Stay Off My Operating Table

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 first episode to get background on this episode. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you must include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia cannot respond he...

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 detail - in this meta-analysis conducted by John Ioannidis and company. Read the entire article, (linked above), then listen as Dr. O unfolds the reality of the state of medical misinforma...

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. If you or a loved one are dealing with Type 2 diabetes or have been diagnosed as pre-diabetic, this episode could save your life. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a respon...

In this episode, Dr. O goes deep into the mechanism of heart disease and its relation to metabolic health or, (to be more accurate), the lack of metabolic health. In this episode we learn about the mechanism of heart disease and heart attacks, the role of inflammation, what is actually happening with cholesterol, and how Type 2 diabetes is related to heart disease. One of our most detailed, techni...

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. O addresses these and more burning questions in this episode of Stay Off My Operating Table. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you must include your contact informat...

Dr. Ovadia reviews the new - as of November 2021 - dietary guidelines from the American Heart Association. Much frivolity ensues. 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 Kitchen Table Like what you hear? Head over to IFix...

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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 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...

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 from science and experience - if and how a low-carb diet affects pre-pubescent children. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you must include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadi...

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In this episode, Dr. O gets into the reality of the "Calories In, Calories Out" myth. 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 Like what you hear? Head over to IFixHearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay Off My Operating Tabl...

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. 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 WEBS...

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  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 Like what you hear? He...

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 problem with insurance 11:30 - What the cardiac surgeon hears before surgery 14:20 Where does the research money comes from? 17:30 The guidelines are for drugs, not for lifestyle changes...

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 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 Like what you h...

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 different from the food our grandparents ate What does it mean for our food to be less "nutritionally dense"? The one's who say "a calorie is a calorie" are the ones selling us...

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 aren't very honest when self-reporting, are "surveys" a valid way to do "science"? Healthy habits, healthy people, healthy food? Are they related? If so, wh...

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 in the same category as vegetables What "mistake" do our bodies make when eating fruits, vegetables and grains Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you...

What happens to people who reject the conventional wisdom and focus on the only thing that matters: metabolic health. 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 Like what you hear? Head over to IFixHearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay...

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. 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 Like what you hear? Head...

Dr. Philip Ovadia did everything right, but he was still fat.  As a child. As a teenager. As a student at medical school. Even as a cardiac surgeon.  Both his parents were obese. Both eventually had gastric bypass surgery. He resigned himself to being “genetically destined” for obesity.  (Regrettably, this was another concept taught in med school.) He saw obesity every day, both in the mirror and...