Dr. Oz is a joke.

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  • sherrirb
    sherrirb Posts: 1,649 Member
    Lucky me; I don't watch T.V. so Dr. Oz isn't even on my radar. (but I have heard of him)

    I'm right there with you. Gave up TV about a year ago cuz it is just full of garbage like this quack.
  • Shaolin_Papa
    Shaolin_Papa Posts: 44
    i concur :laugh:
  • wanda9501
    wanda9501 Posts: 114
    but dr oz says.....

    LOL...I walk around the house saying this to my husband, because he swears by Dr. Oz.
  • tyraskanks_
    tyraskanks_ Posts: 229
    I was seriously just having this conversation with my boyfriend yesterday.
  • queenstl
    queenstl Posts: 64 Member
    I stopped watching these types of shows because each one says something different. There is no one cure for anything for everyone. Everyone is different and what may work for one, may not work for another. Some of the things said on these shows is good advice and give you questions to ask your doctor if you run into those types of problems, but you still have to be careful and be mindful.
  • OddballExtreme
    OddballExtreme Posts: 296 Member
    I've never really watched Dr. Oz because I've gotten bored with talk shows and such. Besides, I have my own weight-loss plan:

    1. Watch what I eat.
    2. Watch how much I eat.
    3. Drink plenty of water.
    4. Exercise more.

    As you can see, I've got NO diet drugs, diet plans, or diet shakes anywhere in my plan. I've lost 43 pounds since being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in January. However, like queenstl said, it all depends on each individual. And I'm definitely NOT looking for a quick-scheme plan. I'd trust that as much as touching a power line without knowing whether it was live!
  • beyg
    beyg Posts: 212 Member
    He use to be sensible, but now I think he is a quack
  • lyttlewon
    lyttlewon Posts: 1,118 Member
    I don't watch his TV show. I watched a bunch of his old videos/interviews when I was taking my health class, where he was actually talking about the heart and things he knows about, and he was really informative.
  • Zomoniac
    Zomoniac Posts: 1,169 Member
    I don't live in the US so I've never seen his show, but I do know that he advised homeopathic remedies as a viable cure for a headache and thus would never, ever take anything he says seriously. You'd get more success from a course of leeches.
  • HellyMelly
    HellyMelly Posts: 8
    I've never really watched Dr. Oz because I've gotten bored with talk shows and such. Besides, I have my own weight-loss plan:

    1. Watch what I eat.
    2. Watch how much I eat.
    3. Drink plenty of water.
    4. Exercise more.

    As you can see, I've got NO diet drugs, diet plans, or diet shakes anywhere in my plan. I've lost 43 pounds since being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in January. However, like queenstl said, it all depends on each individual. And I'm definitely NOT looking for a quick-scheme plan. I'd trust that as much as touching a power line without knowing whether it was live!


    EXCELLENT PLAN
  • Lisah8969
    Lisah8969 Posts: 1,247 Member
    So funny as I was just having this conversation with someone yesterday who was taking a coffee bean extract supplement (I think that is what it was) that her mom saw on Dr. Oz to suppress her hunger. She told me that her mom pretty much bought everything that he talked about on his show. If weight loss were as easy as taking this stuff that he "sells", none of us would be on MFP losing weight slow and steady, would we?
  • Tracy_03311981
    Tracy_03311981 Posts: 80
    I think he's really a Muppet.

    But that may be a slam against Muppets.
    THIS

    Dr. Oz is paid by the pharmaceutical companies.....
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I've never really liked him, and I'm not interested in anything he says. I always hear people say "But Dr. Oz said..." SHUT UP.
  • tabi26
    tabi26 Posts: 535 Member
    Hahaha! I was wondering if I was the only one who thought he was a whack job! Just the other day he had a "3+3=3" weight loss plan. He gave a poor unsuspecting woman a three meal, three day diet plan to lose three pounds....and what did he suggest?? He "low carbed" her!! Like REALLY low carb. She could have an english muffin, an egg, and a bit of cheese for breakfast....and that's pretty much all the carbs she gets per day for three days.....of course she's gonna lose three pounds in three days! Too bad when she eats normal again on the fourth, she'll gain it back in one day....it's really too bad we are so blind/uneducated in the weight loss area :(.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/01/19/dr-oz-finally-unequivocally-embraces-the/

    He's definitely a joke in science-based medicine circles.
  • OddballExtreme
    OddballExtreme Posts: 296 Member
    Just this morning I was doing some channel surfing and just happened to come across a Best of Oprah that happened to have Dr. Oz on it. The topic was something that hits home to me, diabetes. However, I noticed something that already threw me off. The trainer (I think it's Bob Greene, but please correct me if I am wrong) said that drinking one can of soda has the equivalent of 13 tablespoons of sugar. Yeah, that's a lot, but I was specifically told to look for how many total carbohydrates are in the food or soda, not just the sugar. I'll just stick with what the dietitian told me. As I had posted earlier, I've got my own diet plan, and it's been working perfectly.

    I will never believe a word Dr. Oz says. In fact, Dr. Oz needs to be in the Land of Oz because he's better at lying than the actual character in the story!
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