Eat Your Banana's.."The Whole Banana"

Thanks, huskergalWsD, for being willing to listen to the other opinions. I take Dr. Oz's advice with a healthy dose of skepticism, probably because I grew up in a traditional, Western medicine home. Some of his advice is good, but it pays to check - thoroughly - most of his recommendations. I lost 170 pounds with the help of a gastric bypass, after 50+ years of failed dieting, so I'm not adverse to using any valid tool available. Best of luck and success with whatever your goals may be.

Dr. Oz is a whack job. 

So many Dr. Oz Haters here. I wonder if you all are just giving your own personal opinion or if this is really true about him, espically with wls patients... cant wait to call my surgeons nurse tomorrow.

Bottom line: Dr. Oz supports and promotes others who make claims with no scientific basis. If he spent much time reading medical journals (which is something doctors should do), he would know that his claims are false... yet he makes them anyway. Repeatedly. And apparently has NO problem taking people's money from it.

Maybe there's some good there among the bad. If he suggests people eat more fruit and veggies, cool. But when you use your show to promote someone who believes cancer is a fungus that can be cured with baking soda? (And no, this is not a case of "amazing new discovery to share," but actually a case of "expelled from the Italian Medical Order for cheating.") Sorry, dude, but there's no freakin' way I'm trusting your medical "advice."

Sadly, when it comes to listening to Dr. Oz, a little common sense goes a very long way.  I think he started out well.  I think he really wanted to do a good thing in the beginning.  Today, he is merely paid very well to push fad products.  Some day he is going to hurt someone, if he hasn't already.

Not enough?  What to see what his peers think of him?  Here is a start:

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/for-shame-dr-oz/

http://curezone.com/forums/am.asp?i=1572973

http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2011/04/andrew-wakefi eld-dr-oz-others-given-awards-promoting-medical-nonsense

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2011/06/02/dr-ozs-sham eless-play-for-ratings-discourages-life-saving-procedure-whi le-demeaning-true-cancer-survivors/

I'm pretty sure it isn't just us that believes the man probably wears a tin foil hat when others aren't looking.

Dr. Oz is, by all accounts, an excellent cardiac surgeon. Unfortunately he doesn't stay in his area of expertise, and has morphed into a woo-pitching monster. I say monster with all sincerity, since much of his "advice" can cause people to avoid real medical interventions that can be lifesaving in favor of fraudulent, hand-waving nonsense. He is a dangerous quack.

So... What did your surgeon's office say????  I'm guessing that since you never updated this, they agreed with the rest of us that this was NOT a good idea.

Lora