The language that dedicated TV-viewers of the popular show are accustomed to closely resembles the terminology used in the ancient rituals of the shamanism. In "Touching the Divine: Recent Research on Neo-Paganism and Neo-Shamanism." Tanya Marie Luhrmann reveals the principles that drove the shamanistic tradition over the years. As much as the role of the shaman has evolved over the years, some leading principles have been preserved. When describing the author of Witching Culture, Sabina Magliocco, anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann writes how “[Sabina] wants to legitimize these practices and so she roots them in the past, not in the playful present. She makes the claim that magic reclaims traditional “ways of knowing”. (Luhrmann 141). Dr. Oz’s …show more content…
Once a limited market niche, supplements rose to a financial goldmine aided by a combination of excessively relaxed administrative regulation and the sensitivity of the subjects that it targets. Coincidentally, the topics on the popular TV-show hosted from Dr. Oz follow a similar pattern. Korownyk et al have conducted a research on 40 episodes of both Dr. Oz and The Doctors TV shows. The team noticed that “[d]ietary recommendations were almost four times more common (39% v 10%) on The Dr. Oz Show than on The Doctors. Dietary recommendations on The Dr. Oz Show were close to eight times more common (39% v 5%) than exercise recommendations” (Korownyk et al 4). The over fixation of The Dr. Oz Show on weight loss is hard to miss; the ratio between both shows is one-to-four. Furthermore, the exercise option is suspiciously underestimated for a physician who believes that working out is the best path to achieving weight loss. The policy research performed by Ranjani Starr at all in “Too Little, Too Late: Ineffective Regulation of Dietary Supplements in the United States” confirms the susceptibility of the potential customers to a weight loss products. The team cites a survey of the public anticipation of the effects of weight loss dietary supplements. The dark secret of the market is that “[d]espite these requirements, a study commissioned by the FTC found that …show more content…
Responsibilities of official agencies, directly entrusted with safeguarding the public from potentially harmful products, are awkwardly divided between the FDA and FTC. When discussing ways of addressing safety concerns, Abe underlines that “[c]onsumers and healthcare professionals can also report adverse events related to the use of dietary supplements to governmental agencies; however, such reports are made on a voluntary basis.” (Abe 967). The report that a team led by Abe compiled, reveals that legislator left the consumer at the mercy of the manufacturer. The adverse events are reported after the occurrence of such an event, which technically turns the users into test subjects. Although, a glimpse of hope comes from the market that promoted dietary supplements, proven false or even harmful. The newer of the two doctors’ shows included in the Korownyk’s research The Doctors converge towards better adherence to the scientific evidence. The researchers concluded, “[b]elievable or somewhat believable evidence supported 33% of the recommendations on The Dr Oz Show and 53% on The Doctors”(Korownyk 1). While the government played safe by not strictly implementing a protection for the consumer in the DSHEA act from 1994, the free market shows signs of automatically balancing itself. The newer incarnation, The Doctors shows signs of better