Stay Off My Operating Table

Dr. Philip Ovadia 282 - 267: Stephen Hussey Survived a Heart Attack and Wants Answers to Questions the Hospital Evaded

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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Episodes

267: Stephen Hussey Survived a Heart Attack and Wants Answers to Questions the Hospital Evaded

266: Dr. Eric Berg - The 9 Environments Making You Sick

265: He Developed Diabetes Running 50 Miles a Week - Dr. Tim Noakes

14 Hormonal Archetypes: A Framework for What Blood Tests Miss - Dr. Jay Wrigley

An Endocrinologist Got Sick and Her Own Specialty Couldn't Fix Her - Dr. Cassie Smith

The Conference Founder Who Thinks Data Isn't the Answer to Wellness - Robin Switzer

Beyond Blood Sugar: Why Insulin Matters More Than We've Been Told - Dr. Ian Lake

How One Young Man Beat a Connective Tissue Disorder Everyone Said Was Permanent - Edward Goeke

The Gratitude Cure: Why Your Body Can't Heal Under Stress - Ben Azadi

The Eating Disorder Doctors Couldn't Fix, Cured With Eggs and Butter - Kelsey Buchalter

The Heart Scan That Could Save Your Life (And Why You Can't Get One) - Kim Mischo

The Accountant Who Cracked the Parkinson's Code Using Gut Bacteria - Martha Carlin

Why You're Sabotaging Your Health (And Don't Know It) - Martin Silva

254: When Food Isn't Enough: The Missing Half of Metabolic Health - Craig Emmerich

253: The Scientist Who Helped Rewrite America's Dietary Guidelines Tells All - Ty Beal

252: The Hidden Illness Hiding in Your Walls: Mold, Misdiagnosis & the Path Back - Ally D'Amico NP

251: Stem Cells, Peptides, and the Real Reason You're Getting Old - Dr. Adeel Khan

250: Seven Years, 700 Cholesterol, Zero Plaque: What Dr. Nick Norwitz's Case Report Changes

249: You've Seen 10 Doctors and Still Aren't Better. Here's Why - Reed Davis

248: The Patient Is the Point: How AI Is Forcing Medicine to Finally Listen - Dr. Ami Bhatt

247: Darius Sharpe, The ER Nurse Who Ran His Own Blood Sugar Experiments (And Found Heart Disease)

246: The Missing Link Between Menopause, Marriage & Your Microbiome - Cynthia Thurlow

245: Your Doctor Can't Save You: Dylan Gemelli on Accountability, Arterial Plaque, & the Health System's Blind Spots

244: The Metabolic Root of Depression, Anxiety, & Mental Illness - Dr. Lori Calabrese

243: Dave Feldman’s “The Cholesterol Code" Kicks the Lipid Hornet's Nest

242: Your Brain Is Starving: The Metabolic Root of Depression, Anxiety, and Chronic Fatigue - Moira Newiss

241: This Contortionist Found the Link Between How You Breathe and Why You're Stuck - Kemi Blake

240: Oxalates: The Hidden Toxin in Your "Superfood" Diet — With Sally K. Norton

239: Your Doctor Wants to Change Medicine But Can't - Here's What's Really Happening - Dr. Deep

238: When Stents Aren't Enough: Why Heart Doctors Are Fighting Disease Outside the Hospital - Dr. Arasi Maran

237: Dr. Amie Hornaman - 95% of Hypothyroidism is Actually Hashimoto’s Disease

236: A Carnivore Diet Has Healed, (and Keeps Healing), Julia Greenblatt

235: Why "Steak and Butter Gal” Bella Ma Quit Being Vegan After 6 Years

234: Looking Back - Our 10 Most Popular Podcast, (up to now), plus Some Other Favorites

233: Why Most Doctors Can't Tell You Type 2 Diabetes Is Reversible - Inside a Revolutionary Medical Practice with Brian Keith

232: From Hashimoto's to Healing: How One Mother Used Food to Transform Mental Health and Metabolism - Jenny Mitich

231: How One Runner's Metabolic Crisis Sparked a Movement That's Changing Healthcare - Doug Reynalds

230: Plastic Surgeon Exposes Hidden Infection Crisis in Breast Implants: What 29% of Women Need to Know - Dr. Robert Whitfield

229: American Food is Broken and One Man is Fighting Back - A Documentary Filmmaker's Story - Patrick Sullivan

228: The Hidden Connection Between Your Gut Bacteria and Heart Attacks - Dr. William Davis

227: Social Isolation May Be Worse for Your Heart Than Red Meat – Scott Everson on Community & Carnivore

226: The Fat Cell Gatekeeper: How One Unknown Hormone Controls Whether You Can Actually Lose Weight - Dr. Jay Wrigley

225: Why Modern Medicine Keeps You Sick: A Doctor's Wake-Up Call About Healthcare and Money - Dr. Ahmad Ammous

224: Why This Energy Healer Believes Spiritual People Need to Eat More Meat - Angela Lerro

223: Medical Malpractice Victim Becomes Doctor-Lawyer Running for Office on Health Reform - Chris Brandlin

222: "Why Your 'Healthy' Snacks Have More Sugar Than Candy - The Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know This" - Joburg Meats #2

221: The 97% Solution: Why Most Herniated Discs Heal Without Surgery - Grant Elliott

#220: Research Scientist Exposes the Shocking Origins of Low-Fat Diet Guidelines - Zoe Harcombe PhD

BONUS: "Dispelling Nutrition Myths with Michelle Hurn: A Dietitian’s Journey to Metabolic Health"

#219: Why Your Knee Pain Might Actually Be About Your Relationship - Aleks Rybchinskiy