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May 28, 2024 - Dr. Oz Podcast
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Michael Strahan’s 3 Ways to Transform Your Life! | Dr. Oz | S7 | Ep 54 | Full Episode
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Today on The Dr. Oz Show.
You're in scrubs!
I'm in scrubs!
Michael Strahan's changing the game.
His rules to win at life.
It's all about changing your mindset.
How he pushes past obstacles.
You can let it get you down or you can fight through it to build you up.
Say he's positive.
My dad taught me this because he was always a win guy.
He was not an if guy.
And wakes up a winner.
Coming up next.
We'll save lives today.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
We are bringing a healthy food!
Welcome to the show!
Before you all sit down, how many of you are morning people?
Oh, I love the morning.
I've got a couple.
Aren't we really annoying morning people?
We love getting it.
People who aren't morning people hate us.
Get comfortable.
You want to hear about this.
Well, my first guest...
Today, he's going to love him.
He takes waking up on the right side of the bed to a whole new level.
He's up by 4 a.m., by 4 a.m., and he has to be at Good Morning America, so he's never late.
And then he runs over to be with Kelly Ripa on Live.
He does it all with a smile like this, lots of teeth, and still finds the time to work out like the football hall of famer that he is.
What is his secret to own the day?
We're about to find out, because Michael Strahan is here.
And he is giving you his three rules to win big and transform your life.
In fact, all show long, we're going to share you small changes that have really big results.
We're going to give you a new method to cook your rice that literally reduces the calories by up to 50%.
Think about that.
Half the calories just because of how you cook the rice differently.
And today's fix or fail is the fix you've been waiting for.
The latest varicose vein solution that you haven't seen anywhere yet.
But first, please welcome my friend, Michael Strahan.
You're in scrubs!
I'm in scrubs!
They're my scrubs!
These are my scrubs!
How'd you get into them?
You know what?
These are your scrubs because you're out here.
Actually, you're wearing my suit.
Not literally, but you are wearing a suit.
I am.
I was going to surprise you.
You did surprise me.
Did you like this?
First of all, you look incredible in the suit.
Well, thank you very much.
Secondly, these scrubs don't do that body you got justice, baby.
The suit does.
You look great.
Come have a seat.
But this is very comfortable.
I gotta say, I love this.
I like the look on you.
I can't believe you got into them.
I just feel like I should be checking people out now.
Oh, they want you checking them out, that's for sure.
Have you always been a suit guy?
I've always been a suit guy.
You know, when you're in an NFL locker room, and I think it's funny, people go, how does this football player, the television guy, get into clothing?
I've always been into clothing because if you're in a locker room, With 53 other guys, and you wear something bad, you hear about it.
Yes, you do.
You really hear about it.
So you have to be on top of fashion, what's hot, what's not.
We all had our bad fashion in the 90s and early 2000s, and now I've developed my style, which I love, which I consider classic, but at the same time, a little modern flair, a twist to it.
I gotta say, you look better than me in my own freaking suit.
God bless you.
Now, the last time Michael came on the show, he actually joined a mutual friend, Jimmy Fallon.
Yes.
And you weren't dressed, like, the scrubs you have on now, or even, like, his beautiful soap you lend me.
Let's roll this.
This is something different for all y'all.
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Fallon, the guy is on the radio bar.
Look at these weight loss guys!
My heartbeat is so fast right now.
I'm neck tired.
Ew!
You know what, people...
What folks don't know is we went out later that night.
He was dressed in the same outfit.
That jumpsuit is fantastic.
Yeah, that's how I dress when I'm out at work.
You know, Jimmy and I did one of those skits for his show.
I think that's the name of it.
And he said, you know what, Dr. Oz is next door, Randy Jackson.
Let's crash the party.
And I was like, what are they talking about?
They can't talk about some serious medical condition and we walk in like that.
But thank goodness you were very nice and receptive to us paying a visit to you.
Well, the next time I had a chance, I sent Randy Jackson back over to Jimmy Fallon with a big salmon, like a gargantuan king salmon, to stink up the stage.
Oh, you paid him back.
Yeah, I got him back.
So let's talk about you a little bit.
I was fascinated to read that you actually weren't in the great shape you're in right now when you were a little kid.
Oh, yeah.
Like a lot of kids in America today, you actually were a little big.
They called you Bob.
Yeah, they called me Bob with mint booty on back.
We laugh now, but it sounds...
It would have been hard at the time.
Yeah, it was hard at the time.
I was a 13-year-old kid.
My brothers were calling me Bob, and I didn't know what it meant.
And then once I found out the meaning of it, it actually changed my life.
I look back now, and you can either take something that comes your way that could be upsetting, and you can let it get you down, or you can find a way to fight through it to build you up.
And it made me work out.
It made me get my Jane Fonda VHS tape.
That's how it started?
Jane Fonda?
Jane Fonda.
I'm going to call her.
Yeah, and I've met her and I'm like, you saved my life.
Like, I literally popped in the Jane Fonda tapes and I was trying to work my butt off with all those leg lifts and all that stuff.
Can you imagine this?
Yeah, but it worked and it gave me more self-esteem and it made me work out.
So something that, you know, started out as something that was hurtful and bad, I tried to turn into something that was positive.
So what do you say to the parents of kids who are a little big right now?
We have an epidemic in this country, and that's going to cause big-time problems as kids get older.
So what do the parents do now?
What's the motivation?
I think the motivation is you want your kids to be healthy.
I think that's what we all want.
I have four kids of my own.
I want my kids to be healthy.
And I think a lot of what the kids eat, that goes off of you as a parent.
You know, you have to be a responsible parent in a lot of ways to make sure that your kids are eating properly, drinking what they should be drinking, and being a great example to them.
And don't forget, you can talk to your kids too.
I think this conversation, a lot of times, emotional issues are involved as well.
And so be receptive to talking to your kids, encouraging your kids.
And the biggest thing, let your kid know, I don't care if you're big or small or whatever, you can accomplish anything you want.
It's really about somebody believing in you and you believing in yourself.
I'm going to come back to that, but I want to just finish on one theme.
You got in such great shape, you played 15 years in the NFL after those James Bama tapes.
And this is a list.
We could talk about medical stuff here.
I want to go over the injuries that you've had playing in the National Football League.
If you got them all right.
So you blew your back out numerous times, you damaged your sacroiliac joint, fourth and fifth vertebrae, you dislocated every single finger, sprained both knees, injured both the AC joints in your shoulder, and tore your pectoral muscle.
How do you, tearing a pectoral muscle is a big hit.
Yeah, that was...
No, you know what it was?
I reached out to tackle a guy.
He was a big guy.
So he kept going along with my arm.
And so I tore my pec muscle.
I did both of my wrists, finger surgery.
My fingers are jacked up.
Now, I'm going to warn people at home before I do this, because I always get in trouble when people see this, and they say, oh, you didn't warn me.
I'm warning you, okay?
That right there.
See, all these fingers, they...
They do all kinds of stuff.
But you know what?
I'm still freaking you out.
I'm sorry.
But that's what the game was.
And you would just tape them up and you would get back out there.
Only time I couldn't play is when I tore my pec, so I had to have surgery on that.
Other than that, the AC joints and the knees and the ankles and the Liz Franks and both feet, and you have to play through it.
You have to suck it up.
You became a doctor of your own body with that many injuries.
Yes, I should have been working on myself with outfit on.
It's got a fantastic new book, which I really do love the way you wrote.
The whole tone is fantastic.
It's called Wake Up Happy.
It has some fantastic advice on how to stay motivated.
And you offer the number one secret to own your day.
Number one secret to me to own your day is you go into your day looking for the possibilities, not the negatives of the day.
I think we wake up, I wake up happy every day because I look at the day and I go, there are so many possibilities, I'm not looking at the things that could bring the day down.
And my dad taught me this because he was always a win guy.
He was not an if guy.
So when I was in high school, I didn't play football.
I was living in Germany and my dad said, you're gonna go to Houston, you're gonna stay with your uncle and you're gonna get a football scholarship.
Then he said, when you make it to the NFL, When you win a Super Bowl, he would always win.
And I look back now and say he never told me if you get a scholarship, if you make it to the NFL, if you win a Super Bowl.
He never let me doubt myself.
So now I think I've been able to go from football to commentating to daytime television to GMA because I don't think anything's impossible.
It's a matter of when.
It only takes time.
It's not a matter of if.
What a wise man your dad is.
It's important for everybody, I think, to think that way.
In fact, you know what we should do today?
Let's make the Strahan rule.
Okay.
The Strahan rule is we're going to ban the word if.
No more ifs.
Just do it for a week and see if it works for you.
Listen, if it takes even a partial of the way that Michael's been able to succeed with it, it'll help you.
So whatever you got an if issue, if I get the job, if I lose five pounds, if I can run that faster, if I can get rid of that pimple, it becomes a when question.
Let's change the mindset.
It's all about changing your mindset.
Alright, so we're going to stay here.
What we're going to do when we come back is that Michael Strahan is going to show us how to start the day the right way.
We'll be right back.
Oh, yeah.
Next, not a morning person?
Michael shows us his best bedside manners and how he gets into the groove every morning.
It puts you in the right frame of mind for the rest of the day.
Great tips to greet your day and wake up happy like Michael.
Coming up.
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Cravings killers when willpower isn't enough.
And this is one of the best tricks of the trade right here.
Plus, can smart gum really boost your brain power?
And Terry Crews.
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What are you wearing?
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All new Oz.
That's coming up tomorrow. - Today's show is all about taking it to the next level And for everyone out there who isn't a morning person, I want you to listen up because my friend Michael Strand is here.
And he's going to show you how to start the day like he does.
And while he's resting there and enjoying himself, are you still awake back there?
I'm great.
See, he sleeps in my scrubs.
Notice that.
So I'm going to talk to Christy and her sister Jennifer.
Where are they?
Hey, how are you?
So, I know you're both big fans of Michael Strahan, and that's the reason we told you you were coming, but this is actually something a bit bigger than that.
It's about getting some advice.
Go ahead.
Okay.
My sister Jennifer here, she needs a little motivation.
She wakes up grumpy sometimes on the wrong side of the bed, so I think she needs some motivation from Michael.
Are you into it?
I'm into it.
This could take you to some dangerous places.
Okay.
All right, come on over here.
Come on over here.
So...
Hop in there.
This is gonna motivate her.
Kick those feet in the bed, girl.
It don't matter.
Go ahead.
There it goes.
Michael, slide over a little bit.
Oh, yeah.
It's a whole different kind of show.
Oh, yes.
How's this treating you?
Oh, great.
All right.
So, Michael, take it away.
How do you start your day?
Well, you know, your sisters say you wake up on the wrong side of the bed.
You're literally on the right side of the bed right now.
But you know what I do?
I like to wake up.
Do you enjoy music?
Yes.
I love music.
What type of music do you like?
Hip-hop.
Hip-hop.
Okay.
You're like me.
I love hip-hop.
I love R&B, Alicia Keys, everybody like that.
So, you know what?
I wake up, get out of the bed, and I turn on music.
Oh, yeah.
Get out.
Stretch it out, girl.
Oh.
Stretch it out.
Now, one of the first things I do, I take a shower.
But all the way to the shower with the music playing, I'm walking to the shower like this.
I'm feeling good about my day.
I let the music.
Get in your mind, friend of mine.
Come on.
We're gonna go take a shower together.
Get it in your mind.
He's doing it all.
So I'm a big fan of music.
I let the music wake me up all month.
First thing I do, because if you choose the right song, it puts you in the right frame of mind for the rest of the day.
And then once you're in the right frame of mind for the rest of the day, you really control your happiness if you're going to have a good day or bad.
Everything is up to you.
Okay?
Can I motivate you?
Yes, it will.
All right.
Now, there's something else you do that I really treasure a lot, and I find that a lot of big-time, world-class athletes do this, and it's about visualization.
Now, he used the lesson about if, but to really get to the bigger issue of how to stay motivated and get off on the right side every morning, walk us through visualization.
A little exercise that I learned, so if you're sitting next to the person next to you, one of you, hold your finger in a circle like that.
You hold your finger in a circle like that.
Now, try to hold your finger as hard as you can.
I'm going to try to pull it apart, okay?
Hold it as hard as you can.
Okay, so I pulled it apart.
You can't beat an NFLer at that simple game.
Now hold your finger like that.
Now I want you to picture a solid steel.
Solid steel.
Seriously, picture a solid steel.
Unbreakable solid steel.
Let me pull it apart.
And I am pulling harder than I pulled before.
It is all in your mind.
And any time that I am nervous, or I'm in a situation, or I got a big day coming up, and I need to focus and feel confident, that's what I do.
I stand like that, I visualize solid steel, and I know that, you know what?
Anything is possible if I put my mind to it.
And that is truly what the book is about.
It's about changing your mentality toward your everyday life so that you wake up and you look forward to the possibilities.
Because waking up on the wrong side of the bed is no fun for her.
It's no fun for you.
Okay?
But look for the possibility of the greatness that can come out of your day.
And that's one little small visualization exercise that I do.
And I still do it on TV. Because I get scared and nervous like everybody else.
Now, the ball's in your court.
You're going to make this happen for everybody?
Yes.
All right.
God bless you.
Take care.
Michael Strahan.
Take it back.
Michael Strahan's new book, Wake Up Happy, is in stars.
Don't forget, watch Michael weekday mornings on live.
It's worth it.
We'll be right back.
Coming up next, are you cooking rice all wrong?
New research says this surprising ingredient can make it better for you.
Imagine cutting your calories in half.
A simple trick that makes your rice low-cal and delicious.
Pace like regular rice.
Coming up.
From paella to risotto to sushi, rice is a kitchen staple that spans across the globe.
No matter where you're from, you probably grew up eating some kind of rice dish.
But now there's new research that says you can cut calories in your rice, listen carefully, potentially by half with a surprising ingredient.
I love rice.
I can't get enough of it.
I always have it in my pantry.
I buy it in 20-pound bags that are the same size as my child.
So you know the one thing that I really worry about rice is the calories and the carbs?
I am a little worried that it's full of empty calories.
When I eat too much, my pants don't fit next week.
Oh my god, are you kidding me?
Father!
Get out of town.
Really?
Like, that's gonna really cut it?
I've never even thought of using this.
I gotta see this.
This is crazy.
Alright, so Jennifer says rice was the first food she remembered as a child.
Welcome to the show, Jennifer.
Hi, how are you?
What's the food that you used to eat as a child?
Well, growing up in a Cuban background household, rice was always a staple.
We would prepare it with oil, salt, and usually serve it with black beans.
And how often is it in your diet now?
Oh, anywhere from two to four times a week.
Quite a bit.
It tastes good.
Why not?
Here's the question.
We all love rice.
All across the globe, I just showed you that.
But there's some dietary downsides.
The first thing is it actually seems to increase the risk of diabetes.
Okay.
Which is not a small issue.
No.
And the reason it does that is because it actually has a fair amount of calories.
200 in one cup.
And that goes pretty quickly into your bloodstream and turns into sugar and ultimately into fat on your hips.
Which is why some folks are thinking, what can we do differently about rice?
Yes.
So I've got good news.
There's a simple little tweak.
It can literally cut down these calories by 50 to 60%.
Are you happy?
Yes.
Now you might think, who would do this?
How would they figure it out?
And it's a fascinating story, but come on over here.
I'm going to explain what it is.
It's a teaspoonful of coconut oil.
And I hid it in here for you.
There it is.
Imagine that.
Coconut oil, simple little addition.
Okay.
It's a pretty healthy fat.
You probably used it at home.
I mean, it's everywhere now.
Yeah.
The reason that I'm surprised by this is because most folks don't understand rice is made up of two kinds of starches.
Made up of digestible starches.
When you eat it normally, it's there.
And it's made up of resistant starches.
Now, they're different.
When you have more resistant starch, it's resistant, actually, to being broken down, so there's fewer calories getting into your bloodstream.
You actually want resistant charge.
Think of it again, being resistant to calories coming into your body.
So here's the cool part.
When you cool rice, when you cool it down, after you've heated it up, and then you reheat it for the microwave or something, you change the structure.
So there's more of that resistant rice.
And then these scientists went in and started looking, who else would do this?
Looking at what ways they could use to reduce these calories coming into our body, and they figured out this coconut oil does it.
It can make you even more resistant than just the heating, cooling, and heating cycle.
You put them together, and you can cut 100 calories out of a cup of rice that you're eating.
Okay, that's half.
Which means you can double your intake, and you're still good to go.
All right, I'm going to share the recipe, but don't tell anybody.
Okay.
Right, Jennifer?
Shh!
Between you and me.
Alright.
So, you boil the water.
Okay.
Then you add the coconut oil.
Just take a teaspoonful of that, throw it in there.
Coconut oil.
All you do, put it in there as soon as it's melted, as soon as it takes, you know, watch this, it's seconds to get it to melt.
Okay.
Once it's melted, you can see the fat on the top of the water?
Yes.
Then add your rice in there.
Alright.
And then, All you do, the way you normally cook your rice, you turn the heater down, you put the lid on, and you enjoy yourself for 20 to 25 minutes.
Once the rice is made, however you used to make it, you take it off, put it in the fridge, let it cool down for about 12 hours, and then reheat it any way you want.
Okay.
Simple little step.
And please try it if you don't mind.
You can assure the audience it tastes like rice.
They haven't done anything crazy here.
But I am intrigued that scientists in a laboratory tackled this problem.
And we're learning a lot just by looking at things like how we heat things and cool things.
You can imagine cutting your calories in half by just how you cook something.
Even if it tastes the same.
Well, Dr. Oz, I'm used to having it a bit saltier.
There's no salt in there, but it does taste like regular rice.
There's no salt when I need salt.
If I salted it, it would taste like that, Jennifer.
It would taste completely normal.
Thank you very much.
You can check out these tips at DrOz.com and take a look at how my viewers at home make their rice extra delicious with a little extra salt for Jennifer.
Be right back.
Hi Dr. Oz, it's Ari Adams from Atlanta, Georgia.
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Next, is tea the cure-all you haven't been paying enough attention to?
And can it actually prevent disease?
I'm going to give you a little bit of brewing science.
Our core team of experts weighs in.
Find out which teas you should be drinking and how much.
Coming up.
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And Terry Crews.
What are you wearing?
All new Oz.
That's coming up tomorrow.
Even though it's the second most consumed beverage in the world, tea is always taking a back seat to coffee in this country.
But is all that cure-all news you've been hearing about something you should be paying attention to and maybe haven't?
Today, I look at the signs of which diseases green and black tea have been linked to preventing and how much you should really be drinking.
I ask my core team of experts all around the medical field to weigh in on this.
I have found that I recommend it much more often to my women patients in particular.
And you may not know this, but drinking just three cups a day of tea, green tea or black tea, has a very protective effect on the heart, meaning it can reduce your risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease.
What about for other diseases?
Not much data for breast cancer, much more for the effect of coffee.
What about coffee in general versus tea in general?
Both in large association data of all-cause mortality, more than 20% decrease.
The properties of tea may not be the magic bullet you're looking for in terms of shedding pounds, but choosing unsweetened tea in place of other drinks like cola and juice can make the weight loss process a lot easier.
To sum up what my medical team found, here's what you can do and what it doesn't do.
So first off, we have strong evidence that it helps the liver cancer and disease of the liver with depression, with heart disease, with diabetes.
There's a lot of folks who can benefit from that.
There's some evidence for a bunch of different cancers, for blood pressure and for cholesterol.
Now, we're unclear about other things like brain cancer and inflammation and even weight loss because there's mixed studies.
Now, Nora says she drinks tea every day for her health.
And I'd love to know what are the reasons of all the ones I listed here that are most passionate for you.
The main reason why I drink the tea is to substitute caffeinated beverages.
So, coffee, soda, and then also, I've read and now I've seen, reduces the potential risk of cancer and high blood pressure, which runs on both my mother and father's side of the family.
Yeah, so the thing I love about tea, I just listed, and my experts did as well.
But, you know, a lot of these are not based on people actually doing studies, but looking at associations.
Who drinks what and how long do they live?
And a lot of them were done in Asia.
I only point that out because it's the best we can do to try to make sense of this whole area.
But I gotta say, I'm intrigued by it.
And what I always tell folks is, because it's in moderation safe, and because it has some potential benefits, I want people to have three cups of tea a day.
You know what?
You're given one of the best reasons for it.
Replace one of the other caffeinated beverages.
So when you drink tea, what do you normally have?
I do chai tea, green tea, echinacea tea, and lemon ginger tea.
A lot of different teas.
Yeah.
All right, so I've got green tea here, oolong tea here, and traditional black tea here.
You notice these numbers?
Because the green tea is not oxidized, it's richer in antioxidants.
So it has more of it, 180 milligrams, versus oolong, which is young tea, versus the dark tea, which actually has been laid out in the grass or on the pavement or somewhere, so it dried up and then oxidized it, so it doesn't have quite as many of the antioxidants.
But I'm going to give you a little bit of brewing science.
You can brag to your friends about this.
The next thing you go out there and say, give me a tea.
But I want it done just right.
First off, the optic concentration of these antioxidants, go ahead and brew that.
You can pour some hot water in there in that cup.
You're going to leave it for three to five minutes.
But if you want it just for flavor, then steep it only for about a minute or maybe even less.
As soon as it changes color, you're good.
And that's actually a significant difference, health benefit versus taste.
You can go in the middle, too, if you want, but don't leave it in there all that long.
It gets bitter, as you know.
And the other thing I want you to do is toast me because I'm going to give you the dark tea because it's got a little more caffeine.
I'll take the green tea, which you don't usually add cream to either, by the way.
Another reason it's good for you.
And I wish you the best of luck with your tea habit.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, Dora.
You can find extra information on the health benefits of teas with my guide on DrRotter.com.
Up next, the headache solution, only a nurse would know.
Next, we've all had one.
Splitting.
Throbbing.
Stabbing.
The agonizing pain of a headache.
Easy and failsafe remedies from the experts.
Nurses.
I think we should just zap that headache right at the source on the inside.
Coming up next.
Whoever said a doctor's visit isn't fun has obviously never been to the Dr. Oz show.
Is that right?
Make your appointment today.
Go to DrOz.com/tickets and sign up for free tickets.
All this season we're celebrating our nation's nurses.
We're calling our campaign Hashtag Nurse Nation and at the heart of it, our search for a nurse to join our core team of experts to provide wisdom, commentary and advice.
Now we're introducing our candidates and we want you to weigh in.
Go to DrOz.com the week of November the 16th and tell us your favorite.
We'll announce our choice on November the 25th.
Show your appreciation and be a part of hashtag nurse search.
Splitting.
Splitting.
Crushing.
Throbbing.
Stabbing.
What do these words describe?
It's an agonizing pain of a headache.
But my friends, that ends today.
Here to reveal the headache solutions only a nurse would know are two more finalists from my nurse search.
First, meet Nurse Ashley.
Hi, Dr. Oz.
My name is Ashley Stabile.
I am from Stafford Township, New Jersey.
Not only am I a cheer mom, a Cub Scout leader, and a class mom volunteer, but I graduated my BSN, Dr. Oz, with four kids under seven.
And you know what?
I'm going for my master's, working on number five.
I'm qualified for this because I love my job, I love finding solutions, and I love having fun.
And for that reason, I am the perfect nurse for you.
Four kids and one on the way.
That's a lot of work.
Sure is.
You must know a lot about headaches.
Indeed I do.
Alright, take it away.
Give me the nurse's solutions.
Okay, so my first solution that I have for you, Doctor, is this is a really simple, natural solution.
It's capsaicin cream.
And capsaicin cream is actually made from the active ingredient in cayenne pepper.
So, actually, there's two ways you could use this cream.
You could simply apply it to your forehead.
Just be very careful not to put it on your eyes.
No, that's very bad.
And you could also put it inside the nostril on either side of your head because this actually targets headaches.
You put it inside your nose?
Yes.
Like, how far in do you put it?
I've never actually gone far in.
Let's try it right now.
Oh, you're pregnant.
Yes.
Darn it.
I can't worry.
You can try it, though.
All right, go ahead.
Only because I trust nurses.
Ah, very nice.
Yeah, you won't complain about that headache again.
My eyes are watering.
It's a different kind of sensation.
It certainly is, but it does work.
I do believe it is.
All right, and the capsaicin can be found in drugstores and everywhere else.
Exactly.
That's a very good idea.
Good luck with the baby.
Thank you.
Well, you do.
Thank you.
All right, I want to hear from our nurse, Pandya, who's next.
She's a labor and delivery nurse at the same hospital where I work.
My name is Jamie Otis.
I'm a labor and delivery nurse at your hospital, Columbia Presbyterian.
I remember last spring you came up to our floor and joined our team for a delivery.
What took away from that was how much care and attention you still give to each patient.
I share that passion and drive.
I'm a proud, experienced nurse, and I have a lot of strength and ambition.
I'm ready to represent for amazing nurses everywhere.
I'd be honored to stand by your side and work with you more often.
Nurse Jamie is here.
She's a very different approach to healing a headache.
And what is it?
Yeah, so a lot of people take a headache and they want to treat it from the outside, right?
But I think we should just zap that headache right at the source on the inside.
You know, the headache, the inflammation, and it just causes throbbing, throbbing pain.
Why not zap it right from the source?
So I'm gonna explain to everyone why you're so passionate about going to the inside rather than the outside.
A little animation to show you what Jamie means.
So look at this head right here, right?
That little band of pain.
There's developing research that says that band of pain, it comes from a much deeper place than we thought.
We used to think it was from the muscles.
See the muscles around the head there, the base of the neck, and up in the temple area by the eyes?
Those muscles we thought spasmed, causing contractions, and that caused the pain.
But we now know they start from inside your brain.
Look at, see the blood vessels in there?
Those blood vessels in the brain itself gets irritated.
The blood vessels constrict down.
You get throbbing pain around your brain for that reason, and you end up with this, a headache, which is what you don't want.
Yeah.
You've got a solution to help with the blood vessels themselves and the brain.
Yeah.
And it is, drum roll please.
I've got a double whammy for you because everybody trusts ibuprofen, right?
We know that's anti-inflammatory, it's going to really zap it, but a lot of people don't know about tart cherry juice.
And so the thing about tart cherry juice, these tart cherries have components in them that actually fight that enzyme that causes that inflammation that zaps it right at the source.
That headache will be gone.
So literally, you just take your ibuprofen, wash it down with a shot of cherry juice, This is about the equivalent of 20 tart cherries, I'm told.
Exactly.
Cheers.
You can put vodka with this.
Jane, what do you like it with?
If you want to.
You like your tart cherry juice strong.
I get it.
Thank you very much.
I actually mix it with mineral water, just a little fizzy water, because it gets a little bit tart, literally.
It's a very good idea.
And lots of good data on pain management.
Thank you.
Nurse Jamie, up next, I'm revealing the latest treatment for pesky spider veins.
You are going to love this.
Later, she's got the skills and the voice.
A nurse who sings to a whole different tune.
This November, we're taking you to the next level.
A month of next-level solutions.
I'm gonna try it, Dr. Oz, because you said it.
People who are changing the rules.
I don't think anything's impossible.
New ways of looking at food.
It is so good.
Medical breakthroughs.
A calorie burning and cold vest.
Must-see experiments.
It's a month of game changers.
And this actually blows my mind.
This November, take your health to the next level.
This month we've been taking fixes to a whole new level with 30 days of testing solutions for your biggest body problems.
Today we're focusing on the latest fixes for your spider and varicose veins with a brand new never-before-seen treatment.
But first, our fix-or-fail lab tests a popular home remedy.
When it comes to spider veins, there's a lot of misinformation out there.
One of the most persistent home remedies is castor oil.
What's the rationale, Ima?
See, what people think is that it's supposed to help improve your circulation.
Well, when I look at the picture versus the vein now, it doesn't look like there's any change.
See, the problem is people tend to treat spider veins or varicose veins like they're a skin problem, but they're really not.
It goes deeper than that.
This is a problem with the veins, but it's not going to get to the root of the problem.
I'm sorry, Liz.
When it comes to castor oil as a fix for spider veins, I rule it a fail.
So castor oil is a fail, but what about medical superglue for your veins?
This surprising tool can make your varicose veins go from this To this.
Look at that.
Isn't that unbelievable?
It is part of a non-invasive treatment called Venaseal, and it's just been approved by the FDA, and literally it's landing in doctors' offices right now.
Vascular surgeon Charles Dietzik is here.
He's actually doing the procedure.
He's the first to have this new technology in our area, and he brought his patient, Valerie, who's had varicose veins for 20 years.
You okay, Valerie?
I am.
He just got started.
How do you use super glue to actually seal these veins?
Well, this is the glue, this little bottle.
And what we're doing is, if you think of this as like medical arts and crafts, taking a little glue and putting it on two pieces of paper and sealing them together.
Well, what we're doing is we're putting that glue inside the vein, taking the walls of the vein and gluing them together.
So they're sealed shut.
And how often does it work?
Oh, it's fantastic.
The results have been 97% at one year out.
Oh my.
So this has been, you know, a great improvement of what we've had.
And those pictures we just showed, those are pretty typical in your practice?
Well, this is a very new procedure, but this is the early results that we're seeing.
So let me explain to everyone why you keep going here, because I don't want to get in the way of Valerie's procedure.
What's actually going on?
This is what Dr. Deese is talking about.
I'm going to put the animation up here.
This is the ultrasound that they use to guide where they put the catheters.
But go back to that vein.
So everyone knows the varicose veins look like on the inside, but inside of your leg, what's happening is you've got these veins that get sort of pulled up because blood's backing up in them.
So imagine putting a catheter through the vein, and then looking at it with an ultrasound device, and then squeezing in that superglue.
You literally...
Push the two sides of the vein together and they stick, which leads the whole vein to shrivel up.
And all the veins that were feeding it, well, they don't get any blood in them either because they're not backing up, but they shrivel up as well.
So guess what happens?
Those big worms under your skin, or snakes for some people, they shrink down to nothing, which is the hope.
So Valerie, you've had these veins you mentioned for 20 years.
What have you tried to help with them?
I've tried compression stockings.
I've had other minor procedures, but they were so long ago.
I was just ready for something new.
Well, you're getting something new today.
Brand new.
So, as you're doing this procedure, please, you have catheter.
Can you show that to everybody?
This is the actual delivery device, the Venaseal device.
It's like a gun, and it's delivering a small aliquot of the glue into the vein.
Can you show me with your ultrasound?
Actually, that's a good shot right there.
That's the catheter right there, right?
Correct.
And it's in the vein.
And so you can actually see, as you inject the glue, that you can stick the vein sides together, like the arts and crafts you mentioned.
So it's done almost as though you're looking at it directly.
So who's not a good candidate for this?
It seems pretty logical.
Well...
There's very few that are not.
And it's an infection, if there was actually a phlebitis and an inflammation of a vein, or someone that would be pregnant.
But what this opens up is to 30 million patients that have varicose veins that have been kind of standing on the sidelines not wanting to do something because they're afraid of all these natal sticks.
So there's very rarely a free lunch.
What are the potential risks?
What do you warn patients like Valerie about?
Well, the risk is we're always concerned about, whenever we do any kind of vein procedure, we're always concerned about a potential, you know, thrombus or a clot in the vein.
With this procedure, it's much less than 1%.
We're concerned about any kind of infection, which is, again, extremely rare, because we're not performing it in a person with any kind of infection.
That's really the bottom line.
And what is the cost?
I mean, does insurance pay for it?
Well, this problem is a problem that's covered typically by insurance.
The technology is new, and we're waiting to see how the insurance companies address this, but this problem is a medical problem.
This is a real medical issue.
These individuals have aching, heaviness, tiredness, fatigue, itching.
They also complain of leg cramps, restless legs.
Is a problem that's associated with venous insufficiency and varicose veins.
So, you know, this helps a lot of these individuals and helps to relieve their symptoms.
And if insurance doesn't pay for it, what does it cost then?
It's variable at this early stage.
It's probably, you know, in the few thousand dollar range.
You should write your insurance company.
No, it's a medical problem.
They really should reimburse it because it saves you health issues, which is the whole purpose of having insurance.
Well, thank you very much.
I love this idea.
You feeling okay?
I am.
You promised it wouldn't hurt.
I am.
I'm doing okay.
You're relaxed.
So it's going to take, I know, a few minutes to finish the procedure.
And then, like Lisa, you said it actually takes a couple days before all the veins shrivel up.
So it will be a game changer for you to have legs with none of those worms.
Absolutely.
I won't be embarrassed anymore in shorts and bathing suits.
I'm rooting for you.
Here's what we're going to do.
And we'll get a picture, if it's okay, a couple days from now when we see the final result.
If we can post them so our audience can see them.
Is that okay?
Sure.
All right.
Listen, guys, check it out.
We'll see these results with Dr. D6 procedure.
And I'm hoping in a couple days we'll be able to brag to everybody about the success.
Good luck to you with this new technique.
Up next, my nurse search gets a touch of American Idol.
You will not want to miss this.
The search is on.
We're looking for a nurse to join our core team of experts to provide wisdom, expert commentary, and advice.
If you'd like to nominate yourself or a nurse who's made a difference in your life, go to DrOz.com and click on hashtag nurse search.
My name is Kristen Powers.
I am a neonatal and pediatric critical care nurse, and I am a cancer survivor.
I really appreciate all of the nurses that took care of me, and I try to do the same for my patients and their families.
Nursing.
If you think about it, it's actually an art form, and it's played in many different ways, which is what makes it so special and so unique.
I've met so many inspiring nurses throughout my entire career, and even more since I launched my nurse search this season.
You know, you met Jamie, you met Ashley earlier in the show, But there's one more nurse that I want you to meet today.
She sings to a very different tune.
In fact, she actually wrote a song explaining why she should be chosen.
And she's here to perform.
Are you ready?
It's called Choose Me, Dr. Oz.
Please welcome Nurse Kelsey.
Come on up, Kelsey.
Okay, hey, Dr. Oz, I want to be your show nurse.
I want to stand proud with all your core experts.
I want to be a voice for all the nurses in this world.
Yes, I do.
Yes, she does.
So I wear my doctor's ethoscope and I wear it proud.
The nurses are the coolest type of people in this town.
I put my money on a nurse any old day.
Yes, I would.
We are smart, we are strong, and we'll put up a fight to anyone that gets in the way of saving a life because we have a calling that's high in this world.
Yes, we do!
So, Doctor Oz, you better take me because I'm the best nurse for TV. Whoa!
Whoa!
Now that, that was good.
That's a talented nurse.
I gotta say, it surprises in so many ways our nurses.
Yes, I love that.
So clever.
So well done.
Yes.
So how'd you come up with the song?
So I knew when I entered the nurse search that I wanted you to understand who I was as a nurse.
And music is a part of my nursing.
And so I figured there was no better way than to write down a couple lyrics and to add a few chords to it.
And all my songs, my music came together.
And so I wrote the song for you.
Music to your ears, Dr. Oz.
I adore it.
Let's talk about your patients.
When you try to take care of them, does music play a big role?
Yeah, I mean, I never thought going into nursing that I would be singing to my patients.
You know, it's not like I walk into the room and say, knock, knock, I'm your nurse, and sing a song.
It's not like that.
But whenever the circumstance is there and the patients are just either in their discomfort or they're anxious or just anything like that, I find it very effective to just hold their hand and to just sing to them.
And a lot of times I'll make them laugh by changing the lyrics to a song and just adding something funny about why they're here, like, you have pneumonia, you know, and just go into it.
In a very cheerful way, loving that.
Yeah, and sometimes it's a soothing approach.
So, both ways it works, and that's just who I am.
You know, many, many years ago, before I was doing any television at all, we started a center at the hospital, where I work, at Columbia University, where we actually have musicians come in and perform for the patients.
Yeah, which is awesome.
And they love it.
They sit there, they sing along.
It gets you breathing deeper, but you also forget your words.
Music has always been part of our healing.
I don't know if you all know this, but fundamentally, it's what healers did.
Some of us became doctors, some became nurses, some became physical therapists.
It doesn't matter what you're doing.
At the end of the day, you're trying to heal, and music's part of it.
So, high five.
High five.
Thank you.
I understand your nurse, your husband's here, right?
Yes, my husband is here.
Does she sing at home for you?
Not as much, no.
Not as much.
If you were just hosting a show, she'd sing for you, too.
Yeah.
You can think about it.
We'll work on that.
We'll work on that.
Thank you very, very much.
You're very welcome, Dr. Oz.
Thank you so much.
Don't forget America's Story, November the 16th.
We'll have all of our Nurse Search finalists.
You can check out DrOz.com and tell us your favorite Nurse Search candidate.
I can't wait to see who joins our team.
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