Dr Sean Omara Interview
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Stay Off My Operating Table podcast with Dr. Philip Ovadia. Special guest Dr. Sean O'Mara, an emergency medicine physician who retooled himself into a health and performance optimizing physician after personal health challenges and a patient interaction that prompted dietary changes.
Phil explains why he invited Sean: they've had great conversations; Sean offers unique outside-the-box thinking on metabolic health after 50+ episodes.
Trained as emergency medicine physician. Retooled after medical conditions and patient challenge led to diet change with profound personal impact, spilling into professional life. Became researcher on how simple dietary change profoundly affects life. Followed Phil's work via social media as one of the first physicians speaking truths about diet and lifestyle changes for health conditions. Notes unpopularity of this viewpoint, though more colleagues are coming on board. Took him 15 years to realize this as a physician, terrifying for average person. Excited to join forces via social media, internet, podcasting to reach people quickly with life-changing message.
Worked in hospital wellness center, saw doctors working out, including general surgeon doing bypass surgeries. Noticed fit patient who worked out 5-10 minutes. Patient was paleo. Sean had multiple conditions: Barrett's esophagus (pre-cancerous lesions, EGD every 3 months without sedation), high blood pressure, pre-diabetic, overweight, restless leg syndrome (kicking legs all night), obstructive sleep apnea (snoring, keeping wife awake), enlarged prostate (dribbling urination, no stream). Patient explained paleo diet. Sean researched online, started it without expecting impact on conditions. Noticed urination stream like Niagara Falls as in teenage years, no longer waking at night. Epiphany led to fury: medical school never taught dietary lifestyle change reversed these conditions. Conditions were treated symptomatically with medications, getting worse. Realized in emergency medicine they give medicines, unlike definitive surgical arts. Decided to research how diet caused these changes, as training didn't prepare him.
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