For the first half of my career as a heart surgeon, I was heading toward becoming one of my own patients. I had struggled with my weight since childhood. I became morbidly obese. My hemoglobin A1c reached 5.9, putting me in the pre-diabetic range. And despite spending my career treating people with advanced heart disease,
Poor metabolic health can undermine even the strongest financial plan. Discover how proactive cardiometabolic care can help protect your health, income, longevity, and financial legacy.
Dr. Philip Ovadia joins Dr. Mariza Snyder to explain why metabolic health and insulin resistance may reveal heart disease risk long before symptoms appear. Learn which markers to track, why muscle matters, and how tools like CGMs and coronary calcium scans can provide deeper insight into your cardiovascular health.
Heart disease risk goes far beyond LDL cholesterol. Dr. Philip Ovadia explains how metabolic health, insulin resistance, inflammation, statins, hormones, and coronary calcium scores can help you better understand your cardiovascular risk.
Recovering from a heart attack takes more than standard lab work. Learn why fasting insulin, NT-proBNP, hs-TnI, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) can provide deeper insight into your cardiometabolic health, and discover the lifestyle habits that can improve these biomarkers and help reduce the risk of future cardiac events.
For 15 years I was a heart surgeon heading straight for my own operating table, morbidly obese, pre-diabetic, and giving patients advice that wasn’t even working for me. In this conversation with Niklas Gustafson, I lay out what I think we’ve been wrong about for 50 years, and the one test 95% of heart patients would fail.
Hiring a personal chef can simplify meal preparation, but it doesn’t automatically lead to better metabolic health. In this article, Dr. Philip Ovadia explains why individuals with insulin resistance, diabetes, or heart failure must carefully consider food choices—even when meals are homemade—and how personalized guidance can help create truly healthy meal plans.
No, it’s not a seasonal joke: the sugar diet is very real. It has waned somewhat from its zenith of popularity, but I feel now is the best time to weigh in — before people set their sights on fad diets for New Years. Just as you might have expected: no, it’s not something I
High Lp(a) is a known cardiovascular risk marker, but its impact depends heavily on metabolic health. Learn what raises Lp(a) and how lifestyle changes can lower it.
Discover how your gut health directly impacts your heart. Learn practical, science-backed ways to improve both through diet, rest, and lifestyle.
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