Ask Your Doctor These 4 Words Before You Take a Statin with Dr. Philip Ovadia

After performing thousands of open-heart surgeries, Dr. Philip Ovadia recognized that the vast majority were preventable…if his patients had improved their metabolic health in the first place. In this episode, Dr. Chris Motley sat down with heart surgeon, author and podcaster Dr. Philip Ovadia to learn about the underrated relationship between insulin resistance and heart disease, and what you need to know to arm yourself at home and in the doctor’s office. Small correction from the intro: Dr. Ovadia is a board-certified cardiac surgeon, not a cardiologist. He has performed over 3,000 heart surgeries across 25-plus years

If heart disease has been the number one killer for so long, isn’t it possible that we’re tackling it the wrong way? Dr. Ovadia’s belief is that our emphasis on cholesterol has done us a disservice when it comes to heart health. 

If you have a family history of heart issues, or a heart condition yourself, learn how Dr. Ovadia believes you can stay off his operating table. 

Timestamps

[00:00:00] Cold open: 95% of heart patients had this, and it was not high cholesterol

[00:00:56] Every 40 seconds: the killer that has held first place for a hundred years

[00:02:41] "The patient is never as good after they have the surgery"

[00:04:26] From five years old to 3,000 open hearts, and what the first one is like

[00:08:47] The cholesterol answer a heart surgeon is not supposed to give

[00:12:26] Insulin resistance, sugar, and the linkage he says is far stronger

[00:14:56] The five markers of metabolic disease, and the one your doctor watches instead

[00:17:33] Statins: how "high" fell from 140 to 70, and what the 33% really means