PRAISE FOR STAY OFF MY OPERATING TABLE
S tay Off My Operating Table is a must-read. This is the book for any physician or patient who wants to prevent disease if possible and to otherwise improve outcomes. Dr. Ovadia understands the central role metabolic health plays in the body, knowledge which enables him to keep potential future cardiac patients off his operating table. I am sharing this book with other doctors at the USC Keck School of Medicine so they can learn how diet affects everything we do in medicine.
Robert Lufkin, MD
Chief of Head Neck Imaging/Neuroradiology, Prohealth Advanced Imaging Network
& Clinical Professor of Radiology, USC Keck School of Medicine
Working in clinical medicine for more than twenty years has demonstrated to me that we often overlook the root cause of chronic disease in an effort to manage symptoms. I firmly believe that if we could help identify the real etiologies and reasons for chronic illness, and the lifestyle contributors to inflammation, insulin resistance, etc., we would have a much healthier population. Dr. Philip Ovadias book brilliantly identifies how best to empower our current medical establishment to help reverse current statistics and metabolic inflexibility.
Cynthia Thurlow
Nurse Practitioner, Intermittent Fasting and Nutrition Expert, and Two-Time TEDx Speaker
Like Dr. Philip Ovadia, I struggled with obesity throughout my life. I, too, learned almost too late that the root of many chronic diseases is not too high a fat or protein intake but often too many carbohydrates. Today, both Dr. Ovadia and I recommend patients and clients focus on getting meals that are rich in protein and healthy fats. For a system that makes metabolically balanced nutrition easy and sustainable, get Stay Off My Operating Table .
Dr. Tro Kalayjian
Internal Medicine & Obesity Medicine Physician
Most so-called health experts have no idea what theyre talking about. In fact, their advice usually results in you getting sicker, fatter, and angrier. And youre left with no clue about what to do different. Dr. Philip Ovadia changes everything. Not only is he an actual doctor who understands the problems with our sick-care system, he knows how the human body actually works. In Stay Off My Operating Table , Dr. Ovadia shows you how to get your metabolic health right and, in turn, get everything else right. Your weight, your blood sugar, your blood pressure, your cholesterol and triglycerides, your energy, everything. I recommend this book to anyone who is sick of being lied to by self-styled fitness gurus and professional dieticians who dont know the first thing about being fit or healthy.
Vinnie Tortorich
Author, Fitness Confidential
This is a comprehensive book on metabolic healtha book that covers all aspects of good health and addresses common myths which have contributed to ill health not only in the United States but also globally. The often-complicated science is explained in an accessible language that would appeal to all. Its the perfect book to gift to a hesitant friend or a confused family member. My extended family members are going to receive a copy each!
Nayiri Mississian
Managing Director, ntsprofessionaltranslations.com
Nutrition Researcher & Coach, lowcarbandfasting.com
If only I had read this as a young doctor! Instead, I wasted years using lifelong medication instead of lifestyle medicine, particularly a real food, low-carb diet as advocated in these pages. I spent years blindly following the myths debunked in this book. Since seeing the light I have helped over one hundred patients achieve drug free Type 2 diabetes remission. Dont wait, read it now!
Dr. David Unwin, FRCGP, RCGP
National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes,
2016 NHS Innovator of the Year
Dr. Ovadias brave message is one that needs to be shouted from ORs everywhere: Many surgeries are completely preventable, and in order to stay off the operating table, we need to take responsibility for our own health, diets, and lifestyle by proactively addressing the root causes of disease. Spoiler alert: It all starts with eating real, whole food. Dr. Ovadia gives us the framework for how to improve our metabolic health, with flexible plans for different dietary preferences. This book will leave you empowered to take your metabolic health into your own hands so you can live your most vibrant, empowered, and healthy life.
Casey Means, MD
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Levels
In a time where our world grapples with a health matter where morbidity relates to metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, it is clear we as a people have both ignored warnings for decades and are in need of true and honest leadership from the medical profession. With the release of Stay Off My Operating Table , Dr. Ovadia has supplied our world a tour-de-force blueprint for both the average citizen and the medical professional to understand the role of metabolic syndrome and how to right the storm and nurture a legacy of health in their family as well as across the globe. Thank you, Dr. Ovadia. I strongly encourage all to read Stay Off My Operating Table .
John K. Davies
JKD Asset Management
To my amazing wife, Shelly, whose support and inspiration has allowed me to aim for the stars, and to my daughters, Eva and Layla, who provide the why for me to give them a better world.
Contents
Foreword
by JACK MURPHY
I met Dr. Philip Ovadia when he joined the Liminal Order, my all-mens professional network. He came with a big ideastarting a telehealth practice to help people become metabolically healthier. In his practice as a heart surgeon, he saw firsthand the dangers of unhealthy lifestyles, particularly food choices. Dr. Ovadia told me he wanted to keep people out of his operating room by giving them the resources they need to be healthy now, instead of after undergoing surgery.
Thats how I knew Dr. Ovadia was the real deal. What kind of surgeon wants to limit his customers? Honest ones, thats who. The good kind. I had recently had negative experiences with orthopedic surgeons who had all wanted to put me under the knife right away. In reality, physical therapy was the answer. So when I heard Dr. Ovadia was a man of health and integrity, I immediately wanted to support him. Today, many Liminal Order members are Dr. Ovadias private clients, myself included. I recommend his telehealth services without reservation. But if youd like a preview of what the good doctor is all about, read Stay Off My Operating Table .
This book gives you the knowledge and tools to become healthier, happier, and even wealthier. People who are metabolically healthy feel great, look great, live longer, and have more productive lives than those who dont. Metabolic health puts you in a special category of people who take control and elevate yourself to a new level. Dr. Ovadias advice can take inches off your waist and put years on your life. Who doesnt want that? I know I do.