Aseem Malhotra

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Aseem Malhotra is a British consultant cardiologist, cholesterol denialist and food woo promoter. He promotes a low-carb high-fat fad diet known as the Pioppi diet.[1][2][3]

Maholtra's views on diet and health have been criticised by the British Heart Foundation as "misleading and wrong" and his criticisms of statins have been described as dangerous to public health.[4] One critic noted that Malhotra's "interpretation of the Pioppi Diet does not reflect what the people of Pioppi eat. It is basically an ultra-low carb version of the Mediterranean diet with a few trendy ingredients, such as coconut oil, thrown in."[2]

In 2017, Malhotra and colleagues published an article which disputed the link between blood cholesterol levels and occurrence of heart disease. The authors also suggested that "stopping statins may paradoxically save more lives".[5] The article was criticized by the medical community. Cardiologist Tim Chico commented that "high cholesterol has been proven beyond all doubt to contribute to coronary artery disease and heart attack […] to say the cholesterol hypothesis is dead is simply incorrect."[6]

References

  1. Mellor, Duane. (2017). "Dietitians like me don't take the Pioppi Diet seriously". The Spectator. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Snowdon, Christopher. (2017). "The Pioppi Diet is a superficial lifestyle guide based on distorted evidence". The Spectator. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  3. O'Connor, Anahad. (2016). "An Unconventional Cardiologist Promotes a High-Fat Diet". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  4. Boseley, S. (2018). "Butter nonsense: the rise of the cholesterol deniers". The Guardian.
  5. Demasi, M; Lustig R. H; Malhotra A. (2017). "The cholesterol and calorie hypotheses are both dead — it is time to focus on the real culprit: insulin resistance". The Pharmaceutical Journal doi:10.1211/CP.2017.20203046.
  6. Expert reaction to new report on statins and the cholesterol hypothesis