Stay Off My Kitchen Table: A Heart Surgeon’s 4-Week Elimination Diet for Gut Repair, Metabolic Health, and Longevity

New York Times Bestseller!

From the bestselling authors who launched the metabolic health movement, Dr. Philip Ovadia and Joshua Lisec, comes the nutrition breakthrough you've been waiting for.

You cleaned up your diet. You followed the plan. So why aren't you seeing the results?

The truth is, it's not just what you eat; it's what your body absorbs.

In this long-awaited follow-up to Stay Off My Operating Table, Dr. Philip Ovadia and Joshua Lisec reveal the best-kept secret in nutrition science: Your gut health and nutrient absorption matter just as much as the food on your plate. If you're stuck on a plateau, struggling with inflammation, or wondering why your "healthy" choices aren't working, this book explains exactly why.

Stay Off My Kitchen Table emphasizes a vital truth: To achieve lasting health, you must remove foods that harm your metabolism, spike your blood sugar, cause inflammation, or block nutrient absorption from your kitchen. This book shows you how to eliminate those hidden offenders and fill your table with nourishing, body-friendly foods that support healing and vitality.

Through clear explanations and a proven step-by-step plan, Stay Off My Kitchen Table teaches you how to optimize your internal engine so your body can finally absorb the nutrients it needs to heal, energize, and thrive. You will discover that the path to a longer lifespan and healthspan is not to do more; it’s to do less. With the manageable, intuitive, and even fun dietary changes you’ll be making, your kitchen table will never look the same—and neither will you.

It all starts with a 4-week elimination diet designed to reduce inflammation, reset your gut, and remove the hidden food triggers that are sabotaging your progress. By the end of the month, you'll have a clean slate and a clear path forward—no guesswork, no gimmicks.

In this groundbreaking guide, you’ll discover:

• Why some people thrive on new diets while others crash
• How to increase bioavailability and get more nutrition from fewer foods
• The truth about anti-nutrients and why some "superfoods" backfire
• A powerful 4-week elimination diet to reboot digestion and unlock nutrient absorption
• How to test your gut health, track your progress, and fix what's broken
• Why absorption is the future of longevity, energy, and weight loss
• The complete absorption-first system to heal your gut and supercharge your metabolism

Whether you're trying to repair your digestion, escape the cycle of failed diets, or finally feel like yourself again, Stay Off My Kitchen Table delivers the insight and tools to take control of your health for good.

The last diet book you'll ever need. Because once your body absorbs what's missing, everything changes.

Dr. Philip Ovadia is a board-certified cardiac surgeon and founder of Ovadia Heart Health. As a heart surgeon who used to be morbidly obese, he has seen firsthand the failures of mainstream diets and medicine. He realized that what helped him lose over 100 pounds was the same solution that could have prevented most of the thousands of open-heart surgeries he has performed: metabolic health. In Stay Off My Operating Table: A Heart Surgeon’s Metabolic Health Guide to Lose Weight, Prevent Disease, and Feel Your Best Every Day (60,000+ copies sold), Dr. Ovadia shares the complete metabolic health system to prevent disease. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Tufts – New England Medical School. Learn more at www.ovadiahearthealth.com.

Joshua Lisec writes books of consequence. He is a New York Times, #1 Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestselling author, co-author, and ghostwriter. He has ghostwritten more than 100 nonfiction books on nutrition, fitness, business, and more that have been translated into a dozen languages. Lisec is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Lies I Taught in Medical School. He is also author of the award-winning So Good They Call You a Fake and creator of “The Best Way to Say It®” writing programs. He has been featured in the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Newsweek, Forbes, BBC, TEDx, and TMZ. He is the world’s only Certified Ghostwriter and Certified Hypnotist. Lisec’s health transformed after switching to a low-carb diet following ten years of chronic veganism. Follow along at www.x.com/joshualisec.