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Seems like there's an opportunity for a "Virta Health for hypertension". But, a reason Virta works so well is that you can measure blood ketones really easily,
by philip1209 5y ago
Seems like there's an opportunity for a "Virta Health for hypertension". But, a reason Virta works so well is that you can measure blood ketones really easily, which gives a fairly binary signal of compliance. So - what's a signal for compliance with a hypertension-friendly diet that a clinician could measure remotely?
- Sami_Inkinen 5y ago[for full disclosure, I'm founder of Virta] Metabolically (or biologically) it turns out what we do at Virta already lowers blood pressure (i.e. hypertension) substantially. Reversing insulin resistance (i.e. T2 diabetes) reverses number of other metabolic irregularities. Evidence well published: https://www.virtahealth.com/research https://www.virtahealth.com/research [that said, there are some other niche reasons for high blood pressure too, which we don't address today, but most "hypertension" is driven by the same drivers as insulin resistance]