Chai Shots#008: The Missing Brake Has Numbers

On Adipokines and a new biomarker for the South Asian Phenotype

Mar 9 • Omar Saleem, MD

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February 2026

Chai Shots #007: The Early Alarm

Pre-diabetes comes early for South Asians

Feb 19 • Omar Saleem, MD

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GLP-1 and the South Asian Phenotype

Resistance, Miracle and a Warning

Feb 15 • Omar Saleem, MD

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Chai Shots #006: The Signal Fire and The Missing Mechanics

The Double Hit of Inflammation and Failed Repair in South Asians

Feb 4 • Omar Saleem, MD

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January 2026

The Severed Circuit

How Your Gut and Mitochondria Stopped Talking

Jan 27 • Omar Saleem, MD

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The Migrant Microbiome

Dysbiosis and Changing Gut of the South Asian Diaspora

Jan 25 • Omar Saleem, MD

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The Vanishing Engine, Part II

The intervention architecture for South Asian muscle

Jan 18 • Omar Saleem, MD

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One in Four

We are now Zinda

Jan 13 • Omar Saleem, MD

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The Vanishing Engine, Part I

Why South Asians Are Losing the War for Muscle Before It Even Begins

Jan 11 • Omar Saleem, MD

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Chai Shots #005: Miscalibrated Lipids

Why PCSK9 Inhibitor May Not Work for South Asians and Lp(a)

Jan 9 • Omar Saleem, MD

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Type 5 Diabetes is (finally) Real

May the real Beta-cell please stand up

Jan 3 • Omar Saleem, MD

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December 2025

The Island of California

On creating new maps for South Asian health

Dec 31, 2025 • Omar Saleem, MD

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