Trauma and ACE
Trauma doesn't just live in memory. It lives in the body — in a nervous system that never got the signal that it was safe to stand down. You may have come to Dr. Deepti Sharma looking for answers abou...
25 Touko 9min
ACE - Adverse Childhood Experiences and their impact on our health
In this foundational episode, Dr. Sharma — triple board-certified physician, certified Menopause Practitioner, and certified life coach — unpacks adverse childhood experiences from the ground up. What...
18 Touko 4min
Contributing Factors to Obesity — Genetics, Epigenetics, Hormones, and Set Point Theory
In the next few episodes, I want to talk about the contributing factors or causes of obesity in detail. The number one thing is genetics. Genetic predisposition plays a foundational role, influencing ...
11 Touko 12min
How Your Weight Impacts Your Health
Let's talk about what obesity actually does to your body — not to shame or scare you, but so you understand what's really at stake.In this episode, I walk through the hard science: obesity is an indep...
8 Touko 4min
The Obesity Epidemic by the Numbers
Let's talk about just how big this problem really is — because the stats are staggering.In 2022, 1 in 8 people globally were diagnosed with obesity. Adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990. Ado...
6 Touko 2min
Stress Eating — Understanding Emotional Eating and How to Break the Cycle
In this episode, let's talk about stress eating, also called emotional eating. It's when you eat in response to emotions rather than physical hunger. It's usually a way to cope with stress, anxiety, s...
4 Touko 3min
Glycemic Index — Understanding How Food Affects Blood Sugar
In this episode, I'm talking about glycemic index. The glycemic index is a system that ranks carbohydrate foods based on how quickly they raise your blood sugar levels after being eaten. The scale typ...
1 Touko 4min
The Doctor Behind the Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Deepti Sharma sits down with Erica Rooney from Walk West to pull back the curtain on why this podcast exists — and what drives her work in obesity and lifestyle medicine.You'll he...
30 Huhti 29min
