Quack Quack, Dr. Oz!
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I wish the man would just stick with heart surgery....I hear that is what he does best. Why cant he be satisfied with that?0
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In addition to the above... Dr Oz (though his "fat burning" stuff is mostly nonsensical) for the most part promotes naturopathic remedies... which many view as hoopla. Personally, it's my preference. If I can fix it with vitamins/minerals/herbal supplements... why bother with a prescription for something that's manufactured in a lab by companies making billions, paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe it in mass quantities, and doing incomplete research to boot?
(my daughter was born with a heart defect due to a medication deemed perfectly AOK for pregnancy even though they did NOT A SINGLE FLIPPING STUDY on it before deeming is safe. Those idiotic f*cktards had a hand in making my daughter get open heart surgeries for the rest of her life.... and I wish our cardiologists were as naturopathic minded, to be honest).
Very sorry to hear about your daughter's struggles! I agree that they need to do extensive research before approving meds.
However as to natruro/homeopathic remedies- just because things are natural or homepathic doesn't mean they are safe either. There have been a lot of things that people have loaded up on thinking "Hey, it's natural so it's safe, right?" only to suffer severe health problems from it (often because they were getting way too much of something). Best thing to do is find a family doctor you trust and run things by them before jumping into using any kind of new supplement that promises things like weight loss.0 -
I wish the man would just stick with heart surgery....I hear that is what he does best. Why cant he be satisfied with that?
He has made millions going on TV using his credentials to swindle people into fad diets and "alternative" unproven medicine.
It's all about the $$$.0 -
I never cared for him but when he joined up with Weight Watchers that was the final straw! How can he join in with and promote Weight Watchers and still continue to promote all those other ways to lose weight fast?!! He's such a FAKE!!!0
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What you dont believe The Great and Powerful Oz?
He's got a tea for that!!
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People often assume because something says natural or homeopathic that equals safe and good for you. Heroine comes from the poppy flower and is there for natural...not safe! Homeopathic medication does not need to be studied or FDA approved at all. They can come from anywhere, be mixed with anything and slap any label on it and add any advertisement to it claiming whatever and people believe it. These medications (and they are medications...natural or not) often have blood thinners or interactive qualities contained in them and people make the mistake of not telling there doctor they're on them because they are "natural." Where do you think prescribed medications come from? They come from herbs, plants, and "natural" resources, only they are actually weighed and studied for years. Digoxin ( a heart medication) comes from the plant digitalis. When a medication is finally approved through the FDA, there is ac entire pamphlet on it's compounds, side effect, interactions, etc. Yes, mistakes happen, but the FDA is there to keep as little mistakes as possible from happening. There is NOTHING out there to protect you from homeopathic remedies. NO STUDIES! NO APPROVALS! But hay, it's Natural! It must be good for you!In addition to the above... Dr Oz (though his "fat burning" stuff is mostly nonsensical) for the most part promotes naturopathic remedies... which many view as hoopla. Personally, it's my preference. If I can fix it with vitamins/minerals/herbal supplements... why bother with a prescription for something that's manufactured in a lab by companies making billions, paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe it in mass quantities, and doing incomplete research to boot?
(my daughter was born with a heart defect due to a medication deemed perfectly AOK for pregnancy even though they did NOT A SINGLE FLIPPING STUDY on it before deeming is safe. Those idiotic f*cktards had a hand in making my daughter get open heart surgeries for the rest of her life.... and I wish our cardiologists were as naturopathic minded, to be honest).
Very sorry to hear about your daughter's struggles! I agree that they need to do extensive research before approving meds.
However as to natruro/homeopathic remedies- just because things are natural or homepathic doesn't mean they are safe either. There have been a lot of things that people have loaded up on thinking "Hey, it's natural so it's safe, right?" only to suffer severe health problems from it (often because they were getting way too much of something). Best thing to do is find a family doctor you trust and run things by them before jumping into using any kind of new supplement that promises things like weight loss.0 -
He's a Dr. for crying out loud! This guy is a genius!
You hardly need to be a genius (a useless marker of intelligence) to be a doctor...
What do you call someone who graduated last in their medical class? DOCTOR :drinker:0 -
You know who believes Dr Oz? The same people who are entertained by Honey Boo Boo
The same people who goo and gaw over those two little English brats on Ellen.
I am so often taken aback by what he Doesn't know. Info that's been out there for Ages!
I watch his show EVERYDAY. I use him as my exercise program.
It works by me rolling around on the floor kicking and screaming and LMBFAO. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
ENOUGH! A lot of doctors don't like him because he forces them to be current. He has not sold out. Obviously you don't watch him. At the beginning of this year he said on his program I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANY BRAND. I GET NO MONEY FROM ANY SUPPLEMENT OR VITAMIN COMPANY. He went on to say that if he mentioned a brand in the past, he did so because people were having difficulty finding the supplement. He has asked any of us who see him shown as recommending any brand to get back to his show so that they can proceed with litigation.
ANYONE expecting to find a magic pill to lose weight is delusional. It's hard work. Deal with it.
Reading some of these responses makes me feel sad for the people who write them. They are really unhappy people who say mean, unsubstantiated things because they have anonymity. Dr. Oz brings state of the art thinking on health related issues. You have a brain, don't try things your doctor or you feel would not be good for you.0 -
i would like to spend a night with the OZ.0
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Look at the number of posts by people saying they wanted to try something because they heard on Dr Oz that it is a miracle or whatever. Regardless of his disclaimer he knows people are going to take it as an endorsement, so it's still lying and taking advantage of stupid people for his own benefit.At the beginning of this year he said on his program I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANY BRAND.0 -
What is it with MILs and Dr. OZ? My MIL loves him too. She's always sharing (forcing) her wisdom with me. Oh, and my toddler's cradle cap was a disease that would make her bald (according to MIL's hairdresser) and my son is autistic because my house is too clean. Sorry, mad at MIL today.0
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At the beginning of this year he said on his program I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANY BRAND. I GET NO MONEY FROM ANY SUPPLEMENT OR VITAMIN COMPANY.
So he's not promoting it, just introducing it on national television, with a wide smile and starry eyed testimonials of people for whom these have the wonder cure for obesity, and cashing in on every cent he gets from the replays?
Yeah. That makes him so much more ethical.
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What is his benefit? So should he not tell us the current scientific thought that is out there?0
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What is his benefit? So should he not tell us the current scientific thought that is out there?
No, he shouldn't. Not unless it is medically documented and tested. He's a DOCTOR, not a philosopher. Anyone in a celebrity position can talk about anything concerning their field - but I'd be hella skeptical and hella mad if a NASA scientist suddenly started promoting people who thought the Sun revolved around the Earth.0 -
You have a lot on your plate. Sorry your MIL is getting to you. Don't waste your time and energy being mad at her. You deserve better for yourself and your family. Take whatever wisdom is actually in her words, and throw away the rest, and let it go. Letting the words and actions of others go, when they do not apply to you or are not in your best interest, is a real gift to yourself. I figure that at least 75 lbs of my overweight is due to the words and actions of others that I did not let go. Peace to you!0
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He has experts who spell out how they have come to their conclusions. Some tests are documented. If the world waited for everything to be thoroughly tested and documented, nothing would ever get done. For the people who blindly jump on whatever he presents, you can't protect the world from stupidity.
By the way, he is not a one man show. He has a panel of medical experts (Cleveland Clinic is not a fly by night organization) who sift through the information prior to its airing. Maybe we should have to take IQ tests prior to being able to watch his show?0 -
He, nor his guests said to stop eating vegetables. He presented the inflammation topic as very controversial. Your "friend" sounds like a hysteric.0
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He has experts who spell out how they have come to their conclusions. Some tests are documented. If the world waited for everything to be thoroughly tested and documented, nothing would ever get done. For the people who blindly jump on whatever he presents, you can't protect the world from stupidity.
By the way, he is not a one man show. He has a panel of medical experts (Cleveland Clinic is not a fly by night organization) who sift through the information prior to its airing. Maybe we should have to take IQ tests prior to being able to watch his show?
His "experts" amount to, in the end, promoters and people who are too soon into the magic weight loss solution to realize they've been duped. And of course he is not a one man show - people are gullible, but not useless - if he didn't have medically looking respectable people around him, he just wouldn't be as successful.
The fact that he is, every week, promoting a new "THIS IS IT!" weight loss solution should be more than enough to convince people that something isn't quite right. But people are desperate and scared, so they buy into it. And he knows that the next week will bring an even greater flood of people, just ripe enough with desperation to shell out whatever product he is "not" endorsing.
It's an abuse of power and a flagrantly distasteful misuse of influence.0 -
I think people love him because he talks about poop. :huh:
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JanaCanada you are hysterical and I agree poop is very popullar:laugh: Love the pups in your pics too!0 -
There will never be only one solution to solve anything. So listen and use your God-given brain to evaluate. There will always be those who don't think. I have issues with the glut of information presented, BUT we are in an information saturated time. New ideas and products are being presented to the world every minute of the day. How else would you know what is out there, if you didn't have a program like Dr. Oz to present the information? Maybe he should begin each program with a disclaimer: "Turn on your brain or you can't watch this program."0
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There will never be only one solution to solve anything. So listen and use your God-given brain to evaluate. There will always be those who don't think. I have issues with the glut of information presented, BUT we are in an information saturated time. New ideas and products are being presented to the world every minute of the day. How else would you know what is out there, if you didn't have a program like Dr. Oz to present the information? Maybe he should begin each program with a disclaimer: "Turn on your brain or you can't watch this program."
Disclaimers are usually a good idea. But as you can see here, the ripple effects of a man who is currently the Quick-Track-To-Get-Skinny-Demi-God is everywhere. We can't be there and force those people not to watch the show.
But we CAN be HERE and correct this misinformation that his show brings, every day, multiple times a day, in multiple new threads by multiple new members.
The hate on for Dr. Oz is because we see the people who are just about ready to give away hundreds of their hard-earned dollars away in the name of a fad diet that likely won't work. You think we are bashing him unwarranted, but we are really going "Hey, this mother****er is cheating a lot of people! We're upset about this!"0 -
I can't help but wonder why Oprah thinks he is so fantastic.... how much did they pay her to endorse him??
You mean how much is she getting paid from that endorsement. Oprah loves money. I doubt she was paid to endorse him, she saw a spark in him and bet on it and now she is laughing while rolling in more dough..0 -
Maybe the disclaimer should be more like "turn OFF your brain so you don't actually consider doing anything this quack snake oil salesman recommends". That would make more sense. He's a peddler of hype and misinformation....Maybe he should begin each program with a disclaimer: "Turn on your brain or you can't watch this program."0 -
Dr. Oz. A big reason patients argue with me during nutrition counseling sessions. Hate the guy.0
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Seriously, you have to ask?What is his benefit?
When they argue, ask them if Oprah is thin. The end.Dr. Oz. A big reason patients argue with me during nutrition counseling sessions. Hate the guy.
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The only show of his that is actually worth watching is his episode: Doctors who say everything you know about cholesterol is wrong.
The rest... I'd say bull****0 -
I actually spent 23 bucks on that green tea junk and it didn't help a bit. My doc is totally annoyed with him
I actually ordered that junk too and then and had a heck of a time returning it. Funny how they advertise it as "all natural" no stimulants, blah blah etc., but when I got it in the mail and saw it had loads of caffeine in it (a stimulant) and Guarana (another stimulant), Called to cancel the membership and return it and had a 15-20 min go around with the customer service rep who told me I should go against my doctors wishes and take it anyway. I even told I have high blood pressure and it would cause it to increase and even when I said caffeine makes me have heart palpitations. She kept insisting that I try it for 2 weeks. Whoever said quack quack is absolutely correct.0 -
There is no doubt that the weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar gold mine. Part of the problem is that we all keep hoping for a magic pill to make us thin with no work or sacrifice. Obesity is such a major problem in this country. We are being sabotaged every single day with every prepared food that we buy and eat. Michael Moss wrote "Salt, Sugar, Fat," (yes he was on Dr. Oz and yes I bought his book). He is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who works for the New York Times. In writing this book he reviewed 8 million pages of studies, documents on the food industry and their mission (to get us to buy more and more of their prepared food products). He also interviewed many of that industry's insiders, who spoke off the record. If you resent Dr. Oz, read the book (your libraries may have it), and you will think long and hard before buying prepared foods again. I have. It has taken more effort from me, but if you plan your menus ahead, cook in quantities and freeze in portion controlled sizes, it is not hard at all. Just a different way to handle what you do, how you do it and when you do it. My lunches and dinners are cooked and frozen once a week or once every two weeks. I don't have a huge freezer either. I challenge all of you to not eat any prepared foods for 3 weeks (the length of time it takes to break a habit). You might also try to keep your sodium content under 2500mg/ day by using all of the other spices that are out there. Be careful of blends like McCormick's Montreal Chicken Seasoning, which is high in sodium. Read the ingredient labels. If you do those three things for 3 weeks, my suspicion is that your weight loss will improve.0
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