Dr Philip Ovadia: What They Don't Tell You About Statins

July 11, 2024 | Dr. Philip Ovadia critiques statins, highlighting their potential risks, such as increased diabetes and insulin resistance. He stresses that poor metabolic health, not cholesterol, drives heart disease. Ovadia urges considering non-statin alternatives and understanding cholesterol's essential roles. He advises personalized medical discussions and directs viewers to his website for more information.

#1 Heart Surgeon: HEART DISEASE Is Preventable through the FOOD We Eat | Dr. Philip Ovadia

Oct 25, 2025 | In this ‘Thrive Talk’ podcast episode, I welcome Dr. Philip Ovadia, a heart surgeon, author, and founder of Ovadia Heart Health.

In our conversation, Dr. Ovadia challenges the conventional view of heart disease, clarifying what cholesterol does for the body and emphasizing the need for more awareness around inflammation and insulin resistance. He discusses the drawbacks of weight loss medications, like Ozempic and Mounjaro, promotes the benefits of whole foods and animal protein, and shares the importance of early detection when it comes to issues of blood vessels and the heart.

Dr. Ovadia also speaks on the misconceptions about statins, the importance of cholesterol quality, and shares actionable steps for optimizing metabolic health.

Tune in to this perspective-widening conversation about heart health and the ways we can not only live healthier, but prevent heart disease in the process. His book, Stay off My Operating Table, teaches you the 7 principles of metabolic health and shows you how to eat metabolically healthy with just about any popular diet.

Heart Surgeon: Fix Heart Disease & Cholesterol Naturally (EAT BUTTER) | Dr Ovadia

Mar 22, 2025 | Dr Philip Ovadia, a cardiac heart surgeon, will share how to fix heart disease naturally with a high fat diet.

This episode features Dr Philip Ovadia, a board-certified Cardiac Heart Surgeon, who specialises in using nutrition and lifestyle to fix heart disease. Dr Ovadia will discuss the true cause of heart disease, the role of insulin resistance, cholesterol and LDL cholesterol in heart disease and inflammation, and how to reverse it naturally with a high fat diet.

Does Eating Meat Cause Heart Disease? | #shorts

Listen to Dr. Philip Ovadia (heart surgeon) give the lie to the myth and nonsense people have been fed about meat, red meat and saturated fat.
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Heart Surgeon Reveals What to Eat to Lose Weight & Prevent Disease | Dr. Philip Ovadia

May 30, 2023 | Dr. Philip Ovadia is a hearth surgeon who established Ovadia Heart Health, a telehealth practice that focuses on the prevention and treatment of metabolic and heart disease through lifestyle and dietary modification.

In an effort to overcome his lifelong struggle with obesity, Phil adopted a low-carbohydrate focused way of eating in 2015 and - since March 2019 - has maintained a mostly carnivorous way of eating. After decades of yo-yo dieting, he has maintained a weight loss of nearly 100 pounds.

Phil is the author of Stay Off My Operating Table, where he discusses the principles of optimizing metabolic health to prevent heart disease and other chronic diseases. He also hosts the Stay Off My Operating Table podcast.

If you’re looking to fix your metabolic health and you want to shed some extra body fat, stick around to hear what Phil has to say. As a heart surgeon and someone who’s lost almost 100 pounds himself, he knows what he’s talking about.

Health Matters: No.1 Heart Surgeon: Cardio Is a Waste of Time for Weight Loss! Philip Ovadia

Apr 20, 2023 | Dr Philip Ovadia is an American heart surgeon, founder of Ovadia Heart Health and the author of the new book, “Stay Off My Operating Table”.

The Truth About Heart Disease & Cholesterol — Dwight Lundell

Health Matters: The Truth about Heart Disease & Cholesterol — Dr. Dwight Lundell

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Even Mummies Had Heart Disease, Study Finds
ABC NEWS: Long thought to be a modern disease related to contemporary lifestyles, atherosclerosis was common among ancient people as well, a new study found.

Whole body CT scans of 137 mummies from four different ancient populations revealed heart and vascular calcifications consistent with atherosclerosis, reported Dr. Randall Thompson of St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Mo., and colleagues.

"We were most surprised to find atherosclerosis among hunter-gatherers, whose varied diet and active lifestyle would presumably place them at low risk," he told MedPage Today.

The findings were reported online in The Lancet and at the American College of Cardiology meeting in San Francisco.

"The presence of atherosclerosis in pre[-]modern human beings suggests that the disease is an inherent component of human aging and not associated with any specific diet or lifestyle," the researchers concluded. » | Charlene Laino | Monday, March 11, 2013