A doctor used for a top job in the new revised health department of Robert F Kennedy JR has explained the policy route map to make America healthy again.
Although a lot has been made about the skepticism of Kennedy's vaccin, it is abandoned by the American food supply and the diets of people at the top of the agenda of the incoming Maha team, according to Dr. ASEEM MALHOTRA.
He told DailyMail.com that disconnecting the influence of Big Pharma on the recommendations of health and approvals of medicines and vaccine was a different top priority, which “described commercial influence as the biggest problem in American health care.”
Kennedy and the Maha Movement believes that many of the health problems of America – high percentages of cancer, illness, obesity and psychological problems – can be reduced to unhealthy food and lifestyle choices and a health care system that brings profit over people.
Dr. Malhotra, a British cardiologist and former adviser of the British government who is viewed in addition to Kennedy for a top advice role, rejects the opinion of critics that their diagnosis of American health crisis is too simplistic.
Within a few months, Kennedy's HHS could try to ban additives and food paint that are already forbidden in Europe because of their ties with cancer, infertility and other health problems, according to Dr. Malhotra.
The team will go to Tans The population, especially children who are a big focus on the new health agenda, from junk food with more regulation, just like the US with cigarettes. “We will concentrate on cutting sugar, ultra -processed foods and harmful ingredients from people's diets.”
This can include a 'sugar load' on the unhealthiest snacks, such as sweets and ice cream. It could also see a ban on hamburgers, pizzas and other items with high calories from certain buildings such as schools and hospitals. “Ask a doctor – junk food may not be sold in these places,” he said.
Robert Kennedy Jr. Speaking after he was sworn in as secretary of health and human services on 13 February
Dr. Asem Malhotra (right) is depicted with Robert F Kennedy JR, the newly confirmed secretary of the Ministry of Health and Human Services
However, if such plans probably need congress support, which could block the progress.
Dr. Malhotra acknowledges that some of the more 'babysitter' ideas can fall poorly with a Republican party that has traditionally been for free market policy.
After Kennedy was confirmed on Thursday as head of the Ministry of Health and Human Services (HHS), President Donald Trump welcomed him in the White House, where he signed an executive order that the president of President Remory Again Remory Remory founded Remory.
The committee will be chaired by Kennedy and will be charged with investigating and tackling the root causes of the escalating health crisis of America, with a first focus on children.
The disorders that it will look at include autism and liver fat, and also investigate adult chronic diseases, such as asthma and the average life expectancy of the US compared to other countries.
The committee will work to 'restore trust in medical and scientific institutions and to keep public hearings, meetings, round tables' to receive input from health leaders.
Repair America's 'toxic' food addiction
Dr. Malhotra says that Maha believes that 'tackling diet -related problems would have the greatest and fastest impact on the health of the country.
“We believe that only dietary changes can improve people's health within a few weeks,” he said.
Recent figures suggest that almost three-quarters of the American food supply are ultra-processed, while 40 percent of Americans are now obese, an increase of 15 percent in 1980.
And nine out of 10 American adults have high blood pressure, poor cholesterol levels and surplus belly fat, which increase their risk of disorders such as heart conditions, the number one murderer in the US. Dr. Malhotra said, “Diet would be at the top of the hierarchy of the causal context.”
Recent research by the Lancet even showed that nutritional factors contribute to more chronic diseases around the world than inactivity, smoking and alcohol combined.
In addition to more regulations, Dr. Malhotra that other policy ideas that do not concern conference input can include the overhaul of the American food guidelines.
The nutritional guidelines for Americans offer guidance on which foods are ideal for preventing chronic diseases and promoting healthy growth and development.
President Trump is depicted at a McDonald's during his time on the campaign track. RFK JR and Dr. Malhotra have suggested reducing it on processed foods
The current guidelines, which will be renewed this year, Imagine that limiting foods with many saturated fats and cholesterol, including animal products such as red meat and eggs.
Dr. However, Malhotra believes that there is a lack of evidence about cholesterol and high-fat foods that cause chronic diseases and obesity.
He said, “We must stop demonizing saturated fats, cholesterol, red meat, eggs and dairy products and start clamping on sugar and processed foods.”
Another idea that is set up is that doctors are mandatory are raised on nutrition and nutrition as part of their continuous medical education.
Dr. Malhotra said: 'Doctors get almost no training in nutrition and food. Ninety -nine percent of doctors cannot define metabolic health. '
About education, the doctor is of the opinion that there should be compulsory food and culinary skills in schools.
“Children absorb information such as sponges – we can bring in lessons for home economics that children learn about cooking and nutrition.”
He also suggested subsidizing farmers to reduce the costs of vegetables and entire foods, a movement that may require cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture. (USDA).
Erode the influence of Big Pharma
The Maha committee states that all health research funded by the government must have open data to increase transparency about health decisions.
Dr. Malhotra says that the new administration could force all drug studies to be independently evaluated without pharmaceutical influence, saying that pharmaceutical companies should not supervise their own tests. '
“We have to move to a model where rigorous, independent scientists without industrial tires revise data that lead to the approval of medicines and vaccines.”
While clinical investigations Are Led by pharmaceutical and medical tools, they must have the approval of the FDA that Ensures that they are designed, executed, analyzed and reported according to the Federal Law and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) instructions.
But currently the FDA receives 65 percent of its financing from the pharmaceutical industry, such as money from companies that apply for approval of medicines or medical devices.
Dr. Malhotra suggests that the FDA cannot receive any of her budget from Big Pharma, because officials should not be afraid to 'bite the hand that feeds them'.
This can reduce the risk that medicines will be approved that may have to be tested even further or can be considered unsafe, he says.
Dr. Malhotra said, “You cannot repair healthcare without removing company interests.”
But this may not be easy – changing the financing of the agency would probably require approval of the congress. It would also mean that the federal government should invest billions more dollars in the agency.
Dr. Malhotra has proposed that the FDA cannot receive none of his financing from Big Pharma
Dr. Malhotra is depicted with Kim Pearson, a London -based nutritionist. The two have collaborated on a diet plan similar to the Mediterranean diet
Vaccine
After Trump's victory last November, Kennedy said he would not 'take away someone's vaccines'.
During his confirmation hearings, he insisted that he was “not an antivax.”
But Dr. Malhotra says that the new Maha team could look at the removal of the vaccine mandate for school visits in the US.
He said: “Americans don't like to hear what to do. The UK also has no mandates. '
Vaccines are not mandatory for school entry in the United Kingdom, but parents are highly recommended to have their children vaccinated with routine recordings. Recording is about the same in the UK as in the US.
Dr. Malhotra believes that vaccines are safe in children, but he emphasizes the importance of recovering the trust of Americans in the medical establishment, which was eroded during the Covid Pandemie.
According to a recent study in Jama Network Open, confidence in doctors from a record high of 72 percent in April 2020 to 40 percent in April 2024 fell.
Dr. Malhotra believes that this is due to poor communication about and wrongly dealing with the pandemic in the US.
Dr. Malhotra said: “We were well-intentioned, but should not have claimed certainty about COVID vaccines, mandates, lockdowns and other measures that came with extreme disadvantages.”
Reconsideration of Medicare and Medicaid
Dr. Malhotra did not provide insight into Medicaid and Medicare, although the Trump administration has given some insight into the future of the programs.
Both programs together insure around 140 million Americans, more than one in three.
As part of his presidential campaign, President Trump stated: “We will protect Medicare and ensure that seniors receive the care they need without being taxed by excessive costs.”
However, the programs can be organized differently for the 12 million Americans who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
During the RFK JR confirmation hearing, he stated that “double eligible now are not served very well under the system” and acknowledged a need for better integration.
Republican legislators have also brought about cutting medicine and medicaid coverage to reduce government spending.
And from now on Medicare includes all adult vaccines recommended by the CDC, so a shift in vaccine policy can change that coverage.
