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Tim McGraw's Guilty Pleasure and Life-Saving Mission | Dr. Oz | S6 | Ep 144 | Full Episode
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Road Rage is on the rise.
Aggressive drivers, myself included, are everywhere.
How it may wreck your health.
My heart rate jumped from 50 beats to 88 beats a minute.
And how to pump the brakes on a potential blow-up.
Plus, country music star Tim McGraw and his new mission to help save lives.
30 million Americans are living with diabetes.
Coming up next on Dr. Oz.
We have all been there.
You're driving on the road, minding your own business, and suddenly what happens?
You get cut off.
I get angry.
What about you guys?
What do you guys do?
What do you do exactly?
What's your first name?
I'm Tina.
Hey, Tina.
So what happens when you get cut off?
I scream at them.
You do?
Yeah. Do you repeat the kinds of things you'd say or not really?
I just ask them, are they crazy?
Are they stupid?
What's wrong with you?
Or both.
Yeah. Okay.
Who else has got thoughts?
You guys, go ahead.
Hi. I usually flip the bird.
You do?
Yes. You do it in stereo or just one hand?
One hand.
One hand.
Yes. And how do they respond usually?
They usually flip the bird back.
Yes. Other thoughts?
Go ahead.
Oh, the same thing.
I mean, I try not to, but, yeah.
Doesn't always work well.
Yeah, no.
Angry, angry?
Oh, yeah.
I'll just lay on that horn and start screaming.
Yeah. So, I happen to have a little problem.
With rage.
I don't maybe get as crazy as some might, but like a lot of you, I get prone to doing some weird stuff.
So I was curious what it would do to my own body.
So I drove around the city and I had my med unit follow me.
What is this guy doing?
Please. Are you kidding me?
What are these guys doing?
He's completely blocking out the traffic.
Come on now.
No left turn.
No U-turn.
No any turns.
Temperature's going up.
That's a really big sign that you might be stressed out.
So here's what we observed.
My blood pressure rose between 10 and 15 points.
My heart rate jumped from 50 beats to 88 beats a minute.
The Today Show investigative correspondent, Jeff Rossman, found that aggressive drivers, myself included, are everywhere.
And before you get behind the wheel, here's a version Jeff prepared for us from his Today Show report.
You thought you had a rage.
I feel pretty calm now.
You're calm.
So why is it that we're having all these violent acts around road rage these days?
I think we're all busier, right?
You guys are going to work.
Your boss is rioting you.
You're checking your emails.
People are texting.
And you're cutting people off.
So we're already more short-tempered.
There are more people on the road.
We're not paying attention.
And therefore, we have more aggression.
So when is it that we move from being a little bit rushed, which all of us have?
We have a little bit of aggression.
It's part of who we are.
But we move from that to this dangerous type of experience that you were just documenting.
Yeah, and it happens to you and it happens to me.
I flip people off, too.
There was an incident actually in New Jersey when I was driving around just a few weeks ago where a guy stopped right in front of me, stopped short, turned around and...
You know, I may or may not have given him a gesture and screamed through my windshield some vulgarities.
And I went on with my day, right?
Because that's what we do.
I'm going along.
I notice he's riding my bumper, and he's following me around, making every turn with me.
I was about to call the cops and, of course, get my video camera out, my iPhone, and all of a sudden he stopped.
But that's how things happen.
You don't know who you're flipping off.
You don't know who you're yelling at and how they're going to react.
So I wanted to know what drives people to this level of rage.
I brought in psychologist Dr. Jennifer Hartstein.
Why is it that some folks turn so quickly to rage?
You know, we know that we are so much busier, as you mentioned, Jeffrey.
We're so much busier.
We're paying less attention.
We're racing around that our fuses are much shorter.
And we're not taking the time to really pay attention to what's happening around us, take our time, be more aware of what the risks are.
And we're also safer.
I'm behind my wheel.
I've got a windshield in front of me.
I feel like I can say whatever I want.
The problem is it's not blacked out, right?
The people around us can still see us.
So when we are using gestures, even if we're saying things, People might notice that and react.
And what toll does it take on your body when you have that kind of rage?
Well, as you noticed in your piece, right, our heart rate increases, and we know that that's a risk.
We know that it can make us really not be paying attention.
When we're angry, we have a much harder time focusing on the things to keep us safe.
And the other thing we have to keep in mind is we are a sleep-deprived nation, right?
And so the fact is that there are statistics that come out.
Everybody needs different kinds of sleep, but the National Sleep Association realizes that lack of sleep, we don't have frustration tolerance, we are not able to manage our emotions right, so we are...
We're gonna be more aggressive and gonna have less patience when we're on the road.
Jeff, if you were bumping into someone in the hallway, you'd never say the kinds of things that you would just acknowledge saying yourself.
Yeah, and you brought up a very good point, right?
We think we're inside of this bubble.
It's sort of why people pick their noses in their cars, right?
They think no one can see them.
Yeah, you've done it.
I've been next to you.
We think we're in this bubble, but the truth is, I mean, we're still living in society, but you feel the safety in your car that you don't really have.
And like I said, you don't know if that other person has a gun.
You're having a bad morning, you flip them off, you move on with them.
You don't know the kind of mourning they've had and if they're armed or not.
So what should you do the next time you're tempted to get into one of these altercations?
Stop. Keep your heart rate down.
Right, Doctor?
And so you want to stop.
Let the moment pass.
Let them do whatever they want on the road.
Just get away from them.
And that's the way to avoid all of this.
Because if you don't get aggressive toward them, they probably want to get aggressive toward you.
Thanks very much for risking it all.
We'll see you on the road.
Watch more Oz Investigations on DrOz.com.
I'll be right back.
I'll be right back.
How do you keep your temper under control?
Ever since I was little, I've had a short fuse.
Now that I'm a dad, I want to set a good example for my son.
Whenever I start to feel like I'm going to erupt, I take 10 deep breaths.
Share yours on Facebook.com slash Dr. Oz.
Next, he's one of the world's most influential people.
Country music superstar Tim McGraw.
How healthy living changed his life.
And his new mission that helps save others.
30 million Americans are living with diabetes.
Plus his secret guilty pleasure.
Next. All new Oz.
Cleanses promise you weight loss, glowing skin, and instant energy.
But which one works best for you?
The best cleanses for every health goal.
Plus, a real housewife with a real dilemma.
I decided to be public about this.
Real housewife of Atlanta Candy Burris and her husband Todd open up.
I started to bleed non-stop for like two months.
The new health crisis they're facing.
All new Oz.
That's coming up tomorrow.
*applaudissements*
For nearly 25 years, Tim McGraw has been at the top of the music industry, and he's just been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People.
Everyone, please welcome country music superstar, Tim McGraw.
to see you.
Congratulations. One of the Time 100.
Do you feel more influential now?
Not in my house, I don't.
I have three daughters and a wife, but it was a fun night.
You know what that event's like.
You've been on that list before.
It's a great event, full of great people.
You hear some great speeches.
You can't help but be moved in that room, and when you leave, be more influenced by the people that are on that list than you've ever had before.
Well, you got to take your kids, I understand.
I did.
My daughters went.
They were really excited about it.
Yeah, they had a great time.
What do they think of their father now?
Any differently?
Maybe for a minute.
That might think a little differently.
Yeah, but then by tomorrow afternoon, it'll be a memory.
All I want to remember is Kanye.
That's right.
So you've come a long way since you first moved to Nashville.
If I can quote you right, you said you were, if I get this right, young, single, and tearing it up.
What do you think about that guy now?
Well, you know, look, I learned a lot.
I think that I probably wouldn't be...
Where I'm at today without, you know, some of that energy early on.
And I think you sort of use that energy to propel yourself forward and then along the way you sort of figure out yourself a little better.
So you're on tour again this summer.
You were on tour last summer.
It's a lot of time away from Faith.
It's fantastic.
How do you guys keep the relationship so tight, so fruitful?
Well, you know, we made a promise early on not to be apart more than we had to be.
We sort of have a rule.
It gets away with us every now and then, but we have a rule where more than three days is sort of out of the question to be apart.
You can pull that off three days?
Yeah, we try to.
You know, there's a rogue week every now and then, but for the most part, it works out pretty well.
And I fly a lot, so I'm in and out a lot from home.
So when I leave, it's usually just a day or two, and then I'm back home.
The American Diabetic Association.
Yes. You've partnered with them.
You feel very passionately about this.
Please applaud you for it.
Thank you.
What compelled you?
What was so important about that organization for you?
Well, you know, I've teamed up with American Americas.
Diabetes Challenge and the American Diabetes Association.
Because what we're trying to do, you know, 30 million Americans are living with diabetes.
And what we're trying to do is get people to go online and pledge to check their A1C levels.
And to find their A1C level, work with their physician, and try to find what's comfortable for them, what zone they should be in, and how to eat healthy, how to exercise, and how to live a life that targets their A1C goal.
I'd like folks to write it off.
It's just a little sugar.
They don't think about it the right way.
Well, it can be high blood sugar, and it also can be low blood sugar that can happen, and that can be just as troublesome.
So you have to watch out for that as well.
Like everybody, when you have 30 million Americans who are affected by something, everybody knows somebody, somebody in your circle of friends.
My family, friends that I have, certainly fans around the country, I've been affected by it and touched by it.
So I've got some inside information on you.
I know the kinds of things you apparently like to eat and drink.
Okay. So come on over here.
Let's do it.
You have a guilty pleasure?
Cheeseburgers. Cheeseburgers?
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, he hit me.
But look at what shape you're in.
Look at what shape you're in.
So I've got two of your favorites here.
Okay. And I've got a friend.
Yeah, yeah.
But I'm not going to let you brag about them yet.
We've got, in order to make us more fun, one of your biggest fans here.
I mean, there are a lot of Uber fans here.
Oh, right, right.
But Laura's going to be the taste tester.
Where's Laura?
Come on down, Laura.
Come on down.
Please join us.
You're going to be right next.
Thank you so much.
Pleasure to meet you.
Pleasure to meet you, too.
Right on.
So, you've got to be honest, no matter what you think about him.
Okay. I love green shakes, so...
Oh, good.
What do you love about this guy?
What do I love about you?
Good dad, great husband, and I have been watching you over the years get healthier and healthier, and just your appearance change, and I'm somebody who lost a lot of weight a long time ago, so that's something I admire about you, too.
Oh, thank you.
Good for you.
And I love that you love to eat healthy.
It's not the hat.
I love the hat.
My mom's an each country fan, so my mother's probably more excited than me.
Would I look good in that hat?
I think you would look good.
I think you should try it on.
Can I just try this once?
Here, we can try it really quickly.
I don't know.
I don't know.
All right.
Love it.
So, this is your favorite smoothie.
It's called the Green Gunk Smoothie.
The added little gunk puts something to it.
It's avocado, banana, coconut water, and unflavored protein powder.
Okay. So give it a taste.
Go ahead.
Everyone thinks.
I'm going to taste it.
Now, the nice thing about this stuff...
I want to try this.
This is my version of your gunk.
Really good.
I usually do not the avocado, but I like it.
It's pretty good.
It's a good way to start the morning off.
Is that when you normally take it in?
Yeah, and with some good jalapenos in there.
Jalapenos? Yeah, absolutely.
You didn't tell us about that.
Come on, you've got to have some jalapenos.
Let's slide that in there.
Tim's also got this kale salad he's about to brag about.
What do you love so much about this?
You know, it's just, it's filling for one thing, and it's really the energy that it gives you when you're on the go and you're moving and you're working really hard, and you certainly don't want to be super full and eat a lot of heavy stuff.
This is perfect to keep me going when I'm working.
So again, it's kale, Parmesan cheese, dried cranberries, and pumpkin seeds, which are very smart because it's got some of the things like zinc that most people don't have much in.
What do you think?
I like the pumpkin seeds.
It's new for me.
I eat kale salad all the time, but I've never had pumpkin seeds.
So when you're on the road, folks, make this stuff for you.
Make this for me.
When I first started eating this, I was working in the studio, and a wonderful lady named Lori, who does the meals for us in the studio, put this salad together, and I started eating it, and I was really hooked on it.
Yeah. Delicious.
Take it back with you.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you so much.
Such a pleasure.
Thank you.
All right.
We got one last little gift for you.
I'm not going to ask for your hat.
So, you know, on the show, I get gifts all the time.
I don't like to wear pajamas at night.
So I got these extra pair of Dr. Ross pajamas that I thought would go very well with you.
What do you think?
I like that.
I like that.
I'll keep them on at the start of the night.
Oh, you don't wear pajamas either?
No, you can't.
You know, you gotta be all natural when you're sleeping.
There are all kinds of things here!
Thank you for being here.
You can find both these recipes on our website.
We'll be right back.
Woo! Which healthy food do you always crave?
Kale. I was never a big kale fan until I had it at my favorite restaurant.
I had no idea it was so tasty.
Now I have a kale salad every day for lunch and I don't feel like I'm dieting.
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Next. What has you so wound up at night?
Are you heavily relying on medications but you still lie wide awake?
Get to the root of your problems and gain control of your sleep drive.
The plan for anyone who uses sleep aids to reduce their dependency and get to sleep.
Next. One thousand?
Wow. It's unbelievable.
Congratulations, Dr. Oz.
That's impressive.
can't follow snow,
Without a sleep aid, you're not alone.
Whether it's a prescription pill, an over-the-counter medication, or a supplement, tens of millions of people in America rely on sleep aids to fall asleep and stay asleep.
So we reached out to doctors, psychologists, and sleep specialists to get inside the heads of patients who say they just can't sleep.
They use words like wired or revved up, frustrated, anxious, desperate.
Now if this sounds like you, we have a brand new plan to fall asleep without a sleep aid.
And it's just what Sue needs.
The thought of having to go to sleep stresses me out because sleeping is so hard for me.
I realized that sleeping was an issue after my son was born 14 and a half years ago.
Staying up all night wasn't going to work with a child.
I tried just about everything, multiple over-the-counter natural things.
I went to the doctor out of desperation and he gave me a prescription pill to try.
I can't believe that I've been on these pills for 14 years.
My life revolves around sleep, and it is physically and mentally exhausting trying to figure out how to get enough sleep.
When my head hits the pillow at night, I immediately begin to think about how many hours until my alarm's going to go off.
And then when I can't sleep, I start to think about, oh my God, I'm only going to have five hours of sleep.
I have tried everything under the sun from meditation, sound machine, the fan to drown out any background noise.
I can't sleep in the same room as my husband because he snores.
And once I'm up, I'm up.
The fatigue is killing me.
I can't do the things I want to do.
There's days that I'm so tired that I can barely walk up the stairs.
I'm missing out on my life.
And then I start to wonder, are these sleeping pills making me more tired?
At the end of the day, I want to get off of these pills and go to sleep like everybody else without a fight and wake up feeling refreshed.
Sue's joining us.
So what's going through your mind every night when you reach for that sleeping pill?
Am I going to go to sleep?
Am I going to get enough sleep so that I can function the next day?
Is this going to work?
Or what is going to happen?
What happens when you take the pill, but you can't fall asleep?
I take the pill.
Sometimes it takes me a long time to fall asleep.
I eventually fall asleep, hopefully.
If I don't, I sometimes reach for an antihistamine to help.
I also wake up in the middle of the night, get a couple hours sleep, and then I'm up at 2, 3 o'clock in the morning, like it's time to get up for the day.
I want to dive a little deeper, get to the root of this problem.
Do you think of yourself as an anxious person?
I'm anxious about not being able to sleep.
Am I going to be able to get up and go to work, take care of my son, get him off to school?
Am I being a good mother?
Am I taking care of my family?
And am I doing what I'm supposed to do on the little bit of sleep that I'm getting?
It sounds like I'm listening to you that you're critical of what you're doing for everybody else.
Do you feel an obligation to do everything for everybody?
Sort of.
But it's for myself, too.
It's who I am.
I'm a therapist, so I take care of people.
I help people.
So when does that turn off, that desire, that natural instinct to take care of your son and everybody else?
I don't think it does turn off.
And I think when I'm not able to sleep, it just starts to kind of spiral out of control and go into even how am I going to be able to take care of myself to be able to do what I need to do as a mother, as a parent, as a person, as a wife.
Let me bring an expert in here.
I think you'll like him.
Clinical psychologist and America's Sleep doctor Michael Bruce is with us to help.
He's been listening to your story, Steve.
Before the show, he gave Sue a little bit of an evaluation to identify not just the root but the severity of your sleep problems.
So, Michael, what did you find?
Well, first of all, being a psychologist, one of the first things that I like to do is look at how people think and have emotions surrounding sleep.
And I think you were right on target.
And you even said so in the questionnaire that I gave you.
We had 16 different questions looking at how do people think about sleep.
And Sue, I have to tell you that your questionnaire was off the charts.
You have a lot of what I would consider to be misperceptions about what sleep is.
As an example, one of the questions was, I need eight hours of sleep to function and feel well-rested during the day.
And you wrote, I need even more on the questionnaire.
First of all, very, very common to hear that from people with insomnia.
This is one of my areas of specialty, and I hear this from people all the time.
I would bet you that if you got good quality sleep, the quantity of sleep might not matter.
Nearly as much to you.
So if I told you I could get you seven hours of good quality sleep, would you feel like you needed more?
No. Right.
Exactly. And so there's a misperception that's going on there.
One of the big reasons why people actually use sleeping pills is because they don't feel like they're in control of their sleep.
You're smiling, so I can tell you already feel that way.
And I have patients who tell me all the time, you know, Dr. Bruce, I failed at sleep.
I used to be able to do this thing really well, and all of a sudden now, for some reason, something's gone wrong.
And what do they do?
They take a pill to exert control over a situation that they feel is uncontrollable.
So that's one of the reasons why people take sleeping pills for extended periods of time.
And these misperceptions are things that we have to change.
So why is it you want to get off these pills so badly?
Because I don't know what the long-term effects are.
I hear that you can die younger taking these pills, that there's a chance of Alzheimer's.
And am I making my sleep worse?
Am I totally changing my rhythms?
I've never slept well.
I've always been a night person.
Sure. And it's always been very difficult to get up in the morning.
But now it's like I can't even get that sleep.
but when we come back for you and for millions of others dr bruce has a brand new plan to get to sleep without sleep aids
Tell us, how do you get to sleep?
I used to take a sleeping pill every night, but I felt groggy in the morning.
So instead, I turn my phone and TV off an hour before bed and read a book.
Puts me to sleep.
Share your sleep solution on Dr. Oz's Facebook page.
Next, addicted to sleep medications.
Does the fear of not being able to sleep keep you up all night?
Find out how you can prepare your body and mind to wind down.
Easy steps to break that nighttime habit.
The plan to help everyone fall asleep without a sleeping egg.
Next. All new Oz.
Cleanses promise you weight loss, glowing skin, and instant energy.
But which one works best for you?
The best cleanses for every health goal.
Plus, a real housewife with a real dilemma.
I decide to be public about this.
Real housewife of Atlanta Candy Burris and her husband Todd open up.
I started to bleed non-stop for like two months.
The new health crisis they're facing.
All new Oz.
That's coming up tomorrow.
Thank you.
Today, the plan to help you fall asleep without sleep aids.
The root of the problem for millions of you who rely on sleep aids is the anxiety and the fear of not being able to sleep.
Dr. Bruce, you argue that, like you, there are millions of other folks out there who feel tired all day long.
At night, they're wound up.
They just can't get it together.
So what should they do?
So the thing to remember here is sleep is involving two separate processes.
A drive for sleep, like hunger, right?
Builds and builds throughout the day.
And then your circadian rhythm.
And what happens is, in your case, I think those two things are off.
And they're influenced by your level of anxiety around sleep, which, by the way, is very, very common.
So when you don't sleep well, you start to only think about sleep.
So what people have to remember is sleep is not an on-off switch.
But when we use a pill, we enforce that, and it turns it into an on-off switch.
It's really like slowly pulling your foot off the gas and slowly putting your foot on the brake that really will allow an individual to be able to get to sleep on a more natural basis.
So what's happened when using a sleeping pill for as long as you have is you've replaced that drive, right?
And so your brain says,
And then you don't have drive.
And then your anxiety overrides everything.
And there you are, what I call wired and tired.
Your body's exhausted, but your brain just goes and goes and goes.
So Dr. Bruce says the first way to break the sleep aid cycle is to go to bed later.
So this is...
Later. You hear it.
It's counterintuitive.
It's not what you'd expect.
Please make sense of this for everybody.
So what most people don't think about is they have insomnia and they say, oh my gosh, I'm starting to feel tired.
It's earlier in the evening.
I'm just going to sneak into bed.
Hopefully I can catch a few extra hours, maybe catch up.
You know what I'm talking about.
So here's the issue.
I actually have people stay up later and increase their natural sleep drive through sleep deprivation.
This is a well-known technique, well-researched, called sleep restriction.
But it's completely counterintuitive.
I ask people with insomnia to stay up later, not go to bed earlier.
So how does someone figure out the perfect bedtime?
Take Sue as an example.
So one of the things we do is we take a look.
I actually had Sue do a sleep diary.
And so I could see where she was sleeping, what time she was falling asleep, how long it took her to fall asleep, and then what time she was waking up.
And so, as an example, if you got in bed at 11, but you didn't fall asleep until 12, I would make your new bedtime 12.30.
People would say, oh my gosh, 12.30.
Well, first of all, you're up until 12 anyway.
Right? So that's not that big a difference.
And if I get you to stay up a little bit later, that sleep deprivation grows and grows.
Then comes the wake-up time.
That's really critical.
So in your sleep diary, there were at least two mornings where you had to get up by 6.30.
And so I would have 6.30 be your wake-up time.
So you would be in bed from 12.30 to 6.30 only getting about six hours of sleep.
So people are saying, well, wait a second.
I thought I'm supposed to get seven.
I thought I'm supposed to get eight.
I have them take no naps throughout the day.
And you do this for 10 to 14 days.
By the end of this, I know people call me Dr. Evil for doing this.
It sounds like Dr. Evil.
I know, but by the end of doing this, your natural sleep drive will have built up so hard that actually you'll start falling asleep very, very quickly and staying asleep throughout that whole period of time.
If I could get you six hours of uninterrupted sleep, that would be a miracle, right?
And this works really well.
What do you think about going to bed at 12?
I'm fine with that.
I used to do that when I was younger.
Okay. And I just found as...
I was more tired during the day, especially with the pills.
I was trying to go to sleep earlier to try to get that sleep in.
So when I ask people to stay up later, they always say to me, well, what am I going to do with all this time that I have on my hands now?
I've got plenty of stuff to do.
Well, one of the things I talk about with a lot of my patients is what I call the reverse power hour.
And so that hour long before bed that I'm giving people extra time, here's what I'm going to ask people to do.
You section it off into three 20-minute segments.
So the first 20 minutes are just things you gotta do.
So in our house, it's getting the backpacks ready, finding shoes, doing different things that have to happen in our house for us to all get ready for the kids the next day.
Then you use 20 minutes for some form of hygiene, whether that's brush your teeth, wash your face, maybe take a warm bath.
There's actually data to show that a hot bath before bed can be quite helpful.
Be careful, though, for a lot of people who don't have a very brightly lit bathroom.
You want a dimly lit bathroom because you don't want to tell your brain that it's morning time.
And then, while still outside of bed...
I ask people to do some type of relaxation exercises.
So whether that's prayer, whether that's meditation, whether that's stretching, but get yourself outside of bed.
Into the mode.
Because remember, sleep's not that on-off switch anymore.
We want to get your body ready to slowly start pulling your foot off the gas.
Then when you get into bed, later than usual, your sleep drive is high, your anxiety is low, and that's when people have a tendency to coast on into bed.
So what would your life be like if you were not dependent on those sleep aids that you've been taking for 14 years?
I'd have more energy, I'm hoping.
I'd get a lot more done during the day because I tend to have to go back to bed in the morning for 3 or 4 hours.
So when I get up, half the day is gone.
And so this is, again, very, very common.
I would ask you not to get back into bed.
And after about 10 to 14 days...
Now, first of all...
We would start a drug medication taper.
Now, obviously, I don't want anybody, unless they talk with their physician, to talk about, hey, you prescribed this medication for me.
I want to let you know I'm ready to start coming off of it.
Once that high sleep drive is there, we can actually slowly begin to taper that medication that you've been on for such a long period of time.
Do I still take it in the beginning of the...
Absolutely you do.
I would never rip it out from under anybody because what happens is people psychologically say, oh my gosh, that was my only form of control.
By the...
By the end of the 10 to 14 days, your brain is now in control, and you are now in control of your sleep patterns.
Nobody's sleeper is broken, right?
Everybody has the ability to sleep.
Very, very few people in very strange instances can't actually fall asleep without the aid of a pill.
Now, sure, if somebody is going through chemotherapy or somebody has severe pain or something like that, that might be a situation, but those aren't your situations.
For your situation, I think there's a large psychological component that you can overcome, for sure.
I hope this is helpful for you.
I'm looking forward to it.
It's not an on-off switch.
Enjoy it.
Trust it.
This will work for you.
We'll be right back.
Thank you.
How do you naturally fall asleep?
I instituted a no-technology policy in my house after my husband and I couldn't sleep.
So after dinner, there's no TV, computer, cell phone, etc.
It helps calm us down and fall asleep.
Tell us on Facebook.com slash Dr. Oz.
Coming up next, get ready for a blast from the past.
We're looking back on the health trends from the last few decades, which were cringeworthy and which are still worth trying.
Plus, the current hottest craze that has staying power.
Coming up next.
A daytime television event.
Six years in the making.
Emmy award-winning Dr. Oz celebrates his 1,000th show.
With the biggest moments, the biggest surprises, and the interview Dr. Oz has been waiting for.
Hugh Jackman!
Save the date!
The celebration kicks off Thursday, May 7th.
That's coming up next week.
*Dramatic music*
You sometimes get nostalgic for the good old days, hanging on to the trends from the 70s, 80s, even 90s, because they just really bring you back.
Here's what I used to look like.
This is me in college, about 1980, like the little Beatles haircut I got.
I had a broken arm from playing football.
Well, today, that's me.
Well, today we're taking a walk down memory lane to see how you guys looked.
Looking back on the health trends through the ages and some of them are a little cringeworthy and others maybe due for a reboot.
First take a look at this hilarious video.
It's what happens when kids and teens of today get their hands on some of the most memorable health trends we remember all too well.
Take a look.
*music*
I'm not really sure what it is.
Is there, like, different settings on this?
Was this, like, a regular thing?
Do people actually do this?
When? This is, like, a unicycle for your feet.
Do they, like, take apart, like, a really big plastic car?
Like, you hold it here, then you, like, go up and down.
Oh, is it?
Do you do that?
A very big Lego car.
You should wear a helmet when you do this.
Whoa, this is really different.
We have something like it in our attic.
Is this like the retro dance dance revolution?
I don't even know how to turn that on.
Is that where you put the disc in?
For people who are like 60 now, I'm sure this is great.
A weight kind of thing.
It doesn't look like exercise equipment.
It looks like it's gonna be in like a torture chamber.
Not feeling like I'm getting toned.
Like you might as well churn butter.
Same amount of work, but you get butter.
This is just awkward.
and this work.
Yeah. Ehehehee HAHAHAHA
All of these people are so old.
The guy has like really short shorts on.
He is very spirited.
People actually did this?
Do you know who that guy is?
No, is he famous?
Never heard of him.
Who is it?
This guy is Richard Simmons, and he's amazing.
Those kids are laughing at us, I think.
Well, not all the trends in the past should be forgotten.
I think it's time to go through the decades to set the record straight.
Which ones are still worth trying?
Helene is here and she says that she started yoga in the 1970s and hasn't missed a day of it since.
We got a picture of you from 77. Oh, we do?
Uh-oh.
I'll go like this with you.
Oh, there's that picture.
It looks pretty cool.
You're very strong.
So what is it about the yoga habit that got you going for 30 years?
You know, I started fitness.
Prior to yoga, about a month or so, and I'm pretty intense.
I'm Greek, so I need a little calming down.
And I started taking a yoga class here and there, and I liked it so much that I ended up just basically continuing it on so much that I became a teacher.
Oh, you are?
Yeah, so I'm a yoga teacher.
I'm a registered yoga teacher.
And then it also helped me throughout.
The phases of my life, I went through breast cancer, and now I focus on yoga for women recovering from breast cancer.
I'm proud of you, and I love you a good day.
Thank you.
The next decade is for Barb.
She says that she wants everyone to know that leg warmers are making a comeback, and she refuses to give them up.
Can I see your leg warmers?
Sure. I've got a few sets.
This is one that you could wear.
It's sort of business casual.
And then I've got, like, a daytime warmer, pink and blue.
And I grew up ice skating.
So I always had leg warmers on, but the trend from the 80s never left my wardrobe.
Oh, arm warmers too.
Yeah, arm warmers too.
You know, these make a lot of sense.
I don't know if they're a fashion statement.
They work for the winter.
But if you keep your muscles warm...
Well, that's the thing.
So I ended up, I have three children, and I ended up wearing these running around.
All my kids wear them.
The baby wears them.
And I fractured my foot a few years ago, and then I just kept wearing the leg warmers to keep the area kind of protected and feeling really warm when the fracture had healed.
Do the kids make fun of you for wearing these?
No, they love them.
They wear them to school every day.
All right.
Yeah. Well, I love them.
Thank you very much.
Thanks, Dr. Oz.
High bow workouts.
High bow workout fans?
So I actually like these because it's martial arts cardio and they get your heart beat up.
So take a look at this little example.
One, turn your hips.
See how low I'm kicking?
I'm turning my hips.
Kicking low.
Every once in a while, test yourself.
Kick a little bit higher.
Yes, you might fall off balance, but that's okay.
Come on.
That's what a workout is for.
The hottest train right now is spinning.
It's a great full-body workout.
I'm a huge fan of it.
I don't see this train going anywhere, anywhere soon.
So stay it.
Ah, forget this.
I'm getting off.
I shared mine.
Now show me yours on Dr. Oz.com.
I'll be right back.
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Six years in the making.
Emmy award-winning Dr. Oz celebrates his 1,000th show with the biggest moments, the biggest surprises, and the interview Dr. Oz has been waiting for.
Hugh Jackman.
Save the date.
The celebration kicks off Thursday, May 7th.
That's coming up next week.
Daphne's special guest with some important news.
My daughter Daphne, the co-host of The Chew, is here.
So thank you for the visit.
So what's the occasion?
What's the big announcement?
Well, why don't we let Philo tell everybody?
But before we do that, before we do that, I'm going to give everyone some clues because it's not fair.
Is that okay?
Come on back here.
Sure. All right, so Daphne's prepared three clues.
I hope these work for you, Daphne.
All right, clue number one is this.
I want the audience to think about what this could mean.
Why am I showing you pizza, which I very rarely talk about in this show?
Clue number two is a pillow.
So it's a sleep-related issue.
Pillow, I guess.
Let's show clue number three.
It is a tennis ball or a racket?
A tennis ball.
Any guesses?
Any thoughts?
What do they have in common?
Pizza, pillow, and tennis balls.
Daph, do you want to share the answer?
I mean, I think Philo should share the answer.
How about that?
All right, Philo, put the answer up there, honey.
She's only 14 months.
Big sister!
Daphne's pregnant.
Philo's going to be a big sister.
Yes, she is.
She's so excited.
Look how happy she is.
She's so happy.
My big kid.
Let's go to the clues.
Why the pizza?
Well, the pizza's because that's what I crave all the time.
I want cheese.
I want bread.
I want salty.
So that's what I've been craving is pizza, pizza, pizza.
And I live in New York, so that works out great.
And the pillow?
The pillows, I'm tired all the time.
I wish I had more time to nap, but really that is up to philo most days.
And what about the tennis ball?
Well, the tennis ball is because you always said that when mommy was pregnant with me, she got really good at tennis.
She was, you know, acing you left right and center.
She'd settle down.
You put a little weight down here.
You focus on the right things you can do.
I always thought that pregnant women were very...
It's cool.
Well, we're aware.
We're coordinated.
We're aware of all the attack positions.
So you want to share with everybody when my new grandchild is due?
He or she, and we're definitely going to find out this time because I didn't find out with Philo and it was driving me crazy, is due in October.
Ooh, October.
Are you feeling okay?
I feel good.
Yeah, I'm in second trimester now.
I feel much better.
I feel good now.
The big question, the dynamic for everybody is, how is Philo going to do with being a bigger sister?
I think she's going to be a great big sister.
But I also know that from...
So I was four when you guys had Arabella, our second.
And she took my only child away.
And I definitely wasn't thrilled the first couple of times I met her.
She renamed Arabella Princess.
Don't say that because I know people with that name.
Wow, she didn't, she thought the name was too pretty, she renamed her, but this is a kind of...
Wait, are you excited about being another grandpa again?
I love it!
You didn't talk about that!
Everyone knows that.
Everyone knows, it's the biggest thrill.
Watching you and Mommy be grandparents is one of the most rewarding parts about being parents for me and John, and for his parents as well.
You guys love Philo so much, and you get down on the ground, you play with her, and I think I can say this from the way that I grew up with you.
You're such a playful dad, and I can see that you're loving being able to be playful like that with Philo again, which I'm excited about.
Chasing around with her, and I'm really good at diapers.
He taught her how to climb stairs.
Yes. It was so cute.
It's like a stair master.
I know!
With those little thunder thighs.
All right.
Now it's time for in case you missed it.
First, an investigation into one of the biggest dangers we face on the road.
Road rage.
You know anybody with road rage?
I do.
I'm standing next to him.
I mean, can I tell the story about Lot D?
Abbreviated. So when I was little, we'd pack all the kids into the van and we'd drive to the airport early in the morning and my dad found cars coming out of Lot D at Newark Airport so he knew there were spaces open and he pulls up there and he's all ready to go and we're running late for the plane and my mom is screaming anyway and the security guard wouldn't let us enter because Lot D was closed.
Yes. And I had road rage.
It scarred her.
He had a tantrum.
Well, back to the show.
I'm no stranger to it.
Many of you have the same issues.
Here's what we observed.
I actually did a little experiment.
The medical unit followed me around on the show today.
And we observed that my blood pressure rose between 10 and 15 points.
My heart rate jumped from 50 beats to 88 beats per minute.
So Daphne, I know, look at me out there.
So what should someone do if they encounter someone like me?
If you encounter someone like my dad that is in that heightened state, do not engage.
Just let them pass.
If you're able to grab that license plate number, take note of that.
Next, we had Tim McGraw here who showed us how to make his green gunk smoothie that he eats all the time when he's on the road.
Look how good he looks.
He looks fantastic.
Kale, avocado, banana, coconut water, unflavored protein powder.
Would you drink that?
I would.
I'm not a huge fan of protein powder.
I might add some almond butter instead, but I like the rest of that.
I like the green gunkiness.
It was nice.
And next, if you're one of the millions who rely on sleep aids, listen up to this tip to help you get your Z's without pills.
I want you to have reverse power hour.
This extra time before bed is going to help your body prepare to wind down for sleep.
We've got it all on drhours.com, but most importantly, start your day the right way by preparing everything ahead of time.
When you go to bed at night, you're very relaxed.
Make sense?
Yeah. If you feel it, does it?
You'll be in good shape.
Yeah, she'll only play along.
That'd be great.
I love you too.
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