{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"SCP Podcast #287: The Heart Surgeon Who Changed His Mind About Nutrition | Dr. Philip Ovadia","description":"  In this episode of the Stop Chasing Pain Podcast, Dr. Perry sits down with board-certified cardiac surgeon and author Dr. Philip Ovadia for a wide-ranging conversation about heart disease, metabolic health, nutrition, and what it really means to take control of your health. After more than 25 years as a heart surgeon, Dr. Ovadia brings a unique perspective to the conversation\u2014not only from the thousands of patients he has treated, but from his own health journey. Once morbidly obese and pre-diabetic, he began questioning the conventional nutritional advice he had been taught after realizing it wasn\u2019t working for him. He ultimately lost more than 100 pounds and made metabolic health a central focus of his work. Dr. Perry and Dr. Ovadia explore how our food environment has changed over the last century, the rise of processed foods and refined carbohydrates, and the long-running debate surrounding dietary fat, cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease. They also discuss why nutrition can feel so confusing, how conflicting health information leaves people unsure of what to believe, and why looking at the relationships between multiple health markers may provide more useful context than focusing on a single laboratory value. The conversation also dives into Dr. Ovadia\u2019s new book, Stay Off My Kitchen Table, the follow-up to Stay Off My Operating Table, and his goal of giving people practical tools to better understand nutrition, digestion, metabolic health, and their own blood work. Topics discussed include: \u2022 Why heart disease remains such a major health challenge \u2022 Dr. Ovadia\u2019s journey from unhealthy heart surgeon to metabolic health advocate \u2022 How processed food changed the modern diet \u2022 The history and evolution of dietary guidelines \u2022 Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolic health \u2022 Cholesterol and the debate surrounding LDL \u2022 Blood sugar, blood pressure, weight, and cardiovascular risk \u2022 Why one laboratory marker should be viewed in the context of the whole person \u2022 Understanding and interpreting your blood work \u2022 Moving from managing disease toward building health \u2022 Giving people the knowledge to become more active participants in their own health This episode is ultimately about asking better questions, looking beyond isolated numbers, and understanding the bigger picture of health. Dr. Philip Ovadia \u2014 Ovadia Heart Health Stay Off My Kitchen Table \u2014 Official Book Page Dr. Ovadia\u2019s Books ","author_name":"Stop Chasing Pain","author_url":"http:\/\/stopchasingpain.com","html":"