Stay off My Operating Table: A Heart Surgeon's Metabolic Health Guide to Lose Weight, Prevent Disease, and Feel Your Best Every

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For the past century, diet ads and advice have flooded our lives, yet heart disease remains the leading global killer, with 88% of adults metabolically unhealthy. Most dieters regain lost weight, and conventional diets often focus on short-term goals, restricting food choices and promoting exhausting exercise routines. These approaches tend to benefit wallets more than waistlines. Meanwhile, the healthcare system often resorts to drugs and surgery instead of teaching proper nutrition for disease prevention. Dr. Philip Ovadia, a heart surgeon who once struggled with obesity, has experienced the shortcomings of mainstream diets and medicine. He discovered that achieving metabolic health was key to his weight loss and could have prevented many heart surgeries. The food you eat significantly impacts your longevity and quality of life, yet this vital information is often overlooked in medical training, with pharmaceutical companies and food manufacturers benefiting from public ignorance. In this insightful guide, Dr. Ovadia presents a comprehensive metabolic health system designed to prevent disease and enhance well-being. His sustainable, long-term approach contrasts sharply with quick-fix diets. Readers will learn about the roots of major health issues, how to assess and improve metabolic health, the benefits of a nutritionally complete diet, and effective, manageable exercise routines. Whether seeking to overcome chronic dise