Mehmet Oz Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“You cannot drive a system that's going to be aiming at preventing illness if everyone is not in it. The whole gaming of health insurance and health care in America is based on that fundamental principle: insure people who aren't sick and you don't have to pay more money on them.”

“What we have now is doctors who are actually better technically at what they're doing in their specialty than 30 or 40 years ago, but we lost the relationship, when the doctor would look people in the eye and say, 'I care about you. We can do this together.'”

“I'm sure people think that I'm out in left field you know, playing by myself.”

“The biggest mistake people make is to try to lose too much weight too fast.”

“You learn how to take care of people from the women in your life.”

“True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal.”

“Your waist size should not be more than half your height.”

“Biology always beats will power.”

“I used to bicycle to work across the George Washington Bridge, but my wife told me it wasn't professional.”

“Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.”