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June 11, 2025 - Dr. Oz Podcast
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Final Words Before Death: What They Reveal | Dr. Oz | S10 | Ep 123 | Full Episode
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What were the last words he said?
When life comes to an end...
Often, final words are spoken.
My father looked down at my son and said, I promise, buddy.
But what do they really mean?
He was trying to say to him, I promise I'm going to be with you.
We investigate the science behind final words.
We are aware of what we're saying.
Coming up next.
We are aware of what we're saying.
Yeah!
Oh my god I love you In those last moments before a loved one dies, there are so many emotions and questions.
Today we unravel the most mystifying question of all.
What do the final words uttered before someone dies really mean?
For the first time ever, we're investigating the science about what's going on in the brain as death nears and piece together the meaning of final words with the insights of an intuitive grief counselor who says she can help uncover what your loved ones want you to know today.
What insights can you learn from last words?
The final words of the dying can often be a mystery.
These last thoughts can offer comfort or even advice.
Bob Marley imparted a poignant message in his last moments.
Money can't buy life.
While some final words revealed the weight of tragedy and shock, Princess Diana's reported final words were, My God, what's happened?
before going into cardiac arrest that fateful night in Paris.
Many have tried to analyze the last words of tech visionary Steve Jobs.
He said, oh wow, oh wow, oh wow.
Viewers from across the country have also been puzzled by the final words of their loved ones.
My mother hung up the phone, sat back in her chair, closed her eyes for a second, said oh no, and then she was gone.
I always wondered what she saw.
Well, who she saw?
I lost my son when he was 18 years old, and his final message to me was, "Don't ever leave a hat on the bed." It's been 29 years and I still have no idea what that means.
My mother-in-law said before she passed, "Leonard, that's my father-in-law, and I never really thought you would work." And I'd like to know exactly what that statement meant.
Brianna's here.
She says her loved one said something that still baffles her today.
So you lost your dad 13 years ago.
Describe those last moments.
Those last moments with him, because he was dying of cancer, he would think that other people was his family members.
And we knew that that was coming towards the end.
What were the last words he said?
To my son.
My son was helping my mom, and he was helping my mom with my dad to use the bathroom.
And my dad stood up with my mom and my son.
They both were holding him.
And my son told my mom to be gentle.
Just wait a minute.
And my father looked down at my son and said, I promise, buddy.
I promise.
I promise, buddy.
And that was it.
That was it.
What does that mean?
Have you pieced that together?
No, and that's what we want to know.
And what overall questions do you have about his passing?
What questions do you think your dad could help you with right now?
I just want to know, honestly, if he sees the man that my son is.
I was 15 when I had my son.
After I had him, my dad actually pulled me aside and told me that because of my son.
That's what stopped him from taking his life.
He credits your son with that, with saving him.
Yes.
Yes.
Let me bring in two experts who might have some answers.
Because I hear these a lot.
In medicine, there are last words.
Usually this family, they already hear them.
Anna Ramondi is here as an intuitive grief counselor and medium.
Erica Goldblatt, who researched the field of death for more than a decade.
Thank you both for being here.
So, Erica, what are the What are the three most common things people mention?
Sure.
Well, there was a recent survey that asked people what the final words that they heard from their loved ones were.
And interestingly enough, most people were given advice of some kind.
In particular, they were given relationship advice.
And then the next category down was about careers.
But what's also really fascinating is there have been other studies that have explored what the meaning of final words could be.
And what's been noticed is there are a variety of categories that people repeatedly fall into.
So, for example, frequently people talk about taking a trip somewhere.
Or, as we saw with Steve Jobs, they may repeat the same word over and over and over again.
So, ultimately, we're still trying to figure out what's happening, and I really tell my patients that the meaning of final words is going to be up to the people in the room left to decipher them.
Giving the final words.
Have the awareness.
Are they really aware of what's happening around them?
How clear is their mind?
What's happening biologically?
Well, as you know, death is defined as the moment that the heart stops beating, right?
So there's no longer any blood flowing to the brain.
That's how we define the time of death.
What's so fascinating, though, is that as we are dying, it appears that the brain experiences a burst of energy.
So we're trying to say something.
Maybe our tongues feel heavy or our jaws feel tight and the words aren't coming out right, but we are aware of what we're saying.
Anna, take us to a deeper level here.
Not just the words.
There are other nonverbal cues that people can give as they're dying.
Yeah, sometimes they point.
They either point up, sideways down, or to other people in the room to try to convey information.
Looking into their eyes, you know, their eyes speak.
So if you look into someone who's passing's eyes, you'll be able to see what's really going on within them as well.
So, let me ask you if you can give some support here.
What do you make out of the final words that we're talking about and other clues that might be evident, and particularly the issue about your son and what your father is seeing in your son?
Well, first of all, your father had a very He wanted your son to know that he was not being abandoned.
So I feel like there was abandonment before that, and your father came in, and that he was always going to be around your son.
Because your son was suffering and grieving before it happened.
He was trying to ease the grief.
He was trying to say to him, I promise I'm going to be with you.
Because I think a lot of that was going on at the time in your son's head.
He absolutely sees what a great guy your son is.
And he's very proud of you.
Okay, so you should know that as well.
It's not just your son, it's you too.
Was there tension when your son was born, when you were only 15?
There was some tension.
It was unexpected.
I didn't know I was pregnant until I went to labor.
Oh my goodness.
Yeah.
Well, that's a good last bit of advice to give, then, by your father.
Yeah.
That would have been an important moment in his life.
How does it make you feel to hear that interpretation of Anna?
It makes me feel good.
It answers what I wanted to know.
It does answer what I wanted to know.
It brought me some closure.
Alright, up next.
What do people see or hear when they're close to death?
And what can your loved one's last words reveal about the other side?
See you around.
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We're back investigating the final words said before death.
What could they really mean?
Grief counselor and medium Ann Armandi is back.
You say sometimes the last words that a person utters here is actually what they're seeing when they've crossed over.
Oh, absolutely.
Because as they're dying, they're in two different places.
So they're in this dimension and they're halfway into that dimension.
So some of the things they're saying have nothing to do with what's going on right here.
It gives it a bit more power.
We could be getting a glimpse into the world from his words, his insights.
Absolutely.
And one of the members of our audience, Anne-Marie, let's go meet her, says that her father whispered these final words to her.
What is that noise?
That's what she said.
That's why I was thinking about this issue of what he was potentially seeing.
Anne-Marie, how are you?
So, what was going on that day?
The room was virtually silent, I am told.
He had come back from his evening walk with my mom, and he was calm, and then all of a sudden he just kept saying, what is that noise?
I didn't hear anything, and he kept saying it and saying it and saying it.
And I said, are you in any pain?
And he's like, no, I'm fine.
He'd go to the window, he'd look up, and he'd say, what is that noise?
And he just kept repeating it.
And then I got a little nervous, so I said, do you want me to call an ambulance or something?
He said, no.
He said, wait, we need to pay some bills.
I'm like, okay.
So we paid all the bills, and then he said, and we need to pray.
I said, okay.
So we just kind of sat there and prayed together.
And he said, but I just wish I knew what that noise was.
And you can't hear this noise?
I hear nothing.
And it's odd because he was really deaf for the last 40 years of his life.
And then when we finished praying, he said to me, call.
So I said, okay, I'll call.
And no sooner had I hung up the phone with the paramedics, he collapsed.
And all of my first aid and CPR training that went out the window, and I'm shaking him.
And I just kind of looked at him, and I picked him up, and I'm screaming, Daddy, Daddy.
And he was, you know, you can tell when a person's gone.
And he smiled.
And it was the first time he'd smiled in about a year, because he'd not been well.
And it just, while I was extremely emotional and very sad and angry and scared, I was also filled with peace, because I saw that smile that I missed.
And how would you interpret those final words?
First of all, he heard cymbals.
I know that sounds crazy, but cymbals.
He heard cymbals being played.
It got his attention, okay?
It was them saying, get ready, get ready.
So on a soul level, his soul was getting ready to go.
But also on a conscious level, he told you, here, I'm going to go.
And he saw when he passed, there was a woman waiting for him.
Your mother passed before he did?
There was a woman that was his own mother.
She was waiting for him, and there was a party, and I feel there was music and drums.
There was a lot of music around him.
He was never the same when she passed.
Yeah, and so that's what, you know, she was providing this great big party for him.
It's a very beautiful story.
You should be very happy about that.
I was.
Once I saw that smile, it was the comfort I needed to get through, you know, well, today.
So what do Anne-Marie's loved ones want her to know?
Well, first of all, your father wants to know that there's a party on the other side, okay?
I'm sure there is.
And they're having a grand old time, but they're also around you.
And you followed his wishes down to the T. And he's thanking you.
And he's very much around your mother, okay?
So I don't know what's going on with your mother, but he's around her completely.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
For many folks listening right now who try to make sense of the last words of their loved ones.
What's the overarching lesson there?
What do their loved ones want them to know about what's going on?
I think the most important thing they want everyone to know is that, A, they're okay, they're going to a good place, and that they're never going to leave us.
Truly, love never dies.
It's always around us.
They're not, you know, a million, billion miles away.
They're right here, and they want us to communicate with them.
Thank you.
Emery, thank you.
Thank you so much.
Wonderful insights.
We'll be right back.
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Today, are you being tricked by fake reviews on the internet?
Have you ever bought a product based on a positive review?
Probably yes, right?
How do you know it's real?
When you want to shed the pounds, the only thing more tempting than a piece of cheesecake is the desire to type a bunch of diet plans into a search engine and see what works.
But your search may pull up a website that looks like this.
At first glance, it seems like a review website like you might see for restaurants or hotels.
It even has star ratings offering opinions of the different diet plans out there.
However, if you read closely, it becomes clear they may not be independently offering unbiased subscriptions of the diets you're interested in.
And if you click on some enticing image, it may bring you to another page with a special offer you can't resist.
Today, we're investigating these fake review sites that could be luring you into buying questionable products.
Last year, a company called Golo filed a lawsuit against this show claiming we and other media outlets were duped by these fake online reviews.
But now we are joining forces to expose the problem.
I'm joined now by Dr. Jeffrey Kotzen, a spokesperson for Golo.
He is here because he is passionate about informing the public about this threat.
Why is it so important to you, Dr. Kotzen?
It's very straightforward, Dr. Oz.
It's scamming, and it's dishonest.
And for the most part, when you talk about the diet industry, you have a group of people who are very vulnerable.
They're out there searching for something.
They're looking for a better lifestyle or they're looking to lose weight.
And they're being led away from something that might really help them, going towards something that someone is just trying to make money.
So here's what I do everybody, when you see a negative review of a product on one of these fake sites with a one star rating, should we be able to identify?
Should we believe them?
And that's an issue that I think has got all of us following.
But in the diet industry, there is no site out there that's going to be doing reviews.
If you see somebody who's saying they're reviewing something, it's a scam.
Right there and then, you know that you're being tricked into doing something that you weren't intending to do.
But there are some big review companies, right?
Consumer Reports or Consumer Labs that sort of do this stuff professionally.
Yes, indeed they do, but not in the diet industry.
There's nobody out there.
You can almost be assured that if you see something that says they're reviewing something, it's just not true.
They're looking to lure you away from a product.
So everybody, let's put down what you're doing right now and listen for a second.
You know how constantly angered I am by scams on the internet.
You guys have all been targeted.
I've been targeted myself with my image being stolen to promote products I do not endorse.
And it's almost impossible to stop these things down, right?
No one's doing anything about it.
So it's up to you to be informed.
Now, I had no idea, Dr. Kotsen, that there were so many fake reviews out there.
But now that I appreciate it, I get it completely, and you will as well.
So Dr. Kotsen has some red flags to look out for that I want you all to pay attention to.
We've created a fake review site.
We went through the trouble.
I'm making a fake review about a plan that doesn't exist.
We're going to call it the Thin Down Diet.
Does that sound good to you guys?
It's fake.
I made it up.
We even bought the URL because I knew scammers would watch the show and immediately start creating fake, you know, the thin diet versions to take advantage of you.
So we're trying to protect you.
But once we Google a diet, once you're in there clicking away, right, you're on your server, you write down the thin down diet, right?
More websites than just the homepage of this company come up.
For example, right, this one down here says, is the thin down diet legit or scam?
You see that down here?
Would you click on that if you're interested in the Thin Down Diet?
I would.
Click on that.
So what's the first way to know that this might be a fake review?
Well, it's the whole, just the article.
I mean, come on, this is showbiz.
Is the Thin Down Diet legit, or is it a scam?
That alone tells you that they're trying to scam you, they're trying to move you away from what you probably were trying to look at and get you to look at this diet.
So just from the title alone, you've got a red flag.
Normally, this is a little too, as you mentioned, show busy.
Something's going down here, right?
The next way to spot a fake review, if the title doesn't turn you on to it, is that the author didn't buy or test the product.
Look at this, right?
This is, you click down that little fake title, and do you see anywhere here that it says they tested this?
Right?
It's clear they tested.
They would have put out their appropriate statistics.
So they're not testing this stuff.
They're just throwing it out there to catch your attention.
That's just another way to pull you away from what you're looking for and have you buy a product that you never started looking for.
Just a common sense test.
If you did a lot of work to test this product and put women on it for weeks and weeks and weeks, wouldn't you brag about it?
Right?
You tell somebody about it.
They're not telling you because they didn't do it.
The next way to spot a fake review is there are links there for competing products.
Let me just help you for a second.
So you saw we went to find the Thin Down Diet.
Now, you're in the review.
They're telling you, check out our top recommendations for weight loss.
How does this work?
Well, first of all, let me say, when they put something in like...
It's taking you away from what you're looking at.
They're taking you to what they're probably getting paid to show you.
And actually, particularly being paid, they actually can put ads on the site.
And I'm curious, if they've lied about the rating and the testing, are these ads legitimate as well?
Same situation.
I mean, there's another way of making money here.
If you put an ad up, every time someone clicks on that ad, Everyone's making money.
You're losing money, but they're making money.
so what's being done to about these fake diet review scams that's the saddest part of all its nothing's being done legal system can handle is too overwhelmingly large and who's the big loser here is the consumer so the only way that consumers can possibly figure this out is they need to do their own homework they need to go towards sites that are legitimate they need to see that there's clinical trials to prove what They will accomplish for you.
But this stuff is just not the place to be.
So a big message is no one's policing these fake review sites.
That means you've got to step up and protect yourself.
So take advantage of the red flags we gave you.
Tell your friends about it.
Let's stop this down ourselves.
We'll be right back with more.
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There are so many weight loss plans, it's sometimes hard to find what works for you.
We're back with Dr. Jeffrey Kotze.
He's the spokesperson for GOLO.
We just revealed that there are sites online that could be tricking you with fake reviews on some of the most popular diets.
So how do you tell?
How do you know which diet to choose?
So what should folks be looking for as a doctor in a diet or a meal plan?
Well, I'm glad you said as a doctor.
Because that's the truth.
The truth is this is a medical condition.
This is a medical issue.
It may be weight loss, but weight loss has everything to do tied in with good health.
And so as far as what you should look for, you should look for something that works.
I've spent 35 years in practice in obstetrics and gynecology, as you know, and I can tell you what doesn't work.
That's for sure, because I've been trying to find the product that does work.
And the products that work are the ones that you've got to get away from these review sites, and you've got to go to their site.
And you have to see if they are looking at clinical studies, studies that can prove that their process works, their plan works, their supplements work.
So you originally completed a clinical trial, a pretty important one.
What were the results?
Results were quite clear.
In Golo, which is the company that I've decided to support, has done a study, and we're so excited about it.
It was a clinical trial that was done last year, and it had two groups.
Both were on the Golo diet, and one group received a placebo.
The other group received release, which is the supplement.
We're so excited about it because the release group had a 79% increase in weight loss over the placebo group.
So good that we're off to having this submitted and reviewed for publication in the near future.
So Gola brought someone from their clinical trial here today.
Dawn lost 42 pounds on her plan.
42 pounds on the Gola plan.
During the trial, she's gone from a size 20 to a size 8. Now here's the part that I really care about.
Her triglycerides went from 247 to 107.
And she also lowered her cholesterol.
Here's what she looked like before.
And here's what she looks like today.
And we get to meet Dawn.
How are you?
I am great.
Thank you.
You have a lot of energy in your eyes.
How do you feel?
I feel fabulous.
And since the clinical trial, I've lost 23 more pounds.
I've lost 75 pounds.
I'm 66 years old.
Are you really?
Yeah.
Oh my goodness.
You have other secrets to that as well.
What did you like about the GOLO program?
I could see that it was a very nutritious plan.
It was balanced.
You had fats.
We eat olive oil and butter.
You have carbohydrates.
You eat a very balanced, and it's a lifestyle change.
It's a healthy lifestyle change.
It's clean foods.
There's no preservatives in the foods that you eat.
So I love that.
What was the biggest challenge being on the diet?
Well, I had a lot of bad habits I had to break.
Like lots of people, you go home, you know, you skip breakfast, you eat fast food for lunch, you go home and you graze all the way until that salted caramel ice cream at the end of the night.
You know, and so I had a lot of bad habits and I had a lot of misconceptions.
I thought skim milk was good for you.
You know, I thought that canola oil was good for you.
There were all these things that have additives and I've learned to eat very pure, which is great.
The problem with a lot of diet plans is when you go off them, because they're onerous or hard to do, you sort of slip back.
But you say you've gone the opposite direction, as you've mentioned.
I keep losing weight because I'm going to eat this way for the rest of my life.
And I think one of the things that you talk about is it's a healthy lifestyle.
And I love it.
I love going through the grocery line and everybody's seeing all the healthy foods that I eat.
Everybody comes up to me and goes, how did you do that?
And I'm going to eat this way for the rest of my life.
My mom is 92. I want to go out dancing.
I got a lot of years left.
I think you're coming at her.
So what are the main components of the plan, Dr. Kassim?
As Dawn has already told you, and we've spoken before, she's joyful.
She loves this diet, and it's not just a diet for her.
It's a new way of life.
And what this program is all about is making it easy to sustain weight loss because it's the slow loss of weight over a sustained period of time.
She can go out with her friends.
She can go out to dinner with her family.
She can eat the same food as her family.
We're not asking people to get rid of one major food group, not to get rid of carbohydrates and be high on proteins.
Eat like you should eat with all the food groups, including vegetables, including carbohydrates, fats, and protein, and be able to enjoy your meals.
Who wants to go start not enjoying eating?
Loneliness becomes the biggest problem with a lot of plants.
Come over here, show me what you've concocted for us.
This is a typical day.
So this is a typical day of what I eat.
And I eat all this food.
What's great is that I take the release and I'm not hungry in between.
That's how when I was on the clinical trial, I knew that I was on release.
But one of the things that we love is super fuel.
And it's a mix of carbohydrates.
It's proteins.
I saute them in a little olive oil with a lot of fresh vegetables.
And I just love it.
It's healthy for you.
And it's just fun.
Look at all this food, guys.
I lost 75 pounds eating all this food every single day.
Do you ever put hot sauce on this?
Oh, yes.
I do.
I like it a little spicy.
Good.
I can tell.
All right.
I'm very proud of you.
Thank you.
I really am.
Keep it up.
Keep spreading the wisdom.
Thank you for all you do.
God bless you.
Dr. Costa, thanks very much.
All right.
We'll be right back.
I love getting to talk with you on my show every single day.
But when the cameras stop rolling, the conversation is not over.
I still have a lot that I want to talk about.
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Today, your biggest bathroom secrets exposed.
I want to find out what all of you could be hiding behind these closed doors when no one else is watching.
What are you really doing in here?
Could it be helpful or harmful to your health?
I'm going to get to my first confession, but you just have to excuse me for just a moment.
Hey, Dr. Oz.
I'm a busy mom.
Between taking care of my kids and taking care of my house, my life is absolutely crazy and frantic.
And you know what?
Sometimes I just want a little me time.
And I like to indulge.
And as funny as it is, I come in my bathroom because I can finally get some peace and quiet.
Inevitably, while I'm in here, I have a snack attack, so I always bring in some kind of snacks with me, like blueberries, because, you know, I'm trying to be healthy.
Sometimes, I even like to really indulge and have cake.
I brought this in with me, too.
Dr. Oz, I have to confess, I am a multitasker.
I like to eat and sit on my toilet all at the same time.
Rebecca, the multitasker, joins me now.
Blueberries, really.
I know.
I usually do eat the cake.
I was trying to be good.
No extra straw for Rebecca.
What kind of foods do you normally eat, seriously?
Seriously, I'll have granola bars, maybe chips.
Oh, the stuff in front of me here?
Muffins.
How did it all start?
Cookies.
It's unbelievable.
I just feel like I finally get quiet time when I'm in the bathroom, and the minute you yell out, I'm in the bathroom, people are silent.
So, I do have some concerns about germs, which I will get to later in the show.
But there's another surprising risk to snacking in the toilet that I'm going to share with you.
And when you bring a snack into the toilet, what do you do?
You tend to sort of sit there for a little while, right?
Yeah.
Rush through your bagel or your muffin or whatever.
Sitting in the toilet for prolonged periods of time may increase the pressure on the veins down below, like when you go potty and everything.
And that causes hemorrhoids.
And hemorrhoids, you don't want to have them.
It's not worth the bagels, the muffins, and everything else.
How might this potential concern change your snacking habits in the toilet?
Well, you might think it's kind of funny, but I don't want to leave my quiet bathroom where I have time to myself, so maybe I'll just stand up.
That's good.
Don't tell them.
They don't know if you're sitting or not, right?
I know.
Thank you, Rebecca.
Thank you.
The next confession is actually one of the biggest debates breaking the Internet right now.
One woman in the audience is outing her fiancé.
For a secret that is cringe-worthy.
Take a look.
Hey, Dr. Oz.
Right now, my fiancé is in the shower.
I think you can hear it running, but that's not the only thing that you hear.
He literally keeps peeing in the shower, and it's so gross.
He's not listening to me when I ask him to stop.
Please help me.
So, Summer and her fiancé are here.
You didn't expect this, I guess.
No, not at all.
I mean, I know I do gross things sometimes, but I didn't expect this.
Why do you pee in the shower?
This is a question all women ask us.
I figured it was normal.
I mean, I thought most people do.
How many people pee in the shower here?
Notice all the men there.
A couple women too.
Summer, why does it bother you so much?
Why are all women bothered by this?
It's just gross, you know?
I mean, I shower in there.
My daughter showers in there sometimes.
Your feet are stepping on that same area?
Yeah, it's just gross.
Didn't bother you at all?
I thought it was completely normal.
I mean, I do everything in the shower.
I brush my teeth in there.
It saves time, you know?
You don't go number two in there, right?
No, no.
Just number one, right?
All right, come on over me.
Because, Vic, you're not alone, right?
You know rapper Cardi B?
I do.
She asked her Twitter followers if they peed in the shower.
Here's the post, by the way.
And the response was overwhelming.
She says, keep it a buck.
Do you pee in the shower?
And all the answers in there are pretty honest reflections.
Most people said, of course we do.
What are you talking about?
So are you ready to hear the truth?
Can you deal with the truth on this?
Yeah.
All the women, can you deal with the truth on this?
All right, coming over.
Let's go through the numbers.
I'm just going to knock it out to you.
First of all, toilet flushing, it accounts for 27%.
Come on closer.
I'm not going to bite.
27% of all the water, indoor water, you can come over to the side, is consumed because we're flushing whatever we're doing down the toilet.
That's a fair amount of water.
Yeah.
Okay?
One time you flush it, every time you flush it, seven gallons of water.
Wow.
Did you think about that?
You can take a shower seven gallons of water.
Yeah.
And peeing in the shower, it actually saves water.
Which saves money, and therefore, it's good for the environment.
Although I made you nervous, it turns out it might not be so bad.
Does this influence you at all, Summer?
A little bit.
I mean, I guess I still kind of feel that it's gross, but, you know, now that I know that it saves water, I guess it's okay.
If you're worried about the ick factor, which some of the viewers now are, you probably still have a little bit of that in the back of your mind.
Come on over here.
Here's the thing, urine And it's stored in the bladder.
And there are some little bacteria.
Come over close to me over here.
Come next to me.
You're going to enjoy it.
So these bacteria are actually really important.
Now, we didn't even know they were there until recently, but they're good bacteria.
They sort of protect you.
It's like an ecosystem in there.
And although the urine is not sterile, these bacteria are pretty easy.
They're not toxic.
They don't become a problem unless you don't pee enough or unless you keep urea.
Which is the waste material concentrated in your body because you're not letting it go out of your bladder.
So letting it all out, letting you pee, is actually fine, right?
It's probably better for you.
Even if you pee in the ground, as long as you don't have it cut in your foot, you don't pee in your foot, right?
No.
I didn't think so.
Then you're good to go.
And you're just stepping on old mats that that urine's already gotten washed down.
So, now that you know it all, you know that it's okay to pee, it's probably better to pee, it doesn't really matter that there's a little bit of bacteria in there because they're not the bad kind, and you know you're saving the environment.
You're okay now?
I feel better.
Much better.
I do, yeah.
Happy customer.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
All right, here's the question.
How often should you wash your face?
How about your hands?
And the towels.
That might be an issue here, too.
The towels.
How often do you wash them?
The definitive answers, and they are out there.
I'm going to share them with you.
That's next.
Here's your daily share.
We're exposing the biggest bathroom secrets I know all of you have been hiding.
I asked you to come clean about how often you really wash your face.
Lots of options.
Then I asked about your hair.
You're all over the place.
How about your towels?
Even your towels aren't always being washed the same way.
So what is the real answer on how often you should be washing these things?
We're going to give you the science-backed answers that may surprise you.
The first debate has to do with face washing.
How often should you wash your face?
Comes up all the time.
I have a twin experiment, as rare as they are.
It'll help us find the answer.
Identical twins, Najah Neek and Najah are here.
Welcome to the show.
Thank you.
Najah Neek, start us off.
How often do you wash your face?
Once a day.
Once a day.
And Najah?
Twice a day.
Twice a day.
You both look the same still.
Your mom can probably tell you apart.
But most of us would be a bit confused, but it's a perfect twin experiment.
Theoretically, you're genetically the same, so we should be able to figure out if it makes a difference to go once a day or more than once a day.
So we use cutting-edge imaging technology called Canfield Vizia Complexion Analyst System.
Come on over.
That'll help us find out how often you should really wash your face.
Now, it's going to give us an idea of how many bacteria you have up there.
We're going to take a look at nausea skin first.
This is what washing your face twice a day, twice a day, looks like through a microscopic lens.
It says little dots represents sort of a bacteria count.
Are you ready for the answer?
Ready.
Your score was 2,347.
Wow.
That's the instances of bacteria on her face.
Now, let's take a look at her twin, Najanique.
Her face is next to her sister, so she washes only once a day.
And she has 2,028 instances of bacteria on her face.
There's no benefit.
There's no benefit of washing more.
So it turns out that just looking at this data, washing your face once a day is enough.
What do you guys think about that?
I'm shocked because I would think twice a day would at least make that number significantly lower than that one, but that's very surprising to me.
That's why it's sort of good to look at what's really happening.
It's just a common problem.
Let's bring in Dr. Dennyman.
She's a world-class dermatologist.
Denny Engelman knows everything about this.
I need the final answer here.
Just from this information, it seems to me that once a day is enough.
Yes.
How do you paint the picture for our twins?
Yes, please.
Once a day is often enough, and especially if you have dry or mature skin, once a day is plenty.
If you're oily or acne prone, you know, you can go twice a day without stripping your skins of your natural oils, but the secret is not to wash more than twice a day.
How often do you wash your face a day?
I do a thorough washing at night, and then I just tone in the morning.
There you have it.
Do it to the dermatologist.
All right.
Is that helpful?
Thank you, yes.
Tell your mom she raised a very pretty young woman.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
No matter what your scores are, thank you very much.
All right, next debate.
How often do you wash your hair?
A lot of debate here.
There's been a big movement to stop washing your hair.
Let's come on over here.
We've got two guests from the show who have different philosophies.
Lauren, how many days a week do you wash your hair?
I wash my hair every single day.
Seven times a week.
That's right.
You do everything else rigid like that or you're pretty flexible?
No.
I think just once a day for my hair because I work out almost every day is kind of the one thing I stick to.
And showering.
But other than that.
Right.
And we got Megan here who has a different philosophy about hair washing.
I wash my hair like two to three times a week.
Uh-huh.
All right, walk us through as we have a basic oil test to help figure out who's wiser.
So I'm going to use these blotting sheets just to see how much oil is at the root of the hair.
And so I'm going to start first with Lauren, who we know she washes daily.
And she works out, and that makes sense.
A lot of my patients who work out.
But see how much oil there is still?
Yeah, let me hold that.
Yes.
And then Megan, who's only two to three times a week.
Okay, let's see what I'm making this.
I've got my...
Oddly, has less oil.
Oh my goodness.
The once a day hair has more oil than the twice a week hair.
Yeah, and these results are quite shocking and surprising, right?
Because you would think if you wash more, your hair would be cleaner and less oily.
How do you explain this?
So the way that I explain it to my patients, and it sounds a little scientific, but if we stimulate the hair follicles, we're actually stimulating the sebaceous glands at the root of those when we're washing, and it increases oil production.
So actually, you can have oiler hair even though you're washing more.
Look at the smile on her face.
She just loves being right.
Doesn't it eat at you a little bit?
I feel triggered.
All right.
Let me explain.
Come on over.
We got a little animation.
So when we wash our scalps less, it actually changes lots of things.
And I'm going to demonstrate it for you because here we are with Dendi sitting here in the middle of our scalp.
When you wash your scalp less, you see down here, you got some oil?
You actually produce less oil.
The body naturally produces its oil at its own pace.
So it disrupts your body system when you shampoo too often.
It'll throw your oil production out of whack.
So more washing, more scrubbing under my feet here, right, translates to more oil.
Look down here.
See the oil?
More oil down there.
And here's the bigger problem.
If you shampoo your hair every single day, you're ultimately going to strip away the natural oils and it can lead to dry, brittle hair, which you don't want either.
So bottom line, wash your hair not every day, every other day, every Thursday.
I agree.
Did I get it right?
You got it right.
She's A+.
A+ in the dermatologist.
Before we go to break, Now, 46% of you said once a week.
We asked the experts at the Good Housekeeping Lab to reveal the truth about how often you should be washing your towels.
Pay attention to their advice.
Hi, Dr. Oz.
It's Carolyn Forte from the Good Housekeeping Cleaning Lab.
You're asking about bath towels.
We recommend that you wash them after every three to four uses.
You're coming out of the shower, you're clean, so they really don't get that dirty.
Just make sure you hang them up between uses so they don't get moldy.
Giant fibroids.
This was about 70 pounds.
Painful fibroids.
It can crush organs.
So many women suffer in silence.
It has hurt the intimacy.
Absolutely.
That's coming up on Monday.
We're exposing the biggest bathroom secrets you've all been hiding until now.
We're asking the question, could you be brushing your teeth with poop particles and not even know it?
Does it have your attention?
I thought so, because what I'm about to show you will change the way you flush forever.
And Kimberly's going to help explain all this to us.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for having me.
So, let's start with a simple question.
When you flush your toilet, do you normally put the lid down?
Does it matter to you?
Um, most of the time, but sometimes I don't, so.
Well, I think most of America just flushes.
What's the big deal, right?
It's your bathroom.
It's going to stay in there anyway.
That's what I think.
You probably think that, too.
Have you ever heard of something called the toilet plume?
No, never.
Interesting word.
Isn't it toilet plume?
Yeah, it is.
Official definition is the term for what happens when the force of flushing sprays microscopic particles into the air.
That's what it is.
Kimberly.
Just to demonstrate a toilet plume.
If you don't mind, just put your finger over there and flush there.
Just push it down.
Yep.
Whoa!
Whoa!
I mean, we've got stuff plopping all over the place, right?
Now, it might look pretty having this confetti flying around here.
I sort of like the gymnastics of it, but I'm going to assure you of something.
The stuff flowing out of there is not as benign as pieces of confetti.
It could be pieces of poop, pieces of urine.
It could be lingering stuff in your bowl.
How does that make you feel about the toilet bowl?
It does not make me feel good at all.
So you might notice how it's splayed all over here, right?
It seems pretty dramatic, maybe overly so.
Yeah.
People have actually studied what happens to that toilet plume and how big it is.
Let me show you how far away it will reach.
Hold the end here and start stretching it towards that counter there.
Keep going.
Stop!
That's as far as it goes.
Six feet.
Now, notice what's in between the toilet and six feet away.
The toothbrush.
The toothbrushes, right?
The poop makes its way to your sink and everything around it, including your soap, but most importantly, your toothbrushes, because you put them in your mouth.
How does that make you feel about your dental hygiene?
It needs to be wrapped up.
Like, all of this needs to be wrapped up or put someplace else.
I'll tell you what I would do instead.
It's much easier.
I go like this.
Then it's all done with.
So a parting gift to you, a measuring tape to see how far your toothbrushes are from the toilet.
You can keep those toothbrushes.
They're clean.
I'll take my chances and not take them with me.
Together, change is happening.
Our journey is just beginning.
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