Dr. Aseem Malhotra

Most doctors aren't having these conversations with patients, which is basically looking at two markers of your cholesterol profile, triglycerides and HDL, so-called good cholesterol, your waist circumference, Megan, whether you have a high blood pressure or what we call pre-high blood pressure, pre-hypertension, or whether you're pre-diabetic or type 2 diabetic.

Now, one in three adult Americans are type 2 diabetic, and 93% of American adults now have suboptimal metabolic health. OK, the good news, Megan, is this. You can optimize this within weeks of just changing diet, cutting out the ultra processed food, minimizing the sugar and the starches from your diet and basically reset. That's what we call a metabolic reset. You can do that.

Now, one in three adult Americans are type 2 diabetic, and 93% of American adults now have suboptimal metabolic health. OK, the good news, Megan, is this. You can optimize this within weeks of just changing diet, cutting out the ultra processed food, minimizing the sugar and the starches from your diet and basically reset. That's what we call a metabolic reset. You can do that.

Now, one in three adult Americans are type 2 diabetic, and 93% of American adults now have suboptimal metabolic health. OK, the good news, Megan, is this. You can optimize this within weeks of just changing diet, cutting out the ultra processed food, minimizing the sugar and the starches from your diet and basically reset. That's what we call a metabolic reset. You can do that.

Absolutely. There is no relationship with a consumption of red meat. The most extensive studies have been done, looked in their totality, red meat and heart disease. Red meat, I'm not saying it's protective, but it's a very nutritious food. I tell my cardiac patients, these are cardiac patients of heart attacks. I tell them, listen, cut the ultra-processed foods,

Absolutely. There is no relationship with a consumption of red meat. The most extensive studies have been done, looked in their totality, red meat and heart disease. Red meat, I'm not saying it's protective, but it's a very nutritious food. I tell my cardiac patients, these are cardiac patients of heart attacks. I tell them, listen, cut the ultra-processed foods,

Absolutely. There is no relationship with a consumption of red meat. The most extensive studies have been done, looked in their totality, red meat and heart disease. Red meat, I'm not saying it's protective, but it's a very nutritious food. I tell my cardiac patients, these are cardiac patients of heart attacks. I tell them, listen, cut the ultra-processed foods,

Follow the best components of Mediterranean diet, extra virgin olive oil, oily fish, whole fruit and vegetables. But I'm not worried about how many steaks you eat a week. I'll tell you something interesting. Only yesterday, I had a consultation with a patient. This is a great story, Megan. I'm glad I'm going to share this with you for the first time. This is a guy that saw me almost 10 years ago.

Follow the best components of Mediterranean diet, extra virgin olive oil, oily fish, whole fruit and vegetables. But I'm not worried about how many steaks you eat a week. I'll tell you something interesting. Only yesterday, I had a consultation with a patient. This is a great story, Megan. I'm glad I'm going to share this with you for the first time. This is a guy that saw me almost 10 years ago.

Follow the best components of Mediterranean diet, extra virgin olive oil, oily fish, whole fruit and vegetables. But I'm not worried about how many steaks you eat a week. I'll tell you something interesting. Only yesterday, I had a consultation with a patient. This is a great story, Megan. I'm glad I'm going to share this with you for the first time. This is a guy that saw me almost 10 years ago.

He comes for a follow-up. At the age of 62, he was diagnosed with severe blockages in all of his heart arteries. He was recommended to have a coronary artery bypass surgery. And essentially told that unless he had it, he's probably going to die within a very short space of time, within a few years. Now he came to me and he said, listen, doctor, I don't want to go under the knife.

He comes for a follow-up. At the age of 62, he was diagnosed with severe blockages in all of his heart arteries. He was recommended to have a coronary artery bypass surgery. And essentially told that unless he had it, he's probably going to die within a very short space of time, within a few years. Now he came to me and he said, listen, doctor, I don't want to go under the knife.

He comes for a follow-up. At the age of 62, he was diagnosed with severe blockages in all of his heart arteries. He was recommended to have a coronary artery bypass surgery. And essentially told that unless he had it, he's probably going to die within a very short space of time, within a few years. Now he came to me and he said, listen, doctor, I don't want to go under the knife.

I want to try alternatives. This is my personal preference. I really don't want to have surgery. Luckily, at that point, his symptoms were quite mild, but he had those blockages diagnosed. And he said, is there anything else I can do? I've read your work. Can I go on a diet plan? Can I do a lifestyle change? And I gave him that plan. Exactly that.

I want to try alternatives. This is my personal preference. I really don't want to have surgery. Luckily, at that point, his symptoms were quite mild, but he had those blockages diagnosed. And he said, is there anything else I can do? I've read your work. Can I go on a diet plan? Can I do a lifestyle change? And I gave him that plan. Exactly that.

I want to try alternatives. This is my personal preference. I really don't want to have surgery. Luckily, at that point, his symptoms were quite mild, but he had those blockages diagnosed. And he said, is there anything else I can do? I've read your work. Can I go on a diet plan? Can I do a lifestyle change? And I gave him that plan. Exactly that.

I told him, you know, I went through his diet and he was, you know, he was a CEO of a company, if I remember correctly. He was spending eight hours of the day in a car. He was sedentary. He was eating snack foods and sweets all the time. You know, so there's lots of room for improvement. He completely changed his diet. I also found that he was very stressed.

I told him, you know, I went through his diet and he was, you know, he was a CEO of a company, if I remember correctly. He was spending eight hours of the day in a car. He was sedentary. He was eating snack foods and sweets all the time. You know, so there's lots of room for improvement. He completely changed his diet. I also found that he was very stressed.

I told him, you know, I went through his diet and he was, you know, he was a CEO of a company, if I remember correctly. He was spending eight hours of the day in a car. He was sedentary. He was eating snack foods and sweets all the time. You know, so there's lots of room for improvement. He completely changed his diet. I also found that he was very stressed.

So, you know, I advised him to do breath work meditation. He also was, you know, thinking about coming towards retirement early because of his, you know, his heart issue. And he was wealthy enough to be able to do that. So he contacts me only yesterday. I had a consultation with him and I presumed when he got back in touch with me that he'd done this for a while, but ultimately needed a bypass.