Dr. Oz on Oprah Say"s About Himalayan Goji Berries

OPRAH Show – October 1, 2007 "Since so many men are afraid to go to the doctor, and embarrassed to ask health questions in front of the women in their lives, Dr. Oz is conducting a private forum for the 300 men in the audience—even the crew is made up entirely of men.

"This is a no-embarrassment zone, there's no topic that's off limits, there's no question I won't answer," Dr. Oz tells the audience. "I want you to keep one memory in the back of your mind.
There are three times more widows than widowers. Now why is that? Because when we're little boys and we scrape our knee, we're told to suck it in and not talk about it. We need to change that culture because there's a lot we can do for men's health."

Ben Gordon, leading scorer for the Chicago Bulls, needs some nutrition information. "I'm a professional athlete. I train anywhere between two and three times a day. … What kind of food’s can I add to my diet to help me maintain high energy levels throughout my diet and not crash after I'm finished working out," he says.

Dr. Oz recommends that Ben eat more foods with antioxidants. "What happens to a lot of great athletes is they are creating so much oxidation in their body from working out all the time, especially if you're working out for more than two hours a day—you're doing this for sure—that you don't have the oxidant stores to keep up with that. So you've got to build up those antioxidant stores by taking leafy green vegetables."

Bright colored fruits, like goji berries, are also great, Dr. Oz says. "They grow in the Himalayas. "They're the most potent antioxidant fruit that we know," he says. "Remember, foods are drugs. They work just like that. But especially for an athlete that's moving fast all over the place, you've got to keep the antioxidant stores in your body high and the best way to do it is through the foods you eat."