Dr Aseem Malhotra on Statin Effectiveness

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In this episode of the CNM Podcast, we sit down with Dr Aseem Malhotra.
Dr Malhotra is an award winning, consultant cardiologist and world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease. He is a public health campaigner, best selling author and an international guest editor for the Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare. He has won a number of awards for his work to raise awareness about the role of diet in chronic illness, both in the UK and Internationally and has been listed as one of the 'Sunday Times 500 Most Influential People'.
In this podcast we will be delving into various topics such as the prevention of heart disease and the importance of being an informed patient. We will be answering questions such as, is cholesterol really the biggest factor in heart disease risk? Are statins as beneficial as they are portrayed to be? What role does sugar play in heart disease? And just how big of a problem is misinformation in the field of medicine?
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Disclaimer:
This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between The College of Naturopathic Medicine and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a qualified physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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@amapola53 Жыл бұрын

I respect Dr. Malhotra for being candid about statins and their "benefits."

@gracewomack4228 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr. Malhotra...I am at an impasse with my hart doctor about statins...You have just helped me decided once and for all, the direction I will take....and seek another heart doctor.

@foreverinmyheart6308 Жыл бұрын

I admire your wisdom and courage and desire to improve people's access to safe and reliable medical treatments.

@wardaldo69 Жыл бұрын

It's completely true - I'm my paranoid schizophrenic brother's unpaid life carer ... Yesterday he got a rare " how are you doing" phonecall from head doctor at his local doctors.. ... My brother mentioned some things & he replied " ok I'll get the girls to make an appt to see me & I'll have you some bloods done " .... His appointment came through But not with himself or Any doctor Only the nurse... .... He left his comfort zone & safe place & turned up to the doctor's & the nurse didn't have a single clue about doing Any blood tests 🤔🤔🤔 .... But what she did do is to take his blood pressure (like normal) & then said how it was high ( like it's been for years when tested ) ..... Then she left & came back with a take home blood pressure machine and said test yourself for a week & don't worry if it is high we have a medication you can take for that 👍 ...... Don't tell me that his visit was NOTHING more than to get someone pop statins because of the COVID jab , Regardless of whether they need them or not 🤔 In ALL the years of having high blood pressure they've NEVER offered my brother a machine to suddenly take home... That call to my brother was NOT A " HI HOW ARE YOU, BECAUSE I CARE " telephone call .

@sandracubillos5155 4 ай бұрын

You are speaking truth...thank you and you are not alone.❤

@kris2435 Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing

@mystatinfreelife Жыл бұрын

40-75% of patients stop their statins within one year of starting. The mainstream medical community digs in its heels and thinks the solution is to browbeat patients more strongly to get them to conform, rather than taking a step back and asking themselves why statins are being rejected by the patient community and finding more effective, less harmful therapies.

@collegenatmed Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree!

@lenguyenngoc479 Жыл бұрын

then u also have to ask why 70-80% of u are being overweight why 99% of u are eating more sodium recommended why 90% of u don't eat enough potassium to relax the heart and expel the exess sodium why 93% of u don't eat enough fiber to tank the glucose spike why 2/3 of u don't exercise enough why dont 22-30% men stop smoking why 60% of the calories is from processed foods oh... turns out doing the right things and stick with it for life is extremely difficult

@thetraveller869 Жыл бұрын

@@lenguyenngoc479 which drug company do you represent?

@lenguyenngoc479 Жыл бұрын

@@thetraveller869 was I being incorrect on all these statistics? never heard of them before? what? u never done search and only know of "research" from KZfaqrs' mouth? what? have never used Google scholar? sorry u smell of illiteracy in statistics and doing research♿

@JMK-vo8pv 2 ай бұрын

NONE of my doctors, INCLUDING multiple cardiologists, ever discussed absolute risk or NNT with me!

@finnualaanderson9864 9 ай бұрын

It's all about the Number needed to treat NNT and the Number needed to harm.

@Definitely_Someone Жыл бұрын

What if you have FH?

@clubmogambo3214 Жыл бұрын

Altho I'm currently in the best shape I've been for some time, about three years ago I had a stent placed in my heart and immediately thereafter my doctor put me on a statin. Granted it's a low dose statin, but I nonetheless wonder that with the great improvement in my overall health, including A1c, weight, blood pressure, and virtually all my blood panels, do I still need to take it.

@livingitup9647 Жыл бұрын

I think you already answered your own question about the need to take a statin drug -- regardless of dosage. I have concluded, over the years, that statins are more harmful than helpful, i.e. they cause too many significant side effects that far outweigh any miniscule benefit they propose to offer. And, there are many other things you can do to get the same 'benefits' that statins propose -- that is if you are still wedded to the idea that you must lower your cholesterol. What is even more important is getting better informed about all the misinformation still being touted around cholesterol as a bad thing and a precursor to heart disease. It is deeply misunderstood in the allopathic medicine profession [by design] and the general public have been misinformed for years. Find the experts who explain about the real causes of heart disease / heart dysfunction. They -- doctors who've eschewed the dogma, and backed by scientific studies -- have been proving for a long time, that heart dysfunction is not caused by high cholesterol levels.

@rhoja1 Жыл бұрын

No, only if you had a stroke or heart attack, according to my cardiologist, but I'm not taking mine because of reports I've read.

@lenguyenngoc479 Жыл бұрын

Yeah duh unless u want your stents to be full of buildup cholesterol and have to replace your stents later 🙄

@thetraveller869 Жыл бұрын

@@lenguyenngoc479 careful your ignorance is showing…

@lenguyenngoc479 Жыл бұрын

@@thetraveller869 Careful your statistical and basic research illiteracy is showing know how read a forest plot yet? when was the last time u used Google scholar to filter studies? what? never done it before? go back home and cry to your moma maybe she will teach u how to use Google scholar ♿

@tatianamyazina Жыл бұрын

Можете перевести на русский язык?

@BradySkeim Жыл бұрын

The studies your speaking of largely measure the ability of a statin to lower LDL cholesterol which they do a good job of. I would ask that you post the studies you are speaking to so people can read the data themselves. The studies your speaking of do not look at extending life because they are limited time studies mainly looking at the medication's ability to lower cholesterol. Healthy people with elevated cholesterol are at a high risk of developing atherosclerosis which leads to increased odds of stroke and heart attack as well as other vascular complications which I hope is not being contested here. To say that there is a one percent improvement in healthy individuals taking a statin is inaccurate and misleading. Statins are not presctibed to improve one's 5 year stroke or heart attack history. They are taken to prevent complications on a much longer time frame. I however do agree with you that lifestyle and diet are also essential so thank you very much for addressing this issue as well. For people with familial hypercholesterolemia however (which is not affected so much by what we eat) we have the statins to help improve long-term outcomes for these patients.

@palimpsestransparent Жыл бұрын

He never said a one percent improvement. He said a one percent chance. You are the one misleading with your comment.

@Costa_Conn Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Malhotra has gone even further down the quack pathway during CV. He cites spurious studies, including a paper that is total crap published in an obscure journal on which he is an editor. No conflict on interest there. I hadn't heard of him before CV, but I see he has a record of populist 'contrarian' doctor rhetoric. I find him deluded and untrustworthy.

@thetraveller869 Жыл бұрын

I heard him say there was a reduction in Absolute risk over 5 years of around 1%. Doctors habitually tell us the Relative risk. To explain the difference is simple. Imagine your baseline risk of whatever the event might be is 2%. The doctor tells you by taking drug A you will reduce that risk by 50% but he doesn’t say anything about the baseline risk. The patient thinks - wow that’s a big difference. So is compliant and does as they are told. Happy Doctor, very happy drug manufacturer! What would the patient say if they understood that the risk to them had decreased by 1%? Would they be so keen - especially if the doctor also pointed out the potential side effects?

@gerardine9675 Жыл бұрын

To satisfy my GPs and stop them nagging, I take one 20mg tablet 3x week and it's enough and no side effects.

@MrSidReal 11 ай бұрын

you're been peer pressured to take drugs, that's a shame

@readmydescription5533 9 ай бұрын

Putting poison in your body under pressure? Shame. They not gonna bite you if you don't

@isobellickes8543 Ай бұрын

Think for yourself rather than please pharmaceutical representatives.

@fatimariaz6324 Жыл бұрын

Good interview but dont agree that brown and white rice are almost equal...there may not be much difference in amount of fibre but brown rice is more nutrient dense and wholesome while white rice is energy dense and refined.

@WILLIAMNEOFLAMEARTIST Жыл бұрын

Brown rice contains inorganic arsenic, a potentially toxic metal that can cause health problems with chronic exposure

@donkeybus Жыл бұрын

But brown rice is much harder to digest, and the amount of nutrition is pretty slow on both.... The husk is a gut irritatant to many so not worth the minuscule addition of nutrients

@fatimariaz6324 Жыл бұрын

Brown rice keeps you full for longer, and you avoid the insulin spike that accompanies white rice.

@newutopians 8 ай бұрын

Based on my experience, with both types of rice and a continuous glucose monitor, they have almost the same effect. And the glycemic index of both races are the same. @@fatimariaz6324

@optimistas7 Жыл бұрын

I wonder why he uses 5 year numbers for a phenomenon that starts right after you a born and plaque bild up lasts for decades.

@sarahmiller544 8 ай бұрын

Because it’s based on real clinical trials that are 5 years long

@optimistas7 8 ай бұрын

@@sarahmiller544 no, because he is selling his point and purposely does not take into consideration the balance of evidence or is incompetent.

@mintamaharaj9552 Ай бұрын

Statins. Is the big killer. I know so.

@mustafasaed7766 3 ай бұрын

Why won't the other doctors believe Aseem? It beggers belief that they can all be so wrong. All of them

@willbrink 11 ай бұрын

There's not good clinical reason to push absolute risk vs relative risk reduction, and that's bio stat 101. From an intervention POV, relative risk makes more sense to apply, hence why it's used in such a setting. I suspect Dr Malhotra is well aware of that, which has me question his motives for the claim made in this vid. Highly recommended is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLiCd5ufvavdd4E.html

@rogercarelse1899 Жыл бұрын

Statins not good

@RingJando 10 ай бұрын

MMM Kemosabe make fire

@user-gm7xi8gs6j 26 күн бұрын

Caveman agree

@Tigonx7 3 күн бұрын

It is a good medication. Bot not for 90% of people who are prescribed to take them

@user-gm7xi8gs6j 3 күн бұрын

@@Tigonx7 It's a good medication if you're good with the more than 100 side effects, including serious ones like type 2 diabetes, memory loss, muscle atrophy and liver damage!