Dr. Malhotra's book 'A Statin-Free Life' was discussed in the context of his belief that statins are often overprescribed and that lifestyle changes are a more effective and safer way to address heart disease.
How about some statins?
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Dr. Malhotra's book 'A Statin-Free Life' was discussed in the context of his belief that statins are often overprescribed and that lifestyle changes are a more effective and safer way to address heart disease.
How about some statins?
So on the statins issue and the cholesterol issue, traditionally, Steve, for decades, and even now, the one of the primary focus within medicine, within cardiology to combat heart disease was to get your so-called bad cholesterol LDL as low as possible.
And there's a line in that, which I mentioned in my book, where he said, you can be an obese, diabetic, sedentary smoker, but as long as your cholesterol is low enough, in other words to LDL cholesterol, you will not develop heart disease.
One study found that marathon runners experience a frequency of heart attacks and strokes similar to people who already have heart disease, suggesting too much exercise is harmful, which is in your book, Statin Free.
I will link your books below in the description for anybody that wants to read them. These two books in particular, the one that I can't pronounce, the P.O.P. P.O.P. Diet, a 21 day lifestyle plan, lose weight, feel great and drastically reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease and a statin free life, a revolutionary life plan for tackling heart disease without the use of statins.