JUST CORR VS DR. OZ

I’ve been doing a lot of online reading, looking for ideas for upcoming experiments and researching information on how best to implement those ideas. During this time, I’ve stumbled across a few blogs that detail experiments that others have performed on themselves. That’s right – other Human Lab Rats.  It’s always nice to know that you aren’t running the maze alone.  I thought I’d share them beginning with In the Land of Oz.

My mother loves to watch Dr. Oz. But she also absolutely refuses to do any of the things he suggests. Not one. Not ever. For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, Dr. Oz is a tv show featuring Dr. Mehmet Oz, a surgeon who gives health advice during his show.  Here’s a clip:

Up steps lab rat Justin Corr of KTVB in Idaho. He decides to follow all of Dr. Oz’s advice for one month to see the results. Now that clip wasn’t a great example, but during his show each day Dr. Oz gives A LOT of advice as to what you should be doing, eating and taking. A LOT. So it was a big undertaking on Justin Corr’s part. And since he didn’t know what that advice would be, it was brave. Very brave.

First Post

Results Post

You’ll find links to each post during the month there as well. There are also videos in the daily posts. I think it is informative and entertaining making it worth reading and watching the entire month of posts and videos. Especially if you look at what he was doing daily by the end of the month:

WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO EVERY DAY:

7:00AM - "Personal business," check color, amount, and shape

7:05AM - Weigh-in

7:10AM - Chant

7:15AM - Five Tibetans workout

7:20AM - Chris Powell’s five minute workout

7:25AM - Five minute metabolism workout

7:30AM - Lift weights

7:35AM - Tony Horton’s 10-minute workout

7:45AM - Drink "Kitchen Sink Smoothie"

8:00AM - Read Tweets

8:30AM - Apply topical vitamin C with sunscreen ($19 for 4 ounces)

2:00PM - Eat dark chocolate

6:00PM - Take fiber supplement

8:00PM - Post on Facebook

10:20PM - Use neti pot (helps snoring) ($12.50 a month, including pot)

11:15PM - Apply witch hazel ($6 for 16 ounces)

11:20PM - Apply nasal strip (helps snoring) ($10 a month)

11:25PM - Do bed yoga

11:30PM - Bedtime

WHAT I WAS CONSUMING EVERY DAY:

- Some onion (treats and prevents various diseases) ($2.50 for a 5lb bag)

- 2oz of papaya juice (increases energy) ($8 a month)

- 1oz of dark chocolate (lowers cholesterol, improves blood pressure, reduces inflammation) ($15 a month)

- 2 cups of white tea (busts fat) ($7.50 a month)

- 2 tbsp of coconut oil (improves metabolism) ($12 a month)

- Half-a-grapefruit (boosts metabolism, prevents stomach cancer) ($13 a month)

- 10 oz of berries (prevents pancreatic cancer) ($27.50 a month)

- ¼ cup of kale (prevents heart disease and lung/breast cancer) ($11 a month)

- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon (burns fat) ($3 a month)

- Some Greek yogurt (meal expander) ($13 a month)

- One Portobello mushroom (meal expander) ($37 a month)

WHAT I WAS TAKING EVERY DAY:

- 2000mg of glucomannan root (dietary fiber/weight loss) ($13 a month)

- 500mg of turmeric (fights liver damage/Alzheimer’s/some cancers) ($7.50 a month)

- 400mg of astragalus (slows down aging) ($7.50 a month)

- 1 Tbsp of pea protein powder (curbs cravings) ($18 a month)

- 1 Tbsp of brewer’s yeast (increases energy) ($15 a month)

- 1 Daily multivitamin (does a lot of stuff) ($2 a month)

- 1500mg of garcinia cambogia (burns fat) ($13 a month)

Wow. Great job Justin Corr! So please go there and check out not just the results and what he will and will not continue to do now that the experiment is over, but his daily posts. Although watching someone use a neti pot is something I can go without seeing again.