Stay off My Operating Table Quotes

“our medical care system is not built to broadcast that answer, much less comprehend it. The system addresses only the symptoms of metabolic health problems as they arise, rarely if ever resolving the underlying causes.”
― Philip Ovadia, Stay off My Operating Table: A Heart Surgeon’s Metabolic Health Guide to Lose Weight, Prevent Disease, and Feel Your Best Every Day

“It’s incredibly hard to make people care. It’s also difficult to convince them they’ve been living inside a medical system that secretly keeps them sick to farm them for money. Instead, set an example. Get metabolically healthy, look great, and live a more active life.”
― Philip Ovadia, Stay off My Operating Table: A Heart Surgeon’s Metabolic Health Guide to Lose Weight, Prevent Disease, and Feel Your Best Every Day

“Notice that LDL is not an indicator of metabolic health. But doctors are often quick to throw a patient on a statin and assume that will prevent them from getting heart disease and extend their life.”
― Philip Ovadia, Stay off My Operating Table: A Heart Surgeon’s Metabolic Health Guide to Lose Weight, Prevent Disease, and Feel Your Best Every Day