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Stay Off My Operating Table

Dr. Philip Ovadia

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

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244: The Metabolic Root of Depression, Anxiety, &...

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2026/04/07

Dr. Lori Calabrese is a psychiatrist whose trajectory changed when a patient with 15 years of treatment-resistant anorexia went into full remission after a ketogenic diet. What followed was a research journey — pilot studies, peer-reviewed case series, and a now-funded randomized controlled trial — consistently showing that depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder, and other conditions could achieve complete remission, not just symptom reduction, through metabolic intervention. The key mech...

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243: Dave Feldman’s “The Cholesterol Code" Kicks the...

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2026/03/31

Dave Feldman, a software engineer turned citizen scientist, went on a ketogenic diet and watched his LDL cholesterol spike dramatically while his family members on the same diet saw no such change. Unable to get cardiologists or lipidologists to study the phenomenon, he built a public charity from scratch, crowdfunded the research, and designed the Keto CTA study — enrolling 100 metabolically healthy people with very high LDL and scanning their coronary arteries with CT angiograms at baseline...

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242: Your Brain Is Starving: The Metabolic Root of...

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2026/03/24

Moira Newiss spent 20 years running hospitals for the UK's National Health Service before her body and mind staged a slow, invisible collapse that no blood panel could explain — and the system she'd devoted her career to had nothing to offer but a prescription she didn't want to fill. What she found instead was a framework rooted in mitochondrial biology that reframes mental illness, chronic fatigue, and burnout as problems of cellular energy rather than brain chemistry. BIG IDEA "Psyc...

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241: This Contortionist Found the Link Between How...

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2026/03/17

Kemi Blake started training contortion as an adult with a body that wasn't built for it — no childhood conditioning, no natural flexibility, just a fierce refusal to quit and an unusual willingness to pay close attention to what her body was doing in the moments before she lost consciousness. What she found wasn't a performance hack. It was a map of the nervous system, the body's hidden pressure architecture, and the emotional terrain that most of us spend our lives navigating blind. BIG IDEA...

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240: Oxalates: The Hidden Toxin in Your "Superfood"...

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2026/03/10

Sally K. Norton, a Cornell-trained nutritionist with a master's in public health, spent decades sick while eating all the "right" foods before connecting her arthritis, chronic fatigue, sleep dysfunction, and other symptoms to oxalate accumulation. Her research — drawing on tens of thousands of peer-reviewed articles — reveals that medical and nutritional institutions have long known oxalates cause problems, but the information never connected across disciplines, was never prioritized, and go...

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239: Your Doctor Wants to Change Medicine But Can't -...

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2026/03/03

Dr. Sandeep Palakti spent years at Harvard and Mayo Clinic before realizing the American healthcare system isn't designed to keep people healthy. In this conversation with cardiac surgeon Dr. Philip Ovadia, he breaks down why 70% of physicians are now employed by large health systems or insurers, how that institutional capture prevents real preventative care, and what both doctors and patients can do about it. He explains how he broke free to create Velocity Health, a national concierge pract...

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238: When Stents Aren't Enough: Why Heart Doctors Are...

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2026/02/24

Two cardiac specialists—one who performs open-heart surgery, the other who places stents in blocked arteries—sit down for an honest conversation about what they see on the operating table and in the cath lab. Dr. Philip Ovadia and Dr. Arasi Maran treat patients at the end stage of heart disease, often when it's too late for interventions to make a meaningful difference. Both physicians share the same conclusion: you don't need a cardiologist or surgeon if you understand what real food looks l...

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237: Dr. Amie Hornaman - 95% of Hypothyroidism is...

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2026/02/17

Dr. Amie Hornaman to discuss one of the most underdiagnosed and misunderstood health issues affecting millions—especially women over 35. Dr. Amie shares her personal journey from being a misdiagnosed fitness competitor who gained 25 pounds despite extreme dieting and exercise, to becoming a leading thyroid hormone specialist. Discover why 95% of hypothyroidism is actually Hashimoto's disease, why standard TSH testing fails most patients, and why T4-only medications like Synthroid don't work f...

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236: A Carnivore Diet Has Healed, (and Keeps...

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2026/02/10

Julia Greenblatt shares how she overcame chronic illness and pain and restored her own vibrant health by adopting a carnivore diet. She highlights her rapid recovery from debilitating hemorrhoids, mental clarity, and overall life improvements. 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 Pre-Order Stay Off My Kitchen Table at Amazon. Like ...

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235: Why "Steak and Butter Gal” Bella Ma Quit Being...

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2026/02/03

Carnivore diet recovery takes center stage as Bella Ma (Steak and Butter Gal) returns to share her transformation from sick vegan to thriving carnivore. After six years on a plant-based diet that left her without a period, covered in cystic acne, and constantly starving, Bella made a dramatic overnight switch to eating only animal foods. The results speak louder than any nutrition debate. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you must include your contact information.) Dr. ...

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#234: Looking Back - Our 10 Most Popular Podcast, (up...

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2026/01/27

This is a special episode. We had a bunch of unforeseeable and unpreventable occurrences in the month prior to today, and as a result, none of our scheduled interviews happened. So, we took the opportunity to look back and highlight the 10 most popular episodes, so far. They're listed here for quick and easy access. 10. #2 9. #1 8. #99 - Chris Knobbe 7. #130 - Gerogia Ede 6. #98 - Shawn Baker 5. #107 - Jay Wrigley 4. #124 - Daniel Trevor 3. #87 - Dave Feldman 2. #92 - Nina Teicholz 1. #102 - ...

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233 - Why Most Doctors Can't Tell You Type 2 Diabetes...

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2026/01/20

What happens when a heart surgeon who's performed over 3,300 operations decides the healthcare system is fundamentally broken? Dr. Philip Ovadia built a medical practice where the goal is making patients healthy enough that they don't need doctors anymore. This conversation reveals how Ovadia Heart Health operates across all 50 states, why they celebrate when patients leave, and the uncomfortable truth about why your doctor can't tell you certain diseases are reversible. Chief Operating Offic...

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From Hashimoto's to Healing: How One Mother Used Food...

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2026/01/13

Jenny Mitich started carnivore to lose 70 pounds after having twins. Her anxiety vanished, depression lifted, and undiagnosed Hashimoto's finally made sense. This conversation moves beyond weight loss into mental health transformation, blood work interpretation your doctor won't discuss, and raising carnivore kids who refuse birthday cake. She shares sardine fasting protocols, functional medicine ranges, and why she's "a lighthouse, not a tugboat." Her new book Complete Carnivore combines 80 ...

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How One Runner's Metabolic Crisis Sparked a Movement...

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2026/01/06

Doug Reynolds thought he was bulletproof until his running career collapsed under mysterious weight gain and joint pain. Three weeks studying ketones changed everything—launching Low Carb USA and the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. What emerged wasn't just conferences but sanctuary for practitioners facing hostility from colleagues who resist dietary intervention. Reynolds breaks conventional barriers: speakers scatter among attendees, forging relationships that span the country. A...

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Plastic Surgeon Exposes Hidden Infection Crisis in...

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2025/12/30

Your body will only tolerate what is genetically self—everything else, from organ transplants to breast implants, triggers an immune response that can manifest as chronic inflammation rather than obvious infection, and this response is influenced by your unique genetic detoxification capacity. drrobertwhitfield.com/ 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 ...

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52:08

Why American Food is Broken and How One Man is...

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2025/12/23

Eleven years after thyroid cancer, Patrick Sullivan realized he was still furious that no one could explain what happened to his body, so he made a documentary exposing how America's food system went rotten and how everyday people are reviving it. Social Links: •Jigsaw Health on the web: https://www.JigsawHealth.com •Jigsaw Health on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jigsaw_health •Jigsaw Health on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jigsaw_health/ •Jigsaw Health on FB: https://www.facebook.com/Jig...

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The Hidden Connection Between Your Gut Bacteria and...

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2025/12/16

Former interventional cardiologist Dr. William Davis left traditional cardiology after his mother died months after a successful angioplasty. What he discovered challenges everything mainstream medicine teaches about heart disease. Standard cholesterol testing is outdated. The real drivers of cardiovascular disease are small LDL particles created by wheat, grains, and sugars, amplified by gut microbiome disruption. Coronary calcium scores predict heart attacks far better than cholesterol leve...

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Why Social Isolation May Be Worse for Your Heart Than...

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2025/12/09

Scott Everson didn't start the largest carnivore conference in the world just to talk about steak. After years battling chronic pelvic pain syndrome, benzodiazepine dependency, and mast cell activation syndrome, he found something more powerful than any protocol: people. In this conversation, Scott shares how social isolation preceded his illness, how carnivore helped him survive when he could only tolerate lion diet basics, and why he believes loneliness increases heart disease risk by 29% –...

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The Fat Cell Gatekeeper: How One Unknown Hormone...

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2025/12/02

Your gut contains more bacterial cells than human cells in your entire body. This living ecosystem either works for you or against you, and most people are unknowingly destroying it with every meal. Dr. Jay Wrigley, hormone specialist, breaks down the intricate web connecting gut microbiome health, hormonal responses, and metabolic dysfunction in ways that finally make sense. This conversation cuts through the symptom-chasing approach of conventional medicine to examine root causes. Why does ...

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Why Modern Medicine Keeps You Sick: A Doctor's...

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2025/11/25

Dr. Ahmad Ammous completed medical school expecting to heal people. Instead, he found a system designed to keep patients dependent on expensive drugs and procedures. In this conversation with Dr. Philip Ovadia, he traces the roots of our broken healthcare system back to 1910's Flexner Report and the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913—showing how centralized financial power shaped modern medicine into a profit-driven enterprise rather than a healing practice. A first-year medical student ...

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