Does Dr Oz know what he's talking about?

Oz knows what he is talking about within his belief system. I've caught some of his stuff a few times and think he gives both good and bad advice. But that opinion also comes from my belief system. Not everything works for everyone or all of this health and nutrition stuff would be simple. Keep in mind all the back tracking the medical community has to do on drugs, treatments, general health, cholesterol, saturated fats, fat in general, high carb etc.

Totally agree.

I've never actually seen his show, but the thing about TV doctors, therapist, etc. is that in an attempt to reach the largest audience they are forced to speak broadly. There are so many caveats to any medical recommendation, and medical research has new findings every day that we need to take all the advice with caution and a grain of salt. Dr. Oz might know his stuff but is unable to address all of the necessary details in the time allotted to him. It's probably best to take anything said as a jumping off point to do your own research as is relevant to your own medical circumstance.

VERY wisely put!

Oz knows what he is talking about within his belief system. I've caught some of his stuff a few times and think he gives both good and bad advice. But that opinion also comes from my belief system. Not everything works for everyone or all of this health and nutrition stuff would be simple. Keep in mind all the back tracking the medical community has to do on drugs, treatments, general health, cholesterol, saturated fats, fat in general, high carb etc.

Totally agree.

I've never actually seen his show, but the thing about TV doctors, therapist, etc. is that in an attempt to reach the largest audience they are forced to speak broadly. There are so many caveats to any medical recommendation, and medical research has new findings every day that we need to take all the advice with caution and a grain of salt. Dr. Oz might know his stuff but is unable to address all of the necessary details in the time allotted to him. It's probably best to take anything said as a jumping off point to do your own research as is relevant to your own medical circumstance.

Nicely put.. Here is an example of the kind of damage this kind of advice can do. We had a patient in the ICU, she is of the age group that generally does not ever question Dr's. (60yo and older) She stopped taking her medication for her pulmonary disease. When her pulmonologist came to see her in the unit, he asked why his normally highly compliant patient would do that. She replied, because Dr Oz said it was a dangerous medication. Hmmmm.. There are no medications that I can think of that are without risks. But the question that you deal with when working closely with a patient, is the benefit of the drug worth the risk?. In her case, yes it was, as this was a drug that literally kept her alive. And the risk was that long term use could harm the liver. While I agree that he can have a positive influnce on peoples health habits. He does dangerously cross the line at times. My understanding is he is a cardiologist, now primarly in the research field (and of course entertainment business). Would you think of taking advice for your lung disease from a heart doctor, who has never seen you, knows nothing about you, and lives all the way across the country. Of course you wouldn't. But with the show, it happens..

I would trust Dr. Oz to give accurate information on the recent studies, but like others have said, a mass prescription can't be given because there are too many issues that can come up for individuals that would cause them to not fit the parameters of his recommendations. Ideally, the people who are watching his show are going to their doctor to learn more about specific recommendations. As for his fitness and nutrition advice, I wouldn't trust it without knowing that he actually has some education in the fitness and nutrition fields other then being a medical doctor. Medical doctors in general have only one nutrition course in their education background and no fitness classes whatsoever.

As for Jillian, most educated trainers don't like her because she has a weekend certification that wouldn't even get her hired in most gyms and gives inaccurate information and advice. The only reason she was on the show was because she was a casting agent when the show was created. I don't know Tony Horton's education level, but my professors laugh at him for some of the misinformation he puts out. Trainers should be held to the same same standards as other professional fields. A college degree should be required. A certification isn't enough education to teach us all we need to know about the body to give accurate advice. And a personal training certification barely covers macronutrients and should NEVER be the basis for a nutritional recommendation. The fact that Jillian recommends a specific diet for her clients or for the contestants on BL is illegal in most states because she isn't qualified to do that. I don't watch BL so I hope and pray that they have a Registered Dietitian actually working with the contestants on their diets and aren't following the recommendations in the book by Jillian that I had to review for my nutrition program because it was completely unsound.

As a dietetics student, and a health foods store employee I think that the fact that he is advertising himself as a doctor is ridiculous. He may know what he is talking about but the way he conveys it to an uneducated audience causes consumers to self medicate and probably cause more harm than good. Then we get clients telling us that what we are asking them to do is not what Oprah or Dr. Oz or the Dr.'s said.. I feel like he makes everyone's life a little more difficult and frustrating than need be.

He knows how make money from fools who don't know any better.

Nope.

re: Dr. Oz.

I love Dr Oz too. And, I think your your boyfriend doesn't know what he is talking about. Dr Oz is great and he knows what he is talking about.

Dr Oz is a quack that jumps on the bandwagon of the latest craze............no matter what it is.

Also, if he is such a great Dr, then why is Oprah still fat?

My opinion on Dr. Oz: He's a sell out. He has an MD... but it's all about the ratings, money, and job security.

When he advocates exercise and a sensible diet, that's awesome and common sense.

When he advocates quick-fixes like raspberry ketones and so forth? That's baloney.

He preaches the quick fixes because that's what people want to hear. They want a doctor telling them that they can eat papaya and their bellies will magically shrink without an ounce of work.

But it's nonsense.