Dr Oz is real?! For the last week my spam emails have been trying to get me to buy his weight-loss somethingorother (I’ve only read the subject lines). I thought he was made up.
Somehow, in spite of informing me that he actually exists, this thread hasn’t made me take him any more seriously.
Dr. Oz took a blowtorch to his reputation long ago by embracing ridiculous woo.
Possibly the worst aspect of this is Oz’s repeated promotion of Joe Mercola, a popular web-based purveyor of quackery (including the notion that cancer is a fungus and that you can cure it with bicarbonate).
On one of his appearances on Oz’s show, Mercola claimed that:
"Eggplant cream can cure skin cancer.
Amalgam fillings release mercury that causes “brain fog,” but you can cure yourself with algae.
“Grounding” (i.e., walking barefoot and/or sleeping on a sheet or mat that is connected to ground with wire) will significantly improve your health."
Oz is about ratings, not quality medicine.
That doesn’t make me feel any better. 
Was it the Garcinia cambogia diet?
That is kind of surprising, but the medical community sometimes makes interesting decisions for interesting reasons. If I went to my doctor and wanted something that I had seen on Dr. Oz, my doctor would probably say go ahead if she didn’t think it would actually harm me. She probably wouldn’t chastise me for watching that show and getting stupid ideas from it.
After reading that, I’d say that Dr. Oz is basically a faith-healer at heart, but instead of invoking Jesus Christ as his power, credits (wrongly) what he calls “science” or impossible 5000 year-old fantasies of ignorant primitives.
To give another example of this tactic, the following is from the Gorski Dr. Oz article previously cited:
That sounds right. Sigh again.
This, a thousand times over. I watched him on Oprah (yeah, I know), and he really did seem like he knew what he was talking about. But then they gave him a show of his own. How many times can you cover a 300-pound woman and her 400-pound husband, putting them before the Truthometer, or whatever the hell it is? How many weight-loss meals can you examine? How many exercises can you demonstrate? Eventually you’re gonna run out of legitimate segments, and there’s no place to go but woo. I love the part where he goes into the audience, and people give him a problem they’re having, and he gives them a 30-second diagnosis and cure. His show should be cancelled for that, if nothing else.
I’m ashamed to say, I have his diet book. For $28, I learned that I should eat lean protein, fresh fruit and veggies (which I already knew) and get more exercise (which I already know).
One good thing in his favor: He’s been promoting resveratrol. I’ve been taking it for a few years now, and it does seem to have a positive impact on my health issues. My doctor said “It probably won’t kill you.” 
I wasn’t sure what the response would be to this thread, but I’m glad to see SDers express similar sentiments. I still figured there would probably be a few loyal followers come to his defense.
It doesn’t seem like there are any real checks and balances in place. If laws are on the books for fraud and making certain health claims, they have one heck of a time enforcing them. Kevin Trudeau still manages to stay ahead of the law, at least thus far. ABC’s “The Lookout” had him on their show a few months ago, but had nine kinds of hell hunting him down. Bill Weir did a great job with that piece, I like his style. Watch that link if you haven’t already and check out how this guy lives. His time might be running out with the law, but he doesn’t seem worried about it.
I figured the FTC could throw the whole book at him, but what I found weird is the 37 million dollar lawsuit filed against him was because Kevin said his diet was “easy” and they say he couldn’t say that. One thing that seems obvious to me is that he realizes he is selling shit, and truly is in it for the money.
For Oz, he took a road he didn’t have to take. He already was a successful heart doctor. Others pointed out he is/was a professor at a college, so is it really money motivating him, and unlike Trudeau, does he really believe in this horseshit?
Short notice, but Kevin Trudeau is back on ABC’s Lookout tonight, and will give us an update.
"One dollar and seven cents!!
Bonus points to those who recognize this. 
Oz really took off after his appearance on Oprah when he set out a bunch of human stools on a table and analyzed(great word, that) them, shape and color tell us all about our health, a long s is the best, O admitted to dropping c’s, mostly, and he said those were good, too. What is it about our poop that leads us so innocently into quackery? That show was his final stepping stone to the odd career he now enjoys.
I got it, can I trade in my bonus points for a Thermos? Maybe one with vinyl and stripes…?
Only if I pick it out for you.
By all accounts Oz is an excellent surgeon and is highly qualified in his field. But he’s apparently a credulous idiot as soon as he steps out of that field.
The same can be said for many, many other physicians and scientists who achieve in their original fields, then morph into laughable jackasses who embrace woo, racist ideology, dodgy commercial enterprises etc. And it’s not only for money - some, like Oz apparently can’t resist being the center of attention.
Oz may very well be qualified as a thoracic surgeon, but after all the BS he has promoted on his show, I wouldn’t trust him to even put a band-aid on me.
He has lost all credibility with me.
I haven’t seen much of his show and it doesn’t sound like something I’d be interested in but I have read one of the “YOU” books he co-wrote - I thought it was good.
Dr Oz is a quack, Dr Good’s show, however, is chock full of sound advice.
I may have already said this, but the Dr. Oz show is a women’s magazine cover brought to life.