Donal ONeill - The Pioppi diet

This book is revolutionary. It should be read by everyone

Sir Richard Thompson, Her Majesty The Queens personal physician 19842005 and Past President of the Royal College Of Physicians

A fearless and brilliant book that stands to dramatically improve the nations health

Professor David Haslam, Chair, National Obesity Forum

Changing lifestyles is essential to tackle the ailments of obesity and this book is an articulate, common sense and practical way of choosing wisely what you eat. It is a must have for every household and a must read for every medical student and doctor

Professor Dame Sue Bailey, Chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

When delivering education for the prevention and management of obesity and type-2 diabetes, I see immense benefits when people adopt a real-food dietary approach eliminating refined carbs and incorporating natural healthy fats. This book is a must for anyone who wishes to improve their health

Dr Trudi Deakin PhD, Chief Executive and Research Dietician for X-Pert Health and founding member of the Public Health Collaboration

This brilliant book by Aseem Malhotra reinforces the message that the obesity epidemic is eminently reversible and provides clear, definitive, unambiguous information about the key role of nutrition and lifestyle on the causation and reversal of the chronic diseases plaguing the western world. The public, healthcare and policy makers must take heed

Professor Zbys Fedorowicz

It is ridiculous that we treat diseases with a multitude of drugs that potentially can make patients even more ill without addressing the root cause. This superb ground-breaking book reveals that THE best MEDICINE is actually a HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND HEALTHY NUTRITION

Esther van Zuuren, MD, Methods Editor DynaMed

Cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotras lifestyle plan has the potential to reverse Indias heart disease and type-2 diabetes epidemics. This book is a must read

Kapil Dev, former Indian Cricket Captain

I am more convinced every day that the nutrition principles contained in The Pioppi Diet are the key to improving our health and reversing the devastating effects of chronic diseases such as type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Professor Peter Brukner, Sports and Exercise Physician, Australian cricket team doctor

Thankfully, over the last decade there has been an enormous backlash against the now defunct low-fat message. Dr Aseem Malhotra has been at the forefront of the push to move low-fat eating into the history book of medical mistakes. If society adopted the principles in Dr Malhotras new book The Pioppi Diet, many cardiologists would be twiddling their thumbs due to lack of work

Dr Ross Walker, Preventative Cardiologist, Sydney, Australia

Aseem Malhotras easily accessible book conveys a message which is of paramount importance for individual and public health: the way we live is a root cause of almost all non-communicable diseases we are faced with today. Using drugs as a primary means to restore the damage done is as ridiculous as trying to empty the ocean with a thimble

Hanno Pijl, internist-endocrinologist, professor of Diabetology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Modern society has lost its way in combining the best science and practice of nutrition and turning it into good health. At last here is your guide to getting back on track and helping us all live longer, better lives

Grant Schofield PhD, Professor of Public Health Auckland University of Technology, Chief Advisor Health and Nutrition, New Zealand Ministry of Education

An essential read that profiles the most powerful drug in the world: Lifestyle; spelled out in all its simplicities. Eat whole, unprocessed foods, increase movement, reduce stress and dont smoke to live a long, healthy life

Caryn Zinn PhD, NZ Registered Dietitian and AUT Senior Lecturer

Described as an inspiration by Jamie Oliver, internationally renowned award-winning consultant cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra has become one of the most influential and well-known health campaigners in the UK. He writes regularly in academic medical journals and print newspapers such as the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Daily Mail and is regularly seen on broadcast media in his campaign against sugar and highlighting the harms of too much medicine.

Dr Malhotra has been named alongside anti-obesity activists such as Michael Bloomberg and Michelle Obama and was featured in the New York Times on his documentary film The Big Fat Fix, which in July 2016 premiered in British parliament and was also subsequently screened in the European Parliament. He is also the cardiologist advisor to the UKs National Obesity Forum. The Pioppi Diet is his first book.

Donal ONeill is an Irish born, independent documentary filmmaker. A former international track and field athlete, Donals passion for health and human performance resonates throughout his films. In 2015 he joined forces with Dr Aseem Malhotra to make The Big Fat Fix. World renowned sports scientist Professor Tim Noakes has hailed it as the best health movie ever.

The Pioppi Diet, co-written with Dr Malhotra, is Donals first book.

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Dr Aseem Malhotra and Donal ONeill

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THE PIOPPI DIET

UK | USA | Canada | Ireland | Australia

India | New Zealand | South Africa

Penguin Books is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies whose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com.

First published 2017

Copyright Dr Aseem Malhotra and Donal ONeill, 2017

Photography copyright Clare Winfield

Recipe writing and development and food styling: Kat Mead

Prop styling: Louie Waller

The moral right of the author has been asserted

Cover photographs Shutterstock

Design by Madeline Meckiffe

ISBN: 978-1-405-93267-7

Aseem: For my mother and father, Anisha and Kailash. Your abundance of love, kindness, honesty and integrity constantly inspires me to be a better person and a better doctor.

Donal: For my Godfather, Brian. Its not Ulysses. But you would have enjoyed the good news about red wine!

Being a renowned and popular interventional cardiologist is impressive, to be able to energetically communicate knowledge and skills over a wide range of written and broadcast media is even more notable, but to fearlessly broadcast controversial science which is not widely accepted by the public or the medical profession, despite being aware of the furore it will cause, is exemplary. This book is fearless, and takes religious dietetic dogma by the neck with both hands and gives it a severe shaking. It reveals why current backward thinking and dangerous teaching came about due to flawed research seventy years ago, and how the medical profession should hold up its hand, accept the blame for the current obesity epidemic, and make up for it by apologizing and shouting the correct message from the hilltops. There is nothing fanciful about the message or the science upon which this book is based. It relies on genuine and impeccable sources, and can be trusted implicitly.