What's Pop and Family? Welcome to Episode 310 of the Genius Life.

What's going on everybody? Welcome back to another episode of the show.

I'm your host Max Lugov, your filmmaker, health and science journalist in New York Times best-selling

author. I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices,

including what we eat and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical performance,

how we feel, our health span, and our risk for disease. This podcast is all about how to live in

that optimal state, which I call living like a genius. On today's episode of the show,

I bring you Dr. Asim Melhotra. Dr. Melhotra is a cardiologist working in the NHS in England,

and he leads a campaign over there against excess sugar consumption in the UK. He speaks regularly

at international events on matters of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. He is a frequent

expert commentator in print and broadcast media in the UK, and internationally, and he's written

for a wide range of academic publications such as The British Journal of Sports Medicine,

The British Medical Journal, and European Scientist. He's also had feature articles written

about him in papers such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Daily Telegraph.

Finally, he is the author of numerous books, including the 21-day immunity plan, how to rapidly

improve your metabolic health and resilience to fight infection. And his most recent book is a

statin-free life, a revolutionary plan for tackling heart disease without the use of statins.

In recent years, Dr. Melhotra has become quite a controversial figure,

campaigning against pharmaceutical over prescription with a specific focus on statin drugs.

Please note that my conversation with him should not necessarily be construed as an endorsement

of each one of his ideas, though I respect them nonetheless, and when you actually unpack them,

he seems like a pretty reasonable guy. Among other topics, we're going to discuss Dr.

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