See how the Mediterranean and keto diets compare for heart health. We break down research on blood sugar, triglycerides, inflammation, liver fat, and insulin resistance to explore why carbohydrate restriction may offer greater cardiometabolic benefits.
Ketones are more than an alternative energy source. They can help fuel your heart, support cardiac efficiency, improve vascular function, and promote metabolic health. Learn how low-carb eating, fasting, and exercise can help your body generate more ketones naturally.
Do carbohydrates really keep your heart healthy, or is that another outdated nutrition myth? Explore the latest science on carbs, cardiovascular disease, metabolic health, and why a low carb approach may better support long-term heart health.
SGLT2 inhibitors can help manage heart failure, diabetes, and kidney disease, but they do not address the root causes of poor metabolic health. Discover the benefits, potential side effects, and lifestyle strategies that may provide similar long term heart health improvements.
Food has a direct impact on your metabolic and heart health. In this article, Dr. Ovadia explores how whole, nutrient-dense foods like full-fat dairy, eggs, red meat, and healthy fats can support cardiovascular health while ultra-processed foods, refined carbs, and sugar contribute to chronic disease. Learn practical dietary changes you can make today to improve heart health naturally and reduce your risk of heart disease.
After 70 years of following the American Heart Association’s dietary advice, heart health outcomes continue to worsen. This article examines why outdated guidance, conflicting interests, and a high-carb, low-fat focus may be contributing to today’s growing cardiometabolic crisis, and how newer dietary recommendations compare.
Fat vs carbs isn’t as simple as “good” vs “bad.” This article breaks down decades of research on both sides of the heart health debate—and reveals why diet quality matters far more than the macronutrient itself.
Most doctors never mention nutrient density—yet it’s one of the strongest defenses against heart disease. In this article, Dr. Philip Ovadia explains what nutrient-dense eating really means, why bioavailability matters, and how to build a diet that truly supports cardiovascular and metabolic health.
Discover how ketogenic diets change key biomarkers like insulin, CRP, cholesterol, testosterone, and cortisol—what to expect and why it matters.
Stay Off My Operating Table® Podcast with Dr. Philip Ovadia Imagine this: your parents – the pillars of your life – are locked in a battle of metabolic illnesses and you are helpless. This is the stark reality that our guest, Olivia Khwaja, faced which led her to pivot from a corporate career to a journey
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