Dr John Campbell: Dr Aseem Malhotra and Metabolic reset - January 28, 2025

Episode sources:

https://www.metabolicreset.co

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14255509/trump-doctor-five-ingredient-diet-reverse-diabetes-lower-blood-pressure.html

https://wellbeingmagazine.com/ground-breaking-metabolic-reset-programme-by-dr-aseem-malhotra-and-kim-pearson-attracts-over-2500-to-waiting-list/

Dr Malhotra -? key role in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

'If an item comes out of a packet and it contains five or more ingredients then it is not allowed,'

There is nothing natural or healthy about items like that.'

Look for

A short ingredient list indicates food has been through very little processing

Studies suggest

The more processed your diet is, the higher the risk of conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure.

(which affect a combined nearly 140 million Americans and Britons)

His patients have reversed their prediabetes and lowered their blood pressure within 28 days on the diet

No calorie counting, 'we don't want people to feel hungry'

All sugary / carby foods that lack fibre are banned

(Sugar, white bread, pasta and rice).

'It's for sugar addicts, like I used to be, who need to snap out of their addiction to junk food and reset their metabolic health.'

(used to consume around 40 teaspoons a day).

He only recommends following it for a month or so.

After that, people can slowly reintroduce carbs on the weekends.

'I know this stuff works, I've been doing it for years and recommending it to my own patients too.'

One man, after 4 weeks

Lost 11 lbs (5 Kgs) and put his type 2 diabetes into remission

Person, aged 51

All of their joint pain disappeared when they cut out bread, carbs and cheese

Dr Malhotra with Kim Pearson

Largely based on the Mediterranean Diet

(plant-based foods and healthy fats, such as olive oil and raw nuts)

Breakfast

Berry smoothie or vegetable omelet

Berries, nutrients, vitamin C, K, Bs, K, Mg, antioxidants, fibre

Lunch

A protein salad, + limitless veg

Evening

Stir fry with Japanese noodles or meatballs with vegetable spaghetti.

Eat three meals a day and leave four to five hours between each sitting.

'allow for a fasting window overnight of between 14 to 16 hours to reset the digestive system'.

Learning some skills in the kitchen.

May cost more in short term

At least five vegetables or pieces of fruit per day

Drinks
Coffee, water and tea.
Diet sodas are banned

'would be considered ultra processed with additives that have the potential to compromise health'.

'fake sugars' perpetuate a ‘sweet tooth’ cravings

'we want to work with people to unsweetened their sweet tooth and attune their palate to whole foods.'

Alcohol

Suggested consumption, three small (175ml) glasses of dry wine or seven single (25ml) measures of white spirit.

Ms Pearson

'We want to ensure that the plan is sustainable for people long term and for many, the ability to have a couple of glasses of wine a week is something they enjoy.'

Dr Malhotra

Doesn't suggest a junk food ban for America

Rather to kickstart new habits

'simple switches'

Eating burgers without the buns.

In one of his investigations, found the bread contains 50 additives.

'80/20 rule'

Fits with RFK Jr

Mr Kennedy

Ban some pesticides

Food additives, seed oils and some ultra-processed foods.

'Make America Healthy Again' plan,

provide families 'with safe food and end the chronic disease epidemic plaguing our children'.

Ingredients, which are either banned or heavily regulated in Europe

American diet is made up of 70% percent ultra-processed foods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEgImavk_rs