

Have you noticed a stubborn patch on your skin that won’t go away — no matter how much you moisturize?
You might want to look inward, not outward.

Connect with me, if you would like to know more

My experience with Fasting for 40 hours

This weekend I fasted for 40 hours. All of Sunday, I didn’t eat anything except for a couple of butter coffees and electrolytes. I enjoy extended fasting for a day or two. The pic below is when I was walking in the park during the 22nd hour of fasting. I managed to walk for 12500 steps despite being in a fasted state.

In the last 2 years since I started my low-carb, I do intermittent fasting daily. I have gotten used to fast for 24 hours at least once or twice a week easily. I have also managed to do at least 3 extended fasts for 72 hours.

Fasting goes well with my low-carb eating lifestyle. Usually, when I see that my cravings are going out of control or I am feeling out of sorts or my fat percentage is increasing, I try to do extended fasting. I have developed a system to get into the extended fasting mode, so it doesn’t feel difficult.

Fasting helps activate the healing mechanisms in our body. Fasting is a great way to restore hormonal balance. It almost always calms me down. I have found that I have better satiety and mood after I finish my fast. It helps my body recover. I am able to walk, exercise and do normal things while in the fasting mode.

Refer to the pic below to see how fasting helps heal our body. Here’s a quick summary –
– It takes 4 hours for our body to digest the food.
– From 4-8 hours, our body uses the glycogen stores in our body.
– From 8 to 12 hours, our body starts using fats for energy and process of autophagy starts. Autophagy is a process by which our body breaks down and recycles damaged cells
– From 12-16 hours, ketosis begins, where our body uses stored fats to make ketones for energy source. Autophagy enhances.
– 16-24 hours, the body enters deep ketosis. Cellular repair and detoxification process is at its peak
– 24+ hours, the body maintains ketosis, autophagy continues, insulin sensitivity is improved

As you can see, fasting can help reverse metabolic diseases that are caused due to insulin resistance. It is not eating that detoxifies our body rather than drinking juices, which can worsen our health situation.

Today, intermittent fasting has become a trend so a lot of people are hopping on to it. But it is not easy or good to start fasting abruptly as it can be disruptive for our body.

If done incorrectly, fasting can lead to damage than heal your body. So, don’t do it because its trendy. Learn the science and do it correctly to reap the benefits of fasting.

It is a good idea to develop your fasting habit slowly. Once your body gets used to it, it’s easy to get into the fasting mode.

If you want to learn how to fast correctly for health benefits, you can get in touch with me.

Correct posture is important for better health

Today, at the gym, I was alarmed when I noticed a woman in her 20s, pedalling a stationary bike while scrolling on her phone.

This is not correct, I told my trainer. Since he is also her trainer, I asked him to correct her posture and ask her to stop using her phone while exercising.

Initially, both of them didn’t take me seriously. But, then I insisted and explained to them why it is important.

Most of us don’t realize the damage that forward head posture can do to our health. It is quite common for us to tilt our heads downwards to look into our phones or laptops.

Sitting in incorrect posture, especially forward head posture, can affect our health. This danger is aggravated when working out or even walking. During exercise, our body becomes tender and is more prone to adopt the posture we engage in. That’s why we warm up before posture correction.

Here are some dangers of the forward head posture (or texting neck posture), you should be aware of:

1.  As we move our head forward, it increases the load on our spine. Thus, our spine becomes weak and it loses its shape, leading to neck, head, shoulder, mid and lower back issues.

2. As we move our head downwards, it obstructs the blood flow to our brain. This reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches our brain. This can lead to dizziness or headaches. It can lead to brain fog and even impair cognitive ability.

3. It can cause nerve-related issues as the nerves can get compressed due to incorrect posture. I am posting a video in the comments.

4. Additionally, it can also impact our digestive health, due to the pressure on the vagus nerve (refer to the video below)

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it should alert you to the dangers you
are putting yourself in, if you are using your mobile phones everywhere

Here are some of the steps to take to address these concerns if you already face them:

1.   Use your gadgets mindfully and with correct posture as much as you can

2.  If you sit for long hours, try and get up from your desk often. Move your neck, shoulder, walk for few mins. Do stretching exercises to relax your muscles

3.  Make sure you are eating a protein-rich diet, which will keep your bones and muscles strong

4.  Minimize carbohydrates in your diet. If you can’t use up the energy from carbohydrates, they can make your joints stiff due to the glycation process

5. Make sure that your vitamins and minerals levels are in optimum range

6. Eat good fats as they will provide you with fat-soluble nutrients to maintain good bone and muscle health

7.   Invest your time and resources in resistance training, as it can make your skeletal muscles stronger leading to better posture

8.   Adopt a stretching routine, which can help proper blood flow in your body

Making small food and lifestyle changes over time can help you manage your long-term health

Selling my paintings

Last weekend, I managed to do some painting and made a small mandala.

I also packed two paintings to send them to their new home in Australia.

When I started making mandalas and painting, it was supposed to be a lockdown activity. Something to keep me away from the horrifying COVID news. But as I got immersed in it, it became a beautiful experience allowing me to observe my own mind and providing time for reflection.

I enjoyed posting my paintings and thoughts on social media as it connected me with the world. Like me many were grappling with the shock of a devastating disease that had gripped the world. Those who followed my journey, told me that they enjoyed seeing my evolution as an artist.

The most surprising aspect of this journey was when I received requests from people to buy my art. To be honest, I was not prepared for it. I didn’t think my art was at that level. But after few discussions and reflection I realized that there is no perfection when it comes to art.

Initially I decided to gift some of my art pieces and then started selling too if someone requested. Sometimes I do feel attached to some of my artworks, which I sell. But then I find comfort in the thought that the buyers will display the art on their walls whereas I am just going to store it in an album.

So, as I packed a couple of pieces to go to their new home, I decided to paint something new.

It’s been a year since I picked up my brushes, it was difficult but I managed to push through.

Daily Musings: Morning walk, Neighborhood stories, Street dogs, grocery stores

I woke up early today, super early around 3 am. I scrolled through my social media feeds hoping I will sleep. But it didn’t happen. I was wide awake. The days I don’t workout in the gym, sometimes I tend to wake up early.

Once I knew that I won’t be able to sleep, I decided to do a long meditation with Goenka ji’s recorded meditation guidance. No matter how many times I have meditated with this tape, every time I learn something new. Today, my thoughts after the meditation was the most difficult thing for us is to control our thought.

If we think about it, today we can be sitting anywhere but our mind can be somewhere else. I may be in my bedroom writing this here, but my mind could easily be wandering elsewhere. It’s a thought that I want to hold on to. Where does my mind wander?

This is where my mandala practice helps. Just by making designs on a small piece of paper, I am able to let go of many thoughts. I am able to change the way I think about the world.

A few days ago, I learned that our brain processes an average of 6000 to 60000 thoughts per day. 85% of these thoughts can be negative and 95% are repetitive. This means that we have to actively work to change our thoughts to positive.

And I got distracted, even while writing this. It is so hard these days to remain undistracted these days.

Yesterday, I went for a walk because gym was closed. I enjoyed the walk. I completed almost 1400 steps. It felt good. I enjoy walking outdoors in early morning. It is the best time to soak in the natural light. It was a bit breezy too. It felt good to feel the breeze on my face. There were quite a few people in the park, walking alone or walking with someone.

It’s good to see people walking. In Mumbai, I have experienced this culture of morning walks. I have lived in different neighborhoods and all of them have a park, where people go for walks in the morning and evening. However, the number of people is very small as majority probably get ready to head to their workplaces.

Mumbai is a city of transitions. There is always something changing in this city. Mostly, it is the roads, which are dug up all the time. These days my entire neighborhood is dug up as they are repairing the roads. Every year as soon as the monsoons are over, the road building operation begins in Mumbai. In fact, the residents of this city have become used to taking detours because a road is being constructed.

In the last few years, since COVID I have also noticed that a number of small grocery shops have shut down. I think this is the impact of the online delivery platforms. However the bigger grocery shops, which we can call supermarkets are still there. Probably, because they deliver stuff and online delivery platforms still don’t have unbranded/ speciality products. So, they still have something valuable to sell to the customer, which is not available to them at a highly discounted rate on online delivery platforms.

One small grocery store, which has shut down in my neighborhood has transformed into a cafe and pizzeria. Another one has turned into a salon. It seems to me that these two services are still in demand and are not impacted by e-commerce.

Yesterday, as I was coming back from my walk I met Dogwali Aunty feeding medicines to a street dog. Most mornings I have seen her feeding the street dogs in my neighborhood. She is also very possessive about them. Yesterday, as I said hi to her, she said, don’t stop, he will stop eating (referring to the dog). It’s quite fascinating to watch how she nurses and nurtures the dog.

One day, I saw her in the evening with her husband. While she was taking care of the dogs, her husband talked to me. In our brief conversation, he told me about his life story. He is a retired homeopathy doctor. They never had children and from what I gathered, that is one of his regrets in life. I think that explains the fierceness with which Aunty takes care of the dogs. Taking care of the dogs allow her to express her motherly instincts.

I think I should end here. I have written quite a lot. As I write this, I realize that my thoughts are coming out in spurts. But I guess, the more I write, the better I will become at it.

Daily Musings

The last few days my mind feels calmer. In February, I fell sick. As I recovered, I realized my carb cravings had come back. I started having more carb-rich foods. While I stayed within the limits, I felt tired and exhausted. When I re-started my workouts in the first week of March, I found it difficult to cope with my workouts. I told my trainer that i need to take it slow. Until last week, it was difficult. But starting this week, I made some adjustments to my diet and now I am back to feeling energetic. In fact, I have noticed that my mind is much more calm. I have better concentration.

Sometimes we get so stuck in our ways that we find it difficult to make any changes. I think I was in the same situation. However, I decided to try it out and realized that it worked. This is what I tell my clients who join my metabolic health program. Try it for 2 weeks and then see. Most of them can see the change in a couple of days itself. That’s how powerful the impact of lowering carbs is.

Before I started my low-carb journey, I was always exhausted and sick. So much so that I used to feel that I will never be able to become productive again. Even though my blood reports were fine, I was tempted to try out diabetes medication because probably they will provide relief. I used to have joint pains and aches all over. After every gym session, I used to feel that my body is breaking. I used to feel burning sensation in my stomach after my exercise sessions.

In fact, even 6 months after starting my low carb journey, I used to blank out early in the mornings. I would stare at my laptop with a blank stare, unable to figure out what I need to do. The only saving grace amidst all of this was my art. I would sit and make mandalas and slowly my mind would come back to the present moment. Living alone also played a factor in all of this. Although I manage, it’s not easy to live alone in a city where I can’t reach out to my family for little things. I have to manage everything on my own. No one has time, but I am used to keeping myself busy. Over the years, I have reached out to friends and all I can say is that I haven’t been very successful in this regard. But I have managed.

I now feel that my health is at a much better place – both physical and mental health. For this, I thank my low carb diet. Restricting carbs and doing the metabolic health course has helped me return to my normal self. I am now able to live in the present and look forward to the future. In fact, I am looking forward more excitedly.

Next month, I am looking forward to a new research project I will be working on. I have been doing this study for 3-4 years now in a row. I like the consistency of working on a project. Somehow, this one project has been the saving grace amidst all the health issues that I was dealing with. While I couldn’t hold on to the other projects and work, I could manage to keep this. I am grateful for this.

Sometimes I feel that we all are scared of putting ourselves out there. For a long time, I used to debate if I can write so authentically on my blog. But it makes me feel good to write it all. Somehow I like writing it in this blog format.

This week, I completed reading the book “Chasing the Scream” by Johann Hari. In this book, he investigates the problem of drug addiction – why and how people become addicted and how governments across the world tackle the problem of drug addiction. I found the book fascinating.

He starts the book with the story of Harry Anslinger, the man who shaped the war on drugs in America. The more I read about Anslinger, the more he sounded like Ancel Keys. Anslinger, just like Keys, manipulated facts. He ignored the doctors who told him that rather than treating drug addicts like criminals, it is better to treat them with compassion. Instead, prohibition of drugs led to the creation of an underworld drug operation. So, instead of diffusing the problem, his policies and actions created another problem. This is a classic case of how bullies operate. They don’t look at facts, they look at only that information, which serve their own ego. While in the short-term it may seem like such people get a leg-ahead, history doesn’t remember them kindly.

In his book, Johann Hari cites numerous cases, across the world in different countries, where governments have taken a more compassionate approach towards addicts. These experiments are successful, if they are designed thoughtfully.

As I read the book, it reaffirmed my concept of how drug addiction should be tackled. Addiction, I have always felt is a complex issue. Johann Hari makes the case, that whatever is the trigger, people become addicted because they have psychological or physical pain they can’t deal with. While some people can enjoy the drugs recreationally, there are few who get hooked on to it. Most of these people are looking for connection (or attention). I think he may be right, but it is probably very hard to do. Most addicts enter into a desperate mental state, where they start behaving abnormally. So, it is very difficult for normal people around them to help them.

That’s why issues like drug addiction need to be tackled at policy level. In India, we have seen some recent deaths of celebrities, who couldn’t handle drug addiction. I think it’s an issue which requires more discussion and deliberation.

I think I am going to end here.

Why low carb diets help with fat loss?

“I had no craving for caffeine post breakfast. This is fantastic. I generally have tea/ coffee when I reach office and post lunch. Felt no energy slump too. Thank you :)”

I smiled, when I read this message in my WhatsApp chat from my 45-year-old client. She started her metabolic health coaching program with me just last week. It reminded me of when I had just started on the low carb diet. Every morning, I would wake up with amazing energy ready to go.

This is how you feel when your blood sugars start becoming stable and insulin levels start lowering down. No, she doesn’t have diabetes or even pre-diabetes. She is a highly health and fitness-conscious individual, who exercises 5-6 days a week and eats a protein-rich diet. Even with all her efforts, her weight was on the rise and her energies low.

Most people think that if they exercise and eat a low calorie meal, they can lose weight. But the reality is you lose weight, when your fasting insulin is low enough for your body to go into a fat-burning stage.

Insulin is a hormone, which our body produces in response to the food we eat. Carbohydrate-rich foods lead to higher insulin levels in our body. Therefore, low-carb diets, which require restricting carbs so that the body can enter the fat-burning stage work well to help achieve fat loss.

While it may sound simple, it can be difficult to achieve especially once insulin resistance has already set in.

Insulin resistance is a stage, when the cells in the body stop responding to insulin, thus making it hard for the body to use glucose for energy. Technically, the body enters the fat storage mode, hence, we feel tired, despite eating copious amounts of food. We also continue to gain belly fat, even with high amounts of exercise.

But a well-designed low-carb diet plan can help achieve fat-burning stage much better than just counting calories and exercising heavily.

While most people start a low-carb diet to lose weight, they quickly realise that it offers many more benefits than just fat loss and stable energy through the day is just one of them.

Drop a message if you are interested in learning more about my metabolic health coaching program

Stories of ageing are changing

Today, I came across the story of Vasanthi, a 59-year-old tailor from Kerela, who trekked solo to the Everest Base Camp without any formal training. She now wants to scale the Great Wall of China. She supports her journey with her tailoring income and some help from her sons.

A few months ago, I learned about Bakulaben Patel, a champion swimmer who started her swimming journey at 58 years of age in Tapi river, Surat. She was recently featured in Vogue. She swims 10 kms a day and has represented India at tournaments in 12 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Australasia and has nine international medals and over 500 certificates to her name. Apparently, swimming was not enough for her, so she also earned an MA in Bharatnatyam.

Weight lifter mummy, is the name of the Insta account of 70-year-old Roshani Devi from Delhi. She started her weight-lifting journey at 68 years of age, on the encouragement of her son, who also runs her Instagram account.

Dancing Dadi, is the Instagram account of Ravi Bala Sharma, who at 66 years of age has amassed a following of 673k, by posting videos of her dancing on Bollywood numbers.

There are many such examples on social media of women, who are changing the perception of what it means to be an older woman in India. These are not examples of wealthy women from elite section of society with vast amount of resources at their disposal. These are middle-class women, who have worked and tended to family responsibilities throughout their lives and now in their old age are pursuing their dreams.

When I was growing up and even now, the social expectations and the defined path for married women, especially widows, is to pursue the path of spirituality and help out with their grand children. Characters played by actresses such as Nirupa Roy and Dina Mehta in Bollywood films, created the quintessential image of an widowed older woman clad in a white saree reciting mantras.

But today, these images of older women scaling the Mount Everest, lifting weights in the gym or dancing in front of the camera are redefining how women are perceived in their 50s and beyond.

In a society, in which women are expected to prioritize family responsibilities regardless of age, it is encouraging to see that these women are pursuing their self-interests and goals. The best part is this is happening not just in the metros, but also in small towns and cities where the social rules can be more rigid. This is one way, social media has become an empowering agent for women, who are considered to be the most vulnerable in society.

While I don’t deny that stories of exploitation of the ageing vulnerable populations exist, these stories provide hope that meaning of ageing is changing for Indian women. I think brands should take a lead in projecting this empowered image of 50+ women, who reject mainstream templates to define their own unique path.

Daily Musings: Life as it happens in my neighborhood

Today, I am not exhausted by the end of the day. After a week of feeling tired, I knew I needed to make some adjustments to my diet. As soon as I made the change, my energy levels have improved. This is the power of knowledge. Unless you know how to to apply the knowledge correctly, the availability of knowledge doesn’t do much for you.

Today, the internet is replete with information about healthy diets. But this information is often overwhelming for people, who don’t understand the basics of nutrition. Once you know the basics, it becomes easy to adapt.

There’s a lot that has happened since I wrote my last post. So, let’s make this post a little newsy.

Today, I learned that the elderly lady who lived in the apartment opposite mine passed away on the day of Holi. I did see a lot of people in the apartment, but I couldn’t make out as I thought her family has come to celebrate Holi with her. In the last couple of days, when I wanted to go and ask about her well-being, the apartment would be closed in the evening. So, today, I made sure to go a little early. I talked to her two daughters who were hosting her funeral.

I called her Aunty, I didn’t even know her name. I don’t know why I never asked her. Aunty was a very gentle soul. She didn’t talk much, but always smiled when she saw me. I never saw her complaining. She went for her walks and sometimes she went to meet her daughters. Other than that, she remained in her apartment. Her husband had passed away a few years ago.

Death is a difficult subject to talk about. I have often wondered how do people cope with parents passing away. I lost my father and other parental figures at different point of time in my life. It’s as if, it has happened so frequently that I never got time to mourn one death full, before the next would happen. I have found it difficult to cope especially because I stay away from my family and they are not very talkative when I call.

Yesterday, I attended the launch of my friend’s new physiotherapy clinic. As someone who has lived a bit of a nomadic life, I have had very few opportunities to integrate with my local neighborhood. But I have found that I have been able to make more connections in my present neighborhood than any others I have lived in the past. So, it was nice to be invited to attend this launch. Although I didn’t know many people, it was nice to see the people who came to celebrate her success and wish her for the journey ahead.

We did take a pic for the social media. These days no event is complete without posting a pic or writing about on social media. It is not optional, but mandatory. It feels good too. Although there is always a chance of people judging you, yet you want to have that courage to go and post the happenings in your life. Even the most mundane activities are worthy of a social media post.

I think one of the reasons is that we all want to be relevant. Further, most of our families and friends are in different cities or countries. At least this is true for me. My nomadic life has meant that I have friends across the world making it difficult for me to keep in touch. Sometimes, when I get time I try to connect with them but often these connections are then lost as life gets busy.

Earlier this month, I also attended the launch of a Communication School in my neighborhood. First, I was invited to be the part of the Board of Studies. It was an interesting experience. It felt good to be able to use my learnings from my Ph.D. I hope to get more involved with young people. I enjoy interacting and engaging with young people. It helps me learn where the society is headed. Because young people with their ambition and aspiration shape the direction of any society. As a cultural researcher, I enjoy learning about the changes and shifts that take place in society.

Holi, this year for me was a quiet affair. I didn’t do much. I had just started gymming that week after a break so I was just trying to rest it out. But I managed to do a flower meditation with my sketchbook and paints. It’s tough to get back to painting. I think I still have the skills and what I learned. However, my concentration levels are not the same. Basically I am not in the flow. So, I need to keep practicing so that I can get into the rhythm of painting. I have many half-completed projects, which I need to complete. Some are commissioned too. So, I need to complete them as soon as I can.

I started reading this very illuminating book called,”Chasing the Scream” by Johann Hari. It is a 5 part book and I have read 3 parts until now. I have learned that it’s not only the addicted individuals but the politics, which has shaped the problem of drug abuse. At some level, it makes sense. When something is illegal, the curiosity for it is high. Also it creates an opportunity for smuggling and thus charging higher rates for it. The book is a good study of the entire culture of drug abuse and addiction. I am looking forward to completing it soon and then writing about it in detail.

For the past few months, one of the ways I relax is by watching YouTube vlogs on Indians living in Japan. These are young Indians living in Japan and they make vlogs about their life. I love this armchair traveling through the lens of a young individual from India. It’s interesting how they observe the cultural differences between India and Japan. It’s like ethnography on video. They talk about their life, then the Japanese culture and life and then they compare the two cultures. They also answers queries from young Indians who want to move to Japan. I gave up my Netflix account a few months ago because I felt I was spending a lot of time there and didn’t find anything exciting to watch.

It was good to give up Netflix, but then I started watching YouTube. I now need to minimize my YouTube time but it’s much more fun to watch vlogs. I learn a lot about different cultures and how young people make decisions.

As someone who has lived in another country for almost a decade, I enjoy learning about other cultures. I wish I could do it again. Maybe I should do it in Mumbai too. I am thinking about it. That’s one reason, I have decided to write more on my blog so that I can probably start vlogging too.

Let’s talk Obesity

Yesterday, March 4, was the World Obesity Day. Obviously, this day was introduced to not celebrate but create awareness about the rising obesity rates.

Here are some alarming statistics. The World Obesity Federation has projected a staggering 115 percent increase in obesity rates between 2010 and 2030.

In his 119th Mann Ki Baat address last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about India’s growing obesity crisis. As per the NFHS data, in India, the percentage of children under five who are overweight increased from 2.1% to 3.4% between 2015-16 and 2019-21. Further, 24% women and 22.9% men are now classified as overweight or obese.

Obesity not only impacts the quality of life, but it also leads to various diseases and early death. Atlas 2025, a report by the World Obesity Federation highlights that there 1.6 million premature deaths due to NCDs (non-communicable diseases) such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases are linked to obesity.

Despite these threats to our wellbeing, a large number of us don’t really act. Because we don’t understand the health costs associated with obesity. We don’t see obesity as an issue because everyone around us is overweight. While we shouldn’t stigmatize obesity, we must also not normalize it.

Those who do want to act and overcome obesity, find it very difficult because of the mis-information. For many years, I tried to follow the eat less, move more approach to lose a few kilos. However, despite my best efforts, I could never get the weight off. Sometimes, it would come off for few days but then I would again put on more weight. It was a vicious cycle and I always felt I was fighting a losing battle.

However, once I learned about low-carb and joined the dLife course, I realised that we put on weight because of metabolic dysfunction in our bodies. If we understand the root cause and use a well-crafted low-carb strategy then we can lose weight easily. Sure enough, once I started reducing carbs and eating nutrient-dense foods, my weight started coming off.

But reducing carbs is not easy in today’s food environment. With the rise of highly-processed packaged foods and online delivery platforms, we always have access to tempting food choices at our fingertips. Thus, it is very important to ensure that whatever changes you are making are sustainable and lead to results. This is why coaching is important, because it is not easy to change behaviors we are accustomed to.

So, when people approached me to know what I was doing to successfully heal my body, I started helping them with their metabolic health. In the last year, I have helped quite a few individuals shed excess weight and turn their health around. I can’t even begin to describe how much joy it brings me when people are surprised by how easy it is to follow a low-carb diet and lose weight.

Comment here if you would like to know more about my metabolic health coaching program.