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Oz often promotes new ideas in health. He cites recent research and invites explorers in new technologies to state their case. Of course this rankles many 'medical experts'. Here is why: Medical Experts, by definition, are those ambitious doctors who have moved into high political status in the profession. Many no longer practice medicine, all are ancient fossils who should have retired to make room for real doctors. The Experts studied medicine in the 60s when leaching, amputating and bloodletting was the cure for everything. They studied from texts printed in the 50s that were researched in the 40s. These Experts have been guided by the Food & Medical Industry in their thinking and together they influence the Food & Drug Administration (and others) in a perpetual lie that includes the Food Pyramid and warnings against dietary supplements and an endless parade of nonsense 'science'. Dr. Oz may sometimes offer advice that is flawed. He is unusually good looking and charismatic- characteristics that can work against him when he wants to seem serious and professional. But he seeks to benefit from real science that is emerging from all over the world despite the entrenched forces trying to subdue it. His role on television is to present new ideas, not protect old fallacies.