“Salamat” was born as a concept by Abdullah Panah D.O. He was born and raised on the Jersey Shore. Born to Afghan immigrant parents who fled the wars in Afghanistan decades ago, he began medical school at 19 and became a board certified family medicine physician at 26.

Throughout his life, he was amazed by how well certain people aged and throughout his medical training really went in depth into the topic. Aside from aesthetics, what we eat and how active we are play a crucial role in our aging. Spending a lot of time with the Iranian and Afghan communities, he was fascinated by how well people in this communities aged relative to their counterparts of European ancestry. One of the unique things about these communities is the cuisine is very lean and generally well balanced with minimal processed foods. While most in the communities have easily assimilated with American culture, they have held strong to the dietary habits of their homelands.

In addition, when traveling throughout the world notably in Israel and Japan, he noted how people aged really well as well because of their daily exercise routines in addition. to generally healthy well balanced cuisines low in processed foods.

With these experiences in mind, Dr. Panah sought to help more properly introduce and prescribe lifestyle changes to patients. While aging is inevitable, we can control how fast we age and how healthy we are in old age starting now. It is never too late to change habits. Dr. Panah hopes by explaining the science behind it all and prescribing lifestyle changes, he can keep patients from being dependent on medications their whole lives.

Just look at the media landscape in the United States, Oprah Winfrey is 70 years old. Nancy Pelosi is 84 years old. There are people in the 90s going viral for their workout routine. There is no reason why anyone else can’t be as healthy as they are at their age. Lets work together to make sure we live by the motto “Age is just a number”.

“Salamat” strives to be your go to spot for your primary care needs along with helping put a much bigger emphasis on wellness.