Luke Coutinho on weight loss for Indians: 'Food is no longer a choice, it's medicine'

Nutritional science expert and best-selling author Luke Coutinho insists that food has to be treated as medicine. “And they have to be as natural as possible,” he says.

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That's how he has helped many lose weight, reverse their blood pressure, cholesterol and fatty liver, manage their sugar and even fight cancer. Just by going back to the basics. “Given the disease burden in our country, food is unfortunately not a choice anymore. We have to understand how food works on the gut microbes, on immune and stem cells, even DNA. It is all about understanding how nutrients react with molecules. Nutrition is now a key pillar of preventive health,” he says.

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