Mukesh Bansal, co-founder of Curefit and Myntra, discusses quitting alcohol and the medical literature surrounding alcohol consumption.
Opinion
Mukesh Bansal: Marketing Wine As Healthy Is Absolutely Bogus
“This alcohol, you know, I think has been marketed all too well, especially wine is good for you kind of marketing last 20 years. Absolutely bogus. There's no truth to it whatsoever.”
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Mukesh Bansal: Carbs Should Not Be Avoided And Can Be 40% Of Calories
“I, I'm definitely not a proponent of going out of your way to avoid carbs. You need to control it. Carbs should not be 80% of calories, but can easily be, you know, 30, 40% of calories, and I think they're absolutely fine.”
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Mukesh Bansal: Daily Sugar Consumption Is An Evolutionary Mismatch With Human Biology
“Every day, consumption of sugar, I think, is just very unnatural. I think, evolutionary, we are just never used to having so much sugar, and that's, you know, very much out of sync within how our biology works.”
Disclosure
Mukesh Bansal Does Not Eat Any Food After 3 PM
“Vegetarian, don't eat after three pm, so I'm good.”
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Mukesh Bansal: Hard Workouts And Flights After Late Drinking Crash Immunity
“The formula is, you go out for dinner, have a few drinks, sleep late, get up early, go to the gym, just, you know, crank it out, run, you know, hard five miles, or do body weight, and then take a flight. Guaranteed in 24 hours you'll be sick. After, like, 10 y…”
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Mukesh Bansal: Building A Great Enduring Business Takes 20 To 40 Years
“I think you want to build a cathedral, you know, it takes, 2030, 40 years, right? So I have probably way more respect for that versus doing something, you know, every five to seven years.”