Health, calibrated
for South Asians.

Why this exists

The numbers your doctor uses weren't measured on you.

Most American screening guidelines were calibrated on a mostly European-ancestry population. South Asians develop cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes earlier, at lower BMI, through different metabolic pathways — the MASALA Study at UCSF and Northwestern has spent fifteen years documenting how. Masala Health calibrates what you see against that evidence: diabetes screening from BMI 23, not 25 (ADA); cardiovascular risk flagged 5–10 years earlier (AHA); and Lp(a) testing most South Asians never get (NLA).

• AHA Scientific Statement on CVD in South Asians (Volgman et al., 2018)
• NLA Lipoprotein(a) Update (2024)
• ADA Standards of Care (2024) — SA screening at BMI ≥23
• WHO Asian BMI cutoffs (2004)
• MASALA Study (UCSF + Northwestern), 2010 – present
• ESC SCORE2 with SA risk-calibration multiplier (2021)

The thresholds and prompts here are grounded in named guidelines and named studies — we don't make up clinical claims. Masala Health is not a medical device and is not a substitute for clinical care.

What it does

A flagged number is a starting point, not a verdict.

Masala Health pulls your record onto your phone, shows you what stands out for a South Asian body, and helps you take it to the people who care for you.

Your family's records, pulled in

Connect Epic MyChart (optional) and Apple Health from Settings → Connectors, and see at a glance what's linked and what isn't. Records download straight to your iPhone — sign-ins stay on the device, and you can connect more than one health system per person.

Heart Age

Your 10-year cardiovascular risk, re-expressed as an age, using the American Heart Association's PREVENT equations — with South Asian-aware caveats where the evidence supports them. It's for a conversation with your clinician, not a diagnosis.

Three things today

Sleep, Eat, and Move — plus a short Meditate session — drawn from the same records and labs, so today's nudge is tied to your actual numbers instead of a generic checklist.

Ask, built in

Plain-English answers about your own numbers — five conversations a week at no cost, not a paywall, just a usage cap. Ask keeps a history, takes per-person custom instructions, and every answer is labelled AI-generated, not medical advice.

Copy for AI

Export a Full record, Visit prep, or Single-topic summary to paste into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini. Nothing is sent unless you copy or share it, and identifying details stay out unless you turn them on.

Before your next visit

A "Before your next visit" checklist of questions worth raising, built from your labs and screening guidelines. Copy it as markdown or share it before you walk in.

Review old records

Archive and restore imported documents any time — nothing you've pulled in disappears without you choosing to remove it.

Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Epic, and MyChart are trademarks of their respective owners. Masala Health is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

Privacy

Your records stay on your phone.

There's no account, no login, no sync server. The one thing that can leave your device is a question you ask the built-in AI assistant — and only after it's redacted on-device, and only after you see what's being sent.

FAQ

Common questions.