Dr. Oz & A Cowboy
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Dr. Oz convinces a cowboy with heart disease to change – temporarily – to a vegan diet in order to reverse his heart disease. The long-term diet plan is a near-vegan diet that includes some small amounts of animal products.
I’m disappointed that Dr. Oz thinks a vegan diet isn’t sustainable. Telling an omnivore to add back small amounts of meat and dairy won’t work. People ALWAYS underestimate how much meat and dairy they consume. He’ll be back to his old ways again.
Dr. Oz plainly cares more about his ratings and not alienating a wide audience than about making the case for an optimum vegan diet. But maybe this is a shrewd approach. Most people will clamp down all receptors if they feel their way of life is being challenged, or, at best, go running to the internet to find comforting statements to reassure them (all too easy to find on the anything goes internet). At least here the audience is getting an inkling of what’s possible. Assuming there’s a good outcome, that is. This sort of death-bed conversion often happens when the damage is done and reversals are not probable, the clutching at straws approach (which also, unfortunately, also often sends desperate people into the arms of hucksters and quacks).
@ John Mayer
Everyone has to start somewhere, and while it’s unfortunate that Dr. Oz doesn’t chose to publicly back Veganism, at least he gives it some credibility with this segment. He also supports the Vegan-ish book Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman.
I remember the first time I heard of Veganism. I definitely thought it was crazy to give up all the foods I was raised on. But eventually my health (or lack thereof, rather) led me to giving up first dairy then meat. My asthma went away, my acne retreated, and as I’m eating more whole, raw foods I have more vitality.
I’ve started cooking for my family whenever I can, so they can see that I’m not eating “weird” stuff. They can taste things without all the processed sugars and saturated fats… the less radical and the more normal that vegans can seem (be) to their friends and family, the more likely others will join in.
What isn’t know to some is that Dr. Oz, along with some of his colleagues have been charged with animal abuse in 2004. Dr. Oz was accused of injecting a serum into the hearts of a newly whelped litter of puppies at Columbia University. The puppies were then allowed to die severe, painful death. Adult dogs, puppies, adult cats and kittens, along with many other animal species have been tortured under the hands of Dr. Oz and his clinicians at Columbia University. Read the story at P.E.T.A’s website. I’m by no way an extremist like those associated with P.E.T.A, but I take the issue of animal cruelty very seriously. Dr. Oz, like Oprah, and quack “Dr.” Phil care nothing more than ratings. It has nothing to do with helping mankind. What they dispense on the air is “entertainment” for the credulous minded. Dr. Oz is labeled a quack by many doctors because of Oz’s unorthodox approach on medicine. Oz is also a supporter of energy healing (faith healing) not to mention other pseudo-science rot. Oprah Winfrey has done her part over the years to cloud the minds of her glassy-eyed adoring fans. Along the way came sensationalized personalities (made famous my Oprah) that further enhanced the mind control factor of her followers. It’s time to do some research and know the truth regarding these so-called do-gooders.