Dr. Oz

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  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    Wait, you mean a message board full of people that let themselves get grossly overweight know more than Dr. Oz who has exercised and kept himself in shape his entire career?

    "We can also arm ourselves with the knowledge that not all evidence is created equally, and celebrities—even famous doctors—are not credible sources of health information."

    source: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/01/can_you_trust_dr_oz_his_medical_advice_often_conflicts_with_the_best_science.html

    Give it a read.

    If Dr. Oz has "invented the wheel" in curing obesity - why do you suppose he keeps reinventing it with other pills, potions, etc? If one of his ideas actually worked - he'd be riding that cash cow like a liquored up rodeo clown.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    The real miracle is vodka:

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  • silken555
    silken555 Posts: 478 Member
    Wait, you mean a message board full of people that let themselves get grossly overweight know more than Dr. Oz who has exercised and kept himself in shape his entire career? Really?

    First of all, not all people on here allowed themselves to get "grossly overweight" as you put it. If you were indirectly attacking me you are correct that at one point I was obese. I was also ignorant to nutrition and thought taking magic pills on Dr. Oz's show would fix that.

    Second, if you think that Dr. Oz promotes legitimate advice then you also believe that psychics can talk to the dead, we can diagnose ourselves by simply looking at our tongue, we don't need medicine because faith can heal, and that all the magic pills he promotes actually work (like 3 different products he has promoted for weight loss that are currently being charged with fraud).

    PSSST...the smiley tells me he was being sarcastic...;)
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I think he started out wanting to do a legitimately medical-driven talk show... but the network drove home pushing the sponsors and shoved a wad of cash at him, and he was like "WTH!"

    ^^ This too!
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    6OUY

    I completely agree. Dr. Oz needs to stop pushing pills/supplements/diets that have absolutely zero scientific data backing it's use for weight loss. Considering he has 4 million viewers daily, he could hold a decent amount of sway over people, and he's endorsing things that not only do nothing he claims they do, but they could potentially be dangerous, since they haven't been studied fully.

    There's no miracle or magic pill. There's only hard work and educating yourself.
  • Snow__White
    Snow__White Posts: 1,650 Member
    This should be required reading for every new member.
    ^^^YESSSSSS
  • richardositosanchez
    richardositosanchez Posts: 260 Member
    I have a co-worker who has been dieting on Dr. Oz's advice for almost 2 years and has yet to lose a single pound.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    Wait, you mean a message board full of people that let themselves get grossly overweight know more than Dr. Oz who has exercised and kept himself in shape his entire career? Really?

    Could I find a better reference for healthy living from a doctor in Peoria? Shreveport? Kalamazoo?

    Next you're all going to tell me that a message board full of divorcées know more about maintaining a good relationship with your spouse than Dr. Phil...

    :-)

    Lulz, you must be new here.
  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
    6OUY

    Sorry Stealing the gif.

    I think this is the first common sense post about Dr Oz I have read. Coming from the UK the first time I came across him was when someone was talking about the 'benefits' of raspberry ketones.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    Wait, you mean a message board full of people that let themselves get grossly overweight know more than Dr. Oz who has exercised and kept himself in shape his entire career? Really?

    Could I find a better reference for healthy living from a doctor in Peoria? Shreveport? Kalamazoo?

    Next you're all going to tell me that a message board full of divorcées know more about maintaining a good relationship with your spouse than Dr. Phil...

    :-)

    I can't tell if this is exceptionally well-written sarcasm or not...
  • Fiercely_Me
    Fiercely_Me Posts: 481 Member
    Wait, you mean a message board full of people that let themselves get grossly overweight know more than Dr. Oz who has exercised and kept himself in shape his entire career? Really?

    Could I find a better reference for healthy living from a doctor in Peoria? Shreveport? Kalamazoo?

    Next you're all going to tell me that a message board full of divorcées know more about maintaining a good relationship with your spouse than Dr. Phil...

    :-)



    I can't tell if this is exceptionally well-written sarcasm or not...

    ":-)" equals sarcasm for me.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    Wait, you mean a message board full of people that let themselves get grossly overweight know more than Dr. Oz who has exercised and kept himself in shape his entire career? Really?

    Could I find a better reference for healthy living from a doctor in Peoria? Shreveport? Kalamazoo?

    Next you're all going to tell me that a message board full of divorcées know more about maintaining a good relationship with your spouse than Dr. Phil...

    :-)



    I can't tell if this is exceptionally well-written sarcasm or not...

    ":-)" equals sarcasm for me.

    But there's no wink! Is he smiling knowingly at me? I need at least a wink to be sure!
  • Fiercely_Me
    Fiercely_Me Posts: 481 Member
    Wait, you mean a message board full of people that let themselves get grossly overweight know more than Dr. Oz who has exercised and kept himself in shape his entire career? Really?

    Could I find a better reference for healthy living from a doctor in Peoria? Shreveport? Kalamazoo?

    Next you're all going to tell me that a message board full of divorcées know more about maintaining a good relationship with your spouse than Dr. Phil...

    :-)



    I can't tell if this is exceptionally well-written sarcasm or not...

    ":-)" equals sarcasm for me.

    But there's no wink! Is he smiling knowingly at me? I need at least a wink to be sure!

    Ha! Yeah pretty much. There's no way that was a serious statement.
  • bethannien
    bethannien Posts: 556 Member
    Wait, you mean a message board full of people that let themselves get grossly overweight know more than Dr. Oz who has exercised and kept himself in shape his entire career? Really?

    Could I find a better reference for healthy living from a doctor in Peoria? Shreveport? Kalamazoo?

    Next you're all going to tell me that a message board full of divorcées know more about maintaining a good relationship with your spouse than Dr. Phil...

    :-)

    The difference is that the people here are offering advice for free, out of the goodness of their hearts. Many of them are in incredible shape, many have only ever needed to lose a few pounds. And sure, a lot of them had a lot of weight to lose. And they did so successfully without magic pills and now share that knowledge. I'll trust them before I trust a guy who gets paid big money to tell me what I want to hear.
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    Wait, you mean a message board full of people that let themselves get grossly overweight know more than Dr. Oz who has exercised and kept himself in shape his entire career? Really?

    Could I find a better reference for healthy living from a doctor in Peoria? Shreveport? Kalamazoo?

    Next you're all going to tell me that a message board full of divorcées know more about maintaining a good relationship with your spouse than Dr. Phil...

    :-)



    I can't tell if this is exceptionally well-written sarcasm or not...

    ":-)" equals sarcasm for me.

    But there's no wink! Is he smiling knowingly at me? I need at least a wink to be sure!

    Ha! Yeah pretty much. There's no way that was a serious statement.

    Kudos to all of you that caught the very well intended sarcasm.

    Now back to watching reruns of Dr. Phil to see if everything I read in "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" was true...

    This time I will officially wink: ;-) And pop a few green coffee bean extract pills to boot. Double: ;-) ;-)

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