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AT LEFT: Dr. Oz and family, together at 4th of July, 2018.
THIS PAGE: Dr. Oz says he keeps in shape with consistency. Every
morning he works out for 7 minutes before attacking the day. This
includes yoga, 50 push-ups, planks, and ab strengthening.
BELOW: Dr. Oz The Good Life magazine, launched in 2014, quickly
became a favorite for Dr. Oz fans bringing the upbeat, engaging per-
sonality and advice of Dr. Oz into each quarterly issue.
“Their roles are versatile,” Kelly Nimmer, program director,
told the newspaper. “They’re both teaching in the classroom
and outside the classroom doing extra curricular activities.”
With the moniker “America’s Doctor,” Dr. Oz’s website and
social media channels are full of health and wellness re-
sources, lists of various experts, and his own personal blog
that is updated regularly. Alongside Dr. Mike Roizen, chief
wellness officer and chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland
Clinic, Dr. Oz also pens multiple national health advice
columns and makes regular media appearances.
One of Dr. Oz’s aging secrets to success may be in the
foods that he eats.
“In a world of endless choices, determining what to eat
and when to eat it can seem overwhelming. Fortunately,
it doesn’t have to be this way. In Food Can Fix It, Dr. Oz
lays out a simple, easy-to-follow blueprint for harnessing
the healing power of food,” cites a review of his popular
book. “Drawing on responses from thousands of readers of
The Good Life, Dr. Oz’s popular, prize-winning magazine,
Food Can Fix It is the ultimate guide to eating for health,
and the ticket to living your best life, starting today.”
“Nature has ways of protecting itself,” Dr. Oz told Boca
Magazine. “For example, all the colorful fruits and vegeta-
bles that you see in the grocery store—they’re not colorful
by accident. Those are the colors of powerful antioxidants.
Carotene, that’s in carrots. Vitamin C, which is in citrus,
is common in South Florida. Vitamin E is found in Brazil
nuts. All these powerful foods have colors because they’re
protecting themselves from the sun…So when you take
those foods and eat them, you give
yourself the power of these foods.
They’re now converted to you.”
When it comes to anti-aging advice,
Reader’s Digest recently asked Dr.
Oz for his input.
“According to Dr. Oz, the two most
important things you can do to stay
young and healthy: Walk. When
you can’t walk a quarter mile in five
minutes, your chance of dying within
three years goes up dramatically.
But even a 15-minute walk will offer
these health benefits,” according to
the magazine. “Second most import-
ant is building a community—avoid-
ing isolation. Because if your heart doesn’t have a reason to
keep beating, it won’t. If you’re showing signs that loneliness
is hurting your health, try these little ways to avoid feeling
alone.”
Dr. Oz also commented in a recent Newsmax.com article
that relaxing and healthy food choices add to successful,
vibrant aging.
“This nationwide (and global) tiredness dramatically affects
so many areas of our life from work performance to safe
driving, our overall wellness and even our relationships with
colleagues and family,” he told CNBC. “More concerning,
life or death health problems like obesity and heart health
are directly related to sleep.”
When asked by Boca Mag-
azine the secret to making
healthy, life-long changes that
stick, Dr. Oz says, “You got
to love them. If you don’t love
what you’re doing, you’re not
going to do it for the rest of
your life. That’s why I always
tell people not to eat food
that’s good for them. Eat food
you love that happens to be
good for you.”
Find out more about Dr. Oz at
www.doctoroz.com.
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