- Due to Oz’s politics, a member of Dr. Oz’s advisory board is no longer associated with the doctor.
- Joel Foreman, who has appeared on “The Dr. Oz Show” five times, says he doesn’t want to “have anything to do with Oz” right now.
- “I just can’t … understand that a person is moral and reasonable and becomes a Trump supporter,” Foreman said.
Joel Fuhrman, a family physician and celebrity “diet doctor” who served on “The Dr. Oz Show”‘s medical advisory board, told Insider he can no longer support Mehmet because of his relationship with former President Donald Trump Oz.
“Of course, I’ve respected Dr. Oz for years because I know he’s a doctor,” Fuhrman told Insider. “But now that he’s a Republican Trump supporter, I don’t want to have anything to do with him.”
Furman added that he sees Trump as “an evil individual who has done terrible things for our country” and called the party’s denial of climate change and Trump’s attempt to “take over” the 2020 election as his main concerns.
Oz, a Republican candidate from Pennsylvania, is running for the Senate seat against Democratic challenger John Fettman. Trump backed the Nation of Oz in April.
A current resident of San Diego, Foreman is ineligible to vote for Oz in the upcoming election, but feels strongly about the political stance Oz has taken since running for office.
“I’m no longer a supporter of Dr. Oz because my political views are very much against Trump’s positions and what Oz has done politically,” Forman said, adding that he believed the doctor’s Motivation is ambition and desire for power, not profit. “So I haven’t contacted him.”
The Oz show’s medical committee has recently been criticized for questionable science promoted by members of the group, including putting petroleum jelly on the nose to avoid viruses and drinking tea made from onion juice and lemon to treat flu symptoms.
Fuhrman told Insider that he had no specific responsibilities or meetings while on the board, but had known Oz since their time at the University of Pennsylvania, and at one point he considered the physician-turned-politician as his friend. Forman appeared on Oz’s show about five times to promote his “nutritious” diet.
A nutritious diet is largely plant-based—believers should eat one pound of raw and one pound of cooked vegetables each day—with no animal products or dairy, oil, added salt, or snacking between meals.Nutritionist Caroline Williams mentioned Fuhrman’s Nutritious Meal Plan as a “fashion diet” “takes the concept of nutrient density to the extreme, an extreme we didn’t know was really necessary.”
Foreman himself claimed in a statement 2012 Men’s Magazine Interview He fasted for 46 days, drinking only water, to heal his heel injury.
Fuhrman says he supports his diet and its potential to cure a variety of ailments, but he no longer supports Oz — not because of concerns about conflicts of interest or the science presented on his show, which he admits could be a “B-grade” or a “C” level”, but because he supported former President Trump.
“In my own eyes, I can’t understand a person who is moral and rational and a Trump supporter,” Foreman said. “I just don’t understand how it happened.”
A representative for Oz did not respond to Insider’s request for comment.
