I try to watch Dr. Oz almost every day.
He is informing people on a lot of really great stuff, while not having the most cutting edge info, while promoting both really decent and great products, while promoting really bad products, and while claiming to not have any vested interest in the products promoted.
(Really on that last one? Come on Dr. Oz…why not reference several of the same sort of product as options instead of just one if you were not benefiting in SOME way, be it directly or indirectly? No judgment man, just be upfront about it, we’re all trying to earn a living).
He has promoted a red light therapy that I use and support.
He has promoted vitamin B12 without differentiating between the methyl or cyano varieties (a posture many health enthusiasts find a bit irresponsible).
He has promoted a saffron-type chewable supplement for appetite suppression that when I looked into it, had sugars as the first two ingredients! (And a bit of other garbage in the list as well!)
He discusses the lyme tick, but references to “go see your doctor” if you are infected by the bite. HE *IS* a doctor. And we all know a doctor will prescribe an antibiotic, doxycycline in all likelihood (which can kill the infection and prevent things from getting worse) but why not cover some of the alternative routes…why not cover them at ALL…such as one of the amazing colloidal silver options that is used by alternative doctors around the world to treat serious infections?
Why doesn’t he cover blood electrification when he covers cancer, an alternative treatment that has become very popular and has apparent huge success?
Why are 80% plus of his female audiences overweight, if he has all these fat/weight loss products and techniques that he promotes on a weekly basis?
What is his REAL motivation, and who does he REALLY serve?
He’s not bad. I appreciate some of what he has to offer a great deal.
But other parts really piss me off.
More than anything, his OMISSIONS piss me off.
He needs to cover alternative options. We don’t need to feed the medical industry any more than we already do, we don’t need to put them on unnecessarily high platforms for the masses to worship under, nor do we need to feed an already out-of-countrol supplement industry that is promoting and selling FAR too much CRAP that does not benefit anyone, and may in fact be hurting them.
In my opinion: He needs to cover ALL the new AND old ideas that have plenty of positive anecdotal evidence behind them being affective, bringing THOSE findings to the masses…
And step up on such an alternative platform that even *I* might worship.
(Or at least shine his shoes on).
Love, Happiness, Health and Peace……………..Tim