President Donald Trump may launch the biggest crackdown on unhealthy eating in U.S. history.
Despite being the biggest fast-food fan ever elected president, a doctor has hinted he will play a key advisory role in the incoming administration’s case for changing America’s diet for the better. Nothing will stop him from trying to do so.
Dr Aseem Malhotra is a British cardiologist.Oddcast with Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson, Closely related to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
He has been a lifelong supporter of vaccines, but during the coronavirus outbreak he has criticized British healthcare for promoting controversial claims that mRNA injections are killing large numbers of young people. Expelled from the institution.
Like RFK Jr., who has been promised a “big role” in government by President Trump, Dr. Malhotra believes that the spiraling epidemic of chronic disease in the United States is partly due to overconsumption of ultra-processed foods. I think there is.
He is in talks for a role advising the White House on combating heart disease, the nation’s No. 1 killer caused by poor diet and obesity.
In an interview with DailyMail.com explaining what health policy would look like if he joined the Trump campaign, Dr. Malhotra said he would push to treat processed junk food “like new cigarettes.”
He wants to ban hamburgers, pizza and other high-calorie foods from schools and hospitals, and impose a “fat tax” on unhealthy snacks like candy and ice cream.
Trump’s new health destroyer: RFK Jr. (left) promised a ‘big role’ in new administration, with Dr. Aseem Malhotra also likely to be tapped.
Focus on French fries: Despite being a fast-food fan, President Trump could launch the biggest crackdown on unhealthy eating in American history.
“Public health has three simple strategies. We’re talking about the ‘three A’s’: targeting availability, acceptability and affordability,” he said. spoke.
“Achieving affordability requires imposing taxes, which increases prices and reduces consumption.
“This will force the food industry to start developing more minimally processed foods, while also reducing purchases of those foods.”
Dr. Malhotra, a former British government adviser, wants to implement some of the policies that have worked in Britain in the United States.
A sugar tax imposed on carbonated drinks in the UK in 2018 forced adults to reduce their intake of added sugar by about two-and-a-half teaspoons a day.
More importantly, the tax has led more than half of all manufacturers to reformulate their drinks to contain less sugar to avoid the tax.
Dr Malhotra further added: [an example of how to tackle junk food.]
“Why would we allow ultra-processed foods to be sold in schools and hospitals?”
“Seventy percent of school food is highly processed, which is incredible. This effectively justifies the tolerance of these foods.
“I’m not talking about banning it for everyone. People should still be able to have snacks and I’m not opposed to that.
“However, certain facilities that are supposed to benefit people’s health should not be allowed to sell ultra-processed foods on their premises.”
Malhotra also has more radical plans, including putting tobacco-style warning labels on junk food warning buyers of links to cancer, heart disease and diabetes, and banning all advertising of ultra-processed snacks. I support it.
“These products are associated with many diseases, including heart disease and cancer, so they should be avoided,” he added.
“So we’re going to put warning labels on them just like we do with cigarettes, and we’re going to ban advertising for ultra-processed foods.”
Canceled: Malhotra, who was forced out of mainstream medicine during the coronavirus pandemic, will appear on Tucker Carlson’s show in 2023 after being fired from Fox News
The Trump campaign has declined to publicly comment on Dr. Malhotra’s appointment, but the doctor is believed to be considering a potential new heart czar position.
Also known as cardiovascular disease, it refers to a variety of conditions that affect the heart, including coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, and heart failure.
Combined, 680,000 Americans died last year, more than the 618,000 lives lost to cancer. Up to 90% of heart disease cases are preventable through diet, exercise, and other lifestyle factors such as smoking and alcohol use.
But Dr. Malhotra believes the biggest priority is to wean Americans’ diets away from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), which make up 60 percent of the average adult’s daily calories.
Pointing out the similarities with smoking, he said, “In the 1970s, almost half of American adults were smokers.”
“If you tried to imagine the conversation back then and imagine a world without smoking, it would have been unthinkable.
“But you can do it.”
But unlike tobacco, the link between junk food and cancer and other health conditions is still inconclusive.
Federal health advisers are considering ways to regulate UPF amid mounting evidence linking it to some illnesses and premature death.
Scientific experts tasked with helping develop dietary guidelines for Americans from 2025 to 2030 said the data were too limited to draw firm conclusions.
The difficulty in regulating UPF is due to the fact that it does not have a recognized definition or a sufficient amount of scientific literature that studies it.
UPF is generally thought to mean foods with five or more ingredients, but it’s loosely defined and some studies have found that it includes junk snacks like soda and candy and healthy foods like bread, protein bars, and granola. It does not differentiate between products that are considered to be
And Dr Malhotra says 2030 will be too late to take action.
“If Trump is serious about solving this pandemic.” [of chronic disease]this is what needs to happen 1731577509. ”
It took decades to bring down smoking rates (about 1 in 5 U.S. adults now use cigarettes), but it took President Trump’s efforts to reverse decades of rising disease rates. Dr. Malhotra argues that it will only take one term.
Dr Malhotra told DailyMail.com:
“Therefore, I absolutely believe that if these policies are implemented within Donald Trump’s campaign, it is very likely that we will see a significant reduction in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension in our population. Masu. ‘
Joe Rogan: Dr. Malhotra talks about the Joe Rogan Experience earlier this year, which was criticized for promoting controversial theories about the coronavirus vaccine
But given Mr. Trump’s penchant for McDonald’s and Coca-Cola, it is unclear how enthusiastically he will support the radical plans promoted by Dr. Malhotra.
In past campaigns, the president-elect’s team released videos of the 78-year-old president eating chicken nuggets and drinking soda days before the election.
He also made fries and served them to customers at McDonald’s in a highly talked-about campaign stunt.
In addition to his radical ideas about the food supply, Dr. Malhotra said that despite research showing that vaccination has prevented countless deaths from the coronavirus, concerns about side effects have led to the U.S. It also wants to “immediately pause or pause” the rollout of coronavirus vaccines in the United States.
Dr. Malhotra advocated for vaccines for high-risk patients early in the pandemic, appearing on television to encourage people to get vaccinated.
But he has since linked the vaccine to a spike in excess deaths related to heart disease among young people, a theory he described as “very fringe”.
Dr. Malhotra noted that he has promoted vaccines throughout his career and believes there is enough “uncertainty” behind the excess deaths from COVID-19 to make him question mRNA injections. did.
But President Trump, who led the production of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, is another issue that may make him reluctant to explore a coronavirus vaccine.
Dr. Malhotra quoted a passage from Trump’s interview with Joe Rogan: [Trump] He said if the pharmaceutical industry is found to have put profits before people, it must be held accountable and thoroughly investigated.
“He woke up, because the main duty of these pharmaceutical industries is actually to put profits before people.”
But President Trump says this is unacceptable. So as far as I’m concerned, I think he’s very open and willing to change his mind. ”
Some in the scientific community are worried about Trump’s new term in office, worried that vaccine skepticism and conspiracy theories will influence the White House.
RFK Jr. has hinted at dismantling parts of the FDA, removing fluoride from water and making some pediatric vaccines non-mandatory as part of “Make America Healthy Again.”
