Episode 1641 – Dr. Philip Ovadia joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday show to discuss cardiothoracic medicine, doctor lifestyle changes, carnivorism, medical school training (or lack thereof), COVID-19 from a lung perspective, statins, metabolic disease and more.
DR. PHILIP OVADIA
- Philip is based out of Florida, but also travels to Memphis often for work.
- He is a cardiothoracic surgeon.
- The two most common surgeries he performs are bypass surgeries and surgeries dealing with lung cancer.
- When it comes to the heart, he’s a plumber.
- As a heart surgery, he tries to help his patients understand cholesterol.
- Just because cholesterol is there when there’s a heart problem, doesn’t mean *it* is causing the problem.
- He doesn’t deal a lot with COVID patients because they don’t usually need surgery.
- Two things should be eye-opening:
- 1) Metabolic health seems to be fairly determinative of how you may do if you contract the disease.
- 2) Doctors seem to have lost control of medicine.
- Two things should be eye-opening:
DOCTOR LIFESTYLE CHANGES
- Dr. Philip is a healthy guy, a healthy weight.
- However, until four or five years ago, he struggled with obesity.
- This plagued him since he was a kid.
- However, until four or five years ago, he struggled with obesity.
- He didn’t understand why he kept getting heavier – he only drank diet soda and ate a low fat diet.
- During residency, he only got heavier.
- He got to 270 lbs at 5’7″.
- He would be winded walking up the stairs to see a patient and he realized he couldn’t continue like this.
- He got to 270 lbs at 5’7″.
- During residency, he only got heavier.
- The “eat less, move more” mantra he was taught in med school wasn’t sustainable.
- Caloric deficit lost him some weight, but he picked it back up.
GETTING STARTED AND DIETARY CHANGES
- He started by doing gluten free for his wife and started to feel way better.
- He wasn’t so tired any more.
- Several months later, he heard Gary Taubes speak and from there, he got into low carb high fat.
- Now, he’s a carnivore guy.
- He’s lost 100 lbs and kept it off.
- Philip feels better than he did in his 20s now!
- It can be tough to change your mind, especially as a doctor, after you’ve been so indoctrinated.
- However, he simply saw what he was taught did not work.
- People don’t even know what it means to be healthy anymore.
- Doctors need to get people back on track with respect to people not accepting health issues as being normal.
