#226 Empowering Health: Dr. Arti Javeri Mehta on Lifestyle Medicine and Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

About Dr. Aarti Javeri Mehta

Dr. Aarti Javeri Mehta is a distinguished internal medicine specialist, a member of the Royal College of Physicians, and a board-certified lifestyle medicine physician. She is the founder of Sustain Health in the UAE, a platform focused on holistic well-being and evidence-based healthcare solutions. Dr. Aarti is a passionate advocate for personalized care, integrating lifestyle changes into modern medicine to combat chronic conditions like diabetes and obesity. With a background spanning Europe, the UK, and India, she brings a unique cultural and medical perspective to her work, empowering patients to achieve sustainable health through behavioral change and positive psychology.

About This Episode

In this episode of The Matrix Green Pill Podcast, host Hilmarie Hutchison engages in a compelling conversation with Dr. Aarti Javeri Mehta about her journey from studying medicine in the UK to establishing Sustain Health in the UAE. Dr. Aarti shares how her experiences across continents shaped her approach to healthcare, leading her to focus on lifestyle medicine as the cornerstone of managing chronic diseases.

Dr. Aarti delves into the six pillars of lifestyle medicine—nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, connection, and substance abuse—and their impact on long-term health. She also discusses her innovative 12-week programs at Sustain Health, designed to create sustainable health outcomes through personalized care and community support. From tackling diabetes distress to addressing disordered eating, Dr. Aarti offers actionable advice and emphasizes the importance of mindset, progression over perfection, and self-compassion in achieving holistic wellness.

Listeners will also gain insights into the role of epigenetics in preventing chronic conditions and how positive lifestyle changes can rewrite genetic predispositions. The episode wraps up with Dr. Aarti’s reflections on embracing individuality, taking risks, and trusting oneself—advice she wishes she could give her younger self

Quotes

1:41 - There's so much more to medicine than what we're learning in books.

5:01 - Build a foundation so that we can provide patients with the care that they deserve and require.

6:13 - Sustain Health is a platform where we focus on providing patients with behavioral change interventions and lifestyle medicine programs to improve outcomes.

6:33 - I believe education is king.

7:35 - Every single patient that we have is unique.

14:41 - We can make changes to your lifestyle so that you can prevent, reverse and treat diabetes.

15:47 - Adopt a mindset of progression over perfection.

16:36 - Provide yourself with self-compassion.

21:09 - Don't be afraid to not fit in the box. Try to be daring. Start, pivot, fail, try again.

21:15 - Give yourself trust, and trust that you won't have the answers at the very beginning, but keep trying.

Useful Links

Website:https://www.sustain.health/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/draartijaverimehta/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aarti.javeri/

Linked:https://www.linkedin.com/in/draartijaverimehta1/

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#226 Empowering Health: Dr. Arti Javeri Mehta on Lifestyle Medicine and Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

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