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Stay Off My Operating Table

Dr. Philip Ovadia
Stay Off My Operating Table
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  • Stay Off My Operating Table

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

    2026/03/31 | 1h 18 mins.
    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 and one year later. He filmed the entire process. The result is the documentary The Cholesterol Code.
    The findings were notable, but the story became more complicated when the AI-assisted plaque analysis from the company Cleerly produced results Feldman considered statistically anomalous — including zero regressors across 99 participants, and greater plaque progression in people with a calcium score of zero than in those with a positive score, which contradicts established research. 
    Dave Feldman Contact Info
    The Cholesterol Code Movie: https://cholesterolcodemovie.com/
    Citizen Science Foundation Website: https://CitizenScienceFoundation.org: 
    Cholesterol Code Website: https://cholesterolcode.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 [email protected]
    Pre-Order Stay Off My Kitchen Table at Amazon.
    Like what you hear? Head over to IFixHearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay Off My Operating Table.
    Ready to go deeper? Talk to someone from my team at IFixHearts.com/talk.
    Stay Off My Operating Table on X:   
    Dr. Ovadia: @iFixHearts
    Jack Heald: @JackHeald5
    Learn more:
    Stay Off My Operating Table on Amazon
    Take Dr. Ovadia's metabolic health quiz: iFixHearts 
    Dr. Ovadia's website: Ovadia Heart Health
    Jack Heald's website: CultYourBrand.com
    Theme Song : Rage Against
    Written & Performed by Logan Gritton & Colin Gailey
    (c) 2016 Mercury Retro Recordings

    Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from Dr. Philip Ovadia.
  • Stay Off My Operating Table

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

    2026/03/24 | 53 mins.
    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
    "Psychological stress adversely affects the mitochondria just like high-sugar diets do — and a ketogenic diet can correct things that psychological interventions alone sometimes cannot."
    Moira Newiss Contact Info
    Website: moiranewiss.co.uk
    LinkedIn: Moira Newiss
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moiranewiss
    Change.Org : Overhaul the UK dietary Guidelines

    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 [email protected]
    Pre-Order Stay Off My Kitchen Table at Amazon.
    Like what you hear? Head over to IFixHearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay Off My Operating Table.
    Ready to go deeper? Talk to someone from my team at IFixHearts.com/talk.
    Stay Off My Operating Table on X:   
    Dr. Ovadia: @iFixHearts
    Jack Heald: @JackHeald5
    Learn more:
    Stay Off My Operating Table on Amazon
    Take Dr. Ovadia's metabolic health quiz: iFixHearts 
    Dr. Ovadia's website: Ovadia Heart Health
    Jack Heald's website: CultYourBrand.com
    Theme Song : Rage Against
    Written & Performed by Logan Gritton & Colin Gailey
    (c) 2016 Mercury Retro Recordings

    Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from Dr. Philip Ovadia.
  • Stay Off My Operating Table

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

    2026/03/17 | 58 mins.
    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
    The nervous system doesn't distinguish between emotional pain and physical pain — and that single fact changes everything about how you heal.
    Kemi Blake contact info
    Website: https://bodikemistri.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 [email protected]
    Pre-Order Stay Off My Kitchen Table at Amazon.
    Like what you hear? Head over to IFixHearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay Off My Operating Table.
    Ready to go deeper? Talk to someone from my team at IFixHearts.com/talk.
    Stay Off My Operating Table on X:
    Dr. Ovadia: @iFixHearts
    Jack Heald: @JackHeald5
    Learn more:
    Stay Off My Operating Table on Amazon
    Take Dr. Ovadia's metabolic health quiz: iFixHearts
    Dr. Ovadia's website: Ovadia Heart Health
    Jack Heald's website: CultYourBrand.com
    Theme Song : Rage Against
    Written & Performed by Logan Gritton & Colin Gailey
    (c) 2016 Mercury Retro Recordings

    Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from Dr. Philip Ovadia.
  • Stay Off My Operating Table

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

    2026/03/10 | 1h
    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 got buried under decades of commercial food messaging and dietary dogma. Critically, simply eliminating high-oxalate foods overnight can trigger a difficult detox response as stored crystals release from tissues, so gradual dietary change is recommended. Her book, Toxic Superfoods, and her website sallyknorton.com offer practical guidance for anyone ready to investigate further.
    Sally K. Norton contact info
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    Website: SallyKNorton.com
    Book: Toxic Superfoods
    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 [email protected]
    Pre-Order Stay Off My Kitchen Table at Amazon.
    Like what you hear? Head over to IFixHearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay Off My Operating Table.
    Ready to go deeper? Talk to someone from my team at IFixHearts.com/talk.
    Stay Off My Operating Table on X:   
    Dr. Ovadia: @iFixHearts
    Jack Heald: @JackHeald5
    Learn more:
    Stay Off My Operating Table on Amazon
    Take Dr. Ovadia's metabolic health quiz: iFixHearts 
    Dr. Ovadia's website: Ovadia Heart Health
    Jack Heald's website: CultYourBrand.com
    Theme Song : Rage Against
    Written & Performed by Logan Gritton & Colin Gailey
    (c) 2016 Mercury Retro Recordings

    Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from Dr. Philip Ovadia.
  • Stay Off My Operating Table

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

    2026/03/03 | 1h 4 mins.
    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 practice focused on sleep, diet, exercise, and mental health through precise measurement and individualized strategies. For physicians feeling stuck and patients paying tens of thousands annually for insurance that doesn't deliver health, this conversation maps pathways to better options.

    BIG IDEA
    When the health insurer owns your doctor, your pharmacy, and your insurance, they have every incentive to drive costs up, reduce quality, and withhold care.
    Dr. Sandeep “Deep” Palakodeti, MD - Contact Info
    Book: The Ultimate Asset
    Website: VelocityHealthClinic.com
    Podcast: https://velocityhealthclinic.com/the-ultimate-asset-podcast/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/velocityhealth/
    X: https://x.com/join_velocity

    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 [email protected]
    Pre-Order Stay Off My Kitchen Table at Amazon.
    Like what you hear? Head over to IFixHearts.com/book to grab a copy of my book, Stay Off My Operating Table.
    Ready to go deeper? Talk to someone from my team at IFixHearts.com/talk.
    Stay Off My Operating Table on X:   
    Dr. Ovadia: @iFixHearts
    Jack Heald: @JackHeald5
    Learn more:
    Stay Off My Operating Table on Amazon
    Take Dr. Ovadia's metabolic health quiz: iFixHearts 
    Dr. Ovadia's website: Ovadia Heart Health
    Jack Heald's website: CultYourBrand.com
    Theme Song : Rage Against
    Written & Performed by Logan Gritton & Colin Gailey
    (c) 2016 Mercury Retro Recordings

    Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from Dr. Philip Ovadia.

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About Stay Off My Operating Table

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/Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from Dr. Philip Ovadia.
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