Mehmet Oz quotes

I saw many people who had advanced heart disease and I was so frustrated because I knew if they just knew how to do the right thing, simple lifestyle and diet steps, that the entire trajectory of their life and health would have been different. (Mehmet Oz)
Your genetics load the gun. Your lifestyle pulls the trigger. View quote
Mehmet Oz
The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy. View quote
Mehmet Oz
You get the health benefits of coffee up through about the first twenty-four ounces. It's the biggest source of antioxidants for Americans, and we think it helps prevent Alzheimer's and Parkinson's as well. View quote
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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. View quote
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No matter how old you are, no matter how much you weigh, you can still control the health of your body. View quote
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In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient. View quote
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Biology always beats will power. View quote
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You need to be proactive, carve out time in your schedule, and take responsibility for being the healthiest person you can be - no one else is going to do it for you. View quote
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Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else. View quote
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Every hour you sit at work increases your mortality 11 percent. Think about that. (Mehmet Oz)
The biggest mistake people make is to try to lose too much weight too fast. View quote
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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. View quote
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True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal. View quote
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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. View quote
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A lot of folks believe their best years are behind them. But I want Americans to recognize that's not true. View quote
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We don't need sugar to live, and we don't need it as a society. View quote
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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. View quote
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You cannot drive a system that's going to be aiming at preventing illness if everyone is not in it. The whole gaming of health insurance and health care in America is based on that fundamental principle: insure people who aren't sick and you don't have to pay more money on them. View quote
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We don't walk. We overeat because we've made it easy to overeat. We have fast-food joints on every corner. By the way, the 'we' is all of us. It's not the government. It's all of us doing this together. View quote
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You learn how to take care of people from the women in your life. (Mehmet Oz)
Your waist size should not be more than half your height. View quote
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I get up at the same time every morning. View quote
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The rule I use is, If it doesn't come out of the ground looking the way it looks when you eat it, be careful. View quote
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There are a lot of food Nazis in the U.S., but I believe if you can show people what's really important, they'll judge the rest for themselves. View quote
Mehmet Oz