Why Heart Disease Is a Metabolic Problem — Not a Cholesterol One | Dr. Philip Ovadia

About this episode

Dr. Philip Ovadia discusses how heart disease is a metabolic problem rather than a cholesterol issue.

What if the root cause of heart disease isn’t cholesterol… but metabolic dysfunction? In this powerful episode of Metabolic Matters , I sit down with Dr. Philip C. Ovadia — a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon, metabolic health expert, and author of Stay Off My Operating Table. Once an overweight surgeon facing his own pre-diabetes, Dr. Ovadia reversed his health through a low-carb, nutrient-dense lifestyle and discovered something medicine had missed for decades: that heart disease isn’t a plumbing problem — it’s a metabolic one. Together, we explore how the medical system lost its way, why lowering cholesterol hasn’t fixed heart disease, and how insulin resistance, inflammation, and lifestyle are at the true core of cardiovascular dysfunction. We also talk about the courage it takes to question medical dogma — and why doing so may be the only way to reclaim real health. Dr. Ovadia’s mission today is simple but revolutionary: to keep people off the operating table by empowering them to understand, measure, and repair their own metabolic health. His work is a bridge between cardiology and oncology, reminding us that nearly all chronic disease stems from the same broken…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Nasha Winters

Guest: Dr. Philip C. Ovadia

Topics covered

• heart disease
• metabolic dysfunction
• cholesterol
• insulin resistance
• lifestyle
• medical dogma

Keywords

• heart disease
• metabolic health
• cholesterol
• insulin resistance
• lifestyle changes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Stay Off My Operating Table

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