Stay off My Operating Table: A Heart Surgeon’s Metabolic Health Guide to Lose Weight, Prevent Disease, and Feel Your Best Every Day Paperback – November 5, 2021

Very easy read. Great rundown on metabolic health, how to score, current diets with pros and cons, and sample meals. I follow this on X, and agree with the idea that the whole "high cholesterol is bad" argument is not necessarily true. This book points that out. Stop consuming sugars! Also, the calcium score discussion is great. My PCM just had me do one and I am surprised (also mad) at the result.

I needed this book. Due to multiple long-term health problems, I was convinced that medications alone were not what was best for me. I did a 60-day elimination diet of only beef, eggs, butter, salt, & water (no dairy, coffee, tea, seasonings, or plants of any kind). Even though I was mildly nauseous the 1st 30 days, wonderful things began happening & the pain I’d lived with for decades began to get better every day. After the 60 days, I began adding 1 new thing to my diet to see how my body reacted. I found that while I could tolerate small amounts of dairy & a few seasonings like dill, rosemary, thyme, cumin, and truffle salt, the pain would resurface if I ate any other plants, even seasonings (even a sprinkle of black pepper). I was just happy to feel full all the time, not have cravings, not be in pain anymore, & to not have to take any medications so I didn’t care how restrictive this diet was. However, I wanted to know why this was working for me. That’s when I found this book. Dr. Ovadia explains it perfectly. This gave me the insight I needed to understand the path to health I’m on. Also, he provides several resources for those who need additional help from medical professionals (the ones who actually understand the importance of metabolic health), he gives examples for how to implement the most important changes, he lists the markers that we should all consider when assessing our health, & there’s even an FAQ section at the end containing questions his patients have asked him over the years (I found this section particularly helpful). I’m glad I found what I was looking for in this book.

I’ve read several books on topics similar to this over the last year in an effort to educate myself and improve my health. I would say this book is my favorite. It’s easy to understand, objective, and validates everything else I’ve learned making me even more confident in the direction I’m heading. If I was to refer friends or family to one book about metabolic health — one that I’m confident will help — this would be it. It’s practically the only resource you need! But also find a doctor similar to Dr. Ovadia. It’s so important that your doctor truly understands good nutrition and is looking out for your best interest. Good nutrition has nothing to do with our government’s food pyramid and especially nothing to do with pharmaceuticals.

Easy read and not full of fluff.

While I found the information in this book quite helpful. I was rather disappointed that it did not contain the latest data on cholesterol and statin use. Someone not familiar with this information may get the idea that statins are ok , that they will be helpful when the fact is they are more harmful. Otherwise, great book.

You should read this book!!! I’ve just had a CT scan that tells me I have heart disease. I haven’t needed a doctor my entire life. 🙂. And can’t find a doctor who will take my Medicare coverage. (I bought a package for the CT scan thru a company who does full body scans. Then I take it from there. So this book may help keep me alive till I find a cardiologist. Or will I even need a doctor, if I follow these instructions? Great info!

This is one of the best books I’ve read that explains metabolic health. It’s a short book and easy to understand. After 15 months carnivore it was great to realize I’m metabolically healthy! Much healing over the past year for my husband and I. Most people our age are on numerous medications, we are not!Thank Dr Ovadia

Incredibly enlightening book. Lots of references cited and resources to follow up with changing your health for the better. Statins aren’t the answer!!