Health Longevity Secrets
Health Longevity Secrets
Robert Lufkin MD
Heart Surgeon: It's Not Cholesterol — It's Metabolic Health | Philip Ovadia MD
47 minutes Posted Aug 4, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Your Daily Choices Shape Health
A Preventable Death And A Vow
Can You Thrive Without Meat
Why Red Meat Was Vilified
His Turning Point With Weight
Why Medicine Resists New Data
What Government Could Fix Next
Breaking Free From Employed Medicine
Metabolic Care Beyond The Heart
What Telehealth Looks Like Day To Day
Nutrient Absorption And Gut Clues
The Wearable That Changes Everything
Empowerment Mindset And Final Takeaways
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A cardiac surgeon who's performed thousands of open-heart operations says most of his patients didn't have to be there — and the culprit isn't cholesterol, it's metabolic health. In this episode of Health Longevity Secrets, Robert Lufkin MD sits down with Dr. Philip Ovadia, board-certified cardiac surgeon and author of the new book "Stay Off My Kitchen Table." Once morbidly obese and prediabetic himself, Ovadia lost nearly 100 pounds and rethought everything he was taught about heart disease....