Dr. Oz and Ten Alternatives For Ten Health Issues, Game Show Atmosphere, and Stomach Infection Fixes
Dr. Oz was a mixed bag today. While other shows gave only repeat episodes, at least the audience got something for Memorial Day that might prove to be beneficial for your health.
First, Dr. Oz had experts give the audience ten alternative solutions for ten major health issues. At least he is bringing the Acupuncturists on to his show which will do more to educate his audience than any other specialty area of Holistic Medicine. She showed a few techniques for acupuncture facials, the scraping technique to call the Chi on the back, and a massage technique for digestion. It was basic, but good information with the pertinent demonstrations.
I think it to be disingenuous of Dr. Oz to watch a professional Acupuncturist insert the needles with absolutely no sign of pain or discomfort on the part of the patient and then have the audacity to ask the patient if she felt any pain! It was OBVIOUS that the woman felt NO PAIN. It seems that Dr. Oz doesn’t have a clue about the techniques of needle insertion. He needs a primer lesson, so he doesn’t embarrass himself on future shows…
The nutritional advice was alright, but nothing exceptional. I was rather disturbed that Dr. Oz would compare drinks by ‘calories’ instead of nutrition and true health value. Beer is NOT as healthy for you as a Red Wine. Apple Juice that is organic and freshly-juiced is just as healthy as freshly-juiced tomato juice. Any juice that has been processed is suspect… Do your own juicing, people!
Dr. Oz hasn’t put today’s details on his website yet, but I will update this post when he does. There were a few nutritional supplements that you need to know more about than what he had to say. All in all, the atmosphere of today’s episode was MUCH more like a GAME SHOW than an educational and informative show. Dr. Oz tried to create competition among friends when they agreed upon all three questions about cheese, walking, and juice when Oz wanted a winner so he could give away the sponsor’s toys. The gravy strainer is a good kitchen tool and I rather liked the fitbit.
I thought that dressing up the giggler in an E Pylori green suit was silly and he could have devised a better method of showing the bacterial infection that only recently was found by the medical establishment to be the causal pathogen in most ulcers and damage to tissue in the stomach. The choices for treating this infection were limited and I would rather take GSE than do anything that Oz suggested. If you need to soothe the tissue of the stomach after you deal with the infection, then aloe vera gel and myrrh are both indicated and effective. You can also drink some kudzu root pudding and use a product like Nopalea to reduce any inflammation.
Do people really learn that much during a Game Show mentality? I lose interest within seconds… At least the audience got the goodies, even though the contestants couldn’t spin the wheel to get a YES. I hope that the production team goes back to informative and educational tools that aren’t so silly and laughable. Let’s take the value of education a little more seriously for at least the better portion of the hour. Sure it was worth a moment’s laugh when Dr. Oz dropped his trousers and got in the ice bath. But so did Dr. Travis Stork…and with a lot more fanfare!
Go back to the information about acupuncture and massage; then you’ll have a show worth watching for the entire hour that is memorable and purposeful! Really…the balls and the green suit just didn’t cut it today!
