Dr. Oz: GET IN SHAPE!!!Dr. Oz: GET IN SHAPE!!!

Meet Jillian-How old does she Meet Jillian-How old does she look?look?• Jillian was once a Jillian was once a

popular cheerleader, popular cheerleader, star athlete and star athlete and sorority sister. In sorority sister. In college, she started college, she started drinking and began to drinking and began to put on weight. After her put on weight. After her marriage, her weight marriage, her weight continued to climb. continued to climb. When she was When she was pregnant, Jillian put on pregnant, Jillian put on 75 pounds and tipped 75 pounds and tipped the scale at more than the scale at more than 200 pounds. Now, nine 200 pounds. Now, nine years after her son was years after her son was born, Jillian admits to born, Jillian admits to being 50 pounds being 50 pounds overweight. overweight.

• Jillian says a typical day includes eating a grilled Jillian says a typical day includes eating a grilled Reuben sandwich with french fries for breakfast, pizza Reuben sandwich with french fries for breakfast, pizza for lunch, and red meat for dinner. She also says she for lunch, and red meat for dinner. She also says she snacks all day long. "You know the bags you buy for snacks all day long. "You know the bags you buy for Halloween? I can eat that in a day," Jillian says. Halloween? I can eat that in a day," Jillian says.

•By her own admission, Jillian drinks an astonishing By her own admission, Jillian drinks an astonishing 300 ounces of diet soda a day. That's 300 ounces of diet soda a day. That's fourfour six packs! six packs!

•Her problems extend far beyond just looking bad. Her problems extend far beyond just looking bad. Jillian says she has so little energy she rarely does Jillian says she has so little energy she rarely does much of anything. She goes to a drive-thru bank and much of anything. She goes to a drive-thru bank and dry-cleaner, and has even rigged up a way to drag dry-cleaner, and has even rigged up a way to drag her trash cans to the curb in her SUV rather than her trash cans to the curb in her SUV rather than walking. Jillian says she has trouble staying awake, walking. Jillian says she has trouble staying awake, and often sleeps for 18 hours a day. "It's called and often sleeps for 18 hours a day. "It's called hibernation," Dr Oz says. hibernation," Dr Oz says.

•Jillian says her life is out of control and she's ready for Jillian says her life is out of control and she's ready for a serious lifestyle change. "I feel like I'm just watching a serious lifestyle change. "I feel like I'm just watching life go by instead of participating in it," she says. life go by instead of participating in it," she says.

• To help her turn her To help her turn her life around, Dr. Oz and life around, Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen make a Dr. Roizen make a surprise visit to Jillian's surprise visit to Jillian's house. To find out house. To find out exactly what Jillian is exactly what Jillian is putting in her body, putting in her body, the "You Docs" the "You Docs" perform a surprise perform a surprise inspection of the food inspection of the food in her kitchen. in her kitchen.

• Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen separate the food in separate the food in Jillian's kitchen into Jillian's kitchen into two piles—food that's two piles—food that's good for you and food good for you and food that's not. that's not.

• The first items were all of The first items were all of Jillian's drinks, including Jillian's drinks, including soda and bottled iced tea. soda and bottled iced tea. They're both just sugar They're both just sugar and water, so they go on and water, so they go on "the bad table." "If one of "the bad table." "If one of the first four or five the first four or five ingredients is high fructose ingredients is high fructose corn syrup—that's another corn syrup—that's another word for sugar, and it's word for sugar, and it's another word for aging another word for aging your arteries and your your arteries and your immune system," Dr. immune system," Dr. Roizen says. Roizen says.

• Anything made with Anything made with enriched flour is also on enriched flour is also on "the bad table." Seemingly "the bad table." Seemingly healthy items like apple healthy items like apple juice and yogurt often juice and yogurt often have additional sugar and have additional sugar and salt. salt.

• Having survived Dr. Oz and Having survived Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen's surprise house Dr. Roizen's surprise house call, Jillian had a complete call, Jillian had a complete physical exam at Dr. physical exam at Dr. Roizen's center at Roizen's center at Northwestern Memorial Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She Hospital in Chicago. She underwent a stress test and underwent a stress test and met with a dermatologist met with a dermatologist and an allergy specialist. and an allergy specialist.

• When Jillian gets her test When Jillian gets her test results, she's shocked. results, she's shocked. "Your calendar age is 42, as "Your calendar age is 42, as you know," Dr. Roizen says. you know," Dr. Roizen says. "But your Real Age is 56." "But your Real Age is 56."

• "When he said I was 56, "When he said I was 56, that was harsh," Jillian says. that was harsh," Jillian says. "It's like someone walking "It's like someone walking up to you and asking you up to you and asking you when the baby's due and when the baby's due and you're not pregnant." you're not pregnant."

• Now that Jillian knows just Now that Jillian knows just how bad her health is, Dr. Oz how bad her health is, Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen are ready to and Dr. Roizen are ready to start her on the start her on the "90-day Live Longer, Feel You"90-day Live Longer, Feel Younger Plan"nger Plan". .

•First up for Jillian is a yoga First up for Jillian is a yoga lesson from Dr. Oz. "The key lesson from Dr. Oz. "The key to yoga is a deep breath," he to yoga is a deep breath," he says. According to Dr. Oz, says. According to Dr. Oz, yoga helps improve strength yoga helps improve strength and flexibility and can also and flexibility and can also help control blood pressure, help control blood pressure, and regulate breathing and and regulate breathing and heart rate. heart rate.

•Regular movement is crucial, Regular movement is crucial, so Jillian must ensure she so Jillian must ensure she walks for at least 30 minutes walks for at least 30 minutes every day. "No matter what," every day. "No matter what," Dr. Roizen says. "There's a Dr. Roizen says. "There's a hurricane? You walk 30 hurricane? You walk 30 minutes a day. Earthquake—minutes a day. Earthquake—30 minutes a day. Tornado—30 minutes a day. Tornado—30 minutes a day. Snowstorm30 minutes a day. Snowstorm—30 minutes a day." —30 minutes a day."

• Jillian meets with a personal trainer who helps her Jillian meets with a personal trainer who helps her with stretching, weight lifting and crunches. with stretching, weight lifting and crunches.

• She even gets a lesson in healthy cooking She even gets a lesson in healthy cooking because, as Dr. Roizen says, "food is medicine." because, as Dr. Roizen says, "food is medicine." First Dr. Roizen teaches her a recipe for whole-First Dr. Roizen teaches her a recipe for whole-wheat pizza dough with tomato paste, which can wheat pizza dough with tomato paste, which can help dramatically reduce cancer risk. The next help dramatically reduce cancer risk. The next recipe he shows Jillian is for salmon, which he recipe he shows Jillian is for salmon, which he says is rich in omega-3 fatty acids that can says is rich in omega-3 fatty acids that can stabilize your heartbeat, lower blood pressure stabilize your heartbeat, lower blood pressure and help you to live longer. "I can't believe I like and help you to live longer. "I can't believe I like salmon," she says. salmon," she says.

• After 90 days on After 90 days on Dr. Oz and Dr. Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen's plan, Jillian Roizen's plan, Jillian has lost 43 pounds! has lost 43 pounds! "That walk out here "That walk out here felt so much better felt so much better than every Reuben than every Reuben I have ever eaten," I have ever eaten," Jillian says. Jillian says.

"I feel so much "I feel so much lighter and I feel so lighter and I feel so much healthier and much healthier and I have ambition!" I have ambition!" she says. she says.

So what does this mean to So what does this mean to you and me?you and me?

• "We're the fattest [country] and we have the "We're the fattest [country] and we have the highest incidence of suffering from obesity," Dr. highest incidence of suffering from obesity," Dr. Oz says. Oz says.

• How did we become so fat? Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen How did we become so fat? Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen say the cause of our expanded waistlines is our say the cause of our expanded waistlines is our larger portion sizes. For example, the typical larger portion sizes. For example, the typical cheeseburger now is four times the size it was in cheeseburger now is four times the size it was in the early 1980s. You can get an order of french the early 1980s. You can get an order of french fries that is nearly three times as large as an order fries that is nearly three times as large as an order from 20 years ago. At the movies, you used to get from 20 years ago. At the movies, you used to get five cups of popcorn. Now you can get a tub that five cups of popcorn. Now you can get a tub that holds a whopping 11 cups. holds a whopping 11 cups.

• Even our plates are bigger! The typical plate Even our plates are bigger! The typical plate from the 1970s was nine inches across. Now from the 1970s was nine inches across. Now they're anywhere from 11 to 13 inches across. they're anywhere from 11 to 13 inches across.

• Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are the Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are the leading causes of premature aging, but it's not leading causes of premature aging, but it's not too late to turn your health around. Dr. Oz and too late to turn your health around. Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen say you can start to reverse your Dr. Roizen say you can start to reverse your bad health in just four weeks. bad health in just four weeks.

Read the food label!!!!Read the food label!!!!

One of the most important things to do is read One of the most important things to do is read the list of ingredients. If the list of ingredients. If partially partially hydrogenated oil, high fructose corn syruphydrogenated oil, high fructose corn syrup, , or or enriched flourenriched flour are in the first 4-5 are in the first 4-5 ingredients, IT IS NOT HEALTHY FOR YOU!ingredients, IT IS NOT HEALTHY FOR YOU!

Also read the food label to see what kind of fat Also read the food label to see what kind of fat you are taking in, if there is any cholesterol, you are taking in, if there is any cholesterol, and also read for the amount of sodium.and also read for the amount of sodium.

What is this?????What is this?????• Dr. Oz says there's an organ Dr. Oz says there's an organ

inside all of us that plays a key inside all of us that plays a key role in making us fat—the role in making us fat—the omentum. "This organ literally omentum. "This organ literally pumps chemicals into your body pumps chemicals into your body and it holds the secrets … to and it holds the secrets … to losing weight."losing weight."

• The omentum is the fat organ The omentum is the fat organ connected to your stomach connected to your stomach that's only purpose is to catch that's only purpose is to catch and store fat. When the fat is and store fat. When the fat is stored in your stomach, your stored in your stomach, your body has easy access to it. The body has easy access to it. The fat then creates an inflammatory fat then creates an inflammatory process that irritates your process that irritates your arteries and puts you at risk for arteries and puts you at risk for blocked arteries.blocked arteries.

• A healthy omentum, like A healthy omentum, like the one Oprah's holding, the one Oprah's holding, should be "lacy, like should be "lacy, like stockings," Dr. Oz says. stockings," Dr. Oz says. "The omentum, you'll "The omentum, you'll notice, is transparent and notice, is transparent and thin."thin."

• An unhealthy omentum, An unhealthy omentum, like the one Dr. Oz holds, is like the one Dr. Oz holds, is heavy with fat. While the heavy with fat. While the omentum he's holding is omentum he's holding is thick and fatty, Dr. Oz says thick and fatty, Dr. Oz says the person it once the person it once belonged to—who died of belonged to—who died of heart disease—was just 30 heart disease—was just 30 to 40 pounds overweight.to 40 pounds overweight.

• "When someone's beer "When someone's beer bellied, you know how it bellied, you know how it gets that tense, big look? gets that tense, big look? That's this," he says. That's this," he says. "That's [the omentum] "That's [the omentum] pushing up against your pushing up against your stomach, and it coils up in stomach, and it coils up in there."there."

Ever wonder how food turns to fat in your Ever wonder how food turns to fat in your body? Dr. Oz describes the long journey!body? Dr. Oz describes the long journey!

•Food in the stomach is first Food in the stomach is first pushed slowly past the stomach pushed slowly past the stomach lining into the small bowel. lining into the small bowel. There the food is mixed, like There the food is mixed, like soap, with bile. "It washes the soap, with bile. "It washes the fat," Dr. Oz explains. "It makes it fat," Dr. Oz explains. "It makes it so you can absorb it. As that bile so you can absorb it. As that bile mixes with the food that you've mixes with the food that you've taken in, it begins to get taken in, it begins to get absorbed across the wall. As it absorbed across the wall. As it gets absorbed, if it's healthy oils, gets absorbed, if it's healthy oils, for example, it makes your liver for example, it makes your liver very happy. But if this is full of very happy. But if this is full of trans fats and hydrogenated fats trans fats and hydrogenated fats and foods that aren't good for and foods that aren't good for you, it's very toxic to the liver."you, it's very toxic to the liver."

• In the picture you can see In the picture you can see the liver has turned from the liver has turned from rich red to white, signaling rich red to white, signaling an unhealthy, fatty liver. an unhealthy, fatty liver. You can also see an You can also see an expanding omentum, expanding omentum, leaving a big belly.leaving a big belly.

• Next food moves through Next food moves through the small intestine and into the small intestine and into the large bowel. A valve the large bowel. A valve between the two can slow between the two can slow this movement. "That this movement. "That [valve] is stimulated by [valve] is stimulated by fiber," Dr. Oz says. "The fiber," Dr. Oz says. "The reason people who have reason people who have breakfast lose weight is breakfast lose weight is because they have fiber in because they have fiber in their diet. Food doesn't their diet. Food doesn't come through quite as come through quite as quickly so you don't feel quickly so you don't feel hungry as quickly."hungry as quickly."

• Here's a surprise—the most Here's a surprise—the most powerful muscle in your powerful muscle in your body could be making you body could be making you fat. Here's another—that fat. Here's another—that muscle is your tongue!muscle is your tongue!

• "First of all, the tongue "First of all, the tongue makes us incredibly good makes us incredibly good at eating," Dr. Oz says. at eating," Dr. Oz says. "Human beings don't waste "Human beings don't waste any calories. We put food any calories. We put food in our mouth and we get in our mouth and we get the calories out because the calories out because the tongue moves the food the tongue moves the food around a lot and our teeth around a lot and our teeth embed against each other. embed against each other. … Now, because we're … Now, because we're efficient like that, we efficient like that, we extract all the calories. Our extract all the calories. Our tongue also tells us what tongue also tells us what kinds of food to eat."kinds of food to eat."

• Dr. Oz says that you can learn a lot Dr. Oz says that you can learn a lot about your body by knowing if about your body by knowing if you're an "undertaster," a you're an "undertaster," a "supertaster," or someplace in the "supertaster," or someplace in the middle. To find out which you are, middle. To find out which you are, stir a packet of Sweet 'n Low into stir a packet of Sweet 'n Low into about four ounces of water. Taste about four ounces of water. Taste it. Is it sweet or bitter?it. Is it sweet or bitter?

•"If it tastes bitter it means that "If it tastes bitter it means that saccharin overpowered your taste saccharin overpowered your taste buds, which means you're a buds, which means you're a supertaster," he says. supertaster," he says. "Supertasters don't like vegetables "Supertasters don't like vegetables and fruits. They taste too pungent, and fruits. They taste too pungent, too strong, for them. They need to too strong, for them. They need to take a multivitamin because if you take a multivitamin because if you don't like to eat those foods, you don't like to eat those foods, you need to get that nutrition need to get that nutrition somewhere else."somewhere else."

• "If the mixture tastes sweet, you're "If the mixture tastes sweet, you're an undertaster," Dr. Oz says. "It an undertaster," Dr. Oz says. "It means that you're going to crave a means that you're going to crave a lot of foods because you can never lot of foods because you can never satisfy your palate."satisfy your palate."

• "Our taste buds behave "Our taste buds behave differently," he says. "About the differently," he says. "About the only thing we can really alter is our only thing we can really alter is our craving of fat, which is acquired. craving of fat, which is acquired. The rest of our traits tend to be The rest of our traits tend to be inherited."inherited."

And finally…..FOOD OR MOOD?And finally…..FOOD OR MOOD?• The foods you crave, and when you crave them, might just The foods you crave, and when you crave them, might just

depend on your mood. "Our bodies are designed to fulfill our depend on your mood. "Our bodies are designed to fulfill our needs," Dr. Oz says. "The gut and the brain are the two most needs," Dr. Oz says. "The gut and the brain are the two most closely related organs. So it makes perfect sense that the closely related organs. So it makes perfect sense that the foods we eat change the way our brains function."foods we eat change the way our brains function."

Dr. Oz says the following cravings could mean you are feeling Dr. Oz says the following cravings could mean you are feeling these moods:these moods:

• MeatMeat could mean you're could mean you're angryangry • SweetsSweets might be a sign of might be a sign of depressiondepression • Ice creamIce cream might mean you're might mean you're anxious anxious • Salty snacksSalty snacks could mean you're could mean you're stressedstressed • PastaPasta might signal might signal lonelinessloneliness• All of the above might mean you're just a All of the above might mean you're just a little bit jealouslittle bit jealous •

And the intersection of food and mood doesn't stop at And the intersection of food and mood doesn't stop at cravings. It also involves how we can proactively affect our cravings. It also involves how we can proactively affect our emotions. "If you're depressed, you should take omega-3 fatty emotions. "If you're depressed, you should take omega-3 fatty acids, especially women who are having babies," Dr. Oz says. acids, especially women who are having babies," Dr. Oz says. "That baby sucks all that healthy fat out of your body and you "That baby sucks all that healthy fat out of your body and you get depressed after you have this beautiful, brilliant wonderful get depressed after you have this beautiful, brilliant wonderful baby."baby."