Airdate: September 11, 2012
Dr. Oz Restart Your Body
Dr. Oz helps 200 women take back their
health
Support the thyroid with these foods
Detox the liver with two basic steps
Three ways to take care of the heart
Be kind to the intestines
In New York City, 200 women gathered
and put on the purple gloves to get a better picture of their health
and to learn how to restart their bodies. Why the gloves? Every
audience member were invited to hold an organ, the organ that they
most want to restart. Dr. Oz shares his tips to support key organs to
restart your body.
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Dr. Oz Restart Your Body
On Ellis Island with the
Statue of Liberty as a backdrop, Dr. Oz invited 200 women to take on
the challenge of support their bodies and take back their health. Dr.
Oz said he wants his viewers to take charge of their health no matter
what damage was wrecked in the past. Everyone, he said, can restart
their body with his tips from today's show.
Dr. Oz: Restart The
Thyroid
The thyroid is often to
blame for those stubborn pounds, the reason why their jeans are too
tight, the cause of extra belly fat after age 40. While these women
are placing the blame for their low energy and weight gain on the
thyroid, most of them are unclear what the thyroid does and unsure
about where it's located in the body.
Dr. Oz explained that 20% of
women have thyroid issues that number is believed to be a gross
underestimate. The rampant blame placed on the thyroid
is actually well placed, explained Dr. Oz, as the thyroid is
an incredibly common reason for women gaining weight as they age.
Where is the thyroid? Under
the Adam's apple is where the thyroid lives in the body. Dr. Oz asked
the audience to feel under their Adam's apple. Ideally, you shouldn't
be able to feel the thyroid and if you can, said Dr. Oz, it's cause
for concern.
To demonstration how the
thyroid works, Dr. Oz asked an audience member to step into a small
glass room filled with yellow balloons. Armed with a large pin,
representing the thyroid gland, she was asked to pop the yellow
balloons which represented fat cells that when popped provide the
body with energy.
As we get older, the thyroid
has less energy to pop those fat cells with the end result of more
fat cells accumulating in the body and less energy produced. It's a
vicious cycle.
Next, the lucky audience
volunteer tired to pop the balloons without the pin while Dr. Oz
poured more balloons on top. No surprise, she could only pop a few
balloons while she disappeared under the flood of more and more
balloons.
Dr. Oz: Three Symptoms of
Underactive Thyroid
How can
you know for certain if the thyroid is not doing it's job? Dr. Oz
explained that there are three basic questions doctors can ask their
patients to begin to determine if the thyroid gland has slowed down.
1. Do you experience daily
fatigue?
2. Have you gained 10-15
pounds in the last two years that you seem unable to lose?
3. Has your hair become more
coarse or brittle?
Dr. Oz At-Home Thyroid
Test
Dr. Oz explained that
everyone can do one simple test to get a picture of thyroid health.
All you need is a thermometer. Take your temperature in the morning
before getting out of bed for seven straight days. Calculate your
average temperature for the week. If the average temperature is under
98F, Dr. Oz said it could a sign of a sluggish thyroid. [Take those
figures, then, and have a conversation with your doctor to determine
the next step.
Dr. Oz: Tyroid Power
Combo
To support the thyroid, Dr.
Oz explained that it's important to get enough iodized salt and
selenium-rich food in the daily diet. Over 80% with added salt that
we eat on a daily basis does not contain iodine and most table salt
does not contain iodine.
Iodized Salt – Too much is
not good for health however, when salting foods Dr. Oz said to make
sure you're using iodized salt.
Selenium-Rich – Two great
examples of selenium-rich foods are mushrooms (any type) and Brazil
nuts.
[Other selenium-rich foods
listed on DoctorOz.com include: sunflower seeds, fish, shellfish,
meat, poultry, eggs, mushrooms, whole grains. Click
here to read more on DoctorOz.com.]
Dr. Oz: Restart Your
Liver
Think of all the food you'll
eat in lifetime. How many candy bars would that be? How much beef and
other animal protein would you eat? How many alcoholic beverages
would that total? What about over-the-counter medications for things
like headaches, colds, and fevers?
Dr. Oz explained that all
these things [and more] that we ingest over the course of our lives
have to ben processed by the liver. Over time the liver can becomes
overwhelmed with the volume of things to process leading to an
accumulation of fat in the liver and an enlargement of the organ.
There is good news, Dr. Oz
said the liver too can be restarted and supported.
One women who chose to
support her liver shared that when growing up, her mom would save
bacon grease and use it to cook veggies and would serve fried chicken
often. By the time her 30s came around she felt the need to support
her body by eating healthier foods and supporting her liver.
Dr. Oz explained the our
bodies, and the liver, can process through quite a bit of our
unhealthy choices but over time the liver can become sluggish and
less able to process. It's not just alcohol that tax the liver, sugar
and fat also have to be processed out of the body by the liver and
taking in too much over time can cause unhealthy accumulations to
develop in the liver.
To demonstrate, Dr. Oz had
his audience volunteers take glasses of blue liquid representing
healthy foods and pour it through a filter representing the liver.
Some bits where left on the filter representing the part of healthy
foods that take more time to filter through the liver. In a few
hours, explained Dr. Oz, those bits of healthy foods will be easily
processed through the liver and the body.
When we eat those unhealthy
options, however, a gloppy yellow pile of goop can cover the filter
and slow down the naturally detox process. Obesity not only puts more
pressure on the heart, Dr. Oz explained, being overweight can also
clog the liver.
Dr. Oz said he has made
these two simple steps a daily part of his life and he wants everyone
to do the same.
Dr. Oz Liver Detox Step
1: Morning Liver Elixir
¼ cup lukewarm water
Squeeze a lemon wedge
2 dashes hot sauce
The water flushes out the
liver. Lemon juice contains Vitamin C, a power antioxidant that
supports detoxification of the liver. Hot sauce contains capsaicin
which helps to detox and energize the liver.
Dr. Oz Liver Detox Step
2: Bitter Greens and Cruciferous Veggies
Dr. Oz recommends eating 3
cups of bitter greens and cruciferous vegetables every day to
increase the flow of bile and support the liver in rebuilding itself.
Bitter greens include arugula, endive and regular spinach (not baby)
[and yummy dandelion greens too!]. Cruciferous vegetables include
broccoli [as well as cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale and
cabbage].
The support provide by these
foods can create changes to the liver that come within days, said Dr.
Oz.
Dr. Oz: Restart Your
Heart
Dr. Oz talked with a woman
held a heart in her hands and who shared that she just turned 40. As
a Latino woman, she's concerned about the high risk of heart disease
facing Latina's as well as her family history of heart disease. She
admitted that she knows she's not exercising and not eating healthy
foods all the time.
As we age, the heart muscle
can become stiff and rigid with accumulated cholesterol and issues
with inflammation. This tension in the heart creates a stressful
environment where it becomes increasingly more difficult for the
heart to circulate the blood throughout the body.
Dr. Oz put her at ease
saying that she, we, all have the power to restart our bodies. He
shared his three step Extended Warranty plan to support the heart.
Dr. Oz Heart Extended
Warranty Step #1: DHA
Dr. Oz recommended taking
taking the omega-3 DHA, 600mg, once a day to support the health of
the heart. He explained that he's not just talking about omega-3 but
a specific omega-3. There are three types of omega-3: ALA, EPA, and
DHA. DHA is the form he recommends for the heart because, he said, it
supports healthy cholesterol levels and it is believed that DHA can
play a role support the regular beating of the heart. Because DHA
comes from a fat, it's best when stored in the refrigerator.
Dr. Oz Heart Extended
Warranty Step #2: Low-Dose Aspirin
Dr. Oz recommended taking 2
low-dose 81mg, or baby aspirin, to people over the age of 40. He
explained that low-dose aspirin provides protection against
inflammation and also thins the blood. Taking low-dose aspirin with a
glass of water, drink one half of the water then take the aspirin and
wash down the rest of the water, can encourage the tablet to dissolve
in the stomach. Undissolved aspirin can stick to the tissues of the
stomach which can cause health concerns.
[Please
read my WatchingDrOz post from September 2011 that provides many
reasons not to take baby aspirin. I'm against a blanket statement
that everyone should take aspirin given the severe and life
threatening side effects associated with the use of aspirin. If the
idea of taking aspirin for heart health is appealing then talking to
your health care professional can help you determine if it's right
for you taking your individual health profile into consideration.
There are many food sources of blood thinners that do not come with a
side-effect of death. Garlic, cocoa powder and some mushrooms are
blood thinners.]
Dr. Oz Heart Extended
Warranty Step #3: Fiber
Two servings of soluble
fiber daily can support the health and longevity of the heart, said
Dr. Oz. [Forms of soluble fiber include: whole grains, oranges,
pears, berries, beans, cucumbers, and celery.]
Dr.
Oz: Restart Your Intestines
Bloated?
Grumbling tummy? Heavy feeling in stomach? Infrequent bowel
movements? All of these common concerns are indications that the
intestines are not doing their job as designed.
An audience member who chose
the intestines for her organ said she suffers from irritable bowel
and understands that some foods can upset the balance of her body and
digestion. She said she wants to learn more about the foods that will
better support her health.
Dr.
Oz asked three women onstage to hold the intestines. All 26 feet of
the intestines. He wanted viewers to recognize that the intestines
hold all the poop that eventually has to leave the body.
Normally,
the intestines can process our food and remove the poop effectively
and efficiently. However, in our busy lives stress builds up with one
negative effect being a reduction in the digestive powers of the
intestines.
Dr.
Oz Support For The Intestines: Prebiotics
Most
people have heard of probiotics, the beneficial organisms that
populate the stomach and intestines. Many, though, are not aware of
prebiotics which also play an important role in digestive health.
This is the first time Dr. Oz has discussed prebiotics on his show.
Probiotics
being the good bugs of the digestive system, prebiotics are the foods
that keep probiotics alive. Dr. Oz recommended eating 2-3 servings of
prebiotics foods to support intestinal flora: whole grains, honey,
garlic, and onions.
It's never too late to
restart your body, said Dr. Oz. He wants to make the process easy so
he's create a cheat sheet and posted it on his website. Click
here to see the Dr. Oz Cheat Sheet to Restart Your Organs on
DoctorOz.com.
Dr. Oz: Getting 100's
of Organs to the Studio
Today's Dr. Oz featured
audience members holding organs. Real organs. At the end of today's
episode, Dr. Oz provided a quick summary to what was a very long
process involving many hours of hard work to obtain and bring all
those organs into his studio.
Medical students had to
first make phone call after phone call to locate more than 100
organs. The organs were sent to Dr. Oz's resident hospital where they
were checked out by the medical students and each organ placed in
plastic bags and stored on ice. The organs were delivered to the Dr.
Oz studio where they again had to be stored in the proper
temperature. Finally, in filming day, the organs were brought out of
cold storage, sorted and organizied then handed out to the audience.
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ReplyDeleteDo you take Liver Restart Drink before or after breakfast.
Thanks for your question. Dr. Oz didn't specify before or after breakfast for the liver restart drink. My best guess would be before breakfast. You could experiment and see if one time works better than the other, if you can feel a distinct different between the times. Good luck!
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