A bit about Dr. Oz.

Sidesteal
Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
James Randi strikes me as a good guy. He doesn't like bullsh*t. In fact, he's pretty famous for debunking it.

Here's something hilarious that I came across after reading one of Alan Aragon's posts on bodybuilding.com.

This is in direct reference to Dr. Oz.

http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/1260-pigasus-2011.html

The Media Pigasus Award goes to Dr. Mehmet Oz,

who has done such a disservice to his TV viewers by promoting quack medical practices that he is now the first person to win a Pigasus two years in a row. Dr. Oz is a Harvard-educated cardiac physician who, through his syndicated TV show, has promoted faith healing, "energy medicine," and other quack theories that have no scientific basis. Oz has appeared on ABC News to give legitimacy to the claims of Brazilian faith healer “John of God,” who uses old carnival tricks to take money from the seriously ill. He's hosted Ayurvedic guru Yogi Cameron on his show to promote nonsense "tongue examination" as a way of diagnosing health problems. This year, he really went off the deep end. In March 2011, Dr. Oz endorsed "psychic" huckster and past Pigasus winner John Edward, who pretends to talk to dead people. Oz even suggested that bereaved families should visit psychic mediums to receive (faked) messages from their dead relatives as a form of grief counseling.
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  • stayxtrue
    stayxtrue Posts: 1,186 Member
    He has weird body hair as well
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    If people would stop watching him, he'd be off the air. Sadly, no other way he's leaving.
  • Saraj6337
    Saraj6337 Posts: 5
    I'm watching him right now lol
  • 13519485
    13519485 Posts: 264
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  • Dan112358
    Dan112358 Posts: 525 Member
    Is he related to the Wizard of Oz?
  • adietron
    adietron Posts: 155
    BUMP. What a joker!
  • myak623
    myak623 Posts: 615 Member
    People watch him because so many think there is that magic pill somewhere that will solve all their problems.
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
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  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    If people would stop watching him, he'd be off the air. Sadly, no other way he's leaving.

    I told me dad i what I thought about him. Dad's response? No! He is a genius -.-
  • Saraj6337
    Saraj6337 Posts: 5
    Nah I watch him because he does give out some knowledgable info
  • stayxtrue
    stayxtrue Posts: 1,186 Member
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    HAHAHA!!!
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    People watch him because so many think there is that magic pill somewhere that will solve all their problems.

    For many men, this:

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    was that pill.
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    I like cake.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Nah I watch him because he does give out some knowledgable info

    lol
  • Coco_Puff
    Coco_Puff Posts: 823 Member
    People watch him, cause Oprah says so, his weightloss tips work wonders for her!
  • PhenomeNae
    PhenomeNae Posts: 130 Member
    He has weird body hair as well

    it's not weird, there's just a lot of it
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Nah I watch him because he does give out some knowledgable info

    If you're knowledgeable enough to know the useful info from the crap, you don't need him to tell it to you in the first place.
  • Saraj6337
    Saraj6337 Posts: 5
    Umm Oprah has nothing to do with why I watch him lol
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    No Dr. Oz thread would be complete without this one:

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  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
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  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
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  • angieleighbyrd
    angieleighbyrd Posts: 989 Member
    My mom stopped taking her insulin because of this man. I hope he dies.
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    Don't trust him as far as I could throw him.....
  • creativephoenix
    creativephoenix Posts: 23 Member
    I do agree that he seems to always have a new 'cure all' pill that he is constantly hocking. If we were to take everything he suggests, we'd be on 40 supplements!

    However, I do applaud that he is willing to give a forum on alternative medicines, as there are many options out there--not just one thing works all the time for everyone.
  • DavidOfOz
    DavidOfOz Posts: 225
    AND ITS NOT ME!!! just sayin!
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    My mom stopped taking her insulin because of this man. I hope he dies.

    And this would be a very extreme example of why I hate his show. So many people who, unfortunately for them, believe that his show consists of accurate medical advice, and they make changes in their lives based on that horrible information.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    My mom stopped taking her insulin because of this man. I hope he dies.

    And this would be a very extreme example of why I hate his show. So many people who, unfortunately for them, believe that his show consists of accurate medical advice, and they make changes in their lives based on that horrible information.

    Agreed. As fun as it is to make fun of the guy for being a quack, sadly, he's also putting out a lot of garbage information that can potentially harm someone. He doesn't always preface his information with, "talk to your doctor about this" either.
  • angieleighbyrd
    angieleighbyrd Posts: 989 Member
    My mom stopped taking her insulin because of this man. I hope he dies.

    And this would be a very extreme example of why I hate his show. So many people who, unfortunately for them, believe that his show consists of accurate medical advice, and they make changes in their lives based on that horrible information.

    Agreed. As fun as it is to make fun of the guy for being a quack, sadly, he's also putting out a lot of garbage information that can potentially harm someone. He doesn't always preface his information with, "talk to your doctor about this" either.


    I can't fully blame him. She has never been 100% compliant with her diseases. I just don't understand why anyone would listen to a quack on TV that is clearly getting paid to endorse garbage, over their own doctors who have been working with them for years and know their medical history in and out.
  • jg627
    jg627 Posts: 1,221 Member
    I hate going in to the office anymore, so I usually work from home a lot these days, but near me is a lot of religious people at work. I refer to it as the bible belt. When they're not praising Jesus, they're praising dr. Oz. The raspberry ketones thing came up quite a few times. Don't dare tell a dr. Oz fan that raspberry ketones don't work. Also don't discuss the gravitational lensing effect caused by a supermassive black hole in the bible belt either. Hmm or mention the fact that the spear of destiny carried by bishop Adhemar in the siege of Jerusalem during the first crusade was a fake either. Nevermind the fact that the normans, who constantly teased the franks about it being a fake, were actually inside Constantinople and met the emperor who already had one before they even left for Antioch. Experience talking here folks.
  • AprilRaineyBattle
    AprilRaineyBattle Posts: 114 Member
    Someone told me I was crazy because I said that cult leader came to mind when I asked what I thought of him....but I was soooo serious. This is just my personal experience but a lot of people who watch him say stuff like "Dr Oz says... "Dr Oz recommends..."Dr Oz suggests... and some follow him like he is the gospel truth over their own personal Dr. Its just not my cup of tea...

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