Transforming health in South Africa with Dr. Hassina Kajee — Diet Doctor Podcast
Transforming health in South Africa with Dr. Hassina Kajee — Diet Doctor Podcast
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Dr. Hassina Kajee had what she thought was the perfect job caring for patients in an acute care ward of a hospital in South Africa. After time, however, she realized she could have a much greater impact on lives by spreading the word about the nutrition and lifestyle changes that…
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Wonderful interview about changing the world by one person at a time, for one person at a time. In time the ripple effect will be felt in mainstream.
What a wonderful woman!
Physicians are indoctrinated in the training process and often too busy to explore alternative medical solutions. My free time was spent trying to read standard medical journals. It is only in my retirement that I finally have the time to do in-depth study of nutrition and metabolic syndrome. However, I must say from day one I would educate my patients on the importance of eliminating junk food from their diets (I wasn’t telling them anything they didn’t already know), and had little success in getting them to lose weight. I am a ketogenic fan now, and even though my health is 100% better, no one around me has the self discipline to stay on the ketogenic diet. They are motivated by what it’s done for me, start the diet, and fall off of it quickly.
I love love love this interview. The looking at yourself can be the most important part of anything. The hardest thing, but possibly the most important.
Absolute pleasure listening to this lady.
Great podcast
Why don’t they ask the doctors what is the essential nutrition or carbs? So why is fat bad when your insulin is low and you can burn fat?
hmm.. thinking about dr Kajee – instead of calling prof. Noakes a 'hero', she said- her initial feeling was "he was NOT qualified to speak about diet" (low carb), so she was with the herd, who were against him. She never openly praised him (before he won the trial), that's for sure.. so: all the time when he was fighting in his life in the monumental trial she was sitting quietly in the group of accusers!! Then – AFTER he won, dr Kajee thought- hmm… maybe I can also carefully deviate from mainstream and will not be punished for that… eh? granted- she was not corporate attack dog, but for sure- most of her prof.life she was with mainstream, until Noakes won and she almost reluctantly moved towards common sense.. did you notice- she never even once mentioned Big Pharma and drugs in her podcast? because she is with them, even now (education, my friend, education and her license).
This lady is truly wise . Understated and full of meaning.A truly enjoyable podcast.
Such an intelligent, passionate, and well-spoken doctor. Thank you!
It is pretty difficult to get people to change their diet even if they are very sick.
Cold drinks and sodas should be called sugar drinks. Same for energy drinks.
She has great ideas for community health programs, especially the point about adapting low-carb to local customs. I’m thinking now about how to transform some Peruvian dishes into keto versions. Some of them (ceviche, for example) are perfect already, but there is way too much vegetable oil, rice, potato and white bread. Just reducing those would be a giant step forward.
Really helpful interview. Liked the parts addressing issues beyond just diet.
That was such a nice and inspiring talk Dr. Hassina Kajee ! Thank You ! Wishing You all of the best from Lithuania ! ❤️
Such intelligence and devotion…. gives one hope!!!!
What an excellent interview. Thank you.
Dr. Kajee is so classy and beautiful! What wisdom! Thank you!
Noakes first in new new series on nutrition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJf8e2E5TsM
I'll listen to this podcast as I work today. Always great to hear from Dr's and their experiences outside of N. America. Love the SA accent as well.
Thank you!
I can understand how difficult it must be for doctors to take on the new knowledge concerning obesity and the ketogenic lifestyle when it overturns their previous hard-won training. That’s a hard knock. Then they may have to cross swords with the Health Authorities, may even lose their jobs. They will have some patients in mid treatment who cannot see the truth, and who will want to use medication…. that is probably what they come to the doctor for! They will have others who want to try the new way. It must be a nightmare…..much easier to keep doing what you were trained to do!
I am an ordinary person, not a doctor.
This woman must be heard in her totality. An inspiration as a serious doctor and an inspiration as a human being. I'm proud of being her student. Thank you, Diet Doctor.