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"Never take nutrition advice from a fat doctor." When Dr. Ken Berry tweeted that, he received a lot of blowbacks, but trust him, he knows what he’s saying. It is hard to listen to somebody when he can't even fix himself. In his mid-thirties, Dr. Berry was overweight and suffered from a wide range of health issues. As a family physician, he was aware of how terrible his nutritional a...

As a performer, Bella has always been concerned with how she looked. She had acne problems and serious weight issues that she wanted to overcome. Desperate to find healing, she turned to the vegan diet. She only ate whole-food plant-based and did not take any supplements. Great results happened initially. She finally lost weight and felt some surge of energy. But after a few years, her body starte...

People are so used to the state of imbalance in their lives, but it should not be the norm. For someone like Shawna Smith who is strongly empathic and intuitive and has the natural ability to see people's strengths and weaknesses, she can evaluate how a body (or a part of it) is out of balance. This is how she helps people heal. The process is to find the connection points, to recognize the s...

Rita Brewer had her sight set on the medical field at a very young age. She worked in surgery as a Physicians Assistant, and still loves surgery. But she's a lifelong learner, and continues to explore and finds ways to grow. After going through all the conventional treatments for her autoimmune disease - without success - she began a search for integrative therapies: energy medicine, lifestyl...

For many years, trainers used the calories in, calories out model. Even Casey Ruff has tried it and as a fitness trainer, has recommended it to his clients. But he learned it’s not sustainable. When he became a certified nutrition coach, he witnessed people avail of different programs to develop healthy eating habits of vegetables and lean meats, only to end up not finishing the program. These nut...

When we were young, we learned that the heart pumps blood in the body. Well, Dr. Stephen Hussey thinks we misunderstood the heart. Growing up, he experienced different inflammatory conditions and has type-1 diabetes, which puts him at risk for heart disease. It made him devote his attention to discussions about the heart. He simply wants to take in as much information as he can. Based on his studi...

The healthcare system is flawed if it forces you to see more patients for profit than to focus on patients to heal them. Cynthia Thurlow doesn't want any of that anymore. As a nurse practitioner, she has a lot of autonomy in patient care, yet she felt restricted because she can’t deliver the kind of care she wants. Her big move was to leave clinical medicine and choose the path she knows she...

Can you possibly identify if someone's at risk of a heart attack or cardiac arrest? That question run through Dr. William Davis’ mind when his mother died due to cardiac death. He found the helpful predictor and the most common cause of coronary disease, and it is not cholesterol as we were led to believe. The culprit? Grains and sugars. He counters different notions about health and treatmen...

Dr. Ovadia summed up his highlights during the Metabolic Health Summit last May 5-8 in Santa Barabara, CA. Testing is crucial. We can now keep track of various aspects of our metabolic health thanks to the availability of fingerstick meters, continuous glucose monitors, and at-home testing equipment. Additionally, supplements are relevant to metabolic health. It should be targeted and measured. A...

After years of treating diabetes, Brian Lenzkes understood that the answer to the disease is not just medication. His experience with fasting and low carb prompted him to focus on nutrition to treat his diabetic patients. In the process, he spent more time with them to explain things. Doctors don't even have time to discuss nutrition in the typical 10-15 minute session.  He knew he had to mak...

In part 2 of our Keto Q&A, Dr. Ovadia addresses responds to g more questions about ketogenesis and the keto diet. The 6 Keto Questions addressed in this episode are: Does keto... 1. cause inflamation? 2. harm the liver? 3. increase liver fat? 4. harm the kidneys? 5. cause muscle loss? 6. cause lost of bone density? Connect with Dr. Ovadia: Twitter iFixHearts Website Stay Off My Operating Table...

In this episode, Dr. Ovadia responds to Jack's first 5 questions about ketogenesis and the keto diet. In addition, they do a deep dive into the differences between normal and abnormal cholesterol, and how it affects us. The 5 Keto Questions addressed in this episode are : Is long-term ketosis unhealthy? Will being in ketosis cause diabetic ketoacidosis, (DKA)? Does being in ketosis cause hypo...

"It's not just what you eat. It's what what you eat eats and where what you eat eats is grown." The instant I heard that phrase, I knew this was gonna be a dynamite podcast. This episode features Redbeard himself, Brian Keith. Brian Keith is a business coach. But that short description doesn't begin to describe all the ways he helps small business owners get efficient busi...

He was a 21 year old college athlete. Fit, active, successful. And something was very wrong with his body. The diagnosis was ulcerative colitis, an "incurable" autoimmune disease. After several years of trying to learn to "just live with it," he was fed up. He vowed to find a way to cure himself. And he did. In this episode, we learn the amazing story of Mr. Salozzo - Brett End...

Dr. Philip Ovadia and Co-Host Jack Heald talk to Harrison Gray about his nutritional awakening, weight loss, and more. When the lockdowns began, Harrison Gray realized he'd added a bunch of useless fat to his body in the five years since his career as a college athlete ended. He seized the moment, transformed his body and leveraged that momentum to completely change his life. We talk with the...

They say necessity is the mother of invention. That day Charles Mayfield got himself a severe sunburn probably didn't feel like the day his life would be revolutionized.  But it was. With no skincare or sunburn relief products in the house, he was forced to improvise. In the process, he stumbled onto a way to care for skin that our great-grandparents took to be common knowledge. It's not...

Texas Slim is the pseudonym of a Texas Man with a vision for restoring the health of the nation. Not just our bodily health, but the health of the soil, the agriculture system, the food distribution system, local communities and the culture at large. Sound like a lot to swallow? It is. Join us. Website: The Beef Initiative Twitter: Slim on Twitter Substack: Texas Slim's Substack Send Dr. Ovad...

During the summer of 2021, "Texas Slim" embedded himself in a harvest crew to get a view from the ground of what is happening with American agriculture. That experience, combined with a lifetime in data and signal analysis, led to his article Harvest of Deception and The Beef Initiative . In this, Part 1 of a two-part conversation, Slim explains what is really going on with our entire fo...

At a family event in 2011, a photographer asked Bill Vogel - multiple times - to button his suit coat. He couldn't because he'd gained too much weight.  Bill says he was "totally embarrassed" in front of family and friends.  That was the turning point.  When he got home, he weighed himself: 297 pounds on a 6'6" frame. He vowed never to weigh that much again. He did hi...

Chris S. Cornell weighed 278 pounds at age 51, when he realized he had to take action to improve his health. After reading “Why We Get Fat” by Gary Taubes, he started to understand the benefits of a low-carb diet, and he got down to a ‘normal’ weight for the first time in his adult life. Cornell has maintained an 80-pound weight loss since 2016. Today, he writes a weekly email newsletter devoted t...

Health & fitness coach P.D. Mangan was a microbiologist, an avid long-distance runner and vegetarian committed to health. Then his health deteriorated and the doctors gave him no hope for improvement. So he decided if he was gonna get well, he'd have to find the answers himself. You can follow PD on twitter at @Mangan150 and contact him at his website, Rogue Health and Fitness . Send Dr....

Healthcare costs are out of control. This episode of SOMOT addresses 10 concrete ways business owners can make a difference in healthcare for themselves and their employees.  Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you must include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia cannot respond here. To contact his team, please send an email to team@ifixhearts.com WEBSITE: Stay Off My Kitche...

What if the solution to your addiction problems are the food you eat? Sounds strange, but it could be true. In this episode, Dr. Ovedia discusses the stories, history and theory surrounding a fairly common phenomenon in the Metabolic Health world: people who get metabolically healthy also tend to lose their addictions. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you must include your...

In the last episode of 2021, we review the highlights from the most popular episodes throughout season 1.  The 7 principles of metabolic health 1. view your health as a system, not a goal 2. eat real, whole food 3. make one sustainable change at a time 4. move 5. sleep enough 6. relieve stress 7. get a doctor who gets it Metabolic Health and the Big Killers: diabetes & heart disease. Send Dr....

Dr. Ovadia explains the connections between poor metabolic health and poor outcomes from COVID. We discuss the mechanism at work in the bodies of people with poor metabolic health and explain why this makes those people more likely to experience poor outcomes when they contract the disease. This is one you don't want to miss. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you must i...