The goal of every physician is education not curing, as an ignorant patient always requires curing and is never cured, but always charged and hurt (in the long-run). If you are being paid to heal someone, but the best you can do is temporarily halt the disease, then that is fine as long as you explain to the patient that you have no idea how to cure the disease (for whatever excuse) but are more than willing to treat and charge. If your patient accepts that information, then fine, as many will do, but many will not until you figure out not only what causes disease but what also cures. If you cannot cure disease you have no business being a physician, licensed or unlicensed.
The following are three examples of less than stellar advice given by Dr Oz. The first two are dietary as Dr. Oz, on his television show advised that it was all right to drink three to four cups of coffee per day, as and as engage in sex, masturbation if you’re an uptight middle age man (it will help relax you). The third is body odor, on a past Oprah show, Dr. Oz stated that body, more or less, was caused by unknown factors (some people just naturally stink, attract bad, stinky bacteria), race and gender, not diet (minor factor).
My background is traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicines, which are both 5,000+ years old. Regarding sex and caffeine, their advice is the EXACT OPPOSITE.
They advise both sexes to avoid coffee, caffeine as it drains jing, sexual essence, fountain of youth causing one to prematurely age, dry, thin and wither. Both medicines would barely allow three or four cups a month
They advise men to restrain, forgo the ejaculation and or practice celibacy, as the release of sexual essence (sperm, etc.) is extremely weakening and in excess, drying, thinning, etc. Excessive sex tends to accelerate the aging, drying, thinning and weakening in both sexes. It is the forbidden fruit, located in the center of the garden.
Both medicines (5,000+ years old) advise the exact opposite of Dr. Oz. Both medicines would also look down on his opinions regarding body odor, which he said has more to do with race, gender and unknown factors than it does diet. Both medicines state the opposite that body odor is a function of diet, not the aforementioned.
On a past Oprah show, Dr. Oz was the guest expert and body odor the topic. On the show, was a young couple, an overweight, obese man and his wife. The man had terrible body odor. The show started and Oprah asked (rightly, intuitively) if diet had anything to do with body odor. Dr. Oz dismissed her, argument by saying that if you eat onions and garlic you smell like onions and garlic but the real causes of body odor were unknown factors, race and gender.
Some people for some unknown reason attracted bad bacteria that caused bad body odor. He also went on to say that some races, like black people had larger pores and therefore stunk, and some gender (I am assuming women) naturally stink because of hormones. Hormones are generally an issue associated with women, and have no smell to the best of my knowledge.
Most body odor is caused by poor diet and stagnation of energy, blood, fluids, stools, etc. (see article at end) and not race, gender. Black people do not have bigger pores and are no different (same biology, creator) from white people, with the exception of diet. There are stinky black people and stinky white people. There is no such thing as black of white stink, but there is sour stink, sweet, damp stink, musty stink and foul, putrid stink, all according to the type and quantity of food you eat in relation to body weight, size. Pretty simple stuff anyone can understand. See the following excerpt on body odor.
I am sure Dr. Oz has a kind heart, but his statements, in my opinion are racist and gender biased. The worst part of this story is Oprah and her audience who just nodded in agreement. Intuition is one thing. Following it up is another. Good health always helps, which is why I wrote my book, Hot and Cold Health. You need an education, not a tv show or office visit.
The intuition of health is knowledge. The standard-bearer of disease is ignorance. If you are tired of this merry-go-round of doctors, insurance, drugs, surgery, supplements, etc. buy, read my book. It is the only way I can help you.
BODY ODOR The body digests, transforms food, nutrients into blood into structure into function, into health or disease. The body is sweet and sour by nature. The sweet smell comes from blood, food, nutrients, protein, water and sugar, which are sweet tasting. The sour smell comes from the stomach (digestion, fermentation) and or an excess of sour foods. The sweet and sour smells, and or cold, damp tissue tends to produce a musty odor. Protein and fat, especially animal and poor food combining tend to produce pervasive, offensive odors.
The stomach is the first digestive organ to receive and process food, nutrients. It mixes food and fluids with hydrochloric acid (HCl) and other enzymes, designed specifically to digest animal protein and fat. This mixture sits, ferments, breaks down before moving down to the small intestine, for further digestion, eventual nutrient absorption. Digestion, fermentation is a souring process, which is why everyone tends to have a slightly sour smell.
Food that spends too long of a time in the stomach tends over ferment, spoil, creating excessive sour smell that can accumulate, overflow and rise up through the throat, breath, skin, armpits, etc. Overeating, tight clothing, eating while standing up, late meals and obesity tends to weaken and slow the movement of food, creating abdominal bloating, gas, burping and sour breath. Too many sour foods (milk, yogurt, ice cream and cheese, dairy and non-dairy tend also tend to cause sour body odor.
Eating salads, fruits or and or drinking cold drinks at the beginning of the meal tends to dilute and weaken digestion, acid and enzymes, slowing the movement of food. Too many vegetables (especially raw, salads), tropical fruits, juices, sugary foods, cold drinks, etc. especially in combination with dairy products (milk, yogurt and soft cheese) also tends to weaken digestion, nutrient absorption, blood, while increasing waste (solid and liquid) as whatever food, nutrients not digested becomes waste. This type of waste, dampness, in the extreme (loose stools, diarrhea and constipation), tends to produce sweet, sour and or musty body odors. Low protein and low-fat diets, in the extreme, also tend to weaken, slow all function, including digestion, movement of food.
Too many grains (pasta, bread, pastry, etc.), especially in combination with oil, fat and sugar, tend to collect and clog the small and large intestines, just like excess cholesterol collects and clogs the arteries. The clog, accumulated matter (bread, pizza dough, cookies, chips, etc.) tends to be moist, damp and sweet. In the extreme, it tends to produce sweet, damp and musty body odor. It can also heat up and produce hot, damp and smelly rashes in the armpits and or groin. Avoid alcohol (beer, wine, etc.) and ice cream as both worsen dampness, body odor, rashes, etc. Animal foods, oil, etc. in excess, tend to produce damp heat.
The musty, sweet smell is a stale, moldy smell, usually associated with dampness. Damp diets (low protein, low-fat and high carbohydrate), obesity, edema, cellulite, inactivity and or bulimia increase stagnant pools of dampness and or deteriorated tissues throughout the body creating a sweet, musty body odor.
The middle diet, meal plan adjusted accordingly is recommended. Cooked foods and spices (cardamom, cumin, coriander, fennel, cayenne, turmeric, etc.) increase digestion, metabolism, burning, drying of excess fluids, damp, sugar, sour smell. Spices burn, dry dampness, Bitter herbs also drain dampness, but are very cooling (contraindicated for weak, cold digestion). Cold, weak digestion tends to cause dampness. Reduce all damp foods: dairy: milk, yogurt, cheese, pizza, salads, cold drinks, alcohol, etc. Do not overeat. Take a walk after you eat. Be patient, as it will take months and or years of good eating to eliminate old, diseased tissues and rebuild, replace with new healthy smelling tissues.
Acupuncture Physician (FL 1992- 2002, author. It takes an education and not a clever remedy to cure disease. I can only help you if you buy, read my book Available Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Cold-Health-Richard-Heft/dp/0974791709