Dr. Aseem Malhotra

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.

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.

And ultimately, two of my parents basically died because of failures in the system because the system's under so much stress, right? Never predicted that would happen. But that's where I started from.

And ultimately, two of my parents basically died because of failures in the system because the system's under so much stress, right? Never predicted that would happen. But that's where I started from.

And ultimately, two of my parents basically died because of failures in the system because the system's under so much stress, right? Never predicted that would happen. But that's where I started from.

And when I looked into the issue of obesity, you know, I concluded that one of the root causes, Mark, if not the main root cause, was this flawed hypothesis that we should have low-fat diets to prevent heart disease. Food industry exploited that, increasing sugar intake, increasing refined carbohydrate intake.

And when I looked into the issue of obesity, you know, I concluded that one of the root causes, Mark, if not the main root cause, was this flawed hypothesis that we should have low-fat diets to prevent heart disease. Food industry exploited that, increasing sugar intake, increasing refined carbohydrate intake.

And when I looked into the issue of obesity, you know, I concluded that one of the root causes, Mark, if not the main root cause, was this flawed hypothesis that we should have low-fat diets to prevent heart disease. Food industry exploited that, increasing sugar intake, increasing refined carbohydrate intake.

It became quite clear, there was a clear correlation between that change in guidance in the late 70s in the U.S. and early 80s in the U.K., when the obesity epidemic started to then take its trajectory down the wrong way.

It became quite clear, there was a clear correlation between that change in guidance in the late 70s in the U.S. and early 80s in the U.K., when the obesity epidemic started to then take its trajectory down the wrong way.

It became quite clear, there was a clear correlation between that change in guidance in the late 70s in the U.S. and early 80s in the U.K., when the obesity epidemic started to then take its trajectory down the wrong way.

the glp-1 agonist and you know just appetite and semi-glutide or zempic and majora it's kind of crazy right yeah just kind of flipped it upside down oh absolutely so so when i looked at that and started looking at the data and spending years and and months and years looking at it and looking at different bits of data i was able to put it all together and i wrote a piece in the bmj in 2013 called saturated fat is not the major issue right i read it that's how i first came across yeah and that got a lot of attention right it was international news and british news and cnn international and whatever

the glp-1 agonist and you know just appetite and semi-glutide or zempic and majora it's kind of crazy right yeah just kind of flipped it upside down oh absolutely so so when i looked at that and started looking at the data and spending years and and months and years looking at it and looking at different bits of data i was able to put it all together and i wrote a piece in the bmj in 2013 called saturated fat is not the major issue right i read it that's how i first came across yeah and that got a lot of attention right it was international news and british news and cnn international and whatever

the glp-1 agonist and you know just appetite and semi-glutide or zempic and majora it's kind of crazy right yeah just kind of flipped it upside down oh absolutely so so when i looked at that and started looking at the data and spending years and and months and years looking at it and looking at different bits of data i was able to put it all together and i wrote a piece in the bmj in 2013 called saturated fat is not the major issue right i read it that's how i first came across yeah and that got a lot of attention right it was international news and british news and cnn international and whatever

You know, because obviously suddenly you've got a cardiologist busting this myth that we think butter has been bad for our cholesterol. But when I did that, okay, so I looked at the data and it was very clear there was no clear association with saturated fat consumption and heart disease. So if that's true... then, and we know saturated fat raises LDL cholesterol.

You know, because obviously suddenly you've got a cardiologist busting this myth that we think butter has been bad for our cholesterol. But when I did that, okay, so I looked at the data and it was very clear there was no clear association with saturated fat consumption and heart disease. So if that's true... then, and we know saturated fat raises LDL cholesterol.

You know, because obviously suddenly you've got a cardiologist busting this myth that we think butter has been bad for our cholesterol. But when I did that, okay, so I looked at the data and it was very clear there was no clear association with saturated fat consumption and heart disease. So if that's true... then, and we know saturated fat raises LDL cholesterol.

That means LDL cholesterol can't be that important. So, and if LDL cholesterol or total cholesterol isn't that important as a risk factor, how does statins work? But I knew statins had a separate effect to low in cholesterol, which is their anti-inflammatory and their anti-clotting. And I knew this even, it's well-known within cardiology circles.

That means LDL cholesterol can't be that important. So, and if LDL cholesterol or total cholesterol isn't that important as a risk factor, how does statins work? But I knew statins had a separate effect to low in cholesterol, which is their anti-inflammatory and their anti-clotting. And I knew this even, it's well-known within cardiology circles.

That means LDL cholesterol can't be that important. So, and if LDL cholesterol or total cholesterol isn't that important as a risk factor, how does statins work? But I knew statins had a separate effect to low in cholesterol, which is their anti-inflammatory and their anti-clotting. And I knew this even, it's well-known within cardiology circles.