“Dr” Oz the quackpot, just like a few other too full of themselves celebs, thought it would be a good idea to invite questions on Twitter. The internet did not disappoint:
How does that taste “Dr” Oz? This is what people really think of you. Maybe it’s about time you shut your lie hole and stop peddling new bullshit any time a company stuffs a few singles in your g-string.
I have no love for the guy, but he’s a cardiac surgeon, so the sneer quotes around “Dr” seem inappropriate.
Which is not to say he isn’t a woo-peddling huckster quack.
I disagree. When he’s using his MD as an entree to being a woo-peddling huckster quack, he foregoes any respect accorded the title “Doctor” in my book.
That raises a question – why would an actual M.D. peddle woo? I mean, he knows, does he not, what the word “toxin” actually means and how human bodies deal with them, and so on?
Because his body is afflicted with recto-cranial inversion, causing the toxins to accumulate inside his skull instead of being excreted normally. Next question?
It’s amazing what people will purport to believe, despite their years of experience, training, and education, when a dump truck full of money pulls up the drive.
I mean, they’re only human.
The shots at the Food Babe’s “article” on airplane travel are pretty hilarious as well. Did you know that apparently they don’t put 100% oxygen in the cabin, but instead put in 50% nitrogen? (Here’s the reddit.)
As of 2010, there were approximately 850,000 active licensed physicians in the U.S. (cite - see Table 1 on page 3 of this .pdf). AFAIK, exactly one of them rode the Oprah-coaster to Get-So-Famous-That-You-Can-Get-Away-With-Naming-A-Magazine-After-Yourself Land.
Maybe seeing Dr. Phil taking a spin on that ride by pitchin’ woo made him think it was a pretty good idea.
Oh. No. Nonononononono.
Do not use the words “Dr. Phil” and “pitchin’ woo” in the same sentence. There ain’t enough brain-bleach in the world.
…and now you know* the rest* of the story.
I rather liked the bit that Last Week Tonight did about Dr. Oz.
Those cheap bastards! I demand that any air I breathe contains no less than 78% nitrogen.
Everybody knows our bodies need oxygen, not nitrogen! I demand airlines start pumping in 100% pure O2 just like nature intended!
And who knows exactly how toxic this foreign nitrogen gas is to humans?! Dr. Oz, that’s who.
Of course – the air has to be breathable at night, doesn’t it?
Because all people are stupid, and smart people are often unable to see that they’re being stupid.
Too soon.
Now I get it! I just pictured “The Todd” from scrubs.
Money, TV personalities make a lot more than cardiologists.
Why stop at 100%? I heard that the Ultra-Ninja special forces train in air that is 350% O2 content.
Not only is he a heart surgeon, at one time he was considered to be one of the best in the New York area. I was reading Stiff by Mary Roach and she talks with him about some case or another but he wasn’t treated as anything more than just a regular heart surgeon in the book, I think it was before he became a celebrity doctor.