PERSON: Aseem Malhotra

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Aseem Malhotra is a British cardiologist, public health campaigner, author of several books, and writer of articles in newspapers. He campaigns for people to reduce sugar in their diet, to promote a low carb, high fat diet and to reduce the overprescribing of medicines. He was the first science director of Action on Sugar in 2014. He has been listed as one of The Sunday Times 500 most influential people and was twice recognized as one of the top 50 black and minority ethnic (BME) community member pioneers in the U.K. National Health Service by the Health Service Journal.

He is co-author of a book called The Pioppi Diet. Maholtra’s views on diet and health have been criticized by the British Heart Foundation as “misleading and wrong,” and his public questioning of the need ever to use statins has been condemned as a danger to public health. His “Pioppi diet” was named by the British Dietetic Association as one of the “top 5 worst celeb diets to avoid in 2018”. During the Covid-19 pandemic Malhotra published a book called The 21-Day Immunity Plan making claims that following the diet could quickly help people reduce their risk from the virus; critics point out that such claims are not backed by medical research evidence.

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