Stay Off My Operating Table
I was a morbidly obese heart surgeon.
All through high school, college, med school and surgical training, I followed the U.S. dietary guidelines for both diet and exercise. Yet nothing I did kept the weight off.
I just kept getting fatter and fatter.
Each day in surgery, I would split open the chests of people just like me. I knew I was heading for the operating table myself if I didn't find solutions that worked.
In 2016, I finally found a way to lose 100 pounds and keep it off.
Now - in addition to doing heart surgery - I work to help people just like me get healthy, lose the weight and keep it off.
I'm Dr. Philip Ovadia, the rebel M.D. and cardiac surgeon who is working to keep people off my operating table.
http://ovadiahearthealth.com/whitepaper/
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 221
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The Medical Misinformation Mess (part 2) - #21
In this second of a two-part series, we complete our discussion of Ioaniddis et.al's paper "Surviving the Medical Misinformation Mess."
We recommend that listeners read the paper in full and listen to…
The Medical Misinformation Mess (Part 1) - #20
In this - the first of a 2-part mini-series - we discuss a 2017 report titled "How to Survive the Medical Misinformation Mess."
As a physician, Dr. O has lived the realities described - in horrifying …
#19 - Metabolic Health and Type 2 Diabetes
In this episode, we examine the chemical and biological mechanisms of Type 2 diabetes: how it starts, how it progresses and - most importantly - how it can be reversed by getting control of your own …
Metabolic Health and Heart Disease - #18
Children and Diets - #17
Is it less important for children to eat in a way that is metabolically healthy? Do pre-adolescents have some sort of "God-mode" switch that allows them to eat more junk than adults and not suffer?
Dr…
Review & Critique of American Heart Association Dietary Guidelines - #16
Dr. Ovadia reviews the new - as of November 2021 - dietary guidelines from the American Heart Association.
Much frivolity ensues.
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How to Eat Metabolically Healthy with 5 Different Popular Diets - #15
The Mediterannean Diet
How to find real extra virgin olive oil
https://www.extravirginalliance.org/about-us
https://cooc.com/
https://ketodietapp.com/Blog/lchf/the-virginity-lie-how-to-find-real-extra-vi…
The 7 Principles of Metabolic Health - #14
In this episode, Dr. O lists and explains his 7 principles for creating and maintaining your own metabolic health.
Discussed in this episode: The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners
How a Low-Carb Lifestyle Affects Children - #13
Should pre-pubescent children eat low-carb?
Many of us are very particular about what we eat, and - at the same time - laissez faire about what our children eat.
In this episode, Dr. O tells us - both …
A Surgeon's View of the Carnivore Diet - #12
People & Programs mentioned in this episode:
The Low Carb MD podcast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro
Dr. David Unwin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DietDoctor
Drs. Stephen Phinney & Jeff Volek
Type …
Why You Cannot Exercise Your Way to Weight Loss - #11
In this episode, Dr. O gets into the reality of the "Calories In, Calories Out" myth.
"The Entire Healthcare System Would Break If It Prioritized Prevention" - #10
In this Episode, Dr. Ovadia goes deep into the dysfunction of the entire medical system. He explains why hospitals serve food that makes patients sick, and speculates on ways to make it all better.
Are Medications the Best Way to Treat Disease - #9
3:00 Why doctors don't talk about diet & lifestyle
4:30 Why we are so ignorant about what we eat
5:15 A parable about about doctors, cars, ditches, and front-end loaders
How the Medical System Actually Operates - #8
1:00 It's a business there to make money, not to keep people healthy.
2:40 Physicians no longer make their own decisions
5:25 Why insurance companies don't care if patients stay healthy
7:09 The biggest…
The Real Reason Diets Don't Work - #7
Myth #8 (Diets work if you follow them)
- Why the goal subverts itself.
- The mindset that works vs. the mindset that doesn't.
- The diet industry's success is linked to your failure
The Ugly Truth About the Food that Keeps You Hungry - #6
Myth #4 - The people who sell us food want us healthy
- The best way to make money if you are a food corp is to keep people hungry.
- Food makers have no incentive to keep us healthy
- Why food today is dif…
The Shoddy Science Behind the USDA Food Pyramid - #5
On this episode, Dr. O peels back the covers on the shoddy "science" that undergirds the USDA Food Pyramid.
- What is the "Food Frequency Questionaire"?
- Since people are bad at remembering, and people ar…
Should We Trust the USDA Food Pyramid? - #4
The USDA Food Pyramid: What's good about it, what's bad about it?
In this episode, Dr. O teaches us about the pyramid itself and:
- The problem of falsified data
- The French Paradox
- Why fruits don't belong …
Success Stories - #3
What happens to people who reject the conventional wisdom and focus on the only thing that matters: metabolic health.
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What is "Metabolic Health"? - #2
What does the term "metabolic health" even mean?
Why does it matter?
How do we check our own?
How do we get it fixed?
Dr. O addresses these questions in this episode.