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

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Mehmet Oz
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 11
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Mehmet Cengiz Öz
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One way to fuel the brain to make more decisions is to feed it carbs. So as the day goes on, you start to crave more carbs - especially women, because women tend to make more of the day-to-day decisions in our lives than men.
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I've always felt that, when I looked at my tombstone, it shouldn't say, 'Mehmet Oz banged out 10,000 open-heart operations.' I've probably done 5,000. Am I any better at it than 10,000? He shook his head. It's just a different number on the tombstone.
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I don't operate on smokers. I tell cigarette smokers that I can operate on you, I get paid the same. And you might even do well. But it's the wrong thing to do. So I refuse to operate on you until you stop smoking.
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Any food products made from flour, especially whole-wheat flour, form gas when broken down in the large intestine. Beware of eating these types of food before bedtime to avoid feeling inflated in the morning.
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We are spending most of our time in American health care fixing the mistakes that either we in the profession are causing or our patients are, without recognizing it, causing to themselves.
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Medicine is a jealous mistress. It demands all your time.
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I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don't like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens.
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It takes around 30 minutes for your body to realize you're full, so if you're hungry when you sit down to eat, and you eat as quickly as most Americans do, you're just going to keep throwing down food before that feeling kicks in.
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I'm sure people think that I'm out in left field you know, playing by myself.
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Rather than munching on a bag of potato chips, stick to fresh fruit and veggies.
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