Quotes from Mehmet Oz


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I think that we're beginning to globalize medicine now. You have to take Eastern approaches and bring them to the West, and share West with the East.


We are spending most of our time in American health care fixing the mistakes that either we in the profession are causing or our patients are, without recognizing it, causing to themselves.


Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program.


I've got so many weaknesses.


Unfortunately, several companies are attempting to deceive consumers through the unauthorized use of my image or my name, and my attorneys are pursuing those making these false claims.


You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life.


Medicine grounds me, it centers me, that's why I continue to do it.


Medications almost always do it better if they're used in conjunction with other supports.


It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument.


I used to bicycle to work across the George Washington Bridge, but my wife told me it wasn't professional.


Medicine has always been my calling.


I really think it would be cowardly to pull back and not challenge the status quo, when the status quo may not be the right way for the field to go.


I meditate and I'm passionate about it.


I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it's not as predictable, when you don't know what's coming at you.


I get up at the same time every morning.


I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don't like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens.


Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.


Food - I love nuts. I eat them all the time, they're easy to carry around, and I am never hungry all day long.


Biology always beats will power.


A lot of folks believe their best years are behind them. But I want Americans to recognize that's not true.