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June 27, 2025 - Dr. Oz Podcast
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Bruce Jenner’s Transition: What It Means to Be Transgender | Dr. Oz | S6 | Ep 130 | Full Episode
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Bruce Jender has everyone but me about transgender.
I know this is a difficult conversation to have sometimes.
Meet a woman who spent most of her life wrapped in a man's body.
It started when I was around four, and something was wrong.
I understand transgender.
You got five kids, a wife.
Did you worry you were going to lose them?
Coming up next on Dr. Oz.
Welcome, everybody.
Bruce Jenner, no stranger to the spotlight, an Olympic gold medalist, star of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and now speculated to be the new face of the transgender community.
As Bruce's rumored transition moves from the tabloid gossip columns to headline news, the Olympian and one-time heartthrob could end up becoming the most high-profile celebrity to transition in the public eye.
Jenner's journey has been drawing attention for the last few months, capped off by Jenner's mom, Esther, telling the world she's more proud of Bruce now than for winning Olympic gold.
But Jenner is not the only transgender newsmaker in the public eye.
Actress Laverne Cox became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy for her role in Orange is the New Black.
And the critically acclaimed show, Transparent, starring actor Jeffrey Tambour as a father transitioning to a woman, won two Golden Globe Awards this year.
My whole life I've been dressing up like a man.
This is me.
People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
Transgender history was also made when President Obama became the first American president to acknowledge the transgender community in his State of the Union address.
A message sending a clear signal that transgender Americans are finally stepping into the spotlight and coming into their own.
With all this attention focused on transgender people, we want to help answer some of your questions about what transgender really means and especially why some people transition later in life.
And there's no better way to do that than to meet a family who is living it.
16 years ago, surrounded by friends, family, and their children from previous marriages, Tom and Mary took vows to spend the rest of their lives together.
They created a home, blended their family.
They considered themselves soulmates.
Yet Tom struggled in secret with inner conflict.
From earliest childhood, Tom felt confused about gender and felt like a female born in a male body.
Through the years, those feelings intensified, as did Tom's confusion.
Tom internalized those emotions, excelling in sports, academics, and later at his career, all while feeling secretly isolated and depressed.
But five years ago, despondent and increasingly suicidal, Tom decided to face the truth and live openly as a woman.
Three years ago, Tom transitioned to Tina, to friends and family.
A year later, she came out at work and in public.
Today, Tina and Mary are still married.
And look at this one.
And look at those sideburns.
And along with their children, are navigating the waters of their new lives together.
I love you.
I love you too.
Please welcome Tina to the show.
Tina's daughter Evelyn and wife Mary will join us shortly.
I want to thank you first off for coming on.
I know this is a difficult conversation to have sometimes.
Well, thank you for having me.
I enjoy having the conversation.
So the big question that comes up a lot is you had these gender identity issues early in your life, yet it took you a good part of your life to finally come to grips with it.
What was that like?
It started when I was around four, I think is when I first became aware that just something was wrong.
I had no idea what it was.
And just over the next 40 years, I really struggled with a sense that I'm supposed to be a man, but I just felt I was or wanted to be a woman, and that just felt very difficult.
You're living a life, you mentioned some of the attributes, but trying to be more of a man, marrying, having kids, doing things that try to fit in, yet deep inside, earnestly struggling because you realize it wasn't real.
So how do you find the side that you've struggled enough as a man and you want to live your authentic self?
Was there a moment that it finally became alive to you?
Yeah, and I think this is common.
You try every other explanation, therapy, something my parents did.
Oh, maybe it's supplements.
If I take supplements, I can't think of you, prayer, you try a lot of prayer, you just try everything, and every year you eliminate one of those, and then finally you're left with the one thing you didn't want it to be at the time.
And I had a night like that where I was just very close to suicide, and I didn't attempt it, but I just, it was very despondent, and I realized I needed a redefined victory from conquering my gender and manning up to just accepting my gender, even if I didn't understand it.
And it was a weight just lifted almost instantly.
But at the same time, you must have felt relieved to be able to get past that.
You've got five kids, a wife.
Did you worry you were going to lose them with this decision?
Yes, and I probably would have held it off if I thought I had a choice.
And I think my wife, Mary, agreed that they were going to lose me one way or the other, and she'd rather keep me around this way.
And it really came down to that.
I did not feel.
Once you realize that you're being inauthentic, it's impossible to fake it anymore.
So this word transition, this is the word that I think most people are comfortable enough.
We haven't talked about it much, but let me, if I can explain what transitioning really means.
And when I do it with the help of Dr. Christine McGinn, a surgeon who works extensively with the transgender community.
Dr. McGinn is actually Attina's doctor.
She, too, is transgender.
As we begin, please join us.
Thank you very much for coming on again.
So if you can, the first question I think we have to break through is what causes someone to be transgender?
Do we really know the answer?
Well, most experts feel that is biologic in origin, and there's a lot of research that points towards biologic causes, like there are some brain studies and there's more research every day.
I would almost bet my reputation as a surgeon, having seen so many people transition from different countries and different cultures, the process is always the same, no matter where they come from.
And that to me speaks to a biologic cause.
Walk us through the transition process.
What actually happens when someone begins, once they've made the insight clear to themselves and people around them, what actually happens medically?
Well you heard the story leading up to that and then usually if they are lucky enough they get the idea to go seek help from somebody else and hopefully they'll find a therapist that knows what they're talking about and the therapist will make the diagnosis of gender dysphoria but more importantly give them the support system to take this journey and give them the tools.
A lot of times when people think about transgender folks making a change in their lives, it's often thought about surgical issues, right?
You take the penis off, you make a vagina, or vice versa.
But that's actually apparently not always done, right?
Or not been frequently done.
What holds people back from making that final decision?
What else besides surgery is part of the transition?
Well since gender is a self-ascribed entity, people have different ideas about what that means to them.
So some people, they need that genital surgery, or maybe sometimes it's removal of an Adam's apple to look in the mirror and say, this is how I feel inside, which is really what gender is a private thing, it's not a public thing.
So Tina, you had the operation about a year ago.
What was it like immediately afterwards?
It was wonderful.
The surgery itself just felt like surgery.
But afterwards, I just felt complete.
I felt I didn't have to avert my eyes or kind of squint when I looked at myself.
I was just me.
It confirmed.
I love the word gender confirmation surgery because it really, I felt confirmed physically.
So you've heard how Tina has handled her transition to live as her authentic self, but what about her family?
It's a question I've touched on with you.
How are they handling it?
Evelyn is here.
She's Tina's oldest child.
And Evelyn, would you mind joining us?
And thank you for being here as well.
Thanks again for coming.
So, Evelyn, for most of your life, the person next to you was your cool dad.
By the way, she described you as cool.
Those are her words, right?
The athletic, preppy, cool guy.
And it's different now.
And what's that transition been like for you?
It's been a huge transition for me.
I think I found out about the fact that my dad cross-dressed a very long time ago, and that was pretty easy to accept.
But once I found out almost five years ago that that was it, my dad was not going to be with us anymore, it was incredibly painful.
The first two years were just filled with a lot of tears and a lot of conversations.
We talked all the time.
And then seeing the transition to them, you know, making the date for the surgery, everything was very, very difficult.
And then once it was all over, I actually felt a weight lifted for Tina.
And our relationship has gone through a transition too, and so we've gotten closer.
Tina, what does Evelyn's love mean to you?
Have her express it like that?
Oh, everything.
It just, when you're in the closet, it's like living your entire life behind a plexiglass, and you, because you're speaking through someone else and people are speaking to someone else.
And so when they say, I love you, you don't feel it because they're saying it to this other person.
And it's the first time in my entire life I get to feel that.
And that's what, for me, transition is about is being connected to the human race in a way that I never was before.
You have four other children.
Do you ever feel that you left them as a father and maybe they want that part of you back?
Oh, yeah.
And there are pieces.
Look, he got me here.
And wonderful.
I used to tease that he was a man as a woman would design him.
He was pretty cool.
And so I miss that at times.
I don't miss at ever.
I've not had a moment where I've missed that I now feel me.
And so that was more, for me, a stage.
You're married to Mary for 16 years.
It's a long relationship.
How's her journey been through all this?
It's been very tough.
I would tell people, don't try this at home.
The irony, right?
You can only do it at home.
It's fantastic.
But she stood by me, even in her most tearful moments.
There was never any doubt that she was there for me.
But it was a real struggle for her.
It's very painful.
We still are very in love, but it's changed fundamentally.
We'll take a break.
When we come back, the woman who married Tom 16 years ago joins us to talk about her relationship with Tina today.
We'll be right back.
Coming up next.
You heard from Tina.
Now meet her wife, Mary.
How she discovered Tina's true feelings about being transgender.
Why she chose to stay married.
And what they do together to make their life and marriage work.
Coming up next.
Tomorrow on Dr. Oz, Jennifer Lopez is here.
She's revealing her health and beauty tips for the new year, her morning ritual, and the big thing she's into now.
That's coming up tomorrow on Dr. Rob.
Tom and Mary White married 16 years ago.
Five years ago, Tom confronted the lifelong struggle of feeling like a woman trapped in a man's body, transitioning to Tina three years ago.
Today, Tina and Mary are still married and facing the challenges and complications of their relationship together.
We're talking today about transgender people and why some transition later in life.
Tina's wife Mary is now joining us.
Did you first have an inkling that your husband, at the time Tom, might have a gender identity issue?
Well, I didn't know what it was.
When we were dating, he told me that he liked to wear women's clothes once in a while, but I'd never have to see it.
So I thought, well, maybe that's a fetish.
And he was so wonderful that I could probably deal with that.
So, but then, that was fine for a while.
And then probably, I don't know how long ago it was, because it seems like it just happened.
I would see women's shoes much bigger size than mine, women's clothes around that were obviously not mine.
And I said, what is this about?
And he said, oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to see that.
But I have to dress once in a while like I had told you.
Well, this went on for a while, ebb and flow.
He'd fight it, he'd come back, dress as a woman, fight it, be a man.
And then there was one point that really, I realized this was going to be, not going to last.
And she had come home from work.
She was he at the time.
And was in the bathroom, and the door was locked, was in there for quite a long time.
And I did not know what was going on because I knew how depressed he was.
So I almost knocked down the door to see what was going on.
And he was crying and said, I'm so sorry.
I sat inside the tub with him and he said, I'm sorry.
I just can't live like this anymore.
I've been fighting it.
I'm trying to fight it.
And sorry.
And I just can't do it.
I have to be who I am.
And I didn't know what I was going to do, but I did know one thing for sure.
I loved him so much.
And I cared about what was going to happen to him that I'm not going to just run away.
I'm going to see what happens and deal with it day to day.
And when she told me finally, I guess three years ago when you said, or two years ago, that she's going to go through the transition, it was not, I cried, I cried a lot.
I was very depressed for a long time.
But then I thought, if he doesn't do this, I might lose him completely.
And at least if he goes through this transition and becomes who he really is, as this beautiful woman she is, at least I get to have her here.
And she's my best friend.
We are soulmates.
That's beautiful.
When you broke through the bathroom door to get to Tom, obviously, you know, the thought of suicide we discussed earlier had come across his mind.
You must have been fearful that he would act on that.
Absolutely.
And I saw how depressed he was.
And I was worried that he was going to commit suicide.
And I don't know for sure, but I feel like if he wouldn't have done this, he would have committed suicide.
And he wouldn't be here with us.
He's never said that.
Well, what do you, I mean, you may not have said it in private, but I am curious, is that a real possibility?
What would you have done if you hadn't been able to transition?
People tell me I'm brave.
I think I do brave things, but I did this because I felt back to a wall where I had no other alternative.
And when that is the alternative, then wearing a dress suddenly seems very attractive.
Seriously, people tend to focus on the dress.
And I can understand it really is, there's nothing more depressing than having no self that you can relate to.
And in fact, to feel that you're the one I was doing the violence to myself by repressing that.
And I realized I can never, I think that's why so many transgender people commit suicide because they're just going to the logical conclusion of what they're doing to themselves psychologically.
Yeah.
It's wonderful.
It's different.
I would say we're very intimate, but not in a sexual sense.
But we've lost one vocabulary for love, and we've come up with a thousand others.
So in the way you make coffee for each other, the way we listen to each other, the way we talk to each other, we are just a very loving couple.
We are.
We're best friends.
And I would have never, my philosophy on being with somebody is, you know, in marriage or in a relationship, if you think you're going to leave that relationship to find somebody else, that's not a reason to leave.
If you're leaving that relationship because you cannot stand being with that person, that's why you would leave.
I tell you, I love her.
We enjoy our life together.
We have so much fun.
Didn't your friends, maybe even your family say, leave Tom.
You don't want to be with Tina.
Absolutely.
I had friends constantly tell me, why aren't you leaving him?
Divorce him.
You know, get on with your life.
I'm like, divorce him and go where?
And why would I?
I love being with her.
But I would say our family was pretty remarkable.
They had difficulty with it.
But what was beautiful for me to see.
We have a very diverse family.
She has a daughter from a previous marriage who belongs to a very devout Christian church, about as conservative as you can get.
They translate the Bible, interpret the Bible literally.
This was a real struggle for them, and I worried that she might lose them for supporting me.
But they really had figured out a way to honor their faith.
And you.
And me.
And me.
And you.
And me for sticking with her.
Sure.
Yeah.
There's so many questions that come to mind about how this all plays out.
For example, do you feel an attraction to men or to women?
It's a great question.
And it usually takes us, frankly, a few years to work out the change in our own heads.
I find men attractive in a way that I never had before, but I far prefer the company of women.
So I'd rather be at the bar with her talking about how cute you look.
You got me.
You got me.
Well, you know what's going on in a man's head.
It's not a happy place sometimes.
That's why I don't think I...
I...
I just know too much of men's secrets.
I would love if you would just give the audience some insights.
What do you think is going on in Bruce Jenner's family right now?
I just, I have a hard time imagining.
Your mind just explodes with all of the change, and I felt it hard enough.
We felt it hard enough in our neighborhood and our family, managing 100 conversations for them facing this level of publicity.
I hope what they're doing is I hope that Bruce is spending time thinking about himself, herself.
I'll wait for him to say her.
And their family.
Yeah, and it must be so fearful for his family because, you know, when we found out what was going on with her, I had no idea what transgender meant.
It was never in my vocabulary.
And we had to bring so many people along with us to teach them what it was about.
And here they are in the spotlight trying to deal with this and losing their father, if that is the case, it's hard.
It's not easy.
I've learned today that maybe you're going to lose the father either way.
Exactly.
And this is a much happier ending to the story.
I agree.
100%.
So if I can speak to the audience on this, I think people are often fearful and judgmental of what they don't know or understand.
And I wanted to share Tina's story today so everyone can see that she's just a person trying to live her authentic life.
And I've truly adored making your acquaintance and having this story on our show.
I appreciate you making the effort.
Evelyn, Deck and again, thank you as well very much.
We'll be right back.
I really appreciate it.
Thank you.
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next One of my biggest missions on this show is to help you live a pain-free life.
And good news, it's working because thousands of formerly chronic back pain sufferers have come forward.
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So I asked a lot of them to share how they kicked their back pain to the curb.
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She says, Dr. Oz, after so much trial and error, I finally found something so simple to get rid of my pain.
So I wanted to hear about it.
So what is your DIY solution for back pain that you love so much?
So have you ever had like an ice pack when you went to like a nurse's office when you're in school or a child?
It's very similar to that.
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But it's sort of free because you have all the stuff at home.
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So actually here, we have two parts water.
There's two cups of water here and one cup of rubbing alcohol.
Yep.
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It's alcohol.
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So water goes in first.
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And you're going to want to try to squeeze out as much of the air as possible.
And how long does it take to freeze?
So you can put it in for like an hour.
It'll be cold enough and maybe not as solid as this within an hour, but you can use it after an hour.
That's not too solid.
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No, it's not.
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And when it melts, can you refreeze it?
I always refreeze mine.
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It works really well for a bunch of good reasons.
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Thank you, baby.
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All right.
Next, I got Denise.
How are you, Denise?
Nice to meet you back.
Denise says that she learned this next fix for her back pain actually on this show.
And it's something called the pretzel stretch.
Pretzel stretch, yes it is.
So how'd you hear about it?
Well, I watch a show quite often and I go to yoga a lot and I just do it all the time.
You remind me what it is?
Sure.
I like the name pretzel stretch.
Pretzel stretch.
So how do we sit?
Straight up?
Straight, both legs straight out.
One's gonna cross over the, well, right over left.
You're gonna take your right hand, hold, You're confusing me.
And I'm confused myself.
And stretch around.
And you're going to go as far back as you can.
I'll feel good.
You'll feel it on your back.
How long do you hold it for?
I hold it for a few seconds, probably about 30 seconds.
And then you did the reverse.
And when's your back pain usually worse?
When I wake up in the morning.
I love the fact you're not using prescription medications.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much, Dr. Dr. Appreciate it.
Now, I wanted to share with you some other DIYs I saw.
These are the three best health hacks that I saw on Pinterest this week.
And actually, interestingly, one of the best things to do for your back pain has to do with one of these little tips.
It helps you lose weight.
Lose the weight, the back pain gets better in a lot of people.
Great health hack for it.
It's very simple.
All you've got to do, and by the way, health hacks, you all know, these are simple shortcuts to make life simpler.
They're hopefully inexpensive and easy to incorporate into your life.
The first health hack is this marble skin.
Look carefully at this.
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Move it from one jar to the next.
Of course, if you gain weight, you take it back.
Pounds lost, go back into pounds to go.
It's a great visual motivator so you can watch your progress.
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Great DIY solution for doing laundry because guess what?
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But this last one is probably one of my favorites because I use it myself.
I'm going to show you how to ripen an avocado.
I don't know how many of you had this experience.
You go to the store, you buy an avocado, and it's going to be ripe in about a week, right?
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If you do that, the avocado ripens.
You can make a guacamole.
And how does this happen?
I'm going to do a little test right here.
This one I did myself.
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Who judges?
You want to judge her?
Squeeze the Charmin here.
Squeeze these.
And tell me, is there a difference?
Yes, definitely.
We could use this one right now.
You could, isn't that amazing?
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Really?
Thank you very much.
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I'll be right back.
Coming up next.
You've always heard that drinking water is good for you, but can too much be a bad thing?
We may be coming aquaholic and getting sick from drinking more than we need.
How much water is really the right amount for your body?
Coming up next.
Tomorrow on Dr. Rob, Jennifer Lopez is here.
She's revealing her health and beauty tips for the new year, her morning ritual, and the big thing she's into now.
That's coming up tomorrow on Dr. R. As we all do things that better our health, there's growing concern we could be doing too much of a good thing.
Some experts are now saying drinking too much water could be making us sick.
And it's leading to a whole new term.
You may have heard it, aquaholics.
Adding more water to our diets has become increasingly popular.
As a nation, we drink over 1 billion glasses of water a day, 38% more than we did in the 1990s.
With more and more diet and fitness experts stressing the importance of water for health, sales of bottled water have skyrocketed to an astonishing $12 billion annually, with some people taking their H2O intake to extremes.
I wanted to show you the five-quart container that I fill up every day with water, and sometimes I find myself actually filling it up again at night.
This is my 24-ounce jove, and to get into some workout, fill this up three times, and chug, chug, chug.
Yet some experts now worry that drinking extreme amounts of water can create its own health hazards, contributing to everything from bloating and nausea to frequent urination and poor sleep.
Could you be putting yourself at risk for these health problems by drinking too much water?
Joanna Linnell are joining me.
So Joanne, let's go back to the very beginning of all this thing.
When did you start drinking this much water?
About four years ago, I decided I needed to lose weight.
So I was told drinking water would help me.
So I drank water and I just continued and it worked.
So I just kept drinking more and more water and now I'm addicted.
Addicted to water?
I really am.
My water goes with me wherever I go.
Elena, how about you?
Well, about five years ago, Dr. Oz, I had a cancer scare.
Fortunately, it was benign.
And so that's when I started drinking a lot of water, getting on a more healthy regimen, and now I just chug, chug, chug.
So I saw the jugs you all brought with you.
Elena, you brought a couple of the pitchers you used.
You drink two of these before a workout?
Is that really good?
I think I drink the 24-ounce, two of these before workout, and then two after workout.
That can't feel good.
It's a lot of water in your belly.
Yeah, and yeah, and it does kind of lead to a little nausea, but I don't stop.
So I'm definitely, I guess, addicted.
Okay.
Okay.
And Joanne, you brought this, this is gargantuous, a five-quart container.
I love my container.
It's very attractive.
How does all that water affect you?
Negatively, unfortunately, I don't sleep much.
I have to wake up at least two, three times in the middle of the night.
I can only sleep about two and a half hours straight at once.
I'm tired when I wake up, of course, because I'm not getting straight sleep.
And also, I need to find the ladies' room wherever I go.
Wherever.
I mean, I find myself crossing my legs, which I'm sure so many women can empathize with me just to hold it in.
And I've even had a bad incident once where, yes, I...
That doesn't sound good.
I did.
I did.
I could not hold it in.
I was out shopping and I actually broke the hand dryer in the ladies' room of a store trying to dry my pants.
That's it.
It was that embarrassing.
So let's talk about this word aquaholic.
Okay.
It's being used a fair amount.
It's not a clinical diagnosis.
It's more like a disordered behavior.
It's something that obviously has some side effects.
We want to deal with it.
And you both have said you sort of feel addicted to this stuff.
You have to have it with you.
Yes.
Is that you, Joan?
Yes.
We know it's good.
Come on over, Linnell, as well.
I'm going to show you with those restructuring water containers everything that you're doing.
So first off, if you don't mind, pick the table with your name on it.
You'll see why in a second.
And we've been saying for years, everybody, you want to get eight glasses of water a day, right?
Eight glasses of water looks like this.
And, you know, even this we can talk about in a second.
But in comparison, Linnell, this is you, with about 20 glasses of water.
It's a big difference between the two tables.
Definitely.
And we can move on a little further, look at the 25 Joanne that you have in comparison a day.
Does that frighten you to see the difference between what we generally think is the right amount of water and what you guys are taking in?
Definitely.
I mean, because now it's so visual that I can see I'm probably overdoing it, but then how do I stop?
Because I take this like everywhere.
Well, I'll give you a little tip.
Do you want to take a little dispenser of yours and put some in a cup there?
I think one of the smartest things to do is to drink your water from a cup so you actually know what you're getting.
Like anything else, listen, water is great for you.
I want you to drink water.
Please do not take this the wrong way, America.
Keep getting your water, but I want you to visualize the right amount of intake so you feel your best, you can live your best life and still get the benefit of the water.
Because a lot of people don't drink enough.
So using that cup and eight of those in a day is a way of thinking it through.
Frankly, carting around that five-quart container is like carting around a gallon, a ton of ice cream.
I don't cart this around with me, Dr. Oz.
It just goes in my refrigerator.
Oh, good.
I feel better now.
Oh, no, no, no.
No.
Or the subway with the...
I put lemons in it.
It goes in my refrigerator.
And I actually dispensed it.
Yes.
I fill up my water.
Okay.
You see pushing people away from me with that cartoon.
All right, so I'm going to toast to you.
I'll grab one of these two.
To the right amount of water.
And now let me explain to you and everybody at home what the right amount of water is because it's not eight glasses of water either.
That was an old idea.
We've got better ways of thinking about this.
So let's get into those details.
So instead of the eight glasses a day, which is what we used to say based on information from literally the Second World War, that we don't think that's the best way of taking your water from now on.
It's not a one-size-fits-all game.
We all use different amounts of water.
So I'm going to give you rules of thumb, unless you're sick, that you can use.
And it starts off with trusting your body.
Because when you're thirsty, you should get a glass of water.
Then look at the color of your urine.
And we've talked a little bit about this, but I'll make it really vivid.
It should be the color of pale straw.
Light yellow color like that.
I don't want it any darker than that.
That means you've got plenty of stuff to wash out any toxins that are in your body.
And one last little tip, especially for the Joannes of the world who aren't sleeping, I want you to limit your water within two to three hours of your bedtime.
It does not affect your sleep.
Make sure you train yourself like you do your pets.
Go to the bathroom right before you get in bed so you can get uninterrupted sleep throughout the night.
We'll be right back.
Coming up next.
Love a good old-fashioned pancake but hate all the carbs?
Give these breakfast favorites a healthy makeover, tasty and creative recipes that you will flip for.
The best high-protein pancakes to keep you full for hours.
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There's a new trend a lot of you in the Oz Nation are flipping for, high-protein pancakes.
A typical pancake, believe it or not, has as much as, whoa.
One more time.
I've been working on this that many grams of carbs, 28 grams of carbs, but now home cooks are cutting the batter with ingredients like protein powder and peanut butter and egg whites and small changes can cut the carb amount by a whopping 67%.
So today, we have home cooks from the Oz Nation here to compete for the best high-protein pancake to keep you full for hours.
Now my med unit has been working hard through the night calculating which pancake is lowest in carbs and highest in protein and flavor.
And our finalists are eagerly awaiting the results.
Are you ready?
There they are.
Are you guys all nervous?
Yes.
Baited.
They're all desirous of the coveted Golden Spatula Award.
In third place is Valerie.
Come on down, Valerie.
Woo!
Welcome to the show, Bowie.
You can put your pancakes down there and I'll adorn you with your bronze medal, so to speak.
So what do you got in here?
Tell me about it.
I made strawberries and cream protein pancakes.
How do you make them?
It's real simple.
It's just four ingredients.
Three quarter scoop of protein powder, four egg whites, raw oats, and unsweetened almond milk.
You just mix it all together and top it with some fresh strawberries, or you can even put the strawberries inside.
You know, first of all, kudos to you for realizing that protein powder is not just about shakes.
You can use it in a lot of different foods.
And I'm also proud of the fact that we have 10 grams of protein in this pancake, which cuts your carbs about 64%.
Good for you.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
All right.
Second place is Denise.
Come on down, Denise.
APPLAUSE Oh, look at the joy on your face.
Look at that.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I love you too.
Oh, my goodness.
I just love that.
What a pretty smile.
Isn't that great?
All right, so what you put in your protein pancakes?
Today I made banana cinnamon protein pancakes, and it has a half a scoop of protein powder, eggs, egg whites, banana, and Greek yogurt, because our daughter, Jackie, she's 12 years old, but she loves Greek yogurt.
Well, I love it.
I have to add that.
I'm going to taste it and see what it tastes like.
I can't wait here.
Was the recipe yours?
You make it up?
I have a large Italian family, and we like to eat and trade recipes.
So that's one of the recipes that was traded.
Tell you what, I like it because it's got a little bit of a punch to it.
It's nice.
They're also a little thinner, and I like that as well.
So 12 grams of protein on this one, which is why you did so well in the ranking, and reducing carbohydrates by 59%.
And the cinnamon is a great idea because it helps your body deal with the sugar that's going to be in the syrup more effectively.
So congratulations.
Thank you so much.
Are we all ready?
The moment has arrived, everybody.
It is time to award the best protein pancake maker and the winner of the Golden Spatula Award.
Are you ready?
It is Dawn.
Come on down, Dawn.
Thank you.
Oh, I'll hold that up.
Let's put this on first so they can hear you.
And there's your golden spatula.
I made this myself, by the way.
It's actually not really golden.
I mean, it's golden, but not gold.
It's beautiful.
So, tell me about your pancake.
How did you make it?
Well, I made peanut butter, protein, pancakes.
Peanut butter protein.
So, extra protein with the peanut butter.
Yes, exactly.
I put in a half a scoop of protein powder, cottage cheese, raw oats, and egg whites.
Cottage cheese.
Cottage cheese.
We always have cottage cheese at home, so I figured I'd throw that in one day, and it came out delicious.
Yeah, I tasted a little bit of just the right amount.
I mean, it's a crazy concept, cottage cheese and pancakes.
Right.
It's innovative, it's incredibly tasty.
They were all tasty, by the way.
So yours had 12 grams of protein and whopping 67% reduction in carbohydrates.
A little bit, I can say this.
You have a few more calories in yours than the other ones, but you traded out basically simple carbohydrates with no benefit for a little extra fat.
I'll take that trade-off any day.
Congratulations to you, to all my competitors.
You can find these protein pancake recipes at Dr.Oz.com and on my Pinterest board so you can repin the recipes and make them for your family.
I'll be right back.
Woo!
Woo!
Thank you.
Tomorrow, my Dr. Oz, Don Jennifer McMahon is here.
We got Dr. Oz.
Her beauty, that body, revealed how she keeps it all together.
You ever look at your urine?
That's the first time in 10,000 interviews that I've done in my life that anybody has me to do.
That's coming up tomorrow on Dr. Oz.
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Last time for Casey, missed it.
First, one of the most provocative conversations I've ever had in the show.
As a middle-aged person like Tina, there are lots of folks who have been making the decision to undergo a gender transition.
But what seems like one person's choice is in fact far-reaching as families recreated themselves in the process.
Next is a new trend that a lot of you in the Oz Nation are flipping for, high-protein pancakes.
We had our very own protein pancake cook-off to crown the winner of the coveted golden spatula today.
Our winner swapped out protein powder and put it in place of the flour that's usually there.
But in addition, she also added cottage cheese for flavor and a little bit of peanut butter.
Her pancake had 12 grams of protein and she managed to cut out 67% of carbs.
You can find all the protein pancake recipes at drive.com.
It's also my Pinterest board.
Check it out and make it for your family.
Finally, please be careful about what you buy online, especially weight loss pills.
Dubious people online make it seem that I endorse their products.
I don't.
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