How to Manage Your Heart Health with Dr. Ovadia | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #60

Heart surgeon Dr. Philip Ovadia joins Ray on the show today to discuss the most important topics from Ovadia's book, Stay Off My Operating Table. The cholesterol controversy, diagnostic testing, blood panel specifics, and other areas of interest related to avoiding heart disease are reviewed in as much detail as an hour show allows. 01:17 - Stay Off My Operating Table 06:37 - The standard of practice 10:28 - Why are there so many sick people? / Being red-pilled 13:19 - How do I take back control of my health? 18:31 - Don't overeat if you're not using the energy 19:27 - Most common patient 24:13 - 5 basic levels of metabolic health 27:48 - Metabolic syndrome 33:59 - Sugar is damaging to the bloodstream 39:49 - Efficiency is important 45:30 - Calcium score 50:34 - Preventative heart surgery 53:57 - Insulin resistance 59:30 - Red blood cell count 01:03:09 - Distinction between polycythemia and secondary erythrocytosis 01:06:40 - The body is a complicated system