Dr Aseem Malhotra
Cardiologist, author, researcher, campaigner and Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine. On a mission to save lives ; a million at a time.
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GP Conference
Arlington British Medical Academy 4d 1 tweets
Arlington British Medical AcademyPresents Northwest GP Conference Saturday, October 12 2019 – Sheridan Suite, Manchester Register Now Join the conference …
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Honoured to be delivering keynote lecture at first ABMA conference for 350 + GPs who will receive 6 CPD points at free event to learn about ‘THE GREAT CHOLESTEROL & STATIN CON’ Chaired by Vice Chair of Dr Jane Wilcock on October 12th #NHS 4d
Do statins really work? Who benefits? Who has the power to cover up the side effects?
European Scientist 18d 2 tweets
Earlier this week, the Chair of the British Parliament Science and Technology Committee, Sir Norman Lamb MP made calls for a full investigation into cholesterol lowering statin drugs
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Dr Aseem Malhotra ‘With plans to sell them on the high street without a prescription more and more doctors are asking STATINS: KILL OR CURE?’ Double page spread in today’s Sunday Express. Read this in and make your own mind up #BadPharna #obesity #NHS 13d
Aseem Malhotra
Facebook.com 14d 1 tweets
BOOM! My interview on Sky News this morning exposes the cholesterol con and the public health disaster in the mass prescription of statins. A drug that we still don’t know the full data on side...
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Dr Aseem Malhotra The mass prescription of #statins on the back of cholesterol misinformation has been a public health disaster. It’s time instead to focus on insulin resistance through lifestyle changes to truly beat heart disease My Sky News interview here #NHS 14d
India's popular former foreign minister dies
BBC News 45d 1 tweets
Sushma Swaraj became known for helping Indians stuck abroad by responding to them on Twitter.
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Sad to learn of the premature death of loved former Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj. A type 2 diabetic dying prematurely of a heart attack aged 67 is tragic but all too common in India where toxic veg oils, ref. carbs & sugar are eaten to excess 45d
WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated and trans fatty acids: time for a new approach?
The BMJ 79d 11 tweets
The 2018 WHO draft guidance on fatty acids fails to consider the importance of the food matrix, argue Arne Astrup and colleagues ### Key messages Non-communicable diseases are the world’s leading cause of death, responsible for 72% of the 54.7...
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Great paper in confirming what we already know. 1. Dietary saturated fat does NOT clog the arteries & from some foods may be protective 2. Lowering cholesterol from polyunsaturated fats may be harmful Eat REAL food to beat heart disease! 79d
Obesity has become 'the new smoking' and will fuel weight-related cancers, head of NHS warns
The Telegraph 112d 4 tweets
Obesity has become “the new smoking” and is set to fuel double the number of weight-related cancers within two decades, the head of the NHS today warns.
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Dr Aseem Malhotra One reason we’re not beating diet related disease is because we’ve got incompetence at the very highest levels of academia 1. there’s no such thing as a ‘healthy weight’ 2. Where is the evidence that cutting salt and meat will reduce cancer? #obesity 112d
Too Much Medicine and the Corporate Capture of Public Health
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A talk by Dr Aseem Malhotra The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is delighted to invite you to a talk with Dr Aseem Malhotra on  'Too Much Medicine and the Corporate Capture of …
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Honoured to be speaking next week at on : ‘Too Much Medicine and the Corporate Capture of Public Health’ We have the evidence & solutions to solve the healthcare crisis but opposition from vested interests needs to be overcome first! #NHS 130d
Aseem Malhotra
Facebook.com 140d 1 tweets
THE most important health conference of the year and I’m delighted to share there’s still 50 tickets left! Next weekend at the Royal College of GPs I’ll be opening on Saturday morning at the annual...
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Dr Aseem Malhotra THE most important health conference of the year takes place at next weekend featuring AND deputy leader of the Labour Party . A few tickets still left! #obesity #NHS 140d
Spice up your lifestyle – the 2019 Undergraduate Lifestyle Medicine Conference
Eventbrite 187d 2 tweets
If you only go to one event this April – make it be this: the UK's first ever National Undergraduate Lifestyle Medicine Conference is set for Saturday 27th April 2019 in London. KCL Lifemed and NULMS are bringing together the top influencers and...
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Is evidence based medicine being hijacked? Honoured to give keynote lecture along with some great docs including at UK’s first undergraduate conference on lifestyle medicine this Saturday. A few tickets including for public still available! 151d
Statins: the 3p pill that continues to cause uproar in the medical world
Paul Gallagher - inews.co.uk 154d 3 tweets
Despite their popularity, the pills are at the centre of a bitter war of words between doctors and academics over their effectiveness - or otherwise.
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Huge embarrassment for the and as it appears that there is NO mortality benefit for over 75s taking #statins. It appears the 8000 ‘lives saved’ figure that made headlines from Prof. Colin Baigent was made up. #statincon #NHS 154d
Aseem Malhotra
Facebook.com 162d 2 tweets
BREAKING FACEBOOK STATINS EXCLUSIVE STORY AND YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE. For the sake of our patients, for the sake of humanity we must fight back against mainstream media lies! Dear friends, I’ve...
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Call for retraction & apology from Mail On Sunday for inaccurate and defamatory #statin articles featuring by Supportive comments from respected docs including Prof Sherif Sultan, Dr Clare Gerada, & 162d
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Dr Aseem Malhotra ‘We demand full transparency and investigation of Oxford University data collection on #statins...what did was a serious crime of moral turpitude...’ Professor Sherif Sultan, President of the international vascular institute #NHS 162d
PRESS RELEASE: Growing epidemic of medication overload impacting millions of older Americans
Lown Institute - Lown Institute 173d 4 tweets
In 2018, 5 million older Americans—one in ten—sought medical attention as a result of a serious reaction to medication. Over the past decade, the rate of emergency room visits for adverse drug events (ADEs) among older Americans nearly doubled. In...
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Dr Aseem Malhotra “We all want our patients to have the right medications, at the right dose, at the right time, but our health care system isn’t structured properly to achieve that goal.” Professor James McCormack ( ) #SystemFailure #toomuchmedicine 173d
Statins war of words: Matt Hancock dragged into ongoing debate over cholesterol-lowering drug taken by millions of Britons
Paul Gallagher - inews.co.uk 183d 3 tweets
More than six million people in the UK take statins, but the arguments continue over whether everyone should be on them.
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Health editor of Guardian ’s disgraceful, distorted and defamatory journalism in ‘Butter nonsense...’ article exposed as I call for its retraction with supportive comments from editor in chief of Dr Fiona Godlee. #Cholesterol #NHS 183d
My mother’s vegetarian diet contributed to her early death. We should all learn from it
inews.co.uk 206d 6 tweets
NHS cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra: my mother's diet was full of ultra-processed foods and was ultimately to the detriment of her health
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Dr Aseem Malhotra This was a particularly difficult article for me to write. My mum’s story had to be told also to counter misinformation from a number of influential, unethical and immoral vegans spreading junk science to the detriment of public health. #obesity 206d
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Sorry suggesting on that population go vegan to have a big impact on climate change is false. 1. It’s a nutritionally deficient diet 2.Impact on climate is next to negligible. 3.Many vested interests involved 44d
Guardian article claiming blow to low carb diets criticised by healthcare professionals
Diabetes.co.uk 252d 1 tweets
An article in The Guardian claiming a "blow to low carb diets" has received criticism from healthcare professionals. The Guardian's write-up of a study comparing the quality of carbohydrates, and claiming we all need to eat more dietary fibre, said...
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Guardian article claiming ‘blow to low carb diets’ criticised by healthcare professionals via #obesity #NHS 252d
Tax unhealthy food, says top doctor
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The food industry is "failing the public" and must do more, England's chief medical officer says.
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Dr Aseem Malhotra BBC News ‘Tax junk food high in sugar and salt’ says chief medical officer. Well done in NOT mentioning taxing ‘fat’ - this is progress! It’s processed carbohydrates that are the major issue in driving #obesity & type 2 diabetes. #NHS 274d
The NHS bill will have catastrophic consequences. It must be opposed | Aseem Malhotra
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Aseem Malhotra: Andrew Lansley is leading us to an Americanised system of privatised care with no accountability. We will all be worse off
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Oh dear. The LIES continue. This time from a #plantbased Dietitian. I have always worked for the #NHS and am one of the it’s most vocal campaigners. If you want to know where I work it’s in this link 322d
What can the town that gave up sugar teach us about diabetes and obesity? | Aseem Malhotra
the Guardian 358d 4 tweets
To mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS, healthcare staff and residents in Tameside went sugar-free for 70 days
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Dr Aseem Malhotra How did we allow our hospitals to become a branding opportunity for the junk food industry ? It’s no surprise 60% of nurses are overweight or obese. It’s time to stop selling sickness in the hospital grounds! #obesity #NHS 357d
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Delighted #PioppiDiet remains no. 1 best seller in Holland for 5 weeks in a row. 2 KEY PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGES: 1. Low carb should be first line approach in managing type 2 diabetes 2. Don’t fear fat or cholesterol, instead make them your friends 317d
Tom Watson's weight loss proves official healthy diet advice is useless
The Grocer 365d 1 tweets
The deputy Labour leader’s success with the Pioppi diet shows the government’s Eatwell plate has come to the end of the road, says Joanna Blythman
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Dr Aseem Malhotra Want to lose weight? Start by ignoring Government healthy diet advice! Spot on piece by in #obesity #PioppiDiet #NHS 365d
Association between maternal gluten intake and type 1 diabetes in offspring: national prospective cohort study in Denmark
The BMJ 366d 1 tweets
Objective To examine the association between prenatal gluten exposure and offspring risk of type 1 diabetes in humans. Design National prospective cohort study. Setting National health information registries in Denmark. Participants Pregnant...