| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
At long last, Carol Perkins: Dr. Oz With apologies to CM Carol Perkins devotees: This article ought to have been posted before sunrise on Sunday with CM. It is more then 24 hours late. But there is a much better excuse than John Belushi gave Carrie Fisher in "The Blues Brothers." "Sorry I forgot to send before we left for vacation," The popular columnist wrote. "My mind is scattered," she explained. That being said, the column which follows is so good it's worth the 24 hour Carol Perkins Deprivation Syndrome suffering endured by her vast audience. To see the next earlier Carol Perkins column, Carol Perkins: Slang By Carol Perkins My mother must stop quoting Dr. Oz or she is going to be arrested for practicing medicine without a license! No matter what the ailment, even a hint of pain, she refers to Dr. Oz. "He is the smartest man to TV," she declares right before she gives me what I know is coming...a remedy or a diagnosis. The first time I saw Dr. Oz was on Oprah. She launched his career and like Dr. Phil, now he has his own show. I haven't watched it often because the less I know about health and the body, the more I can live in denial. However, he has a unique way of teaching us about our bodies and our health that makes us want to watch. Have you ever been to Epcot Center and ridden through the human body (a simulated ride that takes you through the veins, etc)? When I watch Dr. Oz, I feel as if I am taking a ride through a variety of body parts, depending on the show. For instance, he doesn't just tell about a liver, he shows a real liver (or looks like a real one but I doubt that would be legal since someone might need it). Sometimes his demonstrations are so gross (for me) that I have to switch the channel. I have intestines but not the desire to see them or look at them swimming in blood. Watching the colon through digitized imagery is not entertaining. His enthusiasm is so catching that when he is "teaching" a lesson, he makes me want to wear a party hat and blow a horn! He is an expert about food. Did you know that tomatoes heal almost everything? I learned this as my mother passed me a bowl of tomatoes and when I didn't take any, she shared their healing qualities. "But the acid in tomatoes makes me have hives," I told her. "Well, you don't have to eat a lot of them. They are good for you." Her logic is probably solid but I hated tomatoes! I think what she likes about Dr. Oz is his winning personality. He could tell a patient she was going to have to have a knee replaced and the patient would smile and say, "Whatever you say, Doctor." He exudes that warm, fuzzy bedside manner that we usually only see on TV. My mother quotes Dr. Oz so much that my brother and I roll our eyes when his name comes up, especially while we are eating. He has done endless shows on weight loss. "Exercise is the key," she will repeat. I believe I learned that in health class in the third grade. However, I know she is assuming by repeating it, perhaps it might "take hold of me." My mother is a healthy person, I firmly believe, because of her good eating habits (very little junk food) and her resting habits (daily naps) and her exercise. I remember her lifting books instead of weights and walking with a book on her head for balance and posture. Somehow, I didn't follow in her footsteps because I have managed to avoid all three to my chagrin. Although I hear his advice from her often, he wasn't her first expert. For years and years, she lived by the medical word of Dr. Gott, reading his advice in the Daily Times and passing along his wisdom. Long before Dr. Gott or Dr. Oz, though, she would pull our medical book from the bookcase and look up symptoms when someone in the family was sick. I have never looked inside a medical book in my life! I have been known to quote Oprah and Dr. Phil. For some reason, I had rather dwell on life lessons than health lessons. My mother quotes Dr. Gott and Dr. Oz because she has heard life lessons from living. Perhaps the smartest of all is Guy. He quotes John Wayne! This story was posted on 2011-07-18 07:57:40
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic News:
(Ad) Yard sales activity underway early this week. Send Ad now (Ad) Looking for good seamstress to do alterations Jim's Civil War story would make a great movie (Ad) Unusual day for Yard Sale - Monday morning Opal M. Clements, Dunnville, KY (1939-2011) Worried voice recognizer won't recognize Ohio/S.T. blend Sulphur Well Tales: Just one concern on the inebriate's mind (Ad) Good News. Found 2011-07-17. Lost Wallet at Adair County fair Fan Mail for: Tom Bailey and pictures of trees Pastor Paul's Ponderings: Broad vs. Deep Living View even more articles in topic News |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
