Dr oz

bigt50124
bigt50124 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Natural foods help your metabolism ?

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  • finneyjason218
    finneyjason218 Posts: 166 Member
    Less than 50% of the products he recommends have scientific backing. I'd look elsewhere for your recommendations
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    No. Dr Oz is a quack. I find that consuming home cooked meals using lots of fresh produce and leaner cuts of meet keep me full longer with fewer calories so I'm less miserable while losing weight and allowing some ice cream regularly. No magical metabolism boosting properties.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Dr Oz is an idiot. He's been in trouble more than once for selling his scam products.
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
    If you're talking about yesterday's show, the part about fruit and vegetables, then I actually agree with it.

    In general, I don't take much stock in everything he shows. I never listen to the supplement crap for example. But the thought that crunchy fruit and vegetables take more work for our digestive systems to break down makes sense to me. We already know that all body functions burn calories naturally. So the thought that high fiber foods take a FEW more calories to break down than say a tbsp of butter makes perfect sense to me.

    That said, take everything you see on Dr. Oz with a grain of salt.
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  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    If you're talking about yesterday's show, the part about fruit and vegetables, then I actually agree with it.

    In general, I don't take much stock in everything he shows. I never listen to the supplement crap for example. But the thought that crunchy fruit and vegetables take more work for our digestive systems to break down makes sense to me. We already know that all body functions burn calories naturally. So the thought that high fiber foods take a FEW more calories to break down than say a tbsp of butter makes perfect sense to me.

    That said, take everything you see on Dr. Oz with a grain of salt.

    What makes sense, and what is scientifically proven fact are often different things. When it comes to this stuff, intuition is usually wrong.

    So has there been a study showing how many calories are burnt while digesting a high fiber food as opposed to say, a half stick of butter? If so, I'd love to see the results.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    If you're talking about yesterday's show, the part about fruit and vegetables, then I actually agree with it.

    In general, I don't take much stock in everything he shows. I never listen to the supplement crap for example. But the thought that crunchy fruit and vegetables take more work for our digestive systems to break down makes sense to me. We already know that all body functions burn calories naturally. So the thought that high fiber foods take a FEW more calories to break down than say a tbsp of butter makes perfect sense to me.

    That said, take everything you see on Dr. Oz with a grain of salt.

    What makes sense, and what is scientifically proven fact are often different things. When it comes to this stuff, intuition is usually wrong.

    So has there been a study showing how many calories are burnt while digesting a high fiber food as opposed to say, a half stick of butter? If so, I'd love to see the results.

    Yes...look for studies on the thermic effect of food.
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    If you're talking about yesterday's show, the part about fruit and vegetables, then I actually agree with it.

    In general, I don't take much stock in everything he shows. I never listen to the supplement crap for example. But the thought that crunchy fruit and vegetables take more work for our digestive systems to break down makes sense to me. We already know that all body functions burn calories naturally. So the thought that high fiber foods take a FEW more calories to break down than say a tbsp of butter makes perfect sense to me.

    That said, take everything you see on Dr. Oz with a grain of salt.

    What makes sense, and what is scientifically proven fact are often different things. When it comes to this stuff, intuition is usually wrong.

    So has there been a study showing how many calories are burnt while digesting a high fiber food as opposed to say, a half stick of butter? If so, I'd love to see the results.

    Yes...look for studies on the thermic effect of food.

    Thank you
  • Redbeard333
    Redbeard333 Posts: 381 Member
    Dr. Oz is a whackjob. I'd rather take nutritional advice from a 5-year-old than him or his cronies...
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member


    If I'm reading this correctly it seems scientific studies back this one up.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2897733/
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Dr. Oz is a fraud. He was a successful cardiothoracic surgeon who got dollar signs in his eyes and sold out to become a snake oil peddler. Not worth listening to a word he says.
  • Redbeard333
    Redbeard333 Posts: 381 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Dr. Oz is a fraud. He was a successful cardiothoracic surgeon who got dollar signs in his eyes and sold out to become a snake oil peddler. Not worth listening to a word he says.

    Bingo!
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    Even a broken clock is correct twice per day. Some Dr. Oz stuff is good, some not so much.

    It pays to be discerning whether it is Dr. Oz, a politician, or your neighbor giving advice to you.
  • aliencheesecake
    aliencheesecake Posts: 569 Member
    bigt50124 wrote: »
    Natural foods help your metabolism ?

    I'm sure there are some...blueberries I think, for instance. But Oz is a charlatan. :/
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    i think, if what he says seems too good to be true, it probably is.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Cynsonya wrote: »

    If I'm reading this correctly it seems scientific studies back this one up.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2897733/

    Not really, because when you look at the food used, they have different macro/fiber breakdowns. The WF group has more protein and more fiber which would play a role in the outcome as the study shows.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Whole foods are great on many levels...and certain foods do increase TEF, but the effect is often substantially overstated.

    By and large, Dr. Oz is a quack...I'm not sure what the outcome was, but he was recently involved in senate hearings for basically pedaling bull *kitten*...where there's smoke, there's fire.
  • ValBFP4H
    ValBFP4H Posts: 18 Member
    It wasn't Dr. Oz saying it---it was his guests Jenna Wolfe , Dr. Neal Barnard , Dr. Drew Pinsky , Dr. Oliver Di Pietro. I don't watch him unless something grabs my interest.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    ValBFP4H wrote: »
    It wasn't Dr. Oz saying it---it was his guests Jenna Wolfe , Dr. Neal Barnard , Dr. Drew Pinsky , Dr. Oliver Di Pietro. I don't watch him unless something grabs my interest.

    Thanks for that list of people to avoid.

  • Zmac34
    Zmac34 Posts: 32 Member
    I don't normally agree with Dr. Oz but a whole foods diet will help a person actually lose more weight over a period of time than a person who consumes many calories from processed foods even with equal amount of caloric consumption.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Zmac34 wrote: »
    I don't normally agree with Dr. Oz but a whole foods diet will help a person actually lose more weight over a period of time than a person who consumes many calories from processed foods even with equal amount of caloric consumption.

    Um no
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    Zmac34 wrote: »
    I don't normally agree with Dr. Oz but a whole foods diet will help a person actually lose more weight over a period of time than a person who consumes many calories from processed foods even with equal amount of caloric consumption.

    Nope. At equal calorie expenditure, equal calorie intake, and equal macro-nutrition ratios, the results are going to be the same. Your digestive track doesn't know what a processed or whole food is.

    People eating more whole foods will tend to get more protein and more fiber which are higher satiety, and then will lead to a tendency to consume less calories.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    Zmac34 wrote: »
    I don't normally agree with Dr. Oz but a whole foods diet will help a person actually lose more weight over a period of time than a person who consumes many calories from processed foods even with equal amount of caloric consumption.

    Not true.



  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Zmac34 wrote: »
    I don't normally agree with Dr. Oz but a whole foods diet will help a person actually lose more weight over a period of time than a person who consumes many calories from processed foods even with equal amount of caloric consumption.

    No. That's not how thermodynamics/energy balance works.
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
    Dr. Oz should, at this point, be considered a criminal. The man is scum on the highest order, and has completely sold out his oath to help people in favor of making a buck.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Dr. Oz should, at this point, be considered a criminal. The man is scum on the highest order, and has completely sold out his oath to help people in favor of making a buck.

    He's much too scummy to be a used car salesman, but almost enough of a criminal to get into a career in politics! :D
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