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Indian-origin Dr Aseem Malhotra joins Trump’s health movement
Malhotra, a cardiologist, has been appointed as the chief medical advisor to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
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Staff Reporter
- Sun, 18, May 2025
- 23:46 EDT
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Dr Aseem Malhotra (left) with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya. / X/@DrAseemMalhotra
British Indian consultant cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra has been appointed as the chief medical advisor to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).
MAHA is a health movement started by US President Donald Trump. MAHA Action is said to bring grassroots activism, and strategic results to educate and empower Americans to reverse the chronic disease epidemic. Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Dr Jay Bhattacharya are part of the mission.
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Dr. Malhotra is an NHS-trained Consultant Cardiologist and an internationally renowned authority in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease.
He has served as Honorary Council Member at Stanford’s Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic and Visiting Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at the Bahiana School of Medicine. As Founding President of the Public Health Collaboration and a founding member of Action on Sugar, Dr. Malhotra has led national efforts to curb sugar intake and champion low-carb diets for type 2 diabetes.
He is the bestselling author of The Pioppi Diet, The 21 Day Immunity Plan, and A Statin-Free Life, and played a key advisory role for the UK government on the link between obesity and COVID-19. His publications have garnered an Altmetric score exceeding 10,000, one of the highest worldwide for a clinical doctor.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Malhotra to the MAHA team and look forward to the invaluable expertise and passion he brings to our mission of Making America Healthy Again,” MAHA Action wrote on Instagram.
As per reports, Dr Malhotra will be relocating to Washington and will focus on three priorities in his new role — revising dietary guidelines, cracking down on ultra-processed foods and pushing for a moratorium on mRNA Covid vaccines.
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