The closest we ever get to a biggest lie on TV is that one time when BBC aired a broadcast where they tricked the audience thinking that spaghetti grows on trees as a joke.

Dr. Mike on KZfaq was offered a tv show contract, but declined for this very reason. He was reading the contract and found a bit that would require him to market products/services on the show regardless of whether they were bs pseudoscience or just not what he would recommend to a patient. He made a video explaining that he didn’t want to be disingenuous and peddle snake oil to people who trusted him. I have a lot of respect for him for making that decision and making a public statement about how he believed it was the right thing to do.

The fat magnet is basically just a cold metal object you can use to solidify lipids floating on your stew and remove. What they don’t tell you is that you can basically do the same thing with a frozen ladle or a fat skimmer

“You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? - Medicine.” ― Tim Minchin

I can't believe Oz is running for public office. And actually has a chance of winning. He hasn't practiced being a doctor or surgeon for a long time. There have been calls to have his license taken away, but that's really hard to do without actual criminal negligence. Like murder.

Don't worry, guys. Dr. Oz isn't promoting those pills anymore. He's running for the US senate.

I gotta say, that "fat magnet" is based off of a trick that actually does work. If you have a large bit of ice, you can dip the ice into a hot soup that has a lot of fat and it'll freeze the fat to the ice. You then go to another container and wipe the fat off of the ice with ease and can do it again until you have removed as much fat as you want. You see Ramen shops do this often with their pork and beef broth.

Something that people not in healthcare need to understand:. It's a highly specialized field. It sounds crazy, but just because he's a surgeon doesn't mean he knows everything about medicine, in fact, a whole specialty of surgeons (orthopedic) are notorious for not knowing much about literal medicines except what they need pre and post op. Their job is to break and reassemble you, not to treat you. While Dr. Oz is a cardiothoracic surgeon, he likely hasn't practiced non-surgical/preventative management in years, you need to look at the subset of the field they practice in before getting their opinion

Isnt the fat magnet just supposed to mimic ice that they use to remove fat from hot pots?

As someone who was a paralegal for an attorney who represented a client in a lawsuit against Dr. Oz, you literally would not believe how many times he and his company have been sued. The number is absolutely staggering.

I’m so proud of my fellow Pennsylvanians for making sure this quack did not get into office.

The fact that when I was 13/14 and had very little internet access, I would wait for his show to come on and write down every fat burning tip and trick he would give on his show. So glad I never actually put any of into practice.

- Will peddle garbage for money. - Becomes a politician. This story lacks character development.

And now he's running for office. A con artist becoming a politician... fitting.

At least I think this kind of thing is dying out. I remember back in the day this stuff was all over TV, every day

I learned the “fat magnet” in culinary school but essentially it was ice cubes in a ladle that did the same thing, it’s meant to take off the top layer of fat/milk solids (depending on what kinda “fat” you use) from when they separate during cooking, it doesn’t get rid of fat tho lol.

Fun fact. Actual doctors have looked at Oz's claims over the years and found that just over half of them are false. Would you go to a doctor that gave out incorrect advice most of the time.

He’s been lying for years! Probably why he is trying to get into politics since he’s got the lying part down so good

Dr. O, Z, has just lost his senate race. Lol!

I’d definitely love to see genuine peer-reviewed studies on stuff like Reiki. It seems like something that maybe takes advantage of the placebo effect and likely works for a nonzero percent of the people who want it to work for them. Would make an interesting tv program examining the unbiased findings of that rather than what dr oz was doing here, just promoting someone who claims to have the ability to perform the practice.

The most frustrating thing is he actually was a doctor and knew medical stuff but chose to scam people and let his "alternative medicine" go to his head.

I think a lot of people misunderstand him, dr. oz, is actually a brilliant doctor who at one point did brilliant research. He is not dumb and definitely doesn’t buy into any of the snake oil he’s selling. That makes all his scams even worse, he knows better and abuses his reputation to make money selling garbage.

My local town doctor, who was my childhood doctor, wound up all over the national news here in Ireland after he got caught scamming. He had teamed up with an American doctor who'd had his licence revoked on the US, and the two of them were peddling a cure for cancer.

And now this guy ran for office in my state. A state he barely even had ties to. A state he absolutely didn’t care about. And he had the audacity to attack others for their out of state origins.

“This man promotes more pills than a pharmacy” - I’ve never hard Charlie make such a simple comparison like that, usually it’s always some wild thing he compares it to haha

The fact that this man doesn't have scruples to deny a contract requiring he sell snake oil whilst having _all_ the education he needs to know it's snake oil is a testament to how amoral a politician this man is certainly goin to be.

Anyone who's ever made homemade soup before knows that if you just let the soup chill in the fridge, the fat floats to the top and solidifies. Just pluck it off then

I love that the room is freshly vacuumed :D

The saddest part is that my mom actually did watch Dr. Oz all the time and believed most everything he said.

The fat skimmer thing actually makes perfect sense, although it's a dumb solution with better alternatives. Lipids, ie fats, are liquid when hot and solidify when cold. They also float on top of water, so the cold "fat magnet" just acts as a condenser to skim off the fat floating on top of the soup, broth, whatever. It's easier to just dip in a paper towel, or skim it off with a spoon.

It's even scarier when you think about that he's a real surgeon and an actually good doctor. Well... Obviously not anymore "because" he's choosing to peddle this stuff. But I mean that he knows the stuff he's peddling won't do anything and does it anyway. I wonder if part of it is due to the network pressuring him to do sponsored garbage. But as a doctor, he should say that he won't do it for the sake of his own better judgement and reputation as a whole. Like couldn't he lose his license for this sort of stuff? I'd think that doctors who give bad or unethical advice are no longer fit for the field and would get booted from it. Like that fat skimmer part you showed for instance. There's actually a legit thing that cooks do to get rid of a lot of fat from soup and such: Put it in the fridge. As the oils separate from it sitting, they then solidify on the surface when it gets cold enough. Then you can crack it off in hardened chunks and lift it out. No special tools needed. With the fat skimmer Oz showed though, most of it was just dripping right back in the kettle because no matter how cold it gets, the soup/stew will just heat it back up.

don’t think I’ll ever get over this guy previously being a cardiothoratic surgeon. thank god he retired because he’d probably demonstrate chakra alignment over an open heart surgery patient for a quick buck

This guys running for office. And to Charlie’s point this guy built his whole television career spreading misinformation and lies.

Running for senate? So his wife really can scan the midi-chlorian levels in her husband, because she's a jedi and he's emporor Palpatine.

So there is some basis in reality re: "the fat magnet." Lipids like saturated fats contain molecular double bonds and tend to become solid at room temperature or below room temperature. These fats come from animals (think butter or bacon fat versus vegtable oil). When you cook a stew or chilli or soup (et cetera) this fat renders out of the meat and since its less dense than the rest of the liquid in the pot, it floats to the top. Common practice in a very greasy dish such as chilli is to skim the fat off of the surface with a spoon to remove it so your bowl of chilli for example isn't a super greasy mess, and therefore more pleasant to eat. The problem with the fat magnet is that it is woefully inefficient compared to the spoon. The idea is you put the fat magnet in the freezer to bring it's temperature down. You then take this cold object and submerge it into the fat layer of the stew or chilli you wish to remove it from, thereby removing the heat from the fat and solidifying it on the fat magnet allowing you to remove it from the pot, but here's the rub... Without getting into the nuances of heat transfer and thermodynamics, what we perceive as cold is simply an absence of heat as heat flows in one direction only, from hot to cold. When you touch a cold object in the refrigerator with your hand for instance, the tactile sensation of something being cold is simply the heat flowing away from that part of your body to the object you are touching. This is important because of the material the fat magnet is made out of is stainless steel. Heat transfers through conductance from the burner to the pot, from the pot to the liquid in the pot, and from the liquid to the fat floating on the surface, and finally from the fat on the surface to the fat magnet. Stainless steel is a very poor conductor of heat meaning its ability to transfer heat is very inefficient when compared to other materials like copper for instance. The reason the fat magnet doesn't work is because the rate of heat transfer occurs faster from the liquid to the fat than it does from the fat to the fat magnet. Because of this, any fat that is solidified to the fat magnet is immediately turned back to liquid by the hot fat surrounding it. I imagine if they chose copper as the material it would work better, but not by much, than the stainless steel version... The reason they didn't do this is because the price of copper is much higher than stainless steel and while you could convince people to buy this worthless kitchen gadget at the price of stainless, the amount of people you could convince to buy it at the cost of copper becomes much less... Or at least I hope it does.

It's actually crazy how much influence this guy has on some older people. My friend's grandpa who had a stroke kept throwing temper tantrums at the hospital he was staying in at the time cos he wanted Dr. Oz recommended immune boosters

The fat magnet is "real", except in real life what we do is put a steel ladle into an ice water bowl to get it nice and cold, then use the ladle to take some excess fats from the top of your soups or sauces. Useful on sauces sometimes if you have too much fats/oils from butter or oily meat. Absolutely, 100% not a product that you need to buy as an extra, just use a metal thing, and its barely going to affect your intake, its mostly to improve the clarity of your food flavour.

thank you god for making him lose his election 🙏🙏

Americans really almost voted this guy into office... 💀😭

The "fat magnet" is just an overpriced "tool" to help skim fat off the surface. Using pretty much any metal surface that has been left in a freezer long enough to get very cold will do the same. My grandma would just use a metal ladle that she left in the freezer while cooking and do this. However because of my grandma I ended up watching alot of Dr Oz and I can tell you she was his target audience. Older people who are just gullible and have to much time on their hand and end up watching TV.

I have no clue how this chucklehead is a real contender for Pennsylvania Office. Up until the Primaries, literally NOBODY wanted this guy. I saw so many Republican ads saying “please god not this guy”

Just some comments on reiki: I'm in training to become a massage therapist, and we have occasional one-off energy healing classes to expose us to those kinds of ideas. Though as a very scientifically minded person, it's not something that I'm into or believe in in some kind of metaphysical/spiritual sense, but it is something that people can get profound benefits out of. My personal belief is that if you focus your intentions with conviction and get into a certain kind of headspace it can put you into altered states of consciousness and change your physiology, just like how meditation and yoga can (which do have scientifically proven benefits). Or, if you want to think about it another way: there is no evidence that prayer can influence external events, but if somebody prays and believes they have some divine force on their side it can lead them to say/do things they normally wouldn't, which can subtly change outcomes of their endeavors in their favor. Just something to think about. I had an experience with "polarity healing" where I was put into this bizarre half-asleep state where I literally felt like I was flying and my whole body tingled with pleasure as if I was on a psychedelic. I came out of it feeling super relaxed and happy. Energy healing is just one of those things that plays with the fact that our bodies and consciousness are so malleable, and the powers of touch and human connection.

The fat magnet is a gimmick version of an actual hack. If you freeze a metal ladle (or something similar) and skim it in food with fats with higher melting points (butter for example) the excess fat will harden on to the ladle

As a Pennsylvanian, I greatly appreciate this video. I don’t want this scam artist & carpetbagger representing me in congress.

As someone who loves cooking, the fat magnet makes me cry inside. If you just use bread to skim the top of soup you can make an amazing toast if you throw it into a pan. Also it doesn't make soup healthier lol it just absorbs the extra fat on top so it is more pleasant to eat (drink)?

He lost lol. His competitor is also a very capable congressman

Doctor Oz has saved at least one life. My father was having a heart attack and my mother who was sleeping in the room with him had watched his program earlier in the evening. He had made a suggestion that you are to give a person having a heart attack an aspirin in order to stop the clotting. My mom remembered this and gave my dad an aspirin, which the doctors later told her it saved his life. This was 10 years ago, and, while Doctor Oz is a slimy piece of shit, I still owe him a little credit.

Never forget that this is pretty much Oprah’s fault for giving him a national spotlight for a good while to let Oz peddle his nonsense.

He's like a televangelist conman, but for health not faith.

If you want to remove oil/fat from something you just need to chill it in the fridge and it will solidify on the surface.

One of the most valuable courses I did at university were Research Methodology, with Epistemology being part of it. It's typically something you have to do if you're going into the Social Sciences or Science. You're literally taught how to separate bullshit from something that makes sense. It's really difficult to fool someone who understands this material. Nevermind university, these courses need to be turned into essential school subjects.

He only promotes himself. He's had several colleagues complain that his lust for exposure got in the way of work back when he was doing actual doctor work. He is in love with himself and changes his stance at the drop of a hat to whatever will benefit him more at that moment. He voted illegally and got away with it. He also lives in New Jersey in his self built mansion but declares he lives with his in laws in Pennsylvania because it's easier to run republican there. He is trying to become a political leader in a state he doesn't even live in nor has he in several years.

So glad this dude lost the PA Senate

the fat magnet is actually kind of useful. not for weight saving though. skimming the top of stews and soups is how you get a nice clear broth, and it is fat that floats on top. I usually use a fine mesh scoop or even freeze a metal ladle sometimes, but if you do that there's no point in getting the fat magnet.

There technically is something to the fat magnet. They put it in the fridge beforehand. The fats in a stew are liquid when heated, but are solid at room temperature or below. So putting a cold surface in it like that will theoretically solidify the fats on contact, stick them to the device, and then you can remove them. It probably isn’t all that effective though.

It's the fallacy that if someone has a MD, or a PhD in a specialized area, that other people think they are intelligent in all areas, which is completely false. I work in research, and say, if a PhD is talking about their own work they are brilliant, but in any other scientific topic they are usually just an average smart person. Not an expert.

The fat magnet does work, but it’s not magnetic. an ice cube could do the same since the layer of fat on top of stew solidifies at low temperatures making it stick to the cold object.

I remember when my Grandmother tried to force me to try every herbal treatment that this lunatic was peddling. I'm no contact with her for several reasons, but that's a big one

Charlie you have no idea how much I appreciate this Reiki rant. They forced me to try reiki in the mental health hospital as a legitimate cure to my advanced depression and ptsd... and it was such a fucking joke you have no idea. Also they still push pseudoscience towards helping people with their mental health and I think it does more harm than good.

As a Turk, I don't mean to shit on my people, but… In Turkey, we have salesman we call işportacı (hawker I guess) who buy a bunch of stuff and try selling it. They can sell it in ferry, in bazaars or any public place. They are like the Turkish ice cream man of selling stuff to people.They can sell a bald man shampoo and make him feel like it was a great sale. And let me tell you, Dr. Oz is in the top of that game. He is the biggest işportacı I have ever seen.

A surgeon is a cross between a mechanic and butcher.

Him losing is just the best thing ever

“Pickled chicken foot juice” 😂😂😂

I remember working in a grocery with a very elderly client base and whenever we’d run out of some common item then have hundreds of complaints we were out of it we all knew Dr Oz had talked about it’s benefits the previous day. We’d even look it up and that was indeed always the case lol! If the Doc said green apples prevent cancer, we’d get a mob of old people in produce bagging them up first thing in the morning and then shelf would be bare🤦

The “fat magnet” is just a gimmicky name but in reality it cools the oil and fat that sits on top of soups and whatnot until they solidify to the surface of the cold metal. People have been doing the same with ice in a metal ladle for years but the oil/fat/grease generally has to be one that has a fairly high solidifying point so all the conventional (canola, olive, vegetable ect) oil that doesn’t solidify near room temperature is much less likely to work as the steam will just melt it back into the food. You can also just cool it in your fridge for a while and grab it off with your hand too

I got real scared when I heard, “it cuts fat off, literally”. I thought he was about to cut her up.

Reki is about chakara alignment, it has nothing to do with medicine, or headaches.

My grandma once bought what was basically a glass cylinder with a few of those plasma balls inside to 'stop dementia early'

As someone who's heavily into fitness, this dude is a running joke in the fitness industry. He really is the telemarketing scammer of the mainstream TV world.

>Peddles garbage scam products for money (even though he knows better) >Becomes a politician Oh my god! I'm, um... *checks notes * I'm so surprised something like this could happen.

My grandma is convinced that this guy is the most amazing person ever. My family and I try to convince her that he's crazy and a liar, but to no avail. She's also crazy about Dr. Phil and his show.

Charles may be 4”10, but he’s a 6”8 Demigod in my book.

I have Psoriasis, it shows sometimes on my arms and face and is visible to customers. The number of times women 40+ would tell me of a "miracle solution" that I should try and will fix me up in a jiff. They always want to feel superior, like they're in the know of some magical truths. I have an auto-immune disease, I dont need unsolicited advice from someone who doesnt even have my Psoriasis. Dear god I hope he doesnt win his race.

Dr. Oz once went over to Alex Jones’ house to play poker, but they spent the whole time trying to sell snake oil to each other.

this man could've been my governor, but we get stroke victim instead.

His own party is skeptical of him, the only reason he's got a chance is because he was endorsed by Trump, which even his supporters have called it a bad move.

It’s so genuinely entertaining to watch him shit on celebrities and KZfaqrs. Never gets old 🤣

Love how people think fat, an important macro nutrient is bad. Literally just don’t eat anything in excess

7:20 this conversation literally sounds like a gta v radio channel fake ad

To be fair if I were in a bad mood and someone started waiving their hands around and above me in a serious attempt to change my mood with magic I would burst out laughing. Just not for the reason they hope.

This is officially an endorsement for John Fetterman

i wish my poor old grandmother wouldnt believe everything he has to say ever. she threw out all of the soy containing foods and bans msg and aspertame. i love her and she is a wonderful grandmother but she is very old and impressionable by someone who is believed to be a smart doctor.

Those are some perfect carpet triangles

John Fetterman, the guy running against Oz, has been clowning on him on twitter and it's been fun to watch. Also it's pretty cool that Fetterman is built like old timey strongman

Never forget that surgeons and doctors have maybe one nutrition class, so be skeptical when they offer diet advice. It's like how a dentist doesn't know how to perform an appendectomy, it's all in the medical field but specialties matter. Edit: also the power of money can make people say anything

Ironic he is going by Dr. Oz because just like the Wizard he is just as much of a sham.

How has he not faced a board of ethics for being such an obvious charlatan

The fact that he's being allowed to run for public office representing a state he barely pays any attention to, says a lot about our country.

For someone named Dr. Oz, he neither has a brain, a heart, or courage.

So glad he lost

I used to work in homecare and I worked for a woman who swore by him. It was a nightmare.

I used to work at the Vitamin Shoppe. Most of our older custmers would buy anything on his show.

One time I got in a fight with my grandma because she was watching this and I made a joke about how fake it was. The older generation is so gullible

Not only is he "getting into" politics... He WON HIS PRIMARY. It's the race for US Senate in Pennsylvania, an absolute clusterfuck

It's 7am and that carpet is freshly vacuumed. Moist doesn't sleep.

The coldness of the device solidifies the fat on the top but you are correct it is not a breakthrough device in any sense of the word. But you can get the same effect by putting the stew in the freezer or fridge

My grandma has watched his show for years, and now she’s literally gonna vote for him

That one G Fuel Can in the fridge in the back looks very lonely

Why dont u just use a paper towel or an old rag to remove the oil?

This dude is like Nigel west dickens from red dead redemption but as a real person that isn’t played for laughs