Is America Addicted to Sugar? Why We Got Here and How to Fix It

What if instead of managing diabetes with drugs, we focused on reversing it? In this episode of The Dr. Hyman Show, Mark Hyman, MD, sits down with Sami Inkinen, CEO and co-founder of Virta Health, and Greeshma Shetty, MD, a board-certified endocrinologist, to discuss an approach that’s transforming how we treat metabolic disease. They share groundbreaking research and real-world results that prove type 2 diabetes isn’t a lifelong sentence – it can be reversed with the right nutritional and care model.

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

  • Why mainstream medicine still treats type 2 diabetes as a progressive disease – even though science shows it’s reversible.
  • How Virta Health is using a combination of nutritional therapy and continuous remote care to achieve Ozempic-level results, without the drugs.
  • The critical role of personalized dietary interventions in reversing metabolic dysfunction.
  • How a high-touch, tech-driven approach to patient care is leading to long-term success.
  • The real cost of diabetes – not just for individuals, but for the entire healthcare system – and why prevention and reversal should be the priority.

About the Author

Mark Hyman

Mark Hyman, M.D., is a practicing family physician and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in the field of Functional Medicine.

He is the founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, Senior Advisor for the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, a fourteen-time New York Times best-selling author,