Killing for profit
A piece mainly focusing on the words of Aseem Malhotra,
and interventional cardiology specialist of many years standing, who is
spreading the word of how
14th minute breast
screening
16th minute
statins/stroke reduction
19th minute statins
case history
32nd minute criminal
activity
34 beta-blocker drugs.
Responsible for 800,000 excess deaths
Drug companies spend
twice as much on marketing as they do on drug development.
"Most doctors
want to do the right thing,
but they are
misinformed".
37th minute ...
Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical
Journal
Spoke to an event with lots of academics,
where he asked the audience,
"How many of you are aware
of research misconduct in your institution?',
he said a about a third to a half put their hand
up."
He said, "How many of you reported it?"
They all put their hand down.
The UK is the Fat Man of Europe.
More than 60% are overweight or obese.
44th minute
Sugar. References to Lustig.
60th minute
he goes onto ultra-processed food.
1:01:00
Overtreatment by medication.
Reckoned to be the third most common
cause of death after heart disease and cancer.
(IMO, if we take death by chemo into account,
prescription medicine is the
most common cause of death.)
He wrote a book called the Pioppi Diet,
named after a village he studied in Italy.
There is a section 'Myth Busting':
"Eating fat does not make you fat,
Saturated fat does not clog arteries.
Cholesterol can be good for you
(and if you're over 50 "bad cholesterol
Protects you from an early death).
Physical activity is a myth (you
can't outrun a bad diet)
Dietary change is more powerful than any
drug for preventing and treating heart
disease and type 2 diabetes (which is
reversible) and effects/benefits are
immediate."
1:09:00
A heart disease quiz,
covering stents, aspirin and statins.
"Lifestyle changes are more powerful
than any drug, with no side-effects."
His final statement is an
acknowledgement of
Hans Christiaan Barnard
the heart transplant pioneer:
"I have saved the lives of 150 people
with heart transplants. If I had focused
on preventive medicine earlier,
I would have saved 150 million."
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