Does anyone know Dr. OZ?

Yes that does happen.

The problem is that many people who watch people like Dr Oz are neurotic enough to take a few generic symptoms (those are usually what he tends to discuss) and become convinced that they have something wrong with them. Without educating themselves further they will jump on board with what is recommended.

Everyone is responsible for educating themselves with regard to their health but blindly following a show is not necessarily wise. Nor is not questioning your own family doctor. The difference being that if you go into your family doctor with an ailment they at least will test to eliminate, or should, rather than diagnose through a TV.

For general information it may be fine to watch but for optimum health care, it is lacking. My personal feeling is anyone who can watch a show daily on health might be slightly neurotic to begin with.

 

I have read Dr Oz's pregnancy book and have seen his show a few times and know some stuff about him (about how he is/was a heart surgeon)...anyways, I have not seen him pushing products too much- no more than any other "tv doctor/personality", which to me is just expected and I ignore that stuff. (and yes, chia seeds are legit.. I don't know what kind dr oz "pushes" but I consume chia seeds daily n my flax seeds in smoothies, etc.) Anyways, I find his show vaguely interesting at times but mostly pretty boring because the stuff he talks about is just scratching the surface and has never really told me much of anything that I didn't already know.
That said, I do respect a lot of what he has to say (and what him and his wife have done w their children personally) in regards to vaccines and pregnancy. I do not think he is a scam... but of course, when he got a huge tv show, etc., he prolly sold out a bit. That's to be expected. But I can't think of anything that I remember him saying that was outwardly false.

 

Yes, I know him. We play checkers every tuesday.

 

The only thing I'm going to comment on in your post is the last sentence. First of all, I have seen Dr Oz's show about 5 times so I am obviously not someone who watches his health show, or any health show, daily. That said, the episodes I have seen had other issues on that were interesting that I don't think you'd have to be neurotic to watch things on topics like this daily... one example is how they talked about the thigh gap and had the girl on who wrote the book on that and he talked about how it's a dangerous trend because females bodies are different and because of how some girls hips are, no matter how much weight they lose, they would never be able to have a thigh gap.
Also, two different times on the show someone was on on the last ten mins or so of the show to do yoga. The one time was yoga for pain.. like a pose for hip pain, a pose for back pain, shoulder pain, etc.
Oh and another time people were playing a game about how long food products stay good for-yogurt, bread, etc.
So, don't think it's neurotic to watch things like that daily, although I personally don't.

 

well i suppose, if every one who watches television, kills themselves with over consumption of patent nostrums, this might be natural selection at work. leaving possibly the more intelligent to survive. at any rate, sorry, no, i've never heard of this character, whoever, whatever, he may happen to be.

 

Yep, intelligence is directly related, in every instance, to whether or not someone watches television or not.

 

It becomes neurotic when people use it as a diagnostic show rather than one for entertainment or possibly information. I know of two people who watch this show frequently and they are both hypochondriacs.

If someone watches the show sometimes and takes it as being educational and entertaining, that is something very different.

He has become a celebrity much like Dr Phil since hooking up with Oprah and his show reflects that. That is not to say that some topics are not researched and worth coverage. The show is not meant to be diagnostic.

There are a lot of people who take a lot of medication that is not required. A lot of medication is prescribed or recommend that is not required. Keep in mind that approximately 70 billion is spent on OTC medications, 33 billion on alternative health medicine, 23 billion on supplements and vitamins. Prescription drugs were 263 billion. Big money.

 

it's more than just checkers, isn't it, you little slut!

 

Dr. Oz is a general health and wellness show, so it seems unlikely people would be using such a show to self-diagnose. Most of what the show covers deal with things like diet and exercise. Even if what Heat is claiming is true, the same could be said for just about any magazine or book that deals with health issues. There are always going to be hypochondriacs and people who rush to conclusions based on a vague set of symptoms they might have. There are also plenty of doctors eager and willing to prescribe these same people pharmaceuticals that might be unnecessary and dangerous.

 

Well, he doesn't wear those plastic gloves for nothing. He is very good at prostate massaging!

 

Hmm, well, yea, all I'm gonna say is that if some people do use that show to self-diagnose then that sounds like a problem with them and, as with what pressed rat was saying, those same people would likely do the same thing with anything else like magazines, books, or just going online and looking up vague symptoms. I personally, from the 4 or 5 episodes of that show that I did see, do not know how anyone COULD diagnose themselves from that show as they just never seemed to be talking about lists of symptoms, etc that you even could do that with. But, I guess if you have that type of personality (neurotic) then you'll do it w anything.

 

Oz's show was spawned by his appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show, and it is produced by her company, Harpo. It's been described as a medical flavored Oprah that drifted drifted toward pseudoscience, paranormal, and the occult.

On the next Dr. Oz show: A psychic talks about the extreme dangers of using ultrasound and science-based prenatal care and advises that pregnant women should instead hire a psychic to determine the health of the fetus and due date.

Follow-up show: Psychic therapist Ally Knowing describes how she used psychic channeling to make contact with Sasquatch aboard a UFO who saved her baby from certain death by revealing special knowledge to her about the dangers of GMO food consumption. Dr. Oz says he is so thrilled at having the opportunity to show his viewers the other side of medical science. He's convinced that it must be true because he is completely baffled by the encounter and because science is so far behind in trying to explain the unexplainable.

 

Psychic John Edward on the Oz show.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/dr-oz-says-1030667.aspx

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-477563.html


Faith healer Dr. Issam Nemeh on the Oz show.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/man-faith-healer-pt-1


Psychic Theresa Caputo on the Oz show.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-ozs-psychic-experiment-pt-1

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/28/dr-oz-descends-further-into-psychic-quackery/


Psychic Rebecca Rosen on the Oz show.

http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/does-belief-angels-have-power-heal


Psychics on the Oz show. "Are Psychics The New Therapists?"

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/are-psychics-new-therapists-pt-1

 

not suppose to watch the guy everyday nor to take his word as gospel..

 

Damn, you're like a Dr. Oz expert.

 

I have a hard time believing this is actually on the show, but if it is, that's fucked up.

 

It's daytime television. You shouldn't be that surprised.

 

He's a doctor though, he should know better.

 

The tabloid people on these least-common-denominator TV shows scratch each other's backs for publicity and financial gain, like the political clans in the government. The show tries to portray celebrity psychics who say they talk to the dead, such as reality TV star Theresa Caputo, in the guise of medicine to try to justify them being on a show that is supposedly about medical news.

In an upcoming episode, guests will be Charles Manson and Theresa Caputo. Dr. Oz will hook them up to a brain scanner and see if they can make contact with the people who Manson murdered. Contrarian web mogul Dr. Moe Jercola will be the special guest promoting his latest supplement Pro-Psycho-Biotic, which is specially formulated to improve the clairvoyance of psychic mediums and which Jercola says the government has been hiding from the people.

Of course, all of this is for objective scientific medical therapeutic value, not for cheap and easy TV show ratings for Harpo Productions.

 

The handlers of Dr. Oz should rename the show The Psychic Friends Network With Dr. Oz.