2005 Dietary Guidelines

More Fish for Breastfeeding MomsThe WIC supplemental food program helps certain children up to age five and their moms buy healthy foods. In 2007, a new list of WIC-approved foods came out. Both the amount of fish and the varieties of fish fully-breastfeeding moms can have were expanded.

Dr. Oz claims to be one of the biggest proponents of eating fish but time and time again when it comes to seafood science he comes close to getting it right or he just misses altogether.After a recent syndicated column once again didn’t quite get the story on seafood right we reached out to his syndicator who promised they’d pass our concerns right along to him.We never heard back from Dr. Oz himself. Does it seem to you like our efforts to educate him are falling on deaf ears?

I have some medical advice that Dr. Oz might be interested in hearing about. You see, it’s quite possible that his ears are burning these days and that might mean one of two things; one, he might need tympanometry which tests for ear infections or two, he might just need to log on to the internet because it would appear people are talking about him and he doesn’t know it. To help him with this condition I wrote to his Executive Producer and of course his lawyer.

As you might know from this blog we’ve had a number of interactions with A & E’s History and the Dr. Oz show in the past few weeks. The two case studies stand in stark contrast to each other and now some independent arbiters are weighing in.

Imagine this; you hear your doctor dispensing questionable advice that you know contradicts the latest science and demonstrably confuses two distinctly different topics. So, you call him on it.What does he do?He excuses himself from the exam room and sends in his lawyer to tell you everything is oaky and that his recommendations have been thoroughly researched by a phantom staff of "research professionals."

Paging Dr. Oz... Paging Dr. Oz... February 1, 2010 Laurie Rich Executive Producer ZoCo Productions, LLC VIA Email c/o Jackie Barth Dear Ms. Rich, I am writing to confirm receipt of my January 27th letter expressing concerns about serious scientific inaccuracies in Dr. Oz's January 26, 2010 segment on fish consumption and mercury.

If any of you saw the Dr. Oz Show (you know the Oprah TV doctor) on Tuesday you probably saw his segment on eating fish. Quite frankly we were surprised at just how off base Dr. Oz was on this one. Getting in bed with environmental activists to gin up a scare story is one thing but contradicting FDA advice, ignoring the American Heart Association's suggestions while confusing and conflating recreational fish studies with commercial consumption is beyond sloppy. Here's our letter to Oz's producer: January 27, 2010 Laurie Rich Executive Producer