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Today, it is pretty easy to dislike Dr. Mehmet Oz. He is a Trump endorsed doctor who resides in New Jersey who decided to run against one of the most likable people for the Pennsylvanian Senate. He is an elitist who does not understand what a vegetable platter is. He does not believe in women’s rights. Or he does. Or he doesn’t. Well, ask him again tomorrow to see which way he thinks. And he is just an unlikeable person.
But he was not always that way. Not even close. Dr. Oz is a Harvard and University of Pennsylvania grad who taught surgery at Columbia University and was a brilliant surgeon. He was so loved and convincing of everything he preached, he got an Oprah Winfrey endorsement. Keep in mind, this was during peak Oprah times when she could endorse sand and beaches would be empty. Dr. Oz got a daily show, and was truly known as “America’s Doctor” even if he was from Turkey.
He also promoted diet pills. A promise of a good life with a pill a day. All diet pills are the same to me. They all have a blend that is patented that you cannot get anywhere. They all have an herb from the rainforest of a rare tribe who know the secret of losing weight. And since the beginning of time, diet pills have not worked. None of them.
But that does not mean I stopped taking them.
Nope. Because as you might know from reading, I have an issue with weight. I am smart and funny and I am pretty good in business. I know how to market myself and I am a decent writer. But what the average person can do, I cannot.
And that is control my eating.
The problem with that is that it destroys my self esteem. Here I am with all these talents and the dumbest motherfucker on earth is wearing normal clothes and not out of breath and not obese like me. So I need to find a way to lose weight.
You might say “how about trying to eat less and move more?'“ No. I need an easier way. And then I would turn to a diet pill. Because a pill is easy. You pop it in your mouth and do not have to change one fucking part of your life.
And that is the lie. The lie of pills working.
Dr. Oz, Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels, and so many more people used me for profit. They used my insecurities and desperation for profit. I trusted them. I am not dumb, I knew deep down that these pills full of caffeine and shit would only make my heart rate go through the roof and my body feeling like crap while still gaining weight. I knew it. But don’t you see. It is Dr. Oz endorsing it. DR. OZ!!!! And he knows his stuff and Oprah loves him and so he knows what he is doing.
And he knows exactly what he did. He got rich over overweight people entrusting him with a dream of being normal.
Diet pills are not as relevant as they were. Now it is “pre workout formulas” and meal plans and a post workout blah blah blah. Still people trying to sell you a dream. Still people playing with my insecurities. And people still profiting off of me.
And I will never respect these people. Especially Dr. Oz.
Dr. Oz lost against John Fetterman for Senate. He really was not well liked.
I am glad. I hate that man. And I know that eating less and moving more is the key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
I also wonder if there is an easier way…