If it quacks like a duck it's Dr. Oz

[shavedape]

God, I hate this snake oil shit stain. It's effing pathetic that millions of white, upper middle class, middle-age housewives take every turd that plops out of his mouth to be pure gold. Goddamn Oprah zombies.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/06/17/dr-oz-senate-panel-weight-scams/10701067/

Senators scold Dr. Oz for weight-loss scams

WASHINGTON -- Members of a Senate panel scolded celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz on Tuesday for using his nationally syndicated TV show to hype dubious weight-loss products to naive consumers.

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and other lawmakers called out Oz for describing certain supplements on his show as a "magic weight-loss cure," and "the No. 1 miracle in a bottle."

"I don't get why you say this stuff because you know it's not true," McCaskill said during Tuesday's hearing before the Senate subcommittee on consumer protection, which she chairs. "So why, when you have this amazing megaphone and this amazing ability to communicate, why would you cheapen your show by saying things like that?"

McCaskill held the hearing to discuss ways to protect consumers from weight-loss scams involving pills, creams and supplements.

She and other lawmakers said "The Dr. Oz Show" has become a catalyst for such scams, noting that products featured on the show enjoy a dramatic increase in sales. McCaskill said that encourages scam artists to "pop up overnight" and use deceptive ads to sell the product.

"The scientific community is almost monolithic against you in terms of the efficacy of the three products you call miracles," McCaskill told Oz.

Consumers spent $2.4 billion on weight loss services and products last year, according to the the Federal Trade Commission.

 

[Overmind One]

God, I hate this snake oil shit stain. It's effing pathetic that millions of white, upper middle class, middle-age housewives take every turd that plops out of his mouth to be pure gold. Goddamn Oprah zombies.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/06/17/dr-oz-senate-panel-weight-scams/10701067/

Senators scold Dr. Oz for weight-loss scams

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WASHINGTON -- Members of a Senate panel scolded celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz on Tuesday for using his nationally syndicated TV show to hype dubious weight-loss products to naive consumers.

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and other lawmakers called out Oz for describing certain supplements on his show as a "magic weight-loss cure," and "the No. 1 miracle in a bottle."

"I don't get why you say this stuff because you know it's not true," McCaskill said during Tuesday's hearing before the Senate subcommittee on consumer protection, which she chairs. "So why, when you have this amazing megaphone and this amazing ability to communicate, why would you cheapen your show by saying things like that?"

McCaskill held the hearing to discuss ways to protect consumers from weight-loss scams involving pills, creams and supplements.

She and other lawmakers said "The Dr. Oz Show" has become a catalyst for such scams, noting that products featured on the show enjoy a dramatic increase in sales. McCaskill said that encourages scam artists to "pop up overnight" and use deceptive ads to sell the product.

"The scientific community is almost monolithic against you in terms of the efficacy of the three products you call miracles," McCaskill told Oz.

Consumers spent $2.4 billion on weight loss services and products last year, according to the the Federal Trade Commission.

There are many of these creatures like DrOz out there. Unfortunately, the government is just as unscrupulous with FDA recommendations, USDA Inspection failures, allowing Monsanto to patent seeds and genetically modify them, including unhealthy or unnatural foods in the Food Pyramid, approving additives which allow shelf life to be extended but present a moderate risk to health, etc. These individuals are doing it for the same reason, but you can put a face on it. Thigh Master...did it work? No woman I know says it did. Step Training in gyms for hundreds of dollars. Really? The latest ones are Acai and Garcinia Cambogia. Scams every one of them.

Can't they sue pigs like this for false advertising? I doubt it, because then it puts Big Pharma's ass out there to be spanked. Many drugs out there are "treating" ailments which have nothing to do with a serious condition. For instance, "Acid Reflux Disease" is actually severe indigestion caused by your stomach trying to digest garbage like white flour and processed sugars and other additives. It is exacerbated by being overweight. I took Nexium for this "condition" for about 3 months and had side effects. After losing the extra weight and going low carb, I never get heartburn or indigestion.

 

[Illiterati]

What is truly amusing is that he continues to insist that he wasn't "endorsing" the products, while the language he used to describe them certainly sounded as though he was...

 

[Jim of WVa]

The problem is, is that the medical community is about as successful as the scam artists when it comes to weight-loss. Short of ripping out 3/4 of a person's GI tract, patients who lose weight eventually gain it all back.

 

[Overmind One]

The problem is, is that the medical community is about as successful as the scam artists when it comes to weight-loss. Short of ripping out 3/4 of a person's GI tract, patients who lose weight eventually gain it all back.

I completely agree. After reversing a pre-diabetic condition and avoiding taking Carvidilol (a high blood pressure medication) http://www.medicinenet.com/carvedilol/article.htm, using a low carb DIET and lifestyle modification, I had to wonder why the doctor himself did not recommend the cure instead of trying to get me to take prescription medication? And people still trust their doctors, even when they are given false information and prescriptions for medicines which may even make them less healthy, or worse...dependent on the medication.

 

[Illiterati]

A low carb diet is recommended for people with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, with which I have been diagnosed. It's best for dealing with blood sugar levels and helping to minimize (and even potentially relieve) symptoms.

 

[Tripler]

I completely agree. After reversing a pre-diabetic condition and avoiding taking Carvidilol (a high blood pressure medication) http://www.medicinenet.com/carvedilol/article.htm, using a low carb DIET and lifestyle modification, I had to wonder why the doctor himself did not recommend the cure instead of trying to get me to take prescription medication? And people still trust their doctors, even when they are given false information and prescriptions for medicines which may even make them less healthy, or worse...dependent on the medication.

My Doc is pretty good and prefers not to give me meds unless absolutely needed . I'm on anti depressant med from my pill pushing shrink right now but can hopefully ween them out of my system in a couple of years or so . They do work surprisingly and it's not a big dose . I take no other meds other than an 400 gel of Advil for migraines when I get migraines . I know a migraine is coming as I hear the sound of symbols in my head . !uckin irritating beyond belief . Like some symbol smashing monkey that has no god dam rythem .

 

[Tripler]

A low carb diet is recommended for people with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, with which I have been diagnosed. It's best for dealing with blood sugar levels and helping to minimize (and even potentially relieve) symptoms.

A good friend of mine went from 208 lbs to 162 lbs in just 6 months . He has a pilot license and they pulled it because he became diabetic . He lost the weight and the diabetes is completely gone but he still cant get his license back . His doc told him not to loose anymore weight . No kidding . He looked sickly when I saw him on the weekend .

 

[Tripler]

PS ,,,I friggen can't stand that friggin oz guy ,,,OMG ,,, don't get me started on that prick spin off stinkface of an oprah worshipper !!!

 

[Overmind One]

A good friend of mine went from 208 lbs to 162 lbs in just 6 months . He has a pilot license and they pulled it because he became diabetic . He lost the weight and the diabetes is completely gone but he still cant get his license back . His doc told him not to loose anymore weight . No kidding . He looked sickly when I saw him on the weekend .

I went from 240 or so to 170 in 6 months! I was pre-diabetic at that point, and the prospect of diabetes is a great motivator. Low carbing reversed the pre-diabetic condition to normal, eliminated the high blood pressure, the acid reflux and sleep apnea (yeah, I was pretty messed up!). Going low carb literally saved my life. I chose Atkins, because so much literature is available on that low carb program and I have personally seen results in others who have done it. I have given the book away to people I knew would read it and make the journey. But there are others out there, and I am now using some of the stuff in the South Beach diet as well, since I am in maintenance.

Your friend losing "too much" is common. For me, 170 makes me look WAY too skinny. The BMI charts claimed that I needed to be 170 for my height and build, but it did not look right. Too skinny. So 175-180 is my healthy looking weight. Im at 182 right now. Your buddy will choose to gain more weight after he realizes he does not look right at his current weight. It seems like once you take the wheel on your weight, you want to show off how easy it is to do and go past the goal into unhealthy thin territory.

 

[Jim of WVa]

A good friend of mine went from 208 lbs to 162 lbs in just 6 months . He has a pilot license and they pulled it because he became diabetic . He lost the weight and the diabetes is completely gone but he still cant get his license back . His doc told him not to loose anymore weight . No kidding . He looked sickly when I saw him on the weekend .

I was under the impression that private pilots could maintain their license with diabetes provided that they maintained their blood sugar between 100 and 300 when flying. Maybe he was a commercial pilot.

 

[Overmind One]

LOL

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-dr-oz-still-shilling-20140620-column.html

"I can’t figure this out, Dr. Oz," McCaskill said. "You have been trained in science-based medicine. Now here are three statements you have made on your show:

'You may think magic is make believe but this little bean has scientists saying they’ve found the magic weight loss cure for every body type -- it’s green coffee extract.’

‘I’ve got the No. 1 miracle in a bottle to burn your fat. It’s raspberry ketones.’

‘Garcinia Camboja. It may be the simple solution you’ve been looking for to bust your body fat for good.’

"You know it's not true," McCaskill said. "So why, when you have this amazing megaphone, do you cheapen your show like that?”

 

[shavedape]

LOL

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-dr-oz-still-shilling-20140620-column.html

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"I can’t figure this out, Dr. Oz," McCaskill said. "You have been trained in science-based medicine. Now here are three statements you have made on your show:

'You may think magic is make believe but this little bean has scientists saying they’ve found the magic weight loss cure for every body type -- it’s green coffee extract.’

‘I’ve got the No. 1 miracle in a bottle to burn your fat. It’s raspberry ketones.’

‘Garcinia Camboja. It may be the simple solution you’ve been looking for to bust your body fat for good.’

"You know it's not true," McCaskill said. "So why, when you have this amazing megaphone, do you cheapen your show like that?”

I'm glad people are finally starting to figure out that this guy is a snake oil salesman. And I'm doubly glad he's getting his ass handed to him in the public arena. The man is a shameful fraud that preys on the gullibility of soft-minded people.

"Green coffee extract" --

 

[Jim of WVa]

I'm glad people are finally starting to figure out that this guy is a snake oil salesman. And I'm doubly glad he's getting his ass handed to him in the public arena. The man is a shameful fraud that preys on the gullibility of soft-minded people.

"Green coffee extract" --

They ground and brewed coffee with unroasted beans.

 

[shavedape]

They ground and brewed coffee with unroasted beans.

And probably made millions off of it due to Dr. Oz's promoting of it. The dude is seriously unethical. Not surprising that he's one of Oprah's corporate pets.

 

[Overmind One]

And probably made millions off of it due to Dr. Oz's promoting of it. The dude is seriously unethical. Not surprising that he's one of Oprah's corporate pets.

Oprah is now just another money-grubbing Hutt

 

[shavedape]

Oprah is now just another money-grubbing Hutt

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I couldn't stand her show when it was on regular TV. I shit you not, every single time I glanced at the show within the last few years of its run it was nothing more than one big commercial. All she did was hawk products and self-help books and celebrity music CD's and crap like that. Seriously, every single time I saw that show she was selling something to her viewers.

And don't get me going about the self-help gurus she "interviews". It's pure hucksterism. Nothing but vague, saccharine tripe meant to confuse weak-minded people into spending money. Case in point: I had a friend give me a copy of Eckhart Tolle's book, he being in Oprah's stable of snake oil purveyors, and I tell ya, it was the most vague and stupid nonsense I've ever tried to read. It was nothing but New Age babbling about nonsensical stuff. I gave the book away to Goodwill and never looked back.

 

[Rac80]

My Doc is pretty good and prefers not to give me meds unless absolutely needed . I'm on anti depressant med from my pill pushing shrink right now but can hopefully ween them out of my system in a couple of years or so . They do work surprisingly and it's not a big dose . I take no other meds other than an 400 gel of Advil for migraines when I get migraines . I know a migraine is coming as I hear the sound of symbols in my head . !uckin irritating beyond belief . Like some symbol smashing monkey that has no god dam rythem .

many have found vigorous exercise gives you a better serotonin boost than many anti-depressants.

 

[Tripler]

many have found vigorous exercise gives you a better serotonin boost than many anti-depressants.

I agree . I'm in the gym now starting everyday this month accept all the days of the week and next year .
Just lazy I guess :-(

But seriously I am going to the gym and will heed your words of wisdom . If you haven't got your health , you haven't got anything

 

[Overmind One]

I agree . I'm in the gym now starting everyday this month accept all the days of the week and next year .
Just lazy I guess :-(

But seriously I am going to the gym and will heed your words of wisdom . If you haven't got your health , you haven't got anything

You could not have said it better.