Lifestyle medicine to save the NHS billions and halt healthcare crisis

October 20, 2016News, Newspaper ArticlesAseem Malhotra, NHS, The Big Fat Fix, type 2 diabetesdam_admin

Yesterday myself and a number of prominent doctors, nutritionists, sports scientists and health campaigners wrote a letter to the medical schools council, the general medical council and the secretary of state for health calling for mandatory training for medical students and practicing doctors in evidence based lifestyle interventions to prevent and treat chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

A must watch film to ‘save lives’ say medicine gurus

October 17, 2016Dr Aseem Events, Movies, Newspaper ArticlesAseem Malhotra, Better Value Healthcare, BMJ, Choosing Wisely in the UK, Donal O'Neill, Edinburgh premiere, Professor Kumar, Professor Sir Muir Gray, The Big Fat Fix, University of Oxforddam_admin

Good Health Doesn’t Come Out of a Medicine Bottle

August 15, 2016Movies, NewsAseem Malhotra, Big Fat Fix, cholestrol, Christiaan Barnard, Doctor Aseem, Donal O'Neill, Movie, Too much medicine is killing us, type 2 diabetesdam_admin

I recently saw a lady in her early 60’s who was terrified because her GP had told her that her cholesterol was high. “congratulations” I said, “that will probably help you live longer.” By the end of the consultation she left the room smiling.

A few weeks ago with a number of international researchers I co-authored a paper published in BMJ Open that concluded that not only was there no association with so called bad cholesterol and cardiovascular disease in the over 60’s but a trend to reduced reduction in deaths from all causes the higher the cholesterol. One explanation of our findings is that LDL cholesterol is involved in immune system protection against potentially fatal gastrointestinal and respiratory infections and possibly even cancer.

Read more… Good Health Doesn’t Come Out of a Medicine Bottle

The Big Fat Fix ; A Global Health Revolution

August 1, 2016Movies, Radio InterviewsBBC Radio, British Medical Association, Donal O'Neill, European Parliament, global health revolution, The Big Fat Fix, United States premieredam_admin

Here’s a must listen BBC Radio interview with my co-producer and former international athlete Donal O’Neill explaining why The Big Fat Fix is the beginning of a global health revolution.

Nuts, olive oil and vegetables are the best heart medicine

July 23, 2016Movies, News, Newspaper ArticlesEngland, Katie Gibbons, Nuts, olive oil, parliament premiere, poor diet, The Big Fat Fix, The Times, vegetablesdam_admin

Nuts, olive oil and vegetables are the best heart medicine ( too many prescriptions cause massive waste and harm the public).

It may be hard to believe, but poor diet now contributes to more disease and death than physical inactivity, smoking and alcohol combined (according to The Lancet). We have been guzzling sugar, refined carbohydrates and industrial vegetable oils as never before, with devastating consequences for public health. The combined costs of type 2 diabetes and obesity to the NHS and UK economy exceed £20 billion.

The Big Fat Fix

July 19, 2016Dr Aseem Events, Features on Dr Aseem, Movies, VideosAseem Malhotra, Cereal Killers, Donal O'Neill, Movie, Parliament, Premieres, Run on Fat, The Big Fat Fix, Westminsterdam_admin

My new movie – “The Big Fat Fix” – Premieres at Westminster to British Members of Parliament on July 21.

Is it time to bring back the fat?

April 1, 2016Dr Aseem Events, Uncategorizeddam_admin

I’m delighted to share that for the next couple of weeks I’ll be touring three major Australian cities, speaking on some of the major health topics of the modern era.

Sugar is NOT a “nutrient” so let’s not pretend it is

March 21, 2016News, Newspaper Articlesdam_admin

The announcement last week by the British chancellor George Osborne for the introduction of a sugary drinks tax was very welcome news. I have been campaigning for years with others that a tax on sugary drinks would be a major step forward to help combat obesity and many associated chronic diseases. In February 2013, after a year reviewing the evidence the Academy of Medical Royal colleges ( I sat on the steering committee) produced a ten point obesity action plan which included a tax on sugary drinks.

Stop counting calories and count number of sugar teaspoons instead

March 16, 2016News, Newspaper Articlescalorie counting, cardiovascular, sugardam_admin

Cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer and respiratory disease kill 35 million per year globally. In 2012, the UN advocated a new health goal of reducing avoidable deaths from non-communicable diseases by 25 per cent by 2025. It identified tobacco, alcohol and poor diet as central risk factors.

The truth about type 2 diabetes

February 21, 2016Features on Dr Aseem, NewsAcademy of Medical Royal Colleges, Action on Sugar, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, The King's Fund, The truth about type 2 diabetesdam_admin

I was honoured to be invited to take part in a debate on diabetes, recently broadcasted on BBC World, service to an estimated 40 million listeners globally.