Sami Inkinen

Sami Inkinen is a Finnish-born technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Virta Health, a metabolic-health company focused on reversing type 2 diabetes and obesity through nutrition-first care. He previously co-founded Trulia, where he served as COO, president, and board member, and is also known for endurance athletics and the Fat Chance Row Pacific crossing with his wife.

Virta Health Argues Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Reversed at Scale

Sami Inkinen, the founder of Virta Health and former Trulia chief executive, argues that type 2 diabetes and related metabolic disease are not failures of willpower but conditions driven by a food environment and care model that manage decline rather than reverse it. In a conversation with Tim Ferriss, Inkinen makes the case for treating individualized nutrition as a supervised medical therapy, supported by remote monitoring, coaching, physicians, and data, while using drugs such as GLP-1s when appropriate rather than making them the whole answer.

Tim FerrissMay 22, 202629 min read