Why not to listen to Dr.Oz

delaney056

I used to watch Dr.Oz back in the day, but I haven't in years. Lately I've been hearing people say not to listen to him, but they didn't exactly give a reason why. He used to give great advice and seemed to know what he was talking about, and he never supported any weight loss gimmicks or anything. What has changed??

Sore2dayStrong2morrow

honestly, I watch his show often and I think he is full of insightful information regarding the body and health. I don't think he would have an accredited medical day time show if his information was faulty.

treimnitz

In my opinion, Dr. Oz seems to send out quite a bit of information about how women/people can lose weight with different vitamins or drugs. He doesn't really focus much on how eating right and exercise are the key.
I don't like how he sends out a message of "false hope" to some people. Personally, I used to try to lose weight through some of these "false hope" ways and nothing happened. The only time I lost weight was when I changed my diet.

delaney056

In my opinion, Dr. Oz seems to send out quite a bit of information about how women/people can lose weight with different vitamins or drugs. He doesn't really focus much on how eating right and exercise are the key.
I don't like how he sends out a message of "false hope" to some people. Personally, I used to try to lose weight through some of these "false hope" ways and nothing happened. The only time I lost weight was when I changed my diet.

Thanks for the info!

dick01

i also agree with you as Dr oz is very busy trying to make a buck or two from the diet supplement pills. They do not work for everyone. I am trying rasberry ketones. Anybody on it and any hints to if you loose weight or not.

crisanderson27

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/687700-dr-oz

There ya go.

urbansmamma

In my opinion, Dr. Oz seems to send out quite a bit of information about how women/people can lose weight with different vitamins or drugs. He doesn't really focus much on how eating right and exercise are the key.
I don't like how he sends out a message of "false hope" to some people. Personally, I used to try to lose weight through some of these "false hope" ways and nothing happened. The only time I lost weight was when I changed my diet.

I disagree. I feel like Dr. Oz gives people many avenues for to achieve their weight loss goals. There is no perfect fix that fits everyone. Even on MFP its quite obvious there are TONS of different ways to lose weight. It just depends on your lifestyle and what you want to do to achieve your goals. There are a million safe and unsafe options out there and Dr. Oz is helps viewers with safe ones. I am forever greatful to him for intriducing me to my Vitamix and the The Eat to Live Program. I've had amazing results thanks to his suggestions!!

momtokgo

I don't watch him often, but when I do he always seems to be pushing supplements and frozen meals, not much else.

butterfli7o

From reading prior posts, it seems that Dr. Oz seems to push the item of whoever is paying him...and everyone also argues the fact that he is a heart surgeon, not a dietician or nutritionist.

jfan175

What really irks me about Dr. Oz is that he sensationalizes whatever herb, vitamin or supplement that is the topic of that day's show to help you quckly shed weight....but barely skims over the fact that eating at a deficit is what is actually required for weight loss. He does what he has to for the TV ratings and additional income, helping people is secondary. I do like the fact that he promotes healthy foods, but many times it seems that his message is that if you eat healthy you don't have to worry about how many calories you're consuming.

katiekrusher

RASPBERRY KETONES! :smokin:

dinosnopro

Melanie_RS

I'll catch Dr. Oz occasionally and while he has good ideas - things to substitute or cook ... I HATE that he pushes weird supplements. Like Raspberry ketones. I saw that episode. good grief, I wanted to smack him through the TV ...

so, sure, take the good, leave the bad.

there's NO WAY anyone could follow what he says 100% anyway -- you'd be broke and spend all day taking supplements.

Snow__White

cause ,he aint the wizard of Oz

kmm7309

He changes his information often, pushes specific products that are unproven, and acts like losing weight is as simple as taking ___________ (insert fad supplement here). And then, when he does cover important health topics and problems, he's so vague that ANYONE watching could become a hypochondriac.

hesn92

he just seems like a total quack to me. My mom watches him all the time and everytime I'm around and it's on, he's talking about how we should be taking some vitamin or supplement or some other miracle cure for something.

CountryMom03

In my opinion, Dr. Oz seems to send out quite a bit of information about how women/people can lose weight with different vitamins or drugs. He doesn't really focus much on how eating right and exercise are the key.
I don't like how he sends out a message of "false hope" to some people. Personally, I used to try to lose weight through some of these "false hope" ways and nothing happened. The only time I lost weight was when I changed my diet.

I disagree. I feel like Dr. Oz gives people many avenues for to achieve their weight loss goals. There is no perfect fix that fits everyone. Even on MFP its quite obvious there are TONS of different ways to lose weight. It just depends on your lifestyle and what you want to do to achieve your goals. There are a million safe and unsafe options out there and Dr. Oz is helps viewers with safe ones. I am forever greatful to him for intriducing me to my Vitamix and the The Eat to Live Program. I've had amazing results thanks to his suggestions!!

This!!! ^^^^^ There is MANY different things that help and promote weight loss, thats why he talks about so many of them (the ones that are safe) so that people know all the different ways and things that can help or promote it in a safe way and they can choose for themselves if they want to try any of them.

trblmakr23

I used to think he was cute on oprah and thought he had some brains..then really started to watch his shows. Then realized he's just promoting whatever he's getting paid to promote at that moment. Now he looks like some weird old creepy dude to me.lol

LelliAmi

Dr. Oz knows what he's talking about. Mainly because he's a real doctor. He was known as a great doctor, and that's how he ended up with a show. He gives awesome advice. I swear by his show.

docscottj

I watch his show and he does preface in some form the importance of diet and exercise, as well as by saying the information he has provided is supplemental.

Rayman79

In my opinion, Dr. Oz seems to send out quite a bit of information about how women/people can lose weight with different vitamins or drugs. He doesn't really focus much on how eating right and exercise are the key.
I don't like how he sends out a message of "false hope" to some people. Personally, I used to try to lose weight through some of these "false hope" ways and nothing happened. The only time I lost weight was when I changed my diet.

I disagree. I feel like Dr. Oz gives people many avenues for to achieve their weight loss goals. There is no perfect fix that fits everyone. Even on MFP its quite obvious there are TONS of different ways to lose weight. It just depends on your lifestyle and what you want to do to achieve your goals. There are a million safe and unsafe options out there and Dr. Oz is helps viewers with safe ones. I am forever greatful to him for intriducing me to my Vitamix and the The Eat to Live Program. I've had amazing results thanks to his suggestions!!

This!!! ^^^^^ There is MANY different things that help and promote weight loss, thats why he talks about so many of them (the ones that are safe) so that people know all the different ways and things that can help or promote it in a safe way and they can choose for themselves if they want to try any of them.

Actually this is where you are wrong. There aren't MANY ways to lose weight, only one (here's a helpful hint, it involves a caloric deficit).

Other things, whilst some may be helpful, tasty, superfood-ish etc, are at best small ways to assist in weightloss, and at worst are over-hyped, over-hyped, ineffective products.

You can suck down all the goji berries, rasperry ketones and acai berry you like, even mixed up in your fancy new Dr OZ pedaled blender thingy, but if you eat at a caloric surplus..... guess what'll happen?!?!???

delonda1

He gets paid buy these companies to push the next "miracle" and promotes it to his gullible viewers who go out and buy it. No thanks.

It would be different if his medical specialty was in nutrition, bariatrics, specialized in weight loss or anything related to what he trys to sell us on but no he is a cardio surgeon. Im sorry but if he gave me advice on heart disease or something i may listen...on how to shed years off my life and lose weight fast no thanks

saragato

The man's another product of Oprah and that woman's been brainwashing housewives longer than I've been alive.

Bad humor aside, I honestly can't take what comes from the television that seriously, especially daytime talk shows. Dr. Phil was so revered in his day, and I believe it was said his license was revoked because he going against it or basically BSing so much it was considered abuse. Maury even used to be a decent show, now it's all paternity tests and child prostitutes, all of whom are just paid actors. I can't help but think Dr. Oz, if he's not already there, will fall to the same fate as these other supposedly helpful shows just so he can keep making easy money.

There may be nuggets of wisdom in some of his shows, but personally I'd rather get my medical information from a doctor I know and who actually specializes in the field. If they let commercials preach the wonders of $20 items that turn out to be crap, what does that say about what they'll let be an actual show?

Rayman79

Dr. Oz knows what he's talking about. Mainly because he's a real doctor. He was known as a great doctor, and that's how he ended up with a show. He gives awesome advice. I swear by his show.

Not to bash you personally, but this is such a part of the problem. People see 'Dr' in front of someones name and line up like sheep - he must be uber smart ZOMG!!!!1!!

People really just need to apply some critical thinking and use their own brain. Stop accepting everything at face value and use some of that critical reasoning ability we've developed through all these hard-fought years of evolution - please!

Pkcdelta6

How is his show "accredited", and by whom?

lizmil79

I like Dr Oz over all. I think he does a good job getting information out there. I learn a lot but many of the stuff he says on weight loss I would not do because its not for me. Butas I am watching his show I am learning new things if som ething interest me I try to research it out on my own to see if its something for me.

ZugTheMegasaurus

This is a site that has done a lot on debunking Dr. Oz's bad science (this is just one recent article, but the intro paragraph links to quite a few others): http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/dr-oz-and-green-coffee-beans-more-weight-loss-pseudoscience/

Basically, just because the guy has an M.D. after his name doesn't mean that everything he says is correct, sound science, or even safe.

SherryTeach

In my opinion, Dr. Oz seems to send out quite a bit of information about how women/people can lose weight with different vitamins or drugs. He doesn't really focus much on how eating right and exercise are the key.
I don't like how he sends out a message of "false hope" to some people. Personally, I used to try to lose weight through some of these "false hope" ways and nothing happened. The only time I lost weight was when I changed my diet.

I disagree. I feel like Dr. Oz gives people many avenues for to achieve their weight loss goals. There is no perfect fix that fits everyone. Even on MFP its quite obvious there are TONS of different ways to lose weight. It just depends on your lifestyle and what you want to do to achieve your goals. There are a million safe and unsafe options out there and Dr. Oz is helps viewers with safe ones. I am forever greatful to him for intriducing me to my Vitamix and the The Eat to Live Program. I've had amazing results thanks to his suggestions!!

If there were TONS of ways for people to lose weight, there wouldn't be so many people having trouble doing it. The fact is, and the reason we are all here on MFP, is that the only way to do it is to eat nutritious food, a lot fewer calories than we used to eat, and maintain food and fitness discipline for the rest of our lives. That fact is isn't very popular and probably won't raise the ratings of the television program.

LowcarbNY

What has changed??

He's selling snake oil now. One week it's Safflower oil. The next it is raspberry ketones. Every week or month some other fantastic thing to waste your money on with nothing but some junk science behind it.

LowcarbNY

i also agree with you as Dr oz is very busy trying to make a buck or two from the diet supplement pills. They do not work for everyone. I am trying rasberry ketones. Anybody on it and any hints to if you loose weight or not.

Why would you buy something and put it in your body and THEN start researching if it is effective or safe?

mecaseyrn

Dr. Oz is actually a world recognized CardioThoracic Surgeon. Credited for discovering several procedures that save many peoples lives.......Oprah gave him the IN for television and he makes more doing Dr. Oz than he does as a surgeon. Given that he should be ashamed at himself for promoting these supplements.