According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) 2024 data, India has 89.8 million adults living with diabetes. More than any other country in the world. Yet most people still do not understand what diabetes actually is, how it develops, or what they can do to prevent or manage it.

This week on Run with Fitpage, Vikas sits down with one of India's foremost authorities on the subject.Dr. Anoop Misra is the Chairman of Fortis C-DOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology in New Delhi, and a former Honorary Physician to the Prime Minister of India. A Padma Shri awardee and recipient of the Dr. B.C. Roy Award — India's highest medical honour — he has spent over 45 years studying what diabetes does to the Indian body and why Indians are uniquely vulnerable to it at lower body weights than the rest of the world.

In this episode, the conversation starts from the very beginning — what blood sugar actually is, how insulin works, and why the body moves from healthy to pre-diabetic to diabetic over years without sending obvious signals. Dr. Misra explains why Indians develop diabetes at a BMI of 23 to 25 when Western guidelines only flag risk at 30, and why being slim does not mean being safe.

Read more from his research here: Google Scholar

Dr. Anoop Misra's Books:

• Diabetes with Delight (English): Amazon
• Diabetes Ke Saath Bhi Khushaal Jeevan (Hindi): Amazon

In this episode we covered :

→ What blood sugar actually is and why the body needs it

→ How insulin works — and what goes wrong when it stops working

→ The difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and why insulin is not the enemy

→ Why weight is the thick tree and blood sugar is just one of its branches

→ The real cost of ignoring diabetes — from vision loss to kidney failure

→ Why grip strength is as important as blood pressure and should be treated as a vital sign

→ How to start managing diabetes or pre-diabetes from today — diet, exercise, and discipline

About Vikas Singh:
Vikas Singh, an MBA from Chicago Booth, worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, APGlobale, and Reliance before coming up with the idea of democratizing fitness knowledge and helping beginners get on a fitness journey. Vikas is an avid long-distance runner, building fitpage to help people learn, train, and move better.
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In this special milestone episode of Run with Fitpage, we celebrate our 250th episode with an in-depth conversation on one of the most misunderstood aspects of running — fatigue.

Joining us is Prof Philipp Baumert, an expert in exercise physiology and injury prevention. He breaks down the science behind why runners feel tired, why performance drops, and what actually happens inside the body during long runs particularly marathons.

From central fatigue (brain-driven) to peripheral fatigue (muscle-level), this episode explores how your body regulates effort, why some runners recover faster than others, and what leads to that dreaded moment of hitting the wall.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• What fatigue really is (beyond just “feeling tired”)
• Difference between central, peripheral & mental fatigue
• Why runners hit the wall after 30–35 km
• How fueling strategy impacts performance
• The importance of strength training for runners
• How long fatigue actually lasts in the body
• Smart ways to recover after a marathon

Read more from his research here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PjIJ2ZcAAAAJ&hl=en

About Vikas Singh:
Vikas Singh, an MBA from Chicago Booth, worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, APGlobale, and Reliance before coming up with the idea of democratizing fitness knowledge and helping beginners get on a fitness journey. Vikas is an avid long-distance runner, building fitpage to help people learn, train, and move better.
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Sarthak Malani is not the runner next door who chases PBs. Rather, he changes how running is viewed—he runs barefoot and backward. He is much liked by runners in the community and he inspired many others to take up running (backwards).

In this episode, Vikas sits down with Sarthak to discuss what inspired Sarthak to take up running backwards:

In this episode, they cover:

• How Sarthak transitioned from shoes to barefoot running over 6 to 8 months
• Why backward running works, how it gave relief to his runner’s knee, and how he got back to running from 100 metres to over 60 km
• Training without a coach, doing back to back long runs, and what actually helped him achieve a 1:29 half marathon
• Running in Kenya and what Kenyan athletes taught him about truly slow running
• His advice to beginners, fall in love first, ignore social media, and stop comparing and
• A moment in Kolkata that reminded him why being able to run at all is the biggest privilege

This one will make you want to take your shoes off and just run.

About Vikas Singh:
Vikas Singh, an MBA from Chicago Booth, worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, APGlobale, and Reliance before coming up with the idea of democratizing fitness knowledge and helping beginners get on a fitness journey. Vikas is an avid long-distance runner, building fitpage to help people learn, train, and move better.
For more information on Vikas, or to leave any feedback and requests, you can reach out to him via the channels below:
Instagram: @vikas_singhh
LinkedIn: Vikas Singh
Twitter: @vikashsingh101

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