Dr. Aseem Malhotra - 'Evidence Based Medicine Has Been Hijacked'

Dr Aseem Malhotra is an NHS Trained Consultant Cardiologist, and visiting Professor of Evidence Based Medicine, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Brazil. He is a world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease. He is honorary council member to the Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic at Stanford University school of medicine California, and is Cardiology MSc examiner at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is a founding member of Action on Sugar and was the lead campaigner highlighting the harm caused by excess sugar consumption in the United Kingdom, particularly its role in type 2 diabetes and obesity.
In 2015 he helped co-ordinate the Choosing Wisely campaign by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges as lead author in a BMJ paper to highlight the risks of overuse of medical treatments. In the same year, he became the youngest member to be appointed to the board of trustees of UK health think tank, The King’s Fund that advises the government on health policy.
Aseem is a frequent expert commentator in print and broadcast media and he has written scores of articles for a number of publications including the BMJ, British Journal of Sports Medicine, BMJ Open Heart, JAMA Internal Medicine, Prescriber, The Pharmaceutical Journal, European Scientist, The Guardian and Observer, BBC online, Huffington Post, The Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and the Washington Post. He is an international guest editor of the journal of evidence-based healthcare. Aseem has appeared in the Health Service Journal’s list of top 50 BME pioneers, and has won a number of awards for his work to raise awareness of diet-related illness both in the UK and internationally. He is a pioneer of the lifestyle medicine movement in the UK and has had feature articles written about him in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and Healthcare Leader. In 2018 he was ranked by software company Onalytica as the number 1 doctor in the world influencing obesity thinking.
In 2016 he was named in the Sunday Times Debrett’s list as one of the most influential people in science and medicine in the UK in a list that included Professor Stephen Hawking. His total Altmetric score (measure of impact and reach) of his medical journal publications since 2013 is over 10,000 making it one of the highest in the World for a clinical doctor during this period. His first book co-authored with Donal O’ Neill, The Pioppi Diet, has become an international bestseller.
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[@MrScaramoosh]

"Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing." Voltaire

[@please.665]

Still as true as the day he wrote those words. Especially in America.

[@Stuart.Branson.]

write "toxic Drugs" instead of "medicines", this is far too polite.

[@paulaswift5921]

q I am not the same

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@please.665 I lost so much over a letter done a rheumatologist at Chelsea and Westminster saying there was nothing wrong with me, I was abruptly discharged and denied physiotherapy on the grounds of my mental health. I was not even physically examined and had a bone scan showing clear scoliosis, turns or years later my hunch in 2016 was right, I have a ducking connective tissues disorder and they couldn’t even spot something as telltale as my hypermobility (my fingers all bend backwards) and the data still tells them that EDS is super rare and unlikely when actually it really isn’t

[@nazmikhalid8917]

@@SobrietyandSolace so sorry to hear about your scoliosis. I invite you to investigate the link between vaccine ingredients and scoliosis…..

[@GrumpyMeow-Meow]

Was bullied into quitting keto after losing 50 pounds because PA thought my LDL was too high. I was on a statin for four months. Everything hurt. Stopped it against my anti-keto PA’s advice. Left that practice, doing keto, feeling much better.

[@olafstorbeck4777]

Congratulations. Stay strong and change your doctor's mind or change your doctor. It took me a year for changing my doctor's attitude from "In what shady corner of the internet did you find this? " to "Can I have a copy of that?". Beeing a walking proof of the effectiveness of LCHF and lifestyle intervention helps at least with some of the medical profession...

[@chloe7seven22]

I remember when normal Cholesterol (ON THE RESULTS PAGE) was 4.5 to 7.5 And then strange things happened, they put all of us onto thing called Lipostable or Lurcelle and when Zocor came out suddenly the results started going lower and lower. I would know because my family were in the danger zone.

[@kimberlyf4888]

​@@olafstorbeck4777 Why even have a doctor if you rely on your own research and approach? I fired mine when I went ketovore (and she recommended a statin) and found one that supported me and could advise me in my goal of ultimate health.

[@andreatodd3095]

Great people....yes taking responsibility. Yep I used to party more when I was younger, I knew I would feel like crap up to 3 days after a "good time" but then I got back on track and became well. So now I make choices do I want to feel well ? Yes, now wellness takes precedence over partying.

[@OnlyKaerius]

More recent research has shown that high cholesterol (even high LDL) isn't actually harmful. Having an LDL under 100 on the other hand increases mortality, the less LDL, the higher mortality. The problem with LDL is that it's susceptible to glycation, and it's glycated LDL that clogs arteries, so high blood sugar is what makes LDL bad.

[@caroliner2029]

Very much appreciated presentation Dr Malhotra, thank you. As a critical care nurse, I have experienced profound cognitive dissonance in the last year, when the corruption and abuses became obvious in the last two years. Thank you for standing strong for truth. May God make His face to shine upon you and bring you His shalom (peace).

[@jacrowe3477]

So true Caroline, gaslighting and u turns spring to mind.

[@eatmeatandliftweights5754]

Keep this man safe, he is speaking truth.

[@jamesm1736]

He told everyone to get the jab origanaly should we just forget about that?

[@jessideb333]

@@jamesm1736 Yes, because many of them won't change. So many are big pharma brain washed. Not an excuse but those trying to bring about change must not be thrown out.

[@jerseytony1]

@@jamesm1736 he regretted that!

[@k.n.6043]

On BBC now

[@kasroa]

He's an absolute quack who should be struck off.

[@shrimperlincs3395]

“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.” -- Marcia Angell

[@brett6468]

"The Truth About Drug Companies - How They Deceive Us and What To Do About it." - Marica Angell, MD 2004

[@thestopper5165]

“The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness” Horton, R (2015), "What is medicine’s 6-sigma?", The Lancet, Vol 385 (April 11, 2015) p1380 And of course... Ioannides, J (2005), "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False", PLOS Medicine 2(8): e124

[@susanfrazer8172]

Thankyou for your honesty. Truth is in short supply these days.

[@please.665]

@@thestopper5165 science never factors in its own biase.

[@fainitesbarley2245]

How depressing

[@karenf9137]

Dr. Malholtra, et. al., this is really out of the box, but health begins in our soils. As such, why not bring farmers, agronomists, and soil scientists into your mix.

[@Norman_Gunstan1]

maybe he will after he meets Dr Baker this week

[@olafstorbeck4777]

Great point, but I fear the waters are even more muddied over there. I get a bit tired by the 'big food' pushing of a high-processed carb 'vegan' food style, where eating cheese, eggs and meat is shamed for climate reasons. You can find that every day and on every other marketing for highly processed food. I think proper, truly conventional (i.e. pastoral production of animal foods) can be done ethical and can be ecological, e.g. by rebuilding of soil quality. For the climate impact of agriculture I recently worked through the latest IPCC report and didn't find much on climate impact. I have to search more throughly, but at least I found that pastoralized lifestock does carbon sequestration and soil improvement. So in the nutrition department on the climate and ecosystem impact there is at least as much 'gospel truth' repetition of poorly understood facts as in the statin field, unfortunately...

[@soulabear9146]

Big Farmer and Big Pharma, putting Profit before People.

[@pennyoflaherty1345]

Agree- true health of soil follows on In healthy crops along side crop rotations with field fallowing for 7 yrs. Like you need rest & reviving , soils too are drained of goodness & sprayed continually with pesticides. Crop vale depreciated over time. Start @ foundation building blocks for health soil quality uP 👍

[@jasonhendrickson2289]

Soil quality doesn't matter if people won't eat the food that's grown in it.

[@pabunko]

"I have published saying that statins have reduced mortality in populations, but I think I was wrong and I may need to go back to the journal and get that corrected." I absolutely love this channel and the presenters here.

[@divinesilence]

With Pts I've placed on Crestor, and other Staton, I've seen remarkable benefits in LDL lowering. Believe me, as much as I am disgusted with what's going on in the medical profession right now, this, is at least one thing I can independently state is factual.

[@i.ehrenfest349]

@@divinesilence but samadhi, lowering ldl may not be something you want to do…if you don’t have high blood sugar, the LDL is probably not going to hurt you.

[@brett6468]

There has never been a better time to be a natural and/or functional medicine practitioner. Paleo/Keto/Carnivore food plans combined with physical activity are the foundation of every treatment plan. My patients are doing well and my integrity remains intact.

[@paulanderson6545]

110% correct

[@videnz2664]

the best thing imo is if you start to eat right you automatically become the urge to move more and do exercise

[@edpomi]

I left 20 year career as an anesthesiologist to practice real medicine directed to helping people be(come) healthy. In addition to diet and activity/lifestyle, I find that a lot of what I am doing is helping people de-supplement as well as de-prescribe. One fault that I have with a lot of functional and narural based medical practice is the perpetual addition of supplements and phytochemicals, essentially approaching health from the same perspective as allopathic physicians but using "natural pharmaceuticals" in place of synthetic chemicals.

[@r0cketplumber]

Yeah, the establishment has gone so far down an insane path, it's straightforward to be a hero. "In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Good for you and your patients!

[@brett6468]

@@edpomi To be fair, treating a magnesium deficiency with therapeutic levels of supplemental magnesium is appropriate and correct. I'm certain we'd both agree that it's a better option than treating Mg deficiency with a SSRI, laxative, calcium channel blocker, beta blocker, muscle relaxant, sedative, CBD, turmeric, etc. I frequently recommend what I consider to be clinically relevant vitamin and mineral supplements, medicinal herbs, homeopathics, and nutraceuticals such as Vitamin D or DHEA. Topsoil degradation, chronic cortisol dysregulation, total body toxin burden... all require additional therapy that Diet and Lifestyle improvements alone could not address.

[@jobrown8146]

When I was diagnosed diabetic in October last year 2021 my doctor wanted to change my diet (probably low FAT), put me on Metformin and take a statin. I told her that you do not make 3 changes at the same time. Thankfully I did my own research on diet and found out about low carb. After only 3 months my A1c had gone from 7.0 to 5.2. If I had taken the drugs they would have probably been lauded by the doctor as having worked. When I got my results I told her that I hoped in the future she would suggest diet before drugs. My following blood test at 6 months ALT liver function had gone from 48 to 22, my cholesterol had improved, and recently I stopped my blood pressure medication (after 10 months of low carb). I've now lost 18.75% of my body weight without even trying and my waist measurement has gone from 44" to 38". No drugs, no fasting, no exercise (except strengthening for my back and legs and light hand weights).

[@olafstorbeck4777]

You are a scientist or an engineer, right? 😉

[@murraywebster362]

"When I got my results I told her that I hoped in the future she would suggest diet before drugs" - Fantastic! How did she answer that?

[@OnlyKaerius]

Ketogenic diets can even reverse type 2 diabetes, intermittent fasting helps too, it especially helps to heal a fatty liver(caused by too much sugar, or alcohol).

[@ianpollard4501]

Awesome!

[@olemundoaguilar1224]

@@murraywebster362 chicken dealers don't fund doctors Holidays

[@billmitchell1955]

It's good to see someone with balls to stand up against powerful interests groups who will attack and try to discredit them. I'm 66 years old. I went on a keto diet six months ago and lost 60 pounds, my blood pressure went from high to normal, my blood work improved and I no longer use a cpap for sleep apenia. Hard to argue against these results

[@ws81086n]

Anecdotal evidence favoring low carb/meat grows and grows. Did you eat junk food before going keto?

[@cyberfunk3793]

It's easy to argue with the results, you could have had the same effects with any caloric restriction diet and probably had a better influence on the actual diabetes itself now by dropping the saturated fats.

[@pederjohansen2029]

@@cyberfunk3793anyone believing that saturated fats cause diabetes doesn't understand the disease. It is a carb issue not saturated fats issue. Read Dr Ben Bikman book "Why We Get Sick". You might learn something.

[@juliametcalf2660]

Almost 70 have eaten carnivore almost 5 years ...when I ate a vegetarian diet I was always looking for the 'magic' answer; eating carnivore I don't need any 'magic'.

[@enjek5654]

Well done. However, your benefits came from losing weight. Keto is unnecessary and potentially harmful.

[@mrjamesgordon]

After 6 months on keto I had a health assessment. As I'd lost lots of weight my doctor was amazed and said whatever you're doing it is clearly working. But then my blood results came back and the doctor wrote the standardised report that they use for the health assessment. Because my "cholesterol is high" I should cut back on saturated fats and eat healthy whole grains. My triglycerides, by the way, had plummeted from over 4 to 0.5. So when it came to following his corporate reporting template, the same doctor had juat gone with the pre-selected advice regardless of everything else.

[@lyndaward1708]

he is such an honest, brave doctor. this is what real medicine is all about

[@vanessawalker2656]

Don't forget he promoted the clot shot.

[@arekhautaluoma4276]

ah yes, a 'real doctor' that sells diet fad books

[@tomunderwood4283]

“If they disagree with him, debate with him, but don’t silence him.” Excellent point. Censoring means one is afraid of what you are going to say and very likely has a conflict of interest if the information gets out into the public and they change their minds. Allowing open debate means one believes their position is legitimately better or right or at least they support having the public choose the best idea or concept. This is such a critical concept, the US founders included it as the first of the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights. Think, who is doing the censoring now?

[@dogphlap6749]

I've been on keto for more than 2 years now. Best thing I ever did. I never get hungry, my weight is exactly where I like it to be while eating as much or as little as I like. Side benefits I've noticed since going keto are: I don't snore any-more, I don't get cavities in my teeth any-more and clothes like my motorcycle jacket from when I was 18 fit me again many decades later. I'm pretty strict at home i.e. no bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, orange juice etc even though I still love that stuff but I'm fine eating seafood, meat, butter, cream, cheese, nuts, raspberries and avocados etc. I find when I eat out I can eat the odd none keto food like roast potatoes etc that come as part of a regular meal without any problems. I never count calories. Keto foods are not particularly cheap but I find I eat less so the cost is probably much the same as it was before keto.

[@sueevansProoovviitt]

Hi! I'm very interested in your keto diet. You make no mention of eggs - I am allergic to eggs - so I've assumed that you don't eat them. If I'm wrong, do you know what else I could eat to cover their nutritional value? Also, is there an alternative to avocados because I can't stand their taste?

[@BareFootDuck]

@@sueevansProoovviitt Hi Sue. Have you determined what part of the egg you are allergic to? From what I understand, people can be allergic to either the white or the yoke. Therefore eliminating whichever seems to be causing the problem.

[@i.ehrenfest349]

@@BareFootDuck except that eggwhite is of no value except if you need protein with little nutrition. You want the yolks.

[@valerietaylor9615]

I’m not allergic to eggs, I just hate them.

[@pabunko]

"The most important factor is insulin resistance." THANK YOU

[@chloe7seven22]

You know, I wonder if anynody knows for certain. If you go through all the channels there are 100s of vegan doctors, veg doctors, middle doctors, doctors who have changed their minds (Paul Saladino) and a guy called Frank Fortuna?? It's a "feeding" frenzy. but pharma I can hardly bare. When they lie for filthy lucre, I can't look at them. Look at what happened 2020... Human beings went to bed and locked the door behind them waiting for the 7 o'clock news. What have we become?

[@Terrierized]

Start the conversation !! Greed must not rob our health

[@ytrebiLeurT]

But greed has been doing this for centuries, and greed will continue to do so for centuries to come...

[@doltBmB]

Now understand that this applies to all aspects of life and the media, and isn't an isolated case of corruption.

[@sunmoonstars3879]

💯

[@Cocora22]

One year plus one month on ultra low carb diet, zero sugars , only what comes in some berries. At age 70 now dropped 20 pounds, feel terrific, don’t run out of energy, eat 5 egg as per day, 3 for me 2 for my dog, lots of meats, fish, olive oil coconut oils and I have a CAC score of zero and an HDL of 64. I wish I had know all this 20 or more years ago. Thank God there are some doctors now that understand this, and I hope more get inboard. It is unconscionable that they continue to push drugs that are more harmful and many that provide zero benefit. I guess it’s not good for their bank accounts to promote good health.

[@karenpeaden271]

They can loose their license for not supporting the pharmaceutical protocols and pushing their meds

[@withwingsaseagleeyes]

Kind of like them getting $3,000 per covid patient that they treat but if they prescribed hydrochloricine or ivermectin they went and get that $3,000. And then they incentivized reporting death so-called attributed to covid-19 in which they got from $35,000 to $75,000 per covid death they report. If you want to know more dig in my covid playlists I've gathered.

[@Astronurd]

@@karenpeaden271 This is just another part of the corruption as they have technically nothing to do with the licensing of doctors.

[@dianavp9054]

Congrats!! May I ask, did you private pay for your CAC test and how did you find such facility? Did you require a doctor referral? Thanks!

[@pameti.dragoblago]

@@karenpeaden271 so..... if they had any integrity, that would not stop them. btw, they were also threatened that they would lose their license if they speak about risks related to c19 bio-weapon, so they remained quiet - had not problem whatsoever with the fact that they are sending people who trust them unconditionally to their deaths (not to mention all sorts of other issues). yes, 'licensees' are far more important than lives of people, indeed.

[@shrimperlincs3395]

Pharma: "At the end of the day what Pharma is, is a Business that needs to have a medical need that can plausibly be associated with some compound over which it has intellectual property rights." Bret Weinstein 2022.

[@hoodoosmusik]

❤ Aseem Malhotra. Thank you for speaking up against medical/legal/media corruption with your medical expertise, courage and ethical response to actually do no harm. You are a hero to us all.

[@TopgunB]

The Mediterranean Diet: was originally studied on the island of Crete where the incidence of vascular disease was remarkably low. These results could not be duplicated when taken to the USA. It was later realized that in the community of Crete there were many days of religious fasting which made most of the difference!

[@valerietaylor9615]

The biologist Ancell Keys came up with the theory ( now debunked) that dietary saturated fat caused heart disease after visiting Greece and southern Italy in the early 1950s. His visit occurred during the Greek Orthodox Lent, which calls for a near-vegan diet ( no red meat or dairy, though I believe fish is permitted). Another factor was that Greece’s economy had not recovered from the effects of World War II. Most Greeks could not afford much meat at the time. They were living mainly on bread , vegetables, and olive oil. The Greeks were hungry much of the time - they would drink bowls of olive oil for breakfast, in order to get enough calories. Nowadays, the Greek people eat much more red meat than they did in the 1950s, but their rates of heart disease have remained low. Their diet is also much lower in sugar than the standard American diet. Keys noted that desserts were seldom served during his visit to Greece, but never theorized that the Greeks’ low sugar intake might have contributed to their superior heart health. Incidentally, Keys’es research was funded by the sugar industry. For a more detailed account of Ancell Keyes and his diet-heart theory, I recommend the book “ The Big Fat Surprise”, by Nina Teicholz. It’s well worth reading ( Teicholz has also done videos on the subject of saturated fat and health, for those disinclined to reading.)

[@fionabutchart4663]

Dr Malhotra is a good speaker, so much information presented speedily.

[@geralvon]

This reprehensible state of medical research has been going on for some time, but doctors and statisticians have been afraid of publishing their thoughts for a long time for fear of being called 'conspiracy theorists' or simply gaslighted or for fear of losing their jobs.

[@pointshealthcoaching8474]

Bless Dr M, I can only imagine what he's up against... :- ((

[@caroliner2029]

Low carb & high saturated fat nutrition has helped me to survive and improve my "v*x" injuries. It's been a God send 🥰🇭🇲

[@scoobydoop]

Thanks Dr.Aseem. I had a small stroke two years ago. They told me I had to take a statin. The ward and doctors I met were ignorant of my existing medical condition and I knew that I needed cholesterol and so did not take the pill. I hope I was right. I felt very alone and was bullied. On a different issue. The Guardian. It has a good reputation based on it's past. It no longer deserves it. The paper is riddled with prejudice. Riddled with certain agendas. Every article is written with this in mind. Some of there "science" or "medical" articles are just dreadful. The Guardian is no longer a reputable, good source of information. Ignore it.

[@3glitch9]

You were right, no doubt about it. Feel confident in your inner guidance/gut feeling/instinct, you've got a good one.

[@janeteddddd]

Statins have so many bad and dangerous side effects. Good idea not to take it.

[@Nexus2UAll]

Totally agree about the Guardian newspaper they are corrupt and have been partly financed by Bill Gates for years now. They deserted Assange amongst so many other things. Now they are a propaganda paper and have no morals at all.

[@arekhautaluoma4276]

enjoy your eventual heart attack

[@121mcvUK]

omg... this was the most precise, concise, elegantly spoken orator I've heard for a long time... but is he correct ?

[@brendamoore1190]

Yes he’s right!

[@valerietaylor9615]

Absolutely!

[@lizkeith1356]

Aseem should take Tedro's place. The WHO should be run by a real physician

[@copisetic1104]

Ivor Cummins should be on this channel.

[@juanitagibson3799]

Beautiful, and insightful presentation! God bless you for standing up against the status quo in favor of helping your patients with sound and life saving remedies. Many people are finding out that our "western" medical practices needs major overhauling! The emphasis should be for the patients wellbeing and not for financial gain.

[@ianstuart5660]

Shouldn't all of life be for well-being and not financial gain?

[@JeffreyBrooks1]

Thank you Aseem. I've long been concerned about the silencing of important conversations.

[@joannekerr8839]

Awesome presentation - thank you.

[@susantankel6946]

Great presentation - clear, honest and very informative on state of the 'health' industry and vested interests in drug prescribing

[@debbietaylor20]

Look at the crap they feed people in hospital

[@Farlig69]

Dr. Aseem Malhotra for PM...!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hi3694]

Good work Aseem. This is extremely helpful as a resource to hand out to relatives suffering from the outcome of following misleading dietary advice.

[@leodjikeussi7499]

You are really speaking the thruth

[@defdaz]

He talks about being hijacked yet hasn't made the connection on all the hijacking of red meat? Bizarre.

[@pameti.dragoblago]

i'm glad you named names - that might be the best approach to getting to the truth of the matter. i think people that do wrong things (in any area of life), need to be publicly named - otherwise, they continue doing the wrong thing without any consequences.

[@iannewman3107]

Oh, to have more doctors like this one........

[@charliebrandt2263]

I now have 5 stents and a blood clot inside my heart chamber. There has been NO mention of diet in my recovery. I feel that the Drs. have no idea of what should be done, and are only interested in medication (statins etc) It is like they have a huge hole where holistic medicine and diet should be. Medicine has been hijacked by corporate need for profit above all...

[@fatbikemontage2931]

Just watching people like this on KZbin means you very likely to be making good choices in your recovery, and your comment about lack of diet from healthcare providers is my experience too. A bit of advice from a biochemist: Drink 250ml of Beetroot Juice every day (in the UK there is a brand called “Beet It” which is ideal) - nitrate in it causes vasodilation and promotes blood flow. Add potassium electrolyte to water, many people are depleted in potassium Have a drink of water with lemon juice and before bed have the same with a table spoon of Apple Cider Vinegar Walk 10,000 steps a day without fail if fitness and pain allow, and as fitness improves, try to build 30 mins of vigorous exercise a day in. Adopt a 16:8 intermittent fasting pattern with no snacking, move slowly to this if difficult by having your breakfast later and later till it becomes part of lunch Remove polyunsaturated fats from your diet - they are inflammatory and are oxidised causing significant problems. Never eat margarine, use butter, if uncomfortable cooking with butter, use a light olive oil. Eat a diet which is when you look at a plate 60% low starch veg or salad, 20% fat, 20% protein, if you must have carbohydrates make these infrequent and small Eat a couple of eggs a day - nutrient dense and good protein and fat Unless your doctor has a very good reason, stop taking medication. Look at each one and do research, interrogate your GP about benefits, and make an informed decision on each Many people are on BP medication, Statins, and Metformin. This is a nasty cocktail of meds with overlapping side effects, if you don’t need them work with your GP to stop them. When the GP does a cholesterol test and talks about statins ask a few questions - 1. Do I have atherosclerosis? If no then say no to statins. 2. What is the role of Cholesterol in heart disease and stroke? A GP will probably waffle and talk about clogging of arteries. The right answer is - Cholesterol is part of the healing process of atherosclerosis, but if the cause of the atherosclerosis (oxidative damage) is not removed the atherosclerosis will grow and constrict the blood flow, cholesterol is essential in repairing the oxidative damage to arteries. If your GP doesn’t know this I would disregard their advice. 3. Would you need to test me for atherosclerosis and do a CAC scan or Calcium score, before making a statin prescribing decision? A decent GP would agree with that. Hope you feel better and make a full recovery. The human body is an amazing system of processes and recovery is possible if we give our body a chance.

[@markmiller5004]

@@fatbikemontage2931 what a great comment. I have been on keto for 2 years and lost 130 lbs. I dropped my statin after my weight loss. My doctor is amazed with my progress, I am now in way better shape than he is. I think he has metabolic syndrome. However my ldl is up, and he wants me back on statin. I may throw your questions at him next time I see him. Just to shut him up. I am never going back on statins. Made my muscles ache, and I felt lethargic.

[@edensmith552]

I pray to God to keep Dr. Aseem Malhotra safe🙏

[@bruceprigge5212]

Thank you!! 🙂

[@bcarnivomad2169]

Thank you very much, this just reinforces my decision, thanks again.

[@lesliegibbons1364]

Golden…the only “doctors” I go too are Chiropractors; two different practitioners combined into the perfect health care for me

[@dabrupro]

Our culture places a high value (i.e., social power) on professions like doctor, scientist, professors, teachers. So, naturally, these professions will attract an abnormally high number of malignant narcissists who realize how "powerful" these professions will make them. If you think it's a good idea to listen to a "collective narcissist," more power to you. What I've noticed is that those who most eager to accept the malignant narcissist's narrative are of this type: “Most marks come from the upper strata of society, which, in America, means that they have made, married, or inherited money. Because of this, they acquire status which in time they come to attribute to some inherent superiority, especially as regards matters of sound judgment in finance and investment. Friends and associates, themselves social climbers and sycophants, help to maintain this illusion of superiority. Eventually, the mark comes to regard himself as a person of vision and even of genius.” ― David W. Maurer, The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man

[@ianstuart5660]

Well said!

[@joyceelmer131]

This just the message and info I needed to hear and read right now. Thank you so much!💕

[@debbietaylor20]

I have a cousin who is on statin and has been for years, her cholesterol was probably 'normal' . She has constant leg pain and recently had a heart attack and three stents put in. So they worked there didn't they? Also had very high blood pressure.

[@lenguyenngoc479]

"normal" in itself isn't "optimal" the optimal level where close to zero case of heart diseases are reported is at 57 LDL. "normal" in this context is like "it's normal for an American to be overweight" population in rural Vietnam, Japan and China has ldl fewer 70z-100 points compared to their city's counterparts and westerners. They rarely get heart diseases, THAT is "normal"

[@Norman_Gunstan1]

wow! thanks for the info

[@dianehepper8764]

I was just talking to a young friend who has been diagnosed with POTs and she has lots of fears and has lost some respect with her health providers. I think your speech will help her🙏

[@lloydhlavac6807]

My LDL is over 300 mg/dL, and I am 60. It is mostly large pattern A, with hardly any small pattern B.

[@lindafreeman3803]

I love his work! I am getting back to a healthy diet again, because all problems came back. 😒 I just need to learn that it is a life style change. I also need to remember how crappy I feel eating a SAD diet. 😔. Let today be the first day for the rest of my life!

[@henryb1555]

Good man. Thank you.

[@paulyflyer8154]

I was fortunate enough to have access to the data for of the trials of one of the major c19 vaccines months before the public even thought they may be used. It was clear that they were not only dangerous but ineffective. They used accountant's slight of hand to suggest that it had 95% efficacy. My job is interpreting data, and using the correct method, I calculated thar they only reduced the chances of being hospitalised by 0.8%. 2 years on, this is showing to be spot on. And guess who did the initial "trials"? Yes that's right. The companies who are selling it. I can't believe people risked their lives and health just to increase the profits of corporations.

[@jaywhoisit4863]

You lie. People were dropping like flies before the vaccine was introduced. My doctor wife lost over 20 colleagues before the vax and zero after it was introduced to the medics. It worked so well that we no longer have a pandemic. You’re not only outright lying but your comments can really hurt people.

[@createprince2093]

ok buddy

[@casteretpollux]

Very useful info, thanks.

[@D.von.N]

I am disappointed to hear that he still blames only refined sugar and carbohydrates, not the cheap oil rich in omega-6 that actually copied the curve of increased obesity and metabolic syndrome prior 2010 when I looked at the raw USDA data. Are we still avoiding to name the real culprit: junk food as such? Those on statins and low fat diets are another problem, they should not be mixed with the overall picture of the general population.

[@FLORENCECONN1]

This man is brilliant ,a real doctor who wants us to be healthy . Please listen knowledge is key !

[@rawmilkmike]

The Pioppi diet encourages plenty of vegetables, nuts, legumes and fish, but discourages red meat? I suppose it could work because it eliminates sugar, wheat, and vegetable oil. Why not recommend a carnivore diet or at least a keto diet high in red meat and animal fat?

[@MichaTheLight]

Cause then big Pharma and many doctors go out of business. This doctor in the vid is honest but he didn't cut to the deception fully yet. But give him three more years. I myself knew carnivore for two years but I was to stupid to get the full ramifications, also brainwashed fanatics* kept me back then from fully doing it. Now I know carnivore is the holy grale of health and I won't go back until I have real complications. * It's sad how ppl think they know the truth when in reality they just repeat big Pharma talking points. When they are just tricked fools. Cause the application of the scientific method takes effort. I myself was a stupid vegan believed the propaganda let myself impress by genetic outliers who are resistent against plant toxins. So years back then I even drawn a other person in which is now a bat shit crazy vegan. So Karma is a bitch I prepare material for him to slowly brief him out of this delusion. At least give it an attempt that's a kind responsibility for me cause I contributed to his delusion.

[@1LaOriental]

Dr. Peter Langsjoen, cardiologist in Tyler, TX. Has also warned about statins. He is considered to be the authority on Coq10.

[@cosmaracorosu]

When somebody tells you its not about the money, it is about the money. All for patients best care, obviously.

[@doltBmB]

It isn't about the money, it's about killing off europeans.

[@InekeBelfrage]

If only more people would listen to him!

[@johngurvan8279]

When I had my first job as medical rep in 1997, I was at a meeting with around 3 dozen GPs. The vast majority then would not prescribe statins.. Not a lot seems to have changed .

[@janeteddddd]

Incentives from bIGggfArma

[@jasongodwin1319]

24:42 is this saying that beta blockers increase risk of death? I take 1 every day but i'm starting to get to a point where i'm feeling like i will not need them much longer due to recently going back to real keto minus seed oils.

[@auricauric8150]

the facts speak for themselves

[@BareFootDuck]

True! But unfortunately, all to often, facts stand in the way of the almighty $.

[@dr.julia-heyakarcic8862]

14:59 the difference between absolute and relative risk reduction.

[@johnnychaos3295]

LOVE= EXPANDING FORCE FEAR= COLAPSING FORCE TO BE OR NOT TO BE!!! "LOVE TOO ALL" Ps. Thank you Doc for your Love!!!

[@gjsterp]

If we want to put an end to new drugs, which have questionable or no benefit or are dangerous or even deadly, we need to hold responsible the Private Labs that conduct the Clinical Trials for the pharmaceutical companies. Congress needs to pass such a Law.

[@thegram9207]

Again I claim that DECENTRALISATION is the only way out of this mess. Central power / authority will always provide an access point for greedy big business in all areas where power can grow and money too. Public funding won’t help . Look at weapon industry . Tax is just a way to transfer money from public to said big business by influencing the public so called servants. Greed will never go away but the effects can be stifled somewhat this way.

[@tommycala]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@CelineNoyce]

I ended up having to turn off because it was making me angry. And also I can't figure out the conversions from Europe cholesterol numbers to USA. But I no longer will allow my doctor to test my cholesterol. I only will get the tests myself and I only get triglycerides. I also would not that every blood test can have drastically different results based on many different factors so you just can't have ONE test and assume you have a massive problem.

[@Sunshine-vz2on]

Legend of a doctor

[@theanswerismeat]

12:58 - This experience (the backlash - from the Medical Registrar and others) is why Doctor's are fearful of taking on the wisdom and 'live' evidence from their clinical experiences and encouraging these as treatment pathways. Standard of Care is ripping the NHS apart.

[@vas4739]

Ok….. too much caffeine…. Been following Dr M for years and LOVE all his videos but the one with Dr Stephen Sinatra was a bit uncomfortable but Dr M is ALWAYS a gentleman!

[@davidcottrell1308]

No such thing as too much caffeine.... :)

[@willbrink]

Great vid. I'd just add myopathy with statins can be treated by C0Q10 in most cases, and it's a shame it's not mentioned in this vid.

[@SG-js2qn]

It's the same with financial investment. Both medicine and investment are now based on "narratives," not on results. Apparently some people believe that real world results are not significant. I would think that sort of person would be seen as a con man, but ... it turns out they are our wise and sober leaders.

[@brucemoose926]

Why do they always cite mortality rates? Yes, dying is bad but so is having a heart attack that you survive. Why not show rates of mortality and heart disease "events"?

[@eaudedogue]

The drugs which work are outlawed, everything else is heavily promoted.

[@justinsellers9402]

It sounds a whole lot like you are saying that medicine is no longer science.

[@MrZeissOne]

I have looked high and low for a functional med GP. They are concierge doctors, unaffordable for most of us. I have Medicare and supplemental coverage. That already costs me the bulk of my retirement income. Concierge docs don't accept insurance.

[@yvonnekiwior9633]

I agree, silence is what brings countries to corruption!

[@judylloyd7901]

Did I miss something? I was waiting for him to talk about Tony again. 🤪

[@bobafet6064]

Think of this when being invited for your next 'booster' shot.

[@cynthiasolomon885]

💯👏👏👏

[@DomDeDom]

What is insulin resistance? Is there a test for it?

[@paulasamec8715]

Yes, have your your fasting insulin tested .

[@shrimperlincs3395]

Kraft Test?

[@monikaj3802]

The way I understand it. If you test ur fasting Insulin every year, if this value keeps creeping up- thats the warning signs.. And then you can detect insulin resistance 10 years before you test it with a glucose test.

[@urielwong]

👍 👍 🙏

[@sallydiavatis5779]

This is one video that I think everyone should listen to and heed his advice. I’ve had my own problems with statins and am unable to get the help I need because I can’t tolerate them. I have a 90% occlusion which K--- will not fix because statins make me very ill. Figure that out!

[@MsSilver41]

17:09 what was the MMR scandal ???

[@sue.F]

The falsified paper that associated childhood vaccines with autism. Andrew Wakefield et al

[@SeaLion8488]

Measles, mumps and rubella. He’s an anti-vax, anti-evidence based nut job and a harm to the low carb community because of all his nonsense. It’s too bad he’s still supported by this org.

[@1corinthians-138]

Vaccine induced autism.

[@mockturtle1402]

Serious question? It was the paper that said the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine causes autism; a lie that is still causing tremendous problem even today with vaccine hesitancy www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/

[@vk2sky]

Probably this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMR_vaccine#False_claims_about_autism

[@anneventura1230]

I could not move my right shoulder and arm (frozen shoulder) after 5 days of statin.

[@y.g.1313]

hold on is this the talk from 2018? very confusing

[@thepublicsucks9323]

I wish people wouldn't invent new Named Diets. Pioppi Diet, Keto Diet, Atkins Diet. This only promotes "comparing", making it a thing of preference instead of a wake-up call. We need a proper "General Human Diet You All Must Adhere To Unless You Want To Be A Moron Destroying The World And Should Be Locked Up Because You Suck So Much And Have No Functioning Brain". Other than that, great video :) Imagine we didn't produce and ship all that junk food and food products around. All the packaging. All the resources and labor are wasted. All the sick people resulting from bad dietary choices. We could concentrate on essential, high-quality foodstuffs. No more worrying about organic or healthy or whatever, because it will be the best we can do at the time. But it won't happen. Even otherwise intelligent people will state that "It's not a diet for me, I need my ...". Because People suck, they are all addicts, and they are proud of it too.

[@robyroby1902]

I'm Italian and, without modesty, a wonderful cook🧑‍🍳 when I feel like pasta or bread I make it myself with whole organic flour of ancient grains.... I know it has nutrients like minerals and vitamines and fiber as well that slows down the glicemico index... I wonder what you think of it. I'm healthy, never sick and in a good shape in spite of the menopause. Thanks

[@doltBmB]

If you don't have a metabolic problem then carbs in moderation is fine.

[@fatbikemontage2931]

Carbohydrates and even grains are ok in moderation. What the issue for the health of billions of people, is a diet that has becomes addicted to grains. Ultimately all carbohydrates except for dietary fibre become sugar, so breads, pastas and starches should be eaten in moderation. Personally I would see a carbohydrate portion like pasta or potato as a perhaps weekly treat, rather than a meal staple. The issue is compounded by “official” dietary advice from cardiovascular and diabetes charities which don’t in any way acknowledge the role of too much carbohydrate. In the UK the official diabetes diet plan for an actual diabetic lists Lasagne as a meal choice! The work of Ancel Keys has been shown to be completely wrong for over 20 years now, yet most official dietary advice is still referencing that study on saturated fat! Sadly too many business interests in a high carbohydrate diet, and as nearly all research is industry sponsored now, its no surprise there is no credible research being done.

[@jimmyg3855]

My wife and I ate at eataly in Beverly Hills pasta and bread made in house had zero bloat and zero gluten reaction no craving spike nothing! Totally enjoyed it and went back to my normal low carb diet, I was keto lost a ton of weight and ended up LMHR small ldl went way up switched to a moderate healthy carb diet high protein doing great the transition was a bit rough but now that I’m dialed in it’s very wonderful. Looking forward to my next blood work up also I have 4 stents two MI currently on zero meds do CrossFit 3x week I will consider a low dose statin if my numbers don’t get in check but overall I feel great.

[@robyroby1902]

@@jimmyg3855 I'm glad you enjoy Italian food in Beverly hills 🙂 Don't get statins..... I've read so much about this subject and I don't think it's worth it taking them.... Try at least to lower your triglycerides and rise the HDL cholesterol through food.

[@DF-ju4cw]

We know better now about cholesterol, didn’t have to wait for five years on that. It’s good In itself but can be a sign of a problem if too high.

[@chrisysmith6307]

Only professional peer reviewed research-in all areas including funding/priorities- should be published.

[@kazzana9013]

Even the peer reviewed research is suspect. You will find groups of scientists reviewing each others papers; so it is becoming a system of "you scratch my back and I will scratch yours". If a system can be gamed, it will be.

[@eaudedogue]

Peer reviewed doesn't mean much either

[@Leslie-xo9gy]

Now wouldn’t that depend on the peers? Many are paid by big pharma so they forgot to drop “peer” for “paid”.

[@shrimperlincs3395]

When your peers are crooks....

[@lindahockham5081]

When trust in Medicine and Science is shattered, how do you get it back. Doctors should take their beloved Pharmaceutical Industry to court and destroy them once and for all time. “Let natural foods be your medicine”, oh that’s right, they destroyed food industry also.

[@mkkrupp2462]

Bit of an over simplification. ‘Big Pharma’ produces the medication that controls my husbands Parkinson’s disease tremors. I had a tetanus injection the other day too……

[@fkn16v]

Free information and an idea. Why dont Gov, force all related data to testing and findings for a drug or anything for that matter, to a panel for review before allowing to market, this panel would then do their own test to confirm or deny the claims then release to market if not detriment to humans.

[@caligirlsns]

Not sure why the Doctors where not addressing this a long time ago. This is not new. lets look at 2013 policy in the USA.

[@Krzysztof_Kwiatkowski]

Pozdrawiam 😀👍

[@endahynes8760]

Can people with familial hypercholesterolemia eat saturated fat, eggs meat etc, while cutting out sugar and carbs, all the information I can find on this does not include familial hypercholesterolemia in the discussion

[@caroldanson5476]

I forgot to mention I knew my triglycerides were within normal and on the low side which is what I based my decision on as well.

[@nattyco]

I have always thought that most medical research was falsified to create the outcome that the researchers want. This is to do with pressure from the pharmaceutical industry, the need for positive results to get publication in a major journal, to gain finance for further research and the greed of doctors looking to maximise their salaries and pensions by being given a merit award, or equivalent.