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Stay Off My Operating Table

Stay Off My Operating Table

By: Dr. Philip Ovadia
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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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  • Beyond Blood Sugar: Why Insulin Matters More Than We've Been Told - Dr. Ian Lake
    Aug 4 2026

    Most conversations about diabetes focus on controlling blood sugar. Dr. Ian Lake spent 20 years following this playbook—counting carbohydrates, injecting insulin, managing his type 1 diagnosis according to conventional medical guidance. Then a serious hypoglycemic episode and early signs of retinopathy forced him to reconsider everything.

    What he discovered became the foundation of his practice and his new book Shifting Gears: insulin itself may be more important than the glucose it controls. By reframing type 1 diabetes as a metabolic optimization problem rather than a glucose-management puzzle, Lake unlocked something most people with the condition never experience—stability without constant mental and physical strain.

    But here's what makes this conversation essential for everyone: type 1 diabetes isn't just a disease. It's a window into how your body actually works. Understanding insulin's role as a master metabolic regulator reveals patterns that affect weight, mental health, inflammation, and longevity in all of us. Lake has run 100 miles fasted. He's cycled 1,000 miles while managing type 1. His approach challenges core assumptions about fuel, performance, and what our bodies actually need.

    BIG IDEA

    Insulin management—not glucose control—is the key to metabolic flexibility and long-term health, whether you inject insulin or not.

    Contact Info:
    Book: Shifting Gears by Ian Lake on Amazon
    Website: Type1Keto.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 team@ifixhearts.com

    WEBSITE: Stay Off My Kitchen Table

    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.

    Ready to take control of your health? Grab Dr. Ovadia’s brand new book Stay Off My Kitchen Table now!

    This isn’t just another diet book; it reveals why it’s not just what you eat, but what your body actually absorbs that determines your health.

    If you’re struggling with low energy, stubborn weight, or feeling like “healthy eating” isn’t working… this book shows you exactly how to fix it.

    • Learn how to reset your gut
    • Eliminate hidden foods sabotaging your progress
    • Unlock real energy, metabolism, and longevity

    Don’t wait until it’s too late. Take action today. Get your copy of Stay Off My Kitchen Table now.

    Learn More:

    • Take Dr. Ovadia's metabolic health quiz: iFixHearts
    • Dr. Ovadia's website: Ovadia Heart Health

    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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    52 mins
  • How One Young Man Beat a Connective Tissue Disorder Everyone Said Was Permanent - Edward Goeke
    Jul 28 2026

    A genetic connective tissue disorder deemed incurable by medicine improved dramatically through carnivore nutrition and structural medicine that conventional practice overlooks.


    DESCRIPTION

    At 16, Edward Goeke developed debilitating symptoms that left him bedridden: crippling pain whenever he felt emotion, constant tachycardia, and progressive deterioration. For two years, doctors dismissed him. Medications failed. Plant-based eating worsened his condition. By 18, he was losing vision and preparing to die.

    Then came diagnosis: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic connective tissue disorder affecting his ligaments throughout his body. Told it was permanent. Told he'd never fully recover.

    But something shifted when he eliminated plant foods entirely and adopted a carnivore diet. Combined with targeted structural therapies—PRP prolotherapy and deep tissue tendon needling—his symptoms stabilized, then reversed. Now 22, he walks, trains, and functions normally. More provocatively, he's built a research-backed argument that "genetic" and "incurable" aren't the same thing, and that nutritional intervention can fundamentally alter gene expression.

    Edward's now creating content to challenge mainstream health dogma, particularly for younger audiences conditioned to accept conventional medicine's failures as inevitable.

    Edward Goeke: Contraindicated
    YouTube: Edward A. Goeke
    edgoeke@pm.me
    Instagram: e.goeke_









    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

    WEBSITE: Stay Off My Kitchen Table

    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.

    Ready to take control of your health? Grab Dr. Ovadia’s brand new book Stay Off My Kitchen Table now!

    This isn’t just another diet book; it reveals why it’s not just what you eat, but what your body actually absorbs that determines your health.

    If you’re struggling with low energy, stubborn weight, or feeling like “healthy eating” isn’t working… this book shows you exactly how to fix it.

    • Learn how to reset your gut
    • Eliminate hidden foods sabotaging your progress
    • Unlock real energy, metabolism, and longevity

    Don’t wait until it’s too late. Take action today. Get your copy of Stay Off My Kitchen Table now.

    Learn More:

    • Take Dr. Ovadia's metabolic health quiz: iFixHearts
    • Dr. Ovadia's website: Ovadia Heart Health

    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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    1 hr
  • The Gratitude Cure: Why Your Body Can't Heal Under Stress - Ben Azadi
    Jul 21 2026

    Your body cannot release stored fat or heal itself when it perceives threat; gratitude is the measurable physiological switch that lowers cortisol, raises oxytocin, and allows metabolic transformation.


    DESCRIPTION

    Ben Azadi lost 80 pounds and reversed suicidal depression through metabolic healing. His father wasn't as fortunate—a preventable decline into type 2 diabetes, neuropathy, and stroke in 2014. That loss forged his purpose: reach one billion people and reverse type 2 diabetes in a million within a decade.

    But Azadi's message diverges sharply from the biohacking mainstream. While cold plunges and red light have their place, they're secondary. The foundation is unglamorous: gratitude, sunlight, grounding—all free, all measurable in blood work and heart rate variability.

    The science is stark: stress elevates cortisol; cortisol packs visceral fat around your organs. Gratitude does the inverse. Peer-reviewed research shows intentional gratitude practices reduce all-cause mortality by 9 percent and cardiovascular death by 15 percent.

    KetoFlex Revised, his new book, merges this psychological work with metabolic flexibility—teaching your body to burn fat instead of remaining locked into sugar dependence. His thesis: most people major in the minors, chasing complexity while overlooking what actually works.

    Ben Azadi Contact Info:
    https://KetoFlexBook.com

    Social Media Links
    Instagram: instagram.com/thebenazadi
    Facebook: facebook.com/thebenazadi
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KetoKamp
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebenazadi

    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

    WEBSITE: Stay Off My Kitchen Table

    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.

    Ready to take control of your health? Grab Dr. Ovadia’s brand new book Stay Off My Kitchen Table now!

    This isn’t just another diet book; it reveals why it’s not just what you eat, but what your body actually absorbs that determines your health.

    If you’re struggling with low energy, stubborn weight, or feeling like “healthy eating” isn’t working… this book shows you exactly how to fix it.

    • Learn how to reset your gut
    • Eliminate hidden foods sabotaging your progress
    • Unlock real energy, metabolism, and longevity

    Don’t wait until it’s too late. Take action today. Get your copy of Stay Off My Kitchen Table now.

    Learn More:

    • Take Dr. Ovadia's metabolic health quiz: iFixHearts
    • Dr. Ovadia's website: Ovadia Heart Health

    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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    53 mins
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