Dr. Phil 20/20 Diet- is he becoming the next Dr. Oz?

Money Talks !!!

I think his ratings have been doing down alot, particularily this year. It's another way for him to make loads more cash and boost ratings.

As long as he doesn't pretend it's medical advice, I wish him well selling his $200 blender.

I have a Dr. Phil diet book that I got at a yard sale a few years ago. It had a calorie counter, talked about high yield, low density foods, etc., nothing that you wouldn't read anywhere else. I doubt if he's going to say anything new or different.

missiontofitness wrote: »

jdhcm2006 wrote: »

To be fair, I do love my Ninja blender, but I have the cheap one, the one that's like 50 bucks and comes with a food processor. I also got it on sale at Target and used my red card. But $200 for a blender, is redonkulous!

And wasn't Dr. Phil's license revoked? I thought I read that somewhere.

To my knowledge, he retired his license to officially practice in 2006. He just bases his show on his experience as a professional, and it's not actual medical/psychological advice.

^^^That^^^ If you notice he never offers his personal help. He offers "resources" avaliable to him in order to help people with whatever their problem/issue is.

I blame Oprah. She's foisted all these ridiculous woo merchants upon the gullible public.
I miss Johnny Carson. Skeptic and critical thinker. Funny and smart as well.

hollydubs85 wrote: »

I wouldn't call him thin or fit. Hmmph.

right!

I love Dr Phil, I did buy the book and have started the 20/20 diet. The diet is based on simple foods that are cheap and no crazy supplements or weird food that you would not normally see in the grocery store. I have been on the diet for 3 days and have dropped 4.8 lbs. I feel great and not hungry between meals. I have been tracking everything and it works out to about 1300-1400 calories per day, and I am finding the recipes tasty and easy to prepare. I think this diet will work well for me and help me to change the way I eat permanently. I have tried many other diets which also worked but they were not sustainable. I need a new way of eating to be sucessful long term and this diet looks like it will be the one that will help me long term.

As for the Ninja blender/food processor, I have one which I bought at Costco (in Canada) for $160 in November. This blender/processor costs $250 at other stores and you can find it on sale for $200, so him offering it for $199 is fair for Canadians. I am sure people can find it for less in the USA. I absolutely love this Ninja so much that I bought my 2 kids each one and we all love it. I use it everyday.

As for Dr Phil's credentials, I am not sure what degrees he holds but I love his show and that he does use experts to help people.

Doctor Oz is a quack as far as I am concerned and will not watch him and hope that his show gets cancelled!

missiontofitness wrote: »

Suezyq47 wrote: »

I love Dr Phil, I did buy the book and have started the 20/20 diet. The diet is based on simple foods that are cheap and no crazy supplements or weird food that you would not normally see in the grocery store. I have been on the diet for 3 days and have dropped 4.8 lbs. I feel great and not hungry between meals. I have been tracking everything and it works out to about 1300-1400 calories per day, and I am finding the recipes tasty and easy to prepare. I think this diet will work well for me and help me to change the way I eat permanently. I have tried many other diets which also worked but they were not sustainable. I need a new way of eating to be sucessful long term and this diet looks like it will be the one that will help me long term.

As for the Ninja blender/food processor, I have one which I bought at Costco (in Canada) for $160 in November. This blender/processor costs $250 at other stores and you can find it on sale for $200, so him offering it for $199 is fair for Canadians. I am sure people can find it for less in the USA. I absolutely love this Ninja so much that I bought my 2 kids each one and we all love it. I use it everyday.

As for Dr Phil's credentials, I am not sure what degrees he holds but I love his show and that he does use experts to help people.

Doctor Oz is a quack as far as I am concerned and will not watch him and hope that his show gets cancelled!

Thanks for your perspective! I haven't been able to find previews of the book online, or find much information other than what I saw on the show that day. Glad to hear from someone who actually has the book in hand and has read it!

No Problem missintofitness:) I am on the 4 th day of the diet and still not hungry between meals. so far I like the food combinations and am looking forward to Phase 2 of the diet which starts after tomorrow. Phase 2 adds 5 more each of the breakfast combinations with more types of foods and 10 more of the lunch/dinner combinations. By the way I am down another 1.4 lbs today:)

yes, he is a doctor. he has a Ph.D in psychology. just like my friend has a PhD in english, he is Doctor Sinclair, PhD. both doctors, neither particularly qualified to write books on nutrition.

but dr.phil is really entertaining. so is dr.oz. he's on my quack list right now.

Dr. "Full Of It" in my opinion regardless of their credentials. They are showman /salesman.

I recall he was really into fitness, owned (or managed?) gyms and was a PT or something. Also really into tennis.

He's a big (very tall) man, but I don't think he's fat, he has always looked pretty fit to me.

I used to be a regular watcher of the Dr. Phil show. Unlike Oprah and most talk show hosts, Dr Phil was ironically not a big "feelz" kind of guy. He didn't have much patience for the bs that people with evident problems like to dish out, and that was kind of refreshing.

I recall one episode where his guest tried to justify himself through Christian theology and language, and Dr. Phil did a good job putting that manipulating bs-er in his place.

He did many episodes either about weight specifically, or the subject of weight would come up with his guests, and he often called people out on their excuses or silly beliefs in respect to weight management. Dr. Phil wasn't a promoter of or a fan of woo, in my estimation.

I stopped watching during some media fiasco with Britney Spears and he chased her down or was in contact with her family or something, back when she was being a nut, and I dunno, the whole thing was just kind of pathetic and clearly about trying to get ratings. He never got that "interview of a lifetime" to my knowledge. I lost a lot of respect for him over that.
Regardless, I was a fan at one time, and my bet is that his book will likely be reasonable and boring (in that, there won't be anything new or much woo to speak of)