US Senate Filing Reveals New Angle To Oz’s Quackery

The Daily Beast reports:

When Dr. Mehmet Oz sat in front of the camera last year for a promotional video for Walmart, it ostensibly was to inform his fans and viewers how best to improve their immune health.

“You may not realize that a quality probiotic is a proven immunity booster,” Oz said to the camera, before holding up a little green-and-blue package containing a supplement called TruBiotics.

Viewers may have surmised that Oz’s video plugging TruBiotics was, essentially, an ad. What they were not aware of, however, is that Oz was a member of the board of directors of the brand’s parent company, PanTheryx.

Read the full article.

Oz’s relationship to the company was revealed in his US Senate financial filing. None of the Pantheryx products have been approved by the FDA and one of them has been found to be a useless placebo.

Dr. Oz’s Dark History of Promoting Companies He Was Quietly Invested In – The Daily Beast https://t.co/Sbb66e7H37

— Mia (@investigatenow_) August 1, 2022