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segments, but also for the drama of the
“truth tube”—a corner of the set where
a guest’s weight, blood pressure, and
other health numbers are posted. Oz
uses these stats to confront the guest
and offer to help change unhealthful
habits. And the changes work: he put
one meat-loving 53-year-old cowboy
named Rocco on a vegan diet and reversed his diabetes in 28 days.
The doctor follows his own orders
for healthy living, and it shows, both in
the slender frame he reveals in close-
fitting surgical scrubs and in his seem-
ingly boundless energy—“electrifying
vitality,” as Diane Sawyer puts it. His
diet features fruits and veggies, grains,
and lean protein. (Raw nuts soaked in
water, in the Turkish style, are a staple.)
He does transcendental meditation
regularly and says his 20-year habit
of daily yoga is “the most important
health practice I have adopted.”
The one area where Oz won’t take
his own advice, says wife Lisa, is in
getting enough R and R. Though
he spends time with his kids on the
weekends—wrestling, playing sports,
learning to juggle—the rest of the time
“Mehmet leaves the house before 6:00
and gets home after 10:00,” she says.
“He doesn’t come home for dinner any-
more, which is endlessly frustrating.”
(Oz often dines at a vegan restaurant or
brings leftovers from home.)
But Lisa believes getting older will
force Oz to make recharging a higher
priority. She mentions a recent injury:
playing basketball with his 15-year-old
daughter, he tore his Achilles tendon.
“That never would have happened at
40,” Lisa says. “He’s beginning to see
that he’s not invincible.”
Which raises the question: By driv-
ing himself too hard, does Dr. Oz risk
harming his own health while trying to
restore the nation’s? “I do worry about
it,” Lisa says. “But I think he’ll figure it
out. He’s a pretty smart guy.” ;
Margaret Guroff is a features editor for
