Mehmet C. Oz's Blog, page 21

Losing Even a Little Belly Fat Can Make You Feel, Look Sexier

Have you lost that lovin' feeling? It may be because you or your significant other is weighed down with passion-dulling pounds. Losing just 13 percent of body weight can change things from no-go to woohoo!

Love Tanning? Eat These Skin-Healthy Foods Instead

The list of good things healthy foods do for skin is long, and starts with intriguing news about tanning: Eating lots of fruits and vegetables gives your skin a healthy, golden "tan."

Worried About Urinary Incontinence? Take Vitamin D3 to Stay Out of Adult Diapers

Low levels of vitamin D3 make women (and maybe men) a whopping 170% more likely to leak than people with healthy D3 levels.

Winter Increases LDL Cholesterol, 'SAD,' and -- Yikes! -- Heart Attacks

Relax. If you winterize your body the way Dr. Oz and Dr. Mike do, you will protect yourself against cold weather's often-underrated health hazards.

Winter Increases LDL Cholesterol, ‘SAD,’ and -- Yikes! -- Heart Attacks

Relax. If you winterize your body the way Dr. Oz and Dr. Mike do, you will protect yourself against cold weather's often-underrated health hazards.

Do Calcium Pills Cause Kidney Stones?

I take a medication that makes me prone to kidney stones. You often suggest taking 600 milligrams of calcium daily, but won't that make me form more kidney stones?

Is Low Blood Pressure Ever Too Low? What's Normal Blood Pressure? What's High?

How low is too low for the bottom blood pressure number and how high is too high for the top one? My dad's numbers have been shifting somewhat. What's so high or low that we should go to the ER?

How to Get Finicky Kids (and Adults) to Eat More Broccoli -- Happily!

Are you desperate to get your child to eat anything green? We've just come across an (almost) fool-proof way to get broccoli off the plate and down the hatch.

Stop the Wheezing! Take Asthma Seriously and Asthma Drugs Right

If you've got asthma, taking your asthma drugs correctly -- so you're not wheezing all winter -- sounds like the simple, obvious thing to do, right?

Soda: Are a Couple of Cans a Day Okay?

Both regular and diet soda have been tied to obesity and high blood pressure, and full-sugar soda to type 2 diabetes, lousy teeth, and more. Now it turns out there's something in regular soda that's particularly bad for women.