How Virta Health is Reversing Chronic Disease | Sami Inkinen - E438

Sami Inkinen is the co-founder and CEO of Virta Health, a leader in reversing metabolic disease through nutrition, technology, and expert support. Inspired by his own experience with prediabetes, he has helped scale Virta to serve over 100,000 members nationwide. A former Trulia executive and endurance athlete, Sami once rowed 2,750 miles from California to Hawaii to raise awareness about sugar and metabolic health.

In this episode, Dr. Tro and Sami talk about…

(00:00) Intro
(03:13) Sami's personal health journey and career journey that led him to the founding of Virta Health
(08:32) How Sami went from being a successful entrepreneur to focusing his efforts on metabolic health
(18:29) Virta's approach to reaching people and the world with metabolic freedom
(30:07) How Virta uses AI to help people reverse disease
(36:52) Outro

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Sami Inkinen:

Virta Health: https://www.virtahealth.com/
X: https://x.com/samiinkinen
Website: https://www.samiinkinen.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samiinkinen/

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

Website: https://toward.health
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro
IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/

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