So I am innocently reading the newspaper today in between clients and I get to the Health and Fitness section of the Orlando Sentinel and what do I see? A picture of Oprah and Dr. Oz toasting with what looks like champagne. The title of this very interesting article is “The Trouble With Dr. Oz” which of course captures my undivided attention. So I start reading….

In a nutshell this whole article is about whether Dr. Oz and his show as “America’s Doctor”, is a service for people or a disservice to them. It questions whether the information supplied is scientific and proven or just more information (implied as maybe useless) to the general public and most likely to just cause confusion to the people? And well great questions but….

Basically it is implying that unless the information is scientifically proven WHY put the info out there? To confuse the people with useless info.? To “have people’s heads spinning like Linda Blair in “The Exorcist.”" By the way, the last quote here about Linda Blair, it is a nice touch for the end of the article. It even has a sidebar that helps, you the helpless, stupid consumer who can’t think for yourself (my opinion of the gist of this article), “ways to navigate the WEB for advice”.

So there I said it. All I got from this article was that Dr. Oz is NOT a specialist about everything and some of his guests have questionable treatments for some health situations. Also, that he should NOT have some of this alternative stuff out there to CAUSE US SIMPLETONS to swivel our heads off with so much info…. God forbid we have the opportunity to question others and maybe look for a different answer that, by the way, science MIGHT NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TOO YET! Are you getting the hint yet that this article has set me on FIRE. Yes I am a little pissy about it. I am upset that this reporter is indicating in this article that first we are all too stupid to read lots of info on a subject that might have something to do with whether we live or die, and maybe we will get taken in by some natural cure by some alternative Dr who is full of crap. Alright maybe I’m reading a lot into this article!

Dr. Oz’s spokepeople wrote, “For it to be a fair discussion, we must include a multitude of voices and opinions, even those that may be controversial.” And I say YES. Let’s hear from all different perspectives and get the discussion going. Maybe we will even explore NEW WAYS OF LOOKING at an OLD illness and discover a NEW WAY to solve the problem in a less invasive and better way! Can you imagine? Or maybe we will FIND A WAY TO SOLVE THE MANY, many illnesses that still have no cure?

So my questions to you are; Why is the scientific/medical community so fearful of these voices our there that are spouting different stuff then them? Are they afraid these alternative Dr’s might have something helpful for the people? Are they afraid they will lose business to these wacky Dr’s? Or are they afraid THE PEOPLE will find a cure for what ails them with cheap, normal stuff, from everyday life and NOT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS that cost an arm and leg?

You will have to answer these questions yourself. And there are a lot more questions you should ask. I personally believe there are some BAD, BAD doctors out there, and some are alternative drs and some are regular DR’s that work in practices and hospitals. I believe that you MUST be careful who you get your info from and pay attention to the reason(s) they are giving you the info. What Do they know about the subject? Why do they think what they think? Where did they get their info.? What is that info based on? And so on….ask lots and lots of questions. But do not be afraid to look at an alternative options.

There are a lot of unknowns still out there in the medical/scientific community. And just because today an idea may seem very controversial or very, very wacky does not mean tomorrow it won’t be THE WAY to solve the medical problem. How do you think we got to where we are now?

Love to hear your input on this. Live healthy today!

God Bless,
Evey

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