Dr. Aseem Malhotra
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He's exploiting people for his own agenda. He's trying to make money off all nonsense. And that was so relentless. that they then, in 2018, I got an email from the new chair of the Royal Colleges saying that the campaign that I had started or was, that they had took on and instigated, that I was no longer part of that because of stuff that I apparently said publicly on statins.
Even though everything in the newspapers that was written about statins for me was coming from medical journals and I was a very strong advocate for informed consent.
Even though everything in the newspapers that was written about statins for me was coming from medical journals and I was a very strong advocate for informed consent.
Even though everything in the newspapers that was written about statins for me was coming from medical journals and I was a very strong advocate for informed consent.
Well, exactly. Exactly.
Well, exactly. Exactly.
Well, exactly. Exactly.
So this is what they do. And of course, it does have its personal toll. And then it culminated, coming back to where we started, is that because we were having an effect, Mark, and of course, you're absolutely doing the same thing. One of my inspirations, right? Revolutionaries, Mahatma Gandhi. And one of his quotes, which I love, is, you know, and he took on the system.
So this is what they do. And of course, it does have its personal toll. And then it culminated, coming back to where we started, is that because we were having an effect, Mark, and of course, you're absolutely doing the same thing. One of my inspirations, right? Revolutionaries, Mahatma Gandhi. And one of his quotes, which I love, is, you know, and he took on the system.
So this is what they do. And of course, it does have its personal toll. And then it culminated, coming back to where we started, is that because we were having an effect, Mark, and of course, you're absolutely doing the same thing. One of my inspirations, right? Revolutionaries, Mahatma Gandhi. And one of his quotes, which I love, is, you know, and he took on the system.
I mean, he got British colonialists out of India. I mean, almost single-handedly. And he says, first, they ignore you. I think Britain was bigger than the pharma companies, you know? Oh, it was. Absolutely. I mean, America was founded on anti-corporate sentiment, taking on the British East India Company, right? It was a big corporate tyrannical system.
I mean, he got British colonialists out of India. I mean, almost single-handedly. And he says, first, they ignore you. I think Britain was bigger than the pharma companies, you know? Oh, it was. Absolutely. I mean, America was founded on anti-corporate sentiment, taking on the British East India Company, right? It was a big corporate tyrannical system.
I mean, he got British colonialists out of India. I mean, almost single-handedly. And he says, first, they ignore you. I think Britain was bigger than the pharma companies, you know? Oh, it was. Absolutely. I mean, America was founded on anti-corporate sentiment, taking on the British East India Company, right? It was a big corporate tyrannical system.
And now we've come back to the same problem right now. But what he said was, first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. So when you're getting attacked, you're over the target and you're getting closer to winning. But you have to, it's tough.
And now we've come back to the same problem right now. But what he said was, first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. So when you're getting attacked, you're over the target and you're getting closer to winning. But you have to, it's tough.
And now we've come back to the same problem right now. But what he said was, first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. So when you're getting attacked, you're over the target and you're getting closer to winning. But you have to, it's tough.
Yeah, absolutely. So my interest in this came from really looking at initially the obesity epidemic. So 2004, WHO announced it as an epidemic. By 2010, I was then nine years qualified as a doctor. I was specialist registrar in my cardiology training. I was seeing more people viscerally. I'm very sensitive to
Yeah, absolutely. So my interest in this came from really looking at initially the obesity epidemic. So 2004, WHO announced it as an epidemic. By 2010, I was then nine years qualified as a doctor. I was specialist registrar in my cardiology training. I was seeing more people viscerally. I'm very sensitive to
Yeah, absolutely. So my interest in this came from really looking at initially the obesity epidemic. So 2004, WHO announced it as an epidemic. By 2010, I was then nine years qualified as a doctor. I was specialist registrar in my cardiology training. I was seeing more people viscerally. I'm very sensitive to
how to put it, suffering around me, if you like, but also seeing my colleagues under more stress in the system. And I was like, hold on a minute. If we carry on down this trajectory, the whole healthcare system is going to collapse. We want to even manage people acutely if they are ill, right? I never thought that would happen.