Why Isn’t Lower LDL Ending Heart Disease? – TFP #025 | Philip Ovadia

About this episode

Dave Feldman discusses heart disease prevention with cardiothoracic surgeon Philip Ovadia, exploring the limitations of focusing solely on LDL cholesterol.

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can heart disease prevention be asking the wrong question? Dave sits down with Philip Ovadia, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon, as the guest makes the case for looking beyond LDL alone. They discuss bypass surgery, why cholesterol-lowering hasn’t erased heart disease, insulin resistance, trial design, statins and PCSK9 drugs, real-food diets, CGMs, and how clinicians think about risk in practice. 🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/25 Private blood testing services 🩸Over 300 blood tests 💰 Extremely affordable ❤️ We love our customers (Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏) 🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN: Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman X/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldman Instagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman Website: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com ⏱ Chapters 3:04 – Dave sets the frame 9:41 – The preacher’s fallacy 16:22 – What else is cholesterol for? 23:02 – FOURIER stopped early 29:41 – When treatment still fails 36:22…

People in this episode

Host: Dave Feldman

Guest: Philip Ovadia

Topics covered

• heart disease prevention
• cholesterol
• insulin resistance
• real-food diets
• clinical risk assessment
• bypass surgery
• statins

Keywords

• heart disease
• LDL
• cholesterol-lowering
• insulin resistance
• statins
• PCSK9
• real-food diets
• bypass surgery

Sponsors

Own Your Labs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CGMs, statins, PCSK9 drugs, cholesterol, insulin resistance, bypass surgery

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