Good Morning America and Dr. Oz: You: An Owner’s Manual for Teens, Does Size Really Matter, and Zoe Appears With Doctor Dad
It’s good to see daughter, Zoe Oz, appearing with her doctor dad on today’s show. She is well-spoken and I hope to hear more from her in future episodes. If she can reach the teen population on TV, perhaps we’ll have a healthier generation with more exposure to information about a healthy Lifestyle.
Dr. Oz appeared on Good Morning America along with his co-author of their new book, You: An Owner’s Manual for Teens. I have not read it yet, but at least they are trying to reach a segment of our society that rarely gets a genuine educational opportunity to read about health and wellness. The age to begin is as soon as a child can read, but surely by the time they are teens; it’s imperative for them to have access to good health care information to learn how to enjoy a healthy Lifestyle for their entire lives. My children were born living a healthy Lifestyle!
I cannot agree with one of the experts that taking birth control pills to regulate a young teen’s period is OK. Anytime a doctor uses hormones to manipulate the female body, the person is entering a zone where the real imbalance and deficiency is NOT adequately nor directly being addressed. So it is overlooked and the energy imbalance continues to be more pronounced, cloaked by drugs. That’s not the smart way to be healthy for teens or older women. It’s ignoring and dismissing the real underlying cause for the irregular period, cramps, skin problems, or any other sign of imbalance. The imbalance is not corrected, just managed… Don’t go there!
The demo for popping a pimple was satisfactory, but where was the information about preventing pimples with a better diet, better cleansing of the skin, and knowledge about bacteria. Get to the root when you are teaching teens…and their knowledge will last a lifetime.
Some parents are too timid to teach their teenage sons about changes in their bodies when they reach puberty and hormones flow. Wet Dreams or nocturnal emissions should be a topic that a young teen boy can discuss with a doctor, a parent, or read about in this new Owner’s Manual book. You should care enough about your kids so that you prepare them for the stages in their lives, instead of letting them walk into them blind and confused. I remember when I was at camp and an older camper started her period. She was afraid that she was dying and had no idea what was happening to her body. No one ever bothered to talk to her about it. My mother bought me a kit and I was ready. It happened while I was playing football in the yard at church. I was ready and it made it simple to attend to everything and get back to playing again.
Older generations in families, educators, healers, and care givers can all play an active role in the education and the provision of information for young people. This is a generational transmission of knowledge that is as natural as any other educational activity to learn how our bodies work and how to take good care of them.
But being in your body and knowing how your physical body works is not the end of the road. When Dr. Oz discussed Vanity Sizing for clothing, it became obvious that people are fixated on an arbitrary number, instead of dealing with really being IN their bodies and knowing their bodies. You are more than a number! It’s much more than an issue about the clothing industry and women who are oblivious to their state of health. Women who are driven by the size of the clothes they wear are not Present and not aware IN their bodies. This is a ‘disconnect’ with reality. No number really matters when you have a realistic self-image and self-esteem. I hope that fewer and fewer women get caught up in the numbers game and find a way to get in touch with the innate physicality. Know your body…
I thought that the advice about Rosemary was interesting and Dr. Oz should have emphasized the use of Rosemary in cooking, more than in a tea or on the grill. But at least there were chef hats on the set – an improvement in my opinion! Now let’s see more demonstrations of applications of Essential Oils and Massage Therapy. Dr. Oz barely touched the audience member’s neck, so how on earth could she think it did much of anything in 30 seconds. Watching Dr. Oz attempt to massage her neck made it obvious that he needs training in this. Let a real expert Massage Therapist do the demo!
Rosemary is best utilized in Essential Oils and in food preparation. The heat on the grill is better managed with the placement of the coals or the heat source. You should have a hot and a moderately hot area on your grill, so you don’t char the meat or the vegetables. The Rosemary sprigs could catch fire and then you are still going to char your meat. Not recommended… If you want to learn how to grill, watch Bobby Flay!
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