“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.”
Health
“I get up in the morning and do a seven-minute yoga workout. I know the most likely time I'm going to do something is when I first get up, and I make it short because, like you, I don't really want to do that first thing in the morning.”
MorningAll Quotes by Mehmet Oz
“It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument.”
Respect“I get up at the same time every morning.”
Morning“In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient.”
Alone“We don't walk. We overeat because we've made it easy to overeat. We have fast-food joints on every corner. By the way, the 'we' is all of us. It's not the government. It's all of us doing this together.”
Government“We don't need sugar to live, and we don't need it as a society.”
Society“At the end of the day, sleep is a barometer of your emotional health. And so if you're not in the right place where you need to be, then you're going to have voices keeping you up at night because you have to work through those issues.”
Health“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.”
Health“No matter how old you are, no matter how much you weigh, you can still control the health of your body.”
Health“You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life.”
Family“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.”
Health“Biology always beats will power.”
Power“Most food you drop is still perfectly edible. If it was in your eyesight the whole time, you can pick it up and eat it.”
Food“A lot of folks believe their best years are behind them. But I want Americans to recognize that's not true.”
Best“The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.”
Anger“I saw many people who had advanced heart disease and I was so frustrated because I knew if they just knew how to do the right thing, simple lifestyle and diet steps, that the entire trajectory of their life and health would have been different.”
Diet“I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it's not as predictable, when you don't know what's coming at you.”
Intelligence“Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.”
Food“Women are much more sensitive. We know that emotionally but their organs respond to the same degree.”
Women“I get up in the morning and do a seven-minute yoga workout. I know the most likely time I'm going to do something is when I first get up, and I make it short because, like you, I don't really want to do that first thing in the morning.”
Morning