Incoming Trump doctor reveals five-ingredient diet that ‘reverses diabetes and lowers blood pressure in days’

Forget calories, count ingredients if you want to reset your health.

That’s the core tenet of a new diet created by a doctor tipped for a role in the Trump administration.

“If an item comes out of a package and contains five or more ingredients, it is not allowed,” says creator Dr. Aseem Malhotra.

‘There is nothing natural or healthy about such products.’

A short ingredient list indicates that food has undergone very little processing. Although science hasn’t concluded exactly why, studies suggest that the more processed your diet, the greater your risk for conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

These health problems – which affect a total of nearly 140 million Americans and Britons – were the ones Dr. Malhotra had in mind when he created the diet.

The cardiologist claims his patients reversed their prediabetes and lowered their blood pressure within 28 days with the diet, which is not intended to be followed forever.

Dr. Malhotra – who DailyMail.com understands could take on a key role at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Trump – recognizes how strict it is.

Although no calories are counted in the diet because ‘we don’t want people to go hungry’, all sugary foods without fiber are banned, such as white bread, pasta and rice.

He told DailyMail.com: ‘It’s for sugar addicts like me back in the day who need to kick their junk food addiction and reset their metabolic health.’

He recommends following it for only a month or so. Then people can slowly reintroduce carbohydrates over the weekend.

Dr. Malhotra told DailyMail.com: ‘I know this stuff works, I’ve been doing it for years and I recommend it to my own patients too.’

A man who participated in a pilot program for Dr. Malhotra revealed that he lost 5.5 kg and put his type 2 diabetes into remission after just four weeks.

Another dieter, 51 years old, claimed that all their joint pain disappeared when they cut out bread, carbs and cheese as part of Dr. Malhotra.

Dr. Malhotra, 47, has been working on the diet with London-based nutritionist Kim Pearson for the past two years and says it is largely based on the Mediterranean Diet (which is often hailed as one of the healthiest meal plans), with an emphasis on plant-based foods and healthy fats, such as olive oil and raw nuts.

He says such ingredients help the body remove excess cholesterol from the arteries and keep blood vessels open.

This in turn helps reduce the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure.

Dr. Malhotra suggests a berry smoothie or a vegetable omelet for breakfast.

Berries are packed with nutrients and antioxidants and can be a good source of fiber, which can aid digestion and slow food absorption through the digestive tract. They are also filling and low in calories.

Berry smoothies are also rich in vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C, vitamin K, potassium, B vitamins and magnesium.

A protein salad is the recommended lunch option; eat as many vegetables as you want. You can choose lean or fatty cuts of meat, and red meat is certainly not prohibited.

In the evening, Dr. Malhotra and Pearson recommend stir-fry dishes with fiber-rich Japanese noodles or meatballs with vegetable spaghetti.

You should eat three meals a day and go four to five hours between each meal.

Because packaged foods with long ingredient lists are banned, Dr. Malhotra will involve learning some skills in the kitchen.

He also admits that buying fresh ingredients will be “a little more expensive,” but he emphasizes that this will save you money in the long run because your medical bills will be reduced as the diet improves your health.

Participants should also consider fasting for 14 to 16 hours at night to reset the digestive system.

The diet recommends eating at least five vegetables or pieces of fruit a day, and eating them in at least two meals.

On the beverage side, Dr Malhotra says his diet plan only allows coffee, water and tea without calories.

Diet soft drinks are banned, as he emphasizes that these would be “considered ultra-processed with additives that have the potential to endanger health.”

He also explains that “fake sugars” can cause people to develop a sweet tooth and crave all sweet foods, so “we want to work with people to desweeten their sweet tooth and align their tastes with whole foods.”

Participants can also drink alcohol in moderation, with the recommended consumption being three small glasses of dry wine (175 ml) or seven measuring cups of turpentine (25 ml).

Explaining why alcohol is allowed, Ms Pearson said: ‘We want to make sure the plan is sustainable for people in the long term and for many, the opportunity to have a few glasses of wine a week is something they enjoy.’

But Dr. Malhotra is not proposing a junk food ban for America, admitting that he himself was a former sugar addict who consumed about 40 teaspoons a day.

Instead, he hopes his diet will help Americans form new habits, and from there they can adapt it to their lifestyle.

This ‘makes goals more digestible’.

One of his “simple choices” for Americans not on his diet is eating McDonald’s burgers without the buns. In one of his studies, Dr. Malhotra discovered that the bread contains fifty additives, while the patties themselves are fine to eat with topping.

To make his Metabolic Reset diet more accessible, he says people can adopt the ’80/20 rule’ if they’re really missing their guilty pleasures.

This allows them to stick to the diet 80 percent of the time and cheat when it’s the weekend or when they’re at social events where their preferred ingredients may not be available.

Dr. Malhotra’s views on processed foods offer insight into how the country’s food policy could shape up under the Trump administration.

He also has close ties to RFK Jr, Trump’s pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, who has spoken extensively about his plans to ban ultra-processed foods and tackle obesity.

Mr. Kennedy proposes to change that with his radical policies aimed at banning pesticides, food additives, seed oils and some ultra-processed foods.

Details about which ones might be banned are not clear, though the idea was a key part of his “Make America Healthy Again” plan, which he said was intended to “provide families with safe food and end chronic disease epidemic that is ravaging our children’.

He only explicitly mentioned Yellow 5, but similar ingredients that could be under the microscope include Red 40, Blue 1, titanium dioxide, propyl paraben and potassium bromate, which are often added to sweets and baked goods.

The ingredients, which are banned or heavily regulated in Europe, have been the subject of new laws seeking to make food safer.

Experts estimate that the American diet consists of 70 percent ultra-processed foods.

Dr.’s diet plan Malhotra comes with a sign-up fee of $50 and a monthly fee of $25.

This provides people with meal plans and access to educational advice and support through ‘an exclusive online platform.’

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