288. Dr. Aseem Malhotra: Bad Food and Big Pharma
The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast
Sharyl Attkisson
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Aseem Malhotra is a renowned British cardiologist on the front lines of challenging bad food and Big Pharma (before it was cool) while pushing for a radical rethinking of health care. He’s also behind the documentary: “First Do No Pharm.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody. Cheryl Akison here. Welcome to another edition of the Cheryl |
| 0:07.3 | Ackison podcast. Today, Dr. Asim Malhotra on bad food and big pharma. |
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| 0:56.8 | Today a really interesting and informative conversation with Dr. Asim Alhatra, a renowned British cardiologist on the front lines of challenging bad food and big pharma while pushing for a radical rethinking of health care. |
| 1:02.8 | He's also behind the documentary First Do No Farm. |
| 1:06.6 | He was talking about the dangers of sugar and ultra-processed food 15 years ago, long before a lot of others started getting on board. |
| 1:16.8 | Of course, at the time, he was criticized, controversialized, and lampooned. |
| 1:22.2 | Let's get right to it. Here's Dr. Mahatra. |
| 1:27.1 | For people who may not be familiar with you, let's be sure we give them a little bit of background |
| 1:32.5 | about you. |
| 1:34.0 | And since this is a podcast, you can talk a little more than, you know, 30 seconds about it. |
| 1:38.9 | Tell us what you did and what you were kind of known for pre-COVID and since then and then we'll dig |
| 1:45.0 | into some more questions. |
| 1:46.8 | Thanks, Cheryl. |
| 1:47.6 | So I qualified as a medical doctor in 2001, so almost 24 years ago. |
| 1:55.3 | And I had already decided at an early age, partly because I had a family of doctors, but I lost my |
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