What is Desi Vitals?

Cardiometabolic health science for the South Asian community.

South Asians get heart disease a decade earlier than other populations. We develop diabetes at lower BMIs. Our risk factors show up younger, in patterns that standard screening misses. And the health content out there, the newsletters, the podcasts, the longevity influencers, is almost entirely written for someone else’s body.

We read the research, talk to the experts, and synthesize it into clear, evidence-based information you can actually use. Every issue covers one topic in depth: what the science says, what it means for South Asians specifically, and what you can do about it.

Amandeep Khurana is a technology entrepreneur who approaches his health the way he’d approach a company: with data, systems, and relentless measurement. Diagnosed with fatty liver disease at thirteen, he has spent over a decade tracking his cardiometabolic risk, testing different interventions, and working to manage the metabolic dysfunction that runs in his family. He tracks over 100 blood markers quarterly, along with body composition, continuous glucose, genetics, and sleep data. He brings the patient perspective: what it’s like to navigate this risk with real numbers and real stakes, with curiosity, asking hard questions along the way.

Dr. Karan Bhalla, MD, FACC, FSCAI is a board-certified interventional cardiologist in Houston. He trained at Seth G.S. Medical College in Mumbai, did his cardiology and interventional fellowships at UTHealth McGovern, and co-founded Orion Medical. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, past president of the Harris County Medical Society, and faculty at McGovern Medical School. He has spent over fifteen years seeing South Asian patients with exactly these risk patterns, and he brings the clinical side.

This is the newsletter we wish had existed when we first started paying attention.