Welcome to the Fat Emperor podcast.

I'm your host, Ivor Cummins.

Hey all, this was shot on location in lovely London in July.

So watch out at the end for a link to Dr. Mulhatra's excellent new book.

And also I have a few minutes going through the GG compound, Geranol Geranol, that I mentioned during the interview.

I'm here in Kensington, London, and I've met up again with Dr. Asim Ulhatra. Great to see again, Assam.

Always good to see you, mate. Absolutely. And we're going to talk about Asim's new book, A Statin Free Life, which sounds quite attractive

to me actually, but I am biased.

But I think the key things, I've flicked through the book really fast.

You just got me a review copy and it's fantastic because it particularly explains everything

so clearly for the layperson.

You know, it's not just for doctors, et cetera.

But the two big things are explaining all the cholesterol, the fat, the cholesterol lowering and what the actual science is. And then it covers the statins, the side effects, the cost benefit and, you know, gives people a guidance as to what they might do based on the science.

Absolutely.

I think the heart of all of this is really cutting through the whole cholesterol hypothesis,

helping people understand cholesterol better, why it may be a bad idea.

In fact, I generally tell my patients that focusing on lowering cholesterol itself is essentially

a waste of time and in terms of their health and obviously can come with potential harms depending

how they do it, but also helping them understand whether or not a statin is right for them

and helping them make an informed choice.

So it's not really about don't take statins, although it's called statin-free for them and helping them make an informed choice. So it's not really about

don't take statins, although it's called statin-free life. But the reality is this. Most people,

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