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Dr Oz

2009jewellz
2009jewellz Posts: 187 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I watch Dr Oz sometime not ofen. He speaks on how to lose weight. But is it all true or a $ maker? So many methods can't keep up with he talking about!

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  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Dr. Oz is a quack who supports all kinds of schemes because it makes him money.
    A calorie deficit is all you need to lose weight.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,804 Member
    He is an utter quack who has completely sold out and only cares to make money.
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  • PokeyBug
    PokeyBug Posts: 482 Member
    Read this: Real-world doctors fact-check Dr. Oz, and the results aren't pretty. It took a 30 second Google to find evidence of his quackery.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Just go through CNN's site about Dr. Oz controversy....plenty to watch/read.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Snake oil salesman.

    Every week he has another "miracle" weight loss food/pill/diet. Nobody wants to hear, "eat less, move more". He gives consumers what they want to hear.

    If there was such a thing as a miracle weight loss product, Oprah wouldn't be fat.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Hasn't Oprah even disavowed him?
  • PokeyBug
    PokeyBug Posts: 482 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    If there was such a thing as a miracle weight loss product, Oprah wouldn't be fat.

    I don't know you, but I suddenly like you very much. :D
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    Hasn't Oprah even disavowed him?

    I think she did.
    PokeyBug wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    If there was such a thing as a miracle weight loss product, Oprah wouldn't be fat.

    I don't know you, but I suddenly like you very much. :D

    :) Thanks! I stole the general gist from someone (can't remember who) so feel free to steal it from me. It would be good if it was a common saying everywhere. Too many people suckered into fake "miracle" products.
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    Guy should be in jail.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA0wKeokWUU
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    edited July 2015
    dr oz is a con artist . he knows **** all about fitness. He is the benny hinn of health
  • debsdoingthis
    debsdoingthis Posts: 454 Member
    Isn't there a disclaimer that whips by on the screen to say that the show is for "entertainment value" or some such nonsense, and to see your doctor for weight loss advice?
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    From what I understand, Dr. Oz is a cardiologist, and, once upon a time, was a well-regarded one.

    Then he completely sold out and decided to turn his back on the oath that all physicians take, and hawk every product that would earn him a buck, whether or not it works, whether or not it's safe.

    He must've missed that whole "First do no harm" thing.
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