#29 SummerSlowRunner: "I want to win face goo!! Mine needs all the help it can get."
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It doesn't matter if I'm at a client site or at my company's office, Dr. Oz is always on in the breakroom during lunch. He's quite popular among women of a certain age. Personally, I'm not a fan. The way he leers at women and has to hug and caress his audience member's arms turns me off. Oh, and I think he looks like a dragon. That being said, there are few things I've learned from watching his show.
1. We're All Fatties. Yup, we're all fat and Dr. Oz wants to remind us of this fact every, single day. No matter what the topic of the day is, it all comes back to LOSE WEIGHT! I understand that obesity is a problem in our nation, but I had no idea that losing ten pounds would solve all our health problems. Have an eye twitch? Lose weight. That cut on your finger? You probably got it because you're a fattie. I commend Dr. Oz for advocating eating less and moving more. He tells his audience there are no quick fixes, well, except Weight Watchers of course. Because he's teamed up with them for some weight loss challenge. So get on Weight Watchers everyone! It cures everything!
2. Take All The Vitamins! Every episode that I've seen, Dr. Oz tells viewers to take all these vitamin "cocktails". The "cocktails" are different every show; weight loss, anti-aging, energy, fertility, etc... What I've never seen him recommend is a general "cocktail" for everyday wellness. I checked his website as well and wasn't able to find anything there either. If you took his advice from a week's worth of shows, you'd be taking a mountain of pills. So just go to CVS and buy all the vitamins. I'm sure it'll work out well. That being said, I did start taking fish oil and magnesium after he recommended that all women take fish oil for the Omega 3s and to reduce inflammation and magnesium for good bone health.
3. Everyone Needs To Start Boning. He's right about this one. We'd all be less stressed if we were having sex on the regular. I just wish he wouldn't hug and rub up on his audience members while he's telling them they need to have more sex.
4. Go Vegan...For A Month. If you want to lose weight and be more healthy, Dr. Oz suggests going vegan for a month. That's not insulting to vegans at all right? Because I'm sure vegans are only vegans so they can be skinny. He outlines a four-week process to going vegan. In week one, he implies that vegans need to take multivitamins and B12 in order to get protein. What? This guy's a doctor, but doesn't know his vitamins. In week two, he advocates substituting all meat products with soy products. Yup, just eat processed foods people. So easy to be a vegan! The best part is that you don't have to go vegan, you just play vegan for a few weeks because in your last week of being vegan, you "introduce" eggs and dairy back into your diet. His reasoning for this? Because veganism "isn't a reality or even an ideal." I'm sure the millions of vegans would disagree.
To recap: Congrats Summer! And Dr. Oz is a toolbag with good intentions.
12 comments:
So stoked!! You saw my haircut videos - clearly I need some help in the eye department. I was just thinking about this giveaway last night and hoping I'd win. Thanks boo!
As far as Dr. Oz, he creeps me out. And after having a certain blogger on his show, I just cannot with him at all.
Ugh, I HATE Dr. Oz. Aside from his perv-creep grin, I can't get past the shouty/pouty "YOU LADIES ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL!/It's just so hard being fat.... I know. I know.". Then there's his questionable taste in guests. Ick.
I got into a habit where I started DVRing his show and watching every day until I realized that all it did was make me buy more vitamins that I never took and develop an even worse case of hypochondria. I do think so of the stuff he talks about is legit (especially some of the vitamins I actually do take regularly now) but I totally agree on the creeper vibe, like he's totally one of those guys who rubs your bra when he pats your back.
And I will say that there is SOME benefit to removing meat and dairy from your diet for short periods of time, but mostly because it helps your digestive system, sort of cleanse itself and take a break. Breaking down meat is really hard on everyone's digestion, so a little hiatus is beneficial. But I agree that promoting veganism as a quick-fix for weight loss is wack. BALLS this was a long comment.
Dr. Oz creeps me out too! I have seen 1 episode and in it he was talking about the cocktails of vitamins you need to take and that you should go in a tanning bed with UVB bulbs 3-4 minutes per day. What???? I hate the going vegan part, because if you don't do enough research, you will be missing out on important vitamins and minerals. It's not good to "try" something like that even for a short time like that. All that being said, I think you're right on with the magnesium and Omega 3s! The omega 3s are especially good!
Have a great week Melissa!
My mom calls me every now and then with Dr. Oz advice. It's funny. I agree, he's creepy, and mostly he just makes me feel badly about my health habits.
I agree with the creepiness - he is super touchy. I think I have a problem with people who are famous just because of Oprah. Nate? Hate him. Gale? Not a fan.
He sorta DOES look like a dragon! Now I'll never be able to stop thinking that when I see him on TV.
I hate Dr. Oz. His advice sucks, he endorses STUPID programs (hi, WW) and I cannot get behind someone who advocates going vegan by replacing meat with soy. Are you kidding me?
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B12 for protein? For reals? I've never been able to stomach a full episode of Dr. Oz. Now I'm glad for this.
Bahahaha, Dr. Oz DOES look like a dragon! Good call! There's a good spoof of him on SNL somewhere if you haven't seen it where he makes an audience member dress up like a poop and go through a "colon". Check it out!
dr oz is ruining my career...everyone comes in wanting the products he talks about on tv!! We don't sell that shit at Target! Also the lifestyle he promotes would NOT fly in the hood in baltimore (I'm currently watching the wire) cause it's expensive to be vegan and etc!
Blech...how can you even sit through a show of his long enough to hear his blabber. I think I'll go eat some Girl Scout Cookies...
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