{"podcast":{"title":"Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill: Fat Loss, Hormones & Health for Women Over 40","slug":"midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815","podcast_index_feed_id":236815,"rss_url":"https://levelingup.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.nataliejillfitness.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/c/5/7/8c5771886eddcdda16c3140a3186d450/MIDLIFE_CONVERSATIONS_Podcast_Logo_-_square.png","author":"Natalie Jill","episode_count":521,"summary":"Welcome to Midlife Conversations. On this podcast Natalie Jill does what she does best - taking complicated information that is relevant to us (women entering Midlife) NOW, and breaking it down simply with actionable steps you can implement to level up your life in your BEST YEARS to come. I also regularly interview some of the most inspiring people living their best Midlife years. On this show, I cover topics about our shifting hormones, weight struggles, our mood and focus changes, raising teenagers, our relationships, career changes, beauty and more. If you are new here, Natalie Jill encourage's you to go back and listen from episode one, when this podcast was previously called \"Listen UP\" for the full transformative experience!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815"},"episode":{"title":"521: The Truth About Statins, LDL, and Heart Disease Risk That Most Cardiologists Won't Tell You with Dr. Philip Ovadia","slug":"521-the-truth-about-statins-ldl-and-heart-disease-risk-that-most-cardiologists-won-t-tell-you-with-dr-philip-ovadia","published_at":"2026-04-28T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815/521-the-truth-about-statins-ldl-and-heart-disease-risk-that-most-cardiologists-won-t-tell-you-with-dr-philip-ovadia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815","url":"https://levelingup.libsyn.com/521-the-heart-surgeon-who-says-your-cholesterol-number-is-lying-to-you-with-drphillip-ovadia","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/levelingup/rep_dr_philip_ovadio_MLC.mp3?dest-id=801512","summary":"What if the cholesterol medication your doctor insists could save your life is actually increasing your risk of the very disease it's supposed to prevent? A board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon who has personally performed over 3,000 open-heart surgeries joins us this week with a message he says most cardiologists will not say out loud: the majority of his patients should never have ended up on his table. Dr. Philip Ovadia lost nearly 100 pounds while operating on other people's hearts, reversed his own prediabetes, and spent the last decade asking a question his colleagues are not comfortable with: what is actually causing heart disease? This episode goes deep. You will learn why your LDL number tells you almost nothing meaningful without particle size testing, why statins lower the wrong kind of cholesterol, and why insulin resistance is a far bigger driver of heart events than anything showing up on a standard lipid panel. Dr. Ovadia also walks through the most important heart tests most women have never had, including the coronary artery calcium scan he calls \"the mammogram for your heart,\" and gives his take on every medication in the conversation from statins to Zetia to Repatha. If you have ever left a cardiology appointment more confused and scared than when you walked in, this one is for you. Learn More About Dr. Philip Ovadia Instagram ➜ https://www.instagram.com/ifixhearts Website ➜ http://ifixhearts.com/ Preorder Stay Off My Kitchen Table ➜ https://stayoffmykitchentable.com/ Thank you to our show sponsors: TIMELINE: Timeline is offering 20% off your order of Mitopure! Go to https:// timeline.com/NATALIEJILL Free Gifts for being a listener of Midlife Conversations! 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