Time to reset: What causes coronary artery disease? Dr Aseem Malhotra. - a podcast by BMJ Group

Britain's leading anti-sugar campaigner and one of the most prolific doctors in the world influencing obesity thinking and highlighting the harms of too much medicine.

In addition to being a Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Malhotra is a member of the board of trustees of UK health think tank, The King’s Fund and a member of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Choosing Wisely Steering GroupHere’s the link to his website: http://doctoraseem.com/biography/

Topics covered include:No association of saturated fats and heart disease in primary or secondary prevention studies.

Focus on sugar -• CVD mortality has come via reduction in smoking&trans fats with better acute AMI management.

• Statins have a number needed to treat of 1 in 83 for mortality in secondary prevention in men• Stents save lives during heart attacks but not for 'stable' coronary disease

• PREDIMED and Lyon heart study• Cholesterol is not the mechanism of action of how diet studies work

• Practical explanation-of frying vegetable oils and dangerous omega 6 (high omega 6 to omega 3 is bad)• Butter and coconut oils have saturated fatty acids and are stable in cooking.

• Criticism from the Centre for evidence based medicine (Oxford).Here is the editorial (Free) in BJSM:

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/31/bjsports-2016-097285

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