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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Picks TV Snake Oil Salesman Dr. Oz, of All People, to Serve on Health Council
https://gizmodo.com/trump-picks-tv-snake-oil-salesman-dr-oz-of-all-people-1825811981On Friday, the White House announced that the TV host will be appointed to serve on the presidents council on sports, fitness, and nutrition, per CNN. The council is part of the Department of Health and Human Services and, according to its website, engages, educates, and empowers all Americans to adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity and good nutrition.
The appointment of Dr. Oz is notable because hes long used the Dr. Oz Show as a platform to market alternative medicine, i.e. mostly fake or overhyped products and recommendations. In one case, a company producing a supposed miracle weight loss drug that he endorsed was fined millions by the FTC, and Dr. Oz was separately summoned before a congressional hearing to testify as to why he kept promoting products with no legitimate science behind them. Studies have repeatedly shown that Dr. Oz does not seem to use actual evidence when making health recommendations on his show.
"Why do you hate Michelle Obama?!?"
Some DUers will get the reference.
Sid
Initech
(100,098 posts)kacekwl
(7,021 posts)Please someone wake me up.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,438 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Besides the despicable snake oil salesman side of him , Oz is a deplorable
Remember his scam publicity that Dr. Oz would reveal the results of Donald Trumps physical both to America and to Trump himself on his show
Oldie but goodie link
https://thinkprogress.org/dr-oz-donald-trump-show-b6f9e0423253/
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Is like having sex to preserve Virginity.
That dog don't hunt.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)dembotoz
(16,825 posts)Matthew28
(1,798 posts)live in an idiocy controlled by super rich religious assholes that don't use facts or data to support their case. Sad
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Someone had posted that Dr Oz had "experts" on his show with "proof of life after death".
Apparently they could not handle the truth about Dr Oz
so I got the boot.
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)Folks on matters rich don't give a fuck about.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Maybe Dr Kildare.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Idiocracy. It's here people.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)I thought this news was satire by Mineral Man when I first saw it