The Dr. Oz Show
Airdate: June 8, 2012
Dr. Oz's All-Time Most Embarrassing
Questions Answered!
- Dr. Oz's “Best Of” embarrassing questions are recapped
- Awkward questions tackled
- Outrageous questions and behaviors are examined
- Dr. Oz's asks what's your problem?
- Dr. Oz goes wild with 50 embarrassing questions
- Bonus: Tips for annoying body problems
Today's episode of The Dr. Oz Show is a
best of mash-up of his all-time favorite most embarrassing and
awkward and outrageous questions asked from this season. Starting
with his favorite topic, pee and poop, Dr. Oz gives answers to
questions people are too embarrassed to ask their doctor.
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Dr. Oz's All-Time Most
Embarrassing Quesitons Answered!
First up, from the 9/15/11
episode: Pee and Poop, is one of Dr. Oz's favorite topics, pee
and poop, because they are both one of the simplest way to access
your health on a daily basis.
Dr. Oz: The
Shape of Poop
Dr. Oz's all time favorite things are
the topics for today's show: pee
and poop. Learn how to
take advantage of a life-saving daily exam. By examining your pee and
poop you could potentially find indicators of health concerns like
kidney disease,
diabetes, Crone’s
disease.
Dr. Oz encourages
every one to look before you flush. The entire audience brought photo
of their stool and a urine sample. Going through the four life-saving
S's on a daily basis could help you get a sense of your overall
health and could be proactive when things go off course.
The poop scale shows 7 general shapes
of stool for any given situation. Within that scale there are 3
fundamentals, the extremes.
- Smooth shape is normal, the stool glides into water.
- Marbles can be an indication of constipation, the stool sounds like bird dropping pellets from the sky, the water splatters.
- Watery can mean that the body is not absorbing nutrients and could be an indication of irritable bowel, Crone's, loss of minerals, diabetes, neurological issues.
Dr. Oz: The
Smell of Pee
How
much should you pee each day? Two liters is the average, normal
amount that you should be urinating each day. The amount of urine
that is expelled is a huge clue to overall health. Too little urine
each day can be an indicator of dehydration
or kidney concerns. Too much urine expelled each day could be a
warning sign for diabetes where the sugar is washing out the kidneys.
Medications can also cause too much urine to flow out of the body.
How should urine
smell?
- A mild smell to urine is normal.
- A smell of ammonia that is strong and pungent can be an indication of dehydration especially combined with a dark color. To manage dehydration more fluids are needed.
- A fruity smell can be a warning sign of diabetes as glucose is being metabolized.
Dr. Oz recommends
to conduct a personal dipstick test. A dipstick test is routinely
utilized in urinalysis by medical professionals to screen for
diseases and diagnose medical conditions to determine. The test
stripes can be purchased for at home use. A peachy-yellow color that
appears when the stick is placed in urine is normal while a pink/red
shows a risk for diabetes.
Dr. Oz Port-a-Potty Question:
She has noticed that her urine comes out slower or sometimes sprays
out.
Port-a-potty
question's from audience members. What? Yes, audience members exited
a port-a-potty on the stage to ask Dr. Oz some important questions
about their pee and poop.
Dr. Oz explained that the urinary walls
can atrophy as we age. He says to think of a straw that has become
kinked and urine doesn't come out as smoothly. Dr. Oz recommends
using an estrogen creams to maintain tissue texture in that part of
the body to help the urinary stream stay in tact.
Dr. Oz All-Time Most Awkward
Questions Answered!
These questions come from the 2/14/12 episode: Awkward Questions.
Click
here to read more awkward questions from the episode and other great
information on carbohydrate cravings, mood support, and anti-aging
secrets.
Dr. Oz Awkward Question #1: How
do you get rid of the smell of #2 after using someone else's
bathroom?
Does a match really work? Or does just
cover it up? The fragrance from #2 is the scent of sulfur from the
bacteria in the poop. The match simply covers up the smell of #2 but
does not get rid of it. Dr. Oz says he has used this product
personally and he says it works.
Dr. Oz recommends using a product
called Just A Drop Bathroom Odor
Eliminator, Cost: $15.99. [Their website says, “One drop before
you go eliminates odors before they enter the air.” And they say
they are environmentally friendly.] Dr. Oz says the product is a
eucalyptus oil base that makes the smell of the poop go into the
toilet water and stay there.
Dr. Oz Awkward Question #2: Is
it safe to wax your butt crack?
Dr. Oz is shocked by how many women
have asked this question. Yes, says Dr. Oz, it is safe to wax the
crack but, you need to know how to do it right. Have a professional
do it, he says. Make sure the professional doesn't soft wax or wax
strips but hard wax that is more gentle on the skin.
Dr. Oz All-Time Most Outrageous
Questions Answered!
On the 2/28/12 episode Normal or Nuts?,
Dr. Oz says some adults haven't out grown childhood behaviors and we
all have some behavior or anxiety that our family and friends say is
a little weird. For some, these behaviors have become a concern –
am I normal or nuts? Dr. Oz has invited three top psychologist to
review viewers strange behaviors and determine if it's normal or
crazy.
Dr. Oz Outrageous Question #1: She
can't have different foods touching.
She even asks for food on separate
plates and restaurants thinking foods touching will make her stomach
sick. She knows a lot of people who eat this way.
Audience votes: 20% of the audience
says she is normal.
The experts think she is not normal.
They were concerned is that this is a sign of obsessive compulsive
disorder and can hold her back. She has a disconnect with what is
happening in her body when she eats food and how food looks on her
plate. It's a phobia.
Dr. Oz says the first step is to
visualize your fear. On day one, she says she should make peace with
what would happen if you put two foods on one fork, visualize what
happens when those foods go into the body. On the next day, he
encourages taking one spoonful of two foods mixed together. Baby
steps.
Dr. Oz Outrageous Question #2: She
has intimate dreams of other men
Michelle been with her husband for 16
years and says that sometimes she has sex dreams of being with other
men and she wakes up feeling guilty and terrible.
Audience votes: 40% say she's nuts and
60% thinks that it's OK.
The experts say it's normal and not
just a little normal but completely normal.
Dr. Oz explained that women have as
many sex dreams as men. He challenged Michelle to think of what the
dreams mean.
- Does it mean her husband doesn't take out the trash?
- Before bed, was she watching a movie with a sexy leading man?
- Did she have too many aphrodisiacs, such as wine and
chocolate, before bed?
The dream means that her husband isn't
taking out the trash, says Dr. Oz. He goes on, these dreams are
unresolved emotional issues and she is fantasizing about things that
can't happen as a way to get back at her husband. [Couldn't the dream
just mean a healthy sexual appetite and the very normal fantasizing
about being with someone else?]
Dr. Oz Tip To Track Dreams: Dream
Diary
Dr. Oz recommends keeping a dream dairy
at the bedside to help shed light on the dreams. He also said to not
feel guilty about the dreams. Guilt doesn't heal, knowledge will
light your path, says Dr. Oz.
Write down three major emotions you
feel before going to bed. In the morning write down your dreams. This
will help to clarify the emotions surrounding the dreams and if they
point towards issues with your husband then talk with him about it.
Dr. Oz: What's Your Problem?
As always, no question is too
embarrassing, too silly, or too personal to ask. Dr. Oz sought out
the most embarrassing healthy questions about issues that are driving
viewers crazy and asked the million dollar question: What's Your
Problem? Click
here to read more from 3/12/12: Fast Health Fixes.
Dr. Oz What's Your Problem?: Body
Acne
Lynne from Buffalo, NY shared that she
has acne on her butt and the back of her legs. It's embarrassing and
painful, she says. She was brave enough to share a photo of her back
side which was covered with acne, broken, red skin that indeed looked
painful. Diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, she wonders if there's
any treatment that can help her.
Dr. Oz explained that any inflammation
in the body can cause a flare-up of acne on any part of the body. He
showed a demonstration of how inflammation can cause the skin to
swell and rise because the body wants to push that inflammation out.
Acne pops up in these areas.
Consulting with dermatologists, Dr. Oz
said the best way to treat acne on the body is the same way you would
treat acne on the face. He what Dr. Oz recommends using products with
salicylic
acid or benzoyl
peroxide. Cotton underwear would be best to prevent acne
on the back side. Shapewear, workout shorts, or yoga pants could make
the problem worse.
Dr. Oz also recommends supporting acne
prone skin from the inside out with his anti-inflammatory Blemishing
Busting Bite:
1 cup whole grain cereal
¼ cup walnuts
2 mini dark chocolate bars, melted or 3
tbsp of dark chocolate chips, melted
Melt the chocolate and drizzle over the
cereal and nuts.
Dr. Oz What's Your Problem? Loud
Stomach
Lynette, from South Carolina, says her
stomach makes embarrassing loud noises all day. She says the sounds
come when she's not hungry and when she doesn't need to go to
bathroom.
Dr. Oz placed his stethoscope and loud
drumming sound was could be heard from her stomach. He showed an
animation of what is going on in her digestive system to cause those
sounds. Spasms of the stomach that sound like a drum will happen when
the stomach is trying to tell it's empty and wants to be filled.
A different sound will come through
when the intestines are trying to process and push through a food
that didn't agree. The two sounds are different messages that sound
different. The key is figuring out which sound is associated with
which message.
When the stomach is empty, reach for
healthy foods that can fill and satisfy the digestive system –
healthy fat and fiber. Dr. Oz recommended eating a dozen hazel nuts.
Dr. Oz Goes Wild With
Embarrassing Questions
These next questions come from The Dr.
Oz Show that asked and answered 50 questions in one hour. There was
so much information presented in this episode that I broke up the
information into two episodes. Click the links to see all the
questions presented:
Dr. Oz Gone Wild Question #1: Why
is my tongue discolored?
This audience member had dark, nearly
black, stripes on either side of her tongue. Coffee, and medications
can leave stains on the tongue - she has been on antibiotics
recently.
Dr. Oz demonstrated that the tongue is
a textured surface. Foods, and antibiotics, can stain the little
Dr. Oz recommended using baking soda to
brush her tongue. Dip the brush in baking soda then dip it into a
little water and brush the tongue.
Dr. Oz Gone Wild Question #2: My
toe nail is discolored, what should I do?
The audience member shared that she had
banged her toe causing trauma and providing an ideal area for fungus
and bacteria to grow in the nail bed and destroy the ability to grow
a new nail.
Dr. Oz recommends a home remedy before
more getting into more drastic pharmaceuticals: 5-6 drops of tea
tree oil in sunflower oil [sunflower is a carrier oil in
this remedy and other oils may be used if sunflower is not
available]. Rub the mixture onto the nail area frequently. This will
address the bacteria but not necessarily the fungus. [If the issue
remains after trying this remedy then talk to a podiatrist as the
issue may be caused by something else.]
Dr. Oz Bonus Tips! Annoying Body
Problems
Dr. Oz Annoying Body Problem #1:
Smelly Feet
For sweaty and smelly feet, Dr. Oz
recommends applying baby powder to the feet after a shower. He says
baby powder is magical, that's why it's been around for so long.
Dr. Oz Annoying Body Problem #2:
Baggy Eyes
To address baggy eyes, Dr. Oz
recommends a mix of one handful of chopped, fresh parsley with 4
tablespoon of plain yogurt. Apply the mix under the eye and leave on
for 20 minutes before cleaning off.
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Will Dr. Oz ever write a book addressing embarrasing questions?
ReplyDeleteThat's a good question. You would have to ask Dr. Oz if he has any plans for such a book. It seems he has enough material for a book!
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