Dr. Oz thinks that this is his finest hour and he’s giving away millions of dollars worth of products to prove it. It’s almost an Oprah moment…

Dr. Oz began by talking about reducing wrinkles. He has some medical products and cosmetics that don’t strike me as healthy for these first groups of advertising of products hidden behind the guise of advice.

You know…maybe he would be more accountable, if he had a financial stake in the product. He’s not very picky.

He had a teeth whitening device to give away and most people do not realize that the chemicals can damage delicate tissues in the mouth at the expense for whiter teeth.

At least there is a healthy cheese snack from Whole Foods Markets in the mix.

Whoops!

My local news network decided that Anarchists disrupting a peaceful gathering in Seattle is more newsworthy of coverage on this TV channel. I have no idea what else Dr. Oz is doing!

You will need to go the the Oz website to get more information about how to get these give-aways, if you want them.

Dr. Oz and His Big Give-Away of Products

I am not the kind of person to recommend that you count every step you take during the day, nor do I suggest that you use questionable products that do not appear to be as healthy as much as they might be free. That reminds me of what tactics grocery stores use to draw in their customers to buy some things they do not want or need…

Mario tweeked his son’s recipe for Sloppy Joes with some spice and some fresh condiment to jazz up Leo’s version to give the audience an idea of ways to vary their new favorite dishes.

Michael dressed up his Hungarian Goulash to make it more American for viewers with crisp red peppers and spicy sausage perfectly browned in five minutes. He gets a lot of flack from his cohorts, but he smiles and laughs his ways through their antagonizing comments. I would have saved the fresh basil to add at the very last fragrant minute before serving, but Daphne got lost in her role of basil caretaker.

Daphne shined with her twist and Carla sparkled with her recipe almost as much as Clinton carried the laughter into his craft corner and glass jars of dirt and dish. A liquid smoothie or a frozen pop satisfies the sweet and healthy tooth. While I feel that most people forget to include water with their psyllium husks which leaves them dehydrated and with digestive upset, Daphne does a decent job of giving a healthy twist to a popcycle. There is plenty of fiber in the fruit to suffice, so I would leave out the husks.

The Chew and Favorite Recipes Twists and Turns

It’s the sign of a confident and capable cook to vary the dish and the recipe to reflect seasonal ingredients, the needs of the moment, and variations on a theme this way. In my restaurant, I could make an identical dish or I could customize it to suit any special request. I could cook in the present moment and that makes food good and great!

Dr. Oz feels that you need something akin to rocket fuel and fireworks to get your metabolism going again.

Are you THAT burned out or is it just his audience?

I think that the people who seek a doctor’s opinion are sick and tired while the rest of us are busy holding up the fort and teaching others how to maintain Wellness.

Dr. Oz and Metabolic Boosters

Your body when balanced and nourished produces sufficient resources of energy to sustain you by its very nature and design. The more you learn about the majestic design of the human body, the more you will appreciate the infinite knowledge that created this form. Doctors know only a small portion of this sacred knowledge, enough to keep the mechanical part of the body operating… When you can ‘see’ the energy fields and movement in and around the human body; then you will have attained another level of awareness far beyond that of a physician.

Dr. oz has a lot of quick fixes for stimulating metabolic processes. Not all of them are intelligent nor are they practical. I could not and would not be dropping so much hot sauce into my tomato juice or on my popcorn without fearing for the lining of the digestive system. He’s crazy! He has no business putting ice chips and branches of mint leaves into red wine. He ruined it.

Drink water when you are thirsty, instead of drowning yourself in too many bottles a day with a silly use of rubberbands. Use your innate intelligence!

He brought Rocco on stage to share the secrets of restaurants which use French cooking techniques to heighten food preparation. The excess of butter, sauce, fats, and other tricks do not lend themselves to healthy eating when New York establishments are competing for business, instead if focusing on the quality of the food. There’s this ‘fine line’ in the sand and too many chefs cross the line. Rocco did…and now he’s learning to do things differently.

Some seemingly healthy items cross that line, too. Dr. Oz loses sight of that line too often. He needs a reminder about the use of amino acids, nutritional supplements, and many foods. Did you see the horrific way he treated the sliced apples when he dumped a ton of cinnamon on them with a dusting that choked him?

First of all, you don’t need to slice the apple until it is actually time to eat it. This prevents oxidation and browning. He should have taken the container with a mixture of lemon juice and cinnamon powder to work with him and blended it with the apple with more finesse. Some honey would have helped to adhere the juice and cinnamon on the surface of each slice of apple and it would taste better that way.

At least Dr. Oz invited a guest to share a few good snacks like quinoa and chia seeds. Pepitas are pumpkin seeds, not squash seeds. Dr. Oz likes pine nuts, but he doesn’t know how to use them. He showed off a few spirulina products and that was a ‘good thing’ for a change.

He is trying…it’s not all that bad. He is just such a neophyte! It makes me feel compelled to discuss these things with you. Caution you about blasting your body into no man’s land with fireworks and rocketfuel gimmicks that do more harm than good.

The Chew is fun, informative, and makes food accessible…

Today Mario Batali allowed us to peek into his home kitchen where he builds his family ties with people and food for well-being.

It was quaint, it was more than sufficient, it was welcoming.

I have to say that the information and the recipes coming to The Chew every day is a sign of the times. Mario and other chefs are as popular as movie stars and athletes. They are the icons for the future for young people. They are an indicator that we have been moving toward a society that sees the value of nourishing one another instead of competing for resources.

Food and family and community! This sustains what it is to be ‘human’ in a good way.

The Chew and the Home Kitchen

Mario, Michael Symon, Carla, and chefs or cooks from many walks of Life are changing the face of the nation. Good Morning America and The Today Show bring food segments on almost every day. Schools, restaurants, grocers, growers, and other vital community groups are spending more time to feature local, sustainable sources of food as the ‘hub in the wheel’ that keeps the local economies strong.

The home kitchen is the key to it all and the circle widens from there to touch all of us. You have an opportunity to make your kitchen into a sanctuary where you and your family thrive and prosper.

It is just ‘one of those days’ when you want to sit it out and take a breather.

I am grabbing a coffee and just finished my organic salad with feta, onion, and a balsamic reduction on baby field greens.

It’s a day to relax and gather one’s vital energy for another busy week.

Sometimes a ‘day off’ is called for and appreciated for what it is. We’re allowed a day when it suits the needs of the moment.

Have a restful and rejuvenating day in your way!

On both TV shows – Dr. Oz and TheDoctorsTV – the physicians talked about ‘energy drinks’ this last week.

Dr. Oz and Energy Drinks

It is prevalent in our culture that is constantly ‘on the go’ to indulge in energy drinks and stimulants. The commercials for 5 hour buzzes are everywhere.

The doctors are offering advice at the end of their hours to drink energy drinks wisely…not all are created equally.

It’s preferable to balance the adrenals through nourishment and replenishment.

Most energy drinks use ingredients that stimulate the adrenal glands to boost energy levels artificially which cripples the endocrine system over time.

If you happen to find Brain Toniq in your store – that’s better than other kinds.

BRAIN TONIQ

Most doctors want their patients to keep it short and brief when talking about symptoms and what’s going on in their bodies. Physicians are notorious for making very little time to discuss one’s concerns and feelings without charging the patient for extra time spent in the appointment. But Dr. Oz seems to be different.

Dr. Oz welcomes too much information!

Dr. Oz and TMI

If more doctors wanted to know as much about their patients as possible to make a correct and accurate diagnosis; it would be a good sign for Western Medicine.

Doctors need to recognize that a patient’s knowledge may vary from ignorance to being well-informed…from being observant of what’s going on in their bodies to being oblivious! This is going to help in patient compliance.

Then there’s the case of having Dr. Oz share too much information with us. He endlessly talks about weight loss and ways to get rid of fat. He shares so many supplements and products with his audience that you could easily spend tens of thousands of dollars following his advice.

We got a glimpse into Dr. Oz at home as he opened his kitchen cabinets to the cameras. I wonder how many hours he and Lisa spent getting those cupboards organized.

Dr,. Oz opened the frig and there they were in plain sight not to be missed – the radishes. He then made a beeline over to the cabinet to show off his collection of olive oils and I saw the Frontier Sea Salt container among the bottles of oil.

He opened up the rosemary spice bottle, but where were the fresh herbs and spices?

Did you notice his Bullet blender when he and his son made a blueberry banana smoothie? Those are handy.

In the oz pantry, there are dried cherries, bulgur, onions, and brewer’s yeast. He says that he has every nut under the sun, but we only saw the bag of chestnuts which he grabs and takes on the run for snacks. I didn’t see any signs of other whole grains, beans, legumes, or seeds. Those are the staples for a healthy Lifestyle at the most basic of levels of Wellness in the kitchen. In general, his kitchen is well-stocked.

In the bathroom, he showed off his two toothbrushes, his mouthguards, and was proud that everything else was located elsewhere. He and Lisa keep Myrrh and Aloe Vera Gel in the house.

I am surprised that he does yoga on the carpet, instead of using a yoga mat. I am also surprised that he uses a sock for his dried herbs in the bedroom, rather than diffusing Essential Oils which are infinitely more effective. Do you believe that the doctor wears ‘goodnighties’ when he can sleep naked?

I am encouraged that he ‘walks his talk’ at home…and that he would allow cameras into his personal space. Even the little view we got of his office space on the set of the show where he keeps his dental floss and his goodies that he brings from home shows us that doctors can adopt healthy habits at work, too. My only addition would be to teach him to use kombu after soaking his beans and rinsing them, instead of relying upon Beano to help him deal with gas. He has more to learn about foods with enzymes like pineapple and papaya, miso soup, sauerkraut, fermented vegetables, pickled daikon, vinegars, and citrus. If he likes radishes, then he’ll love pickled daikon! If he likes beans, then he’ll adore kombu and these other condiments to add to his basic set-up at home and at the office.

There’s never too much information to share when it comes to a healthy Lifestyle…

Dr. Oz takes on fat again. He showed some huge thunder thighs to drive the point home…

He recommended meat substitutes like soy hot dogs and veggie burgers along with a calcium supplement. He fights fat with parsley tea and other supplements.

I am amazed that he never has really talked about using massage therapy and bodywork to get the body back into shape. He does discuss walking and exercise more often than not. He is lost when it comes to subliminal tapes and hypnosis, but you can use any of these methods for success.

He went on to tout green coffee beans to lose weight. His guest expert described the study. The participants lost a good percentage of fat without side-effects after only twelve weeks.

Dr. Oz and Green Coffee Beans

Short-term fixes to drop a few pounds or shed a few inches usually end up being replaced over the next year; so a healthy Lifestyle every day is the best way to maintain your ideal body in shape and form. When you treat your body like a temple that is sacred, you will create a sanctuary for health and well-being. Refrain from treating your body like a machine or a depository for excesses from food to alcohol to harmful emotions that build a buffer zone of protection with fat.

Take your Thunder Thighs and walk, run, or skip until you arrive where you feel comfortable in your body as you shape it into your ideal of beauty and health.

Human sexuality is far more than ‘black and white’! In one book that is extremely popular, it has at least fifty shades of grey.

Dr. Oz is still fascinated with sexuality and brings yet another perspective to the audience today. All of the people, men and women, in the audience had read the book, “Fifty Shades of Grey” and many weighed in with their thoughts to the content.

Dr. oz and “Fifty Shades of Grey” Sex

Human sexuality has many dimensions by the very nature of one’s humanity and diversity in expression. Sex can be viewed as exercise, sex can be viewed as creative expression, sex can be used to manipulate or exploit, and sex can be used to experience union.

Dr. Oz and the people responding to this book seem to treat sex as a sport. I have news for them…they’ll have to retire their jerseys early when misusing the body’s energy for shallow gratification.

Only one woman brought up the issue surrounding unhealthy sexual behavior as exhibited in this book. I would give her a round of applause. It’s one thing to integrate sexual intimacy into a healthy Lifestyle and quite another thing to initiate and support behavior that compromises the individual or the relationship. There are fine lines in the sand on this beach!

I haven’t read the book and I don’t plan on wasting my time after listening to Dr. Oz and this segment. Liberation is more than sexual or physical. Whether you are a busy mom or a single hottie, there’s a time and place for sexual intimacy that can be found in anyone’s schedule that contributes to the health of the person and their partner.

Instead of reading a book and being stimulated by a fantasy, why are you not looking deeply into the eyes of your Beloved? Instead of turning to that book, turn to your partner and dive into the Divine together. Be present, find the moment to fill yourself with love, and know true union without any interference from outside yourselves. Then it is authentic and belongs to the two of you alone as one. You don’t have to share with the author or a character in a book. It’s ‘real’…

Dr. Oz continues to approach sexuality as a condition that needs to be fixed or manipulated by external forces when it is the most natural movement of energy and creativity within the human being with the only need being for genuine authenticity. Sexual expression is one aspect of a healthy Lifestyle.

The only good part of the discussion was about the brain’s role in sexual expression. This deserves your attention and consideration. There’s more to the brain than meets the eye. Once you comprehend the majesty of the brain that allows Mind to operate the physical body, you can then explore the movement of energy within and around the body that takes you into the realm of the esoteric experience of union and Oneness.

TheDoctorsTV welcomed the commentary of Dr. Marc who told the audience that heart health takes more than red wine and dark chocolate.

He wrote a book that takes hundreds of pages to explain to you why a healthy Lifestyle is important, not just a few quick fixes. He only mentioned exercise, eating well, and the basics.

He doesn’t believe that a patient should argue with a cardiac surgeon. It’s all relative and who knows where that conversation will take you. Perhaps to a dinner with red wine and a chocolate dessert?

TheDoctorsTV and Heart Health

Personally, after listening to Dr. Marc for a few minutes, I would ascertain that he is no expert on Red Wine nor does he seem the type to prepare healthy desserts in his kitchen. You have to weigh the medical mind with a feather…

He appears to e to be the kind of guy that would dismiss the natural healthy approach as too much trouble for too little return and go with surgery when called for after a time when the basics are not enough.

He hasn’t seen what we’ve seen…

But then again, he deals with models of disease and we deal in Wellness..