To honor Heart Health Month, Jenn sat down with Dr. Philip Ovadia. He's a cardiothoracic surgeon who learned, the hard way, that everything he was taught about nutrition growing up and in med school was wrong, and was the leading cause of patients ending up on his operating table. He's now helping people transform their health through lifestyle. He believes that 90% of his surgical patients could have prevented the need to see him! Debunking common heart health myths, outline what we want to request from our doctor and more, this year's February heart health episode is not to be missed!     

Outline:

• Welcome back & intro today's topic
• Meet Dr. Philip Ovadia
• Dr. Ovadia's story - growing up obese, eventually learning new information, removed 100lb from his own body & shifting what his medical practice looked like
• "Meds will never make you better" & how to navigate doctor recommendations with what we're learning
• Myths & misconception around heart health
• The food pyramid
• Saturated fat is the cause of heart disease
• LDL & statin drugs, cholesterol is the singular cause of heart disease
• Why we're not talking about the biggest red flags for heart health?
• How much med school taught about lifestyle or nutrition
• Defining metabolic health
• What happens int he body when people become metabolically unhealthy
• The connection between metabolic health and cardiovascular disease
• The role of genetics & family history vs lifestyle
• Oils vs natural fats vs seed oils
• Processed foods & diet plans vs health supportive eating
• The role of sleep & stress in metabolic health
• Indicators & way to measure/monitor our metabolic health
• Waist circumference
• Blood pressure
• Fasting Blood Glucose
• HDL Cholesterol
• Triglycerides
• Normal/acceptable ranges vs what we really want to see
• Add a fasting insulin test
• How do we get our doctors to do the extra labs?
• Ex. CRP
• How to respectfully push back on our doctors
• A key learning since Dr. Ovadia's book was published
• Blood clotting & inflammation
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Quotes:

"The types of food we eat might be more important than the amount of food we eat." – Dr. Philip Ovadia

"Meds will not make us better."  – Dr. Philip Ovadia

"Our healthcare system is geared toward taking care of sick people...not keeping them healthy."  – Dr. Philip Ovadia

"For most illnesses, it's the same root cause...it's metabolic health." – Dr. Philip Ovadia

"88% of adults in the US are not metabolically healthy."  – Dr. Philip Ovadia

"Metabolic health, insulin resistance, is clearly a much more significant risk factor for heart disease than LDL cholesterol is."  – Dr. Philip Ovadia 

"Lifestyle related illness and disease also means very preventable disease."   – Jenn Trepeck