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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take action on your health. Head over to i fix hearts.com/book to grab a copy of my boo...
Feb 08, 2022•39 min•Ep. 25
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com I...
Feb 01, 2022•41 min•Ep. 24
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. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not...
Dec 28, 2021•20 min•Ep. 23
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixheart...
Dec 21, 2021•30 min•Ep. 22
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take ...
Dec 14, 2021•18 min•Ep. 21
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 misinformation for both patients and physicians. For background, Ioaniddis published an extraordinary report in 2005 cal...
Dec 07, 2021•35 min•Ep. 20
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 response, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please e...
Nov 30, 2021•19 min•Ep. 19
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, technical medical discussions ever. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, include your ...
Nov 23, 2021•34 min•Ep. 18
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, ...
Nov 16, 2021•33 min•Ep. 17
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take action on your health. Head over to i fix hearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay Off My Operating Table, and if you'r...
Nov 09, 2021•49 min•Ep. 16
The Mediterannean Diet How to find real extra virgin olive oil https://www.extravirginalliance.org/about-us https://cooc.com/ https://ketodietapp.com/Blog/lchf/the-virginity-lie-how-to-find-real-extra-virgin-olive-oil Villa Capelli https://villacappelli.com/ Ketogenic How to deal with "Keto Flu" - sea salt, magnesium, hydration, adequate amounts of fat Carnivore Fresh meat has enough Vitamin C. Preserved meat does not. Vegan / Vegetarian Challenges: enough protein, enough vitamins Supplements, (...
Nov 02, 2021•46 min•Ep. 15
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take action on your health. Head over to i fix hearts.com/book to grab a ...
Oct 25, 2021•44 min•Ep. 14
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wan...
Oct 21, 2021•16 min•Ep. 13
People & Programs mentioned in this episode: The Low Carb MD podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro Dr. David Unwin Twitter: https://twitter.com/DietDoctor Drs. Stephen Phinney & Jeff Volek Type 2 Diabetes Reversal - Virta Health Twitter: https://twitter.com/Virtahealth Dr. Shawn Baker on Joe Rogan Vilhjalmur Stefansson & the all-whale-blubber diet Books by Stefansson Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can no...
Oct 18, 2021•39 min•Ep. 12
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take action on your health. Head over to i fix hearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay Off My Operating Table, and if you're ready to go deeper or talk to someone from...
Oct 14, 2021•17 min•Ep. 11
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take action on your health. Head over to i fix hearts.com/book ...
Oct 11, 2021•28 min•Ep. 10
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take action on your health. Head over to i fix hearts.com/book to grab a copy of my boo...
Oct 07, 2021•15 min•Ep. 9
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 18:30 The doctor's "Quality Score" is affected for not prescribing drugs 20:00 "This situation is unconscionab...
Oct 04, 2021•15 min•Ep. 8
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take action on your health. Head over to i fix hearts.com/book to grab a copy of my ...
Sep 30, 2021•10 min•Ep. 7
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 the food. Different foods have different effects on how hungry you are. How does food make you hungry? The black magic ingredi...
Sep 29, 2021•13 min•Ep. 6
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, why? The "which shoe brand do you wear" analogy? Did you know that the people who make the food are the same people who fund the research? What is ...
Sep 14, 2021•15 min•Ep. 5
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you ...
Sep 14, 2021•27 min•Ep. 4
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take action on your health. Head over to i fix hearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay Off My Operating Table, and if you're ready to g...
Sep 14, 2021•14 min•Ep. 3
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, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond here. To contact his team please email team@ifixhearts.com If you like what you hear, I wanna make it easier for you to take action on your health. Head over to i fix hearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay...
Sep 14, 2021•20 min•Ep. 2
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 in the hospital where he treated obese and diabetic people on a daily basis. Then, in 2015, everything ...
Sep 14, 2021•22 min•Ep. 1
