DoctorOz: Chickpea Whipped Topping, Coffee, Cooking Sprays, and More Health Hacks | Dr. Oz | S10 | Ep 52

What is it in coffee that's raising fears? If you could eat a cloud, this is what it tastes like, a healthy cloud. We had the medical unit look into this. I use these, but I don't trust these. You've got a bunch of burning health questions and I'm finding out the answers. Coming up next. Season 10? Is coffee really good for you? Dr. Oz, should I really be using cooking spray? Dr. Oz, do toilet seat covers really protect you? Is there really a whipped topping Dr. Oz approves of? Why can't somebody just tell me once and for all? I'm just trying to close my eyes, but I can't get these questions from my viewers out of my head. So today, we're going to unravel those health questions that keep coming up. You know what they say, the loudest voice wins out. Well, let's start with Renata's big question. Is there a whipped topping that I approve of? Who doesn't love a cloud of whipped cream? It's so fluffy and sweet and it crowns every dessert with a happy halo. There's an explosion of whipped wonders at the store. I've noticed that there are tons of whipped creams and toppings to choose from. You have original, extra creamy, nonfat, and light. They come in spray cans, tubs, and some say they're even low calorie. Can you tell me once and for all, is there a whipped topping you approve of, Dr. Oz? So Renata is here in person, and it's Thanksgiving week, everybody. I know you're all going to be indulging in whipped toppings to add to your pies and everything else. So today, we have samples of some of the most popular whipped items. For example, there's the store-bought whipped cream in a can. Oh, that sound. Isn't that amazing, guys? Yum, yum, yum. And we also have the fat-free whipped topping also from a store, right? I like, oh, look at that. Look at that. So thick and luscious. Here's the question for you. Pop quiz. Okay. Look at these both, right? They look similar, right? Which of these barely contains any of this? Dairy. What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Barely contains dairy? Yeah. One of these doesn't have any dairy in it. They both have dairy in it. They're cream. They're whipped toppings and they have the name cream in it. So that means it must be dairy in it, right? They taste like they're creamy, but one of them doesn't have it. Come on over here. We're not, I love when once in a while, we can impart a little knowledge here. The first thing we uncovered is that it's easy to get ripped off on whipped. So we're going to go do a little comparison between whipped and all the other comparative products out there. Chef Danny Boom is here with our Whipped Cream Dream Team. That's right. Okay. I like that. Whipped Cream Dream Team. We're going to start off with the old-fashioned homemade whipped cream, so you know what to compare it to. Because the things I just showed you actually weren't homemade, but the closer you get to homemade, the better off you are. This has actually been around for a long time, the homemade whipped cream from the 16th century. It was known as snow cream. And you talk about this being the gold standard. What, what do you say is in here? And is it a concern? Is it bad for you? How can natural ingredients be a concern to anybody? That's the first thing, right? We're talking about real cream from a cow. Okay. That's the first thing. We're talking about real vanilla from a bean. And then we're talking about real sugar from the cane. Okay. That's what I want to see in my food. Okay. When you whip it together, it's just as quick. Okay. You have a metal bowl that you freeze. You have a metal whip that you whip it with. And away you go, guys. That's where you get it. Real cream is what it's about. And I don't want any synthetic stuff in my kitchen, giving me only 2%. There's only 2% sometimes of any kind of dairy in a synthetic product. This tastes to die for. This is how I enjoy it as well. And again, if it's created in the 16th century, they didn't have a lot of chemical processing back then. That's right. Exactly. But the biggest thing here is, okay, it may spoil, but that's the good sign. If it spoils, it molds, it spores. That's when we know something is natural and is good for us. It also actually, it also gets rid of out of our body quicker. We need full fat. These creatures of the choir, you get that. We need full fat, Dr. Oz. Full fat. I heard him. We need it. Rachel Beller here. She's talking about whipped cream in a can. Now, give a little bit of history here. Whipped cream in a can was created in the 1940s. Heralding and convenience. Lots of memories, fond memories for a lot of us who got to do what I just did over there. This little maneuver. Right? It feels good. It looks good. However, what's actually in it, Rachel? So we're not so real here. We have thickeners, emulsifiers. There's cream, there's milk. But all these things that we're adding in, some of these have 15, 16 ingredients, Dr. Oz. That's a lot for something so simple that Danny showed us. So really, it's something that could produce inflammation in the body. Not so ideal when we want to get real. Been around a long time, despite the memories. All right, let's go to the fat-free whipped toppings, which became popular in the 60s, right? And a lot of people eat these because they are low calorie. Yep, right out there. And they do taste good. But Danny, what ingredients did you uncover that we did not expect? Here we go, guys. First of all, apart from being a scientist like yourself, can anybody else in the audience actually say the first one? Hydrogenated oil, okay? That's the first thing. That's like palm oil, canola oil. These are oils. They're not dairy. It's not a protein. It's an oil. So that's the preservative that's holding everything together. It's an emulsifier, okay? Then we look at the next things down here. Additives. Okay, additives are flavorings, okay? That's what makes you addicted to that. So fat-free, but does the head fake your wrath? What do you think about that, your take? Oh gosh, I'm troubled. I'm clutching my pearls. I don't know what to do. I have three cans of this stuff in my refrigerator right now. Dr. Oz, however, I'm going to try and do it a little bit more natural. Here's the thing. Before you judge, you brought something up, Danny, earlier about how long these last. So my team was interested to see just how much of a food fake out store-bought whips were. So we did a little experiment to see how fast the foods would spoil. Are you all interested in that? Right? In theory, it's supposed to spoil. Take a look. All right, here's what the whipped products look like today. That's the all-natural 16th century version. Not so appealing, right? This baby here, I mean, it's just deflated all day, I guess. But it did go bad, right? Look at this. The whip topping, right? That didn't spoil at all. That's still good to go. So we did some investigating and found some brand new whipped toppings that are healthier. I narrowed it down to just one that I personally am obsessed with. I never even thought about whipped chickpea before. It's made actually from aquafaba. If you take the juice of the chickpea, like this stuff down here, see that juice? Wow. You take that juice, it's sort of thick. I don't know if you can all appreciate that, right? And you whip that baby up and it looks like this. So I want my experts to please taste that. Rachel, while you're doing that, tell us a tiny bit about this. So I love aquafaba because you're basically taking, I take no sodium added liquid from the chickpea and you just, you whip it up. Oh, now, wait a minute. Yeah, you could put maple, you could put a little bit of honey. So this is the liquid, again, that's in the can when you buy the chickpeas, right? Yes. No sodium added, four ingredients compared to 16. This is real. And you can, this, it's delicious. Describe the taste. You like it? It's light. It's definitely light. Fluffy. Airy. It's, it has a nice, it's not overly sweet, but it has a nice little sweet texture. And there's this aftertaste, which is really, really pleasant. And my mouth, smooth. And my mouth doesn't feel oily. If you could eat a cloud, this is what it would taste like. A healthy cloud. It's my first ever Oz approved, first ever Oz approved whip topping chickpea whip. Try it out. The chickpea whip is going to be famous. Coming up next, our, well, why can't someone just tell me once and for all show continues. We investigate coffee. Recent headlines of cancer risks. Are they scaring you? Should you be worried? Stay with us. This is a first for me. I've covered the events leading to crimes and the aftermath, but I've never been inside a prison to meet a criminal, to see what it's really like to be in prison. No cell phones allowed, no electronics, just the minimal equipment for my crew. An Oz true crime exclusive. And I've got to say, when you think of a person in prison for hiring a hit man, you're not what I would imagine. That's coming up tomorrow. Hey, Dr. Oz. I read that they're putting cancer warning labels on coffee in places like in California. Once and for all, how worried am I supposed to be about my daily coffee intake? Because I always thought coffee was healthy. It's the biggest coffee controversy that's boiling over. Could coffee cause cancer? Nutritionist Rachel Beller is back along with coffee expert Dr. Bob Arnott. They're joining me to investigate. Guys, grab your coffee. Let's head out to talk to the audience about coffee. So we're enjoying our coffee, but not 100% sure we should be. So Rachel, you're from California. So you've been living in a state where there are now signs. Let me show this to you. Signs in the coffee shops warning people about coffee and cancer. This is a pretty, you know, it's an imposing warning sign. What is it in coffee that's raising fears? So it's acrylamide, which is formed when you're roasting the coffee beans. And the higher, the deeper the roast, the more acrylamide gets formed. The thing that's interesting is that something like a potato chip or french fries has 40 to 60 times the acrylamide than our cup of coffee. So it's like a needle in a haystack. As a dietician, I am not worried about it. But the signs that I just showed are only on coffee shops. They're not putting them on french fries or potato chip bags. That is correct. In California, the signs are up. Bob, your take on coffee and its dangers, specifically with regard to cancer. Rachel said, you know, 300 micrograms in a chip, you know, 700 a cup of coffee, doesn't seem like much. But you know, the really good environmental chemistry, like, well, it's a liquid, could concentrate. Maybe you said there's something there. And it is what's called a developing carcinogen. They're looking, they're testing, so there's no kind of final answer. But the World Health Organization, you know, used to list it as a potential carcinogen. They've given it a clean bill of health, may prevent up to two cancers. And scientific reports, there's 105 prospective studies saying it may prevent everything from prostate to colon cancer. So all I would say is, to be safe, the smartest thing to do is drink a low acrylamide coffee. As Rachel said so well, the lighter rows have less in it. That seems to make the most sense. But I don't worry about it. All right, we've got two experts here who are not worried about it. In fact, they're giving thumbs up to your daily cup of joe. They're not worried about coffee and cancer. Are you all happy about that? They complain I take away their favorite foods. I get it all the time. So next question, what are the actual benefits of coffee? Because I'm not a coffee drinker. I don't react well to it. As a surgeon, it's the worst thing to have coffee before you head into the operating room. Big problem, because you can't leave the OR to take care of number one and number two. That's right. So I never drank den coffee. Plus, it looks bad when you stay in your white jacket. But there are studies every day brewing about these benefits. Let's go through these. Bob, walk us through the strongest reasons to drink coffee. The first is to prevent the risk of death, maybe including cancer. So the interesting thing is that coffee used to be a marker for bad behavior. People that ate too much red meat, they smoked. They drank too much alcohol. They didn't exercise. They didn't have any vegetables in their diet. It seemed like it was a marker for bad behavior. But these giant studies, five million consumer years, showed a staggering 15% decrease in all-cause death for women, 10% for men. And there's nothing else like this in the American diet, no food or new beverage that gives you that staggering degree of decrease in death. How about brain protection? And I bring it up because it's the number one question that especially older Americans have, fear of dementia. So the interesting thing, we actually did a study at the North Carolina Research Campus with Dave Nieman, and we showed a big boost in mood. And we think that's because it decreases brain inflammation. Good studies on depression out of the Harvard School of Public Health. There's a 20% decrease in the risk of depression among women, drinking four more cups of coffee a day. Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, also a decrease. Is it because it's making you alert enough to deal with stress better and keep active intellectually? Why does it work? So the interesting thing with the Alzheimer's, it may prevent all those kind of things getting onto the nerve endings there. But they think it's basically a decrease in inflammation. Now, remember, no one has done big prospective trials proving this is a medication. It's just an observation, but it's a good one. And depression, fantastic. Well, if you can reduce inflammation, which is the root cause of so many problems I'm in. Let's head over to our coffee bar for the next coffee question. We can settle right now, right here. How many cups of coffee a day is the right amount to drink for the health benefits? Bob, since you've articulated quite nicely that you're passionately in favor of drinking some, how much should we drink? New England Journal of Medicine, men, five to six cups of coffee a day. Harvard School of Public Health, I know. Five to six cups of coffee? Women, four cups of coffee a day, 20% decrease the risk of depression. But if you are like you and me and 45% of the population, you take that much coffee, you're going to have a SWAT team following you down the highway, right? Anxiety, wreck your sleep, ruin your operation, right? And it could actually be bad for you because your blood pressure may go up. So the bottom line is, if you think you're sensitive to caffeine, you can get away with just one or two cups of super high polyphenol coffee. We've gotten up to 1,000 milligrams in a cup versus 150 for lesser coffee. That's a great workaround. The other good workaround is a really high quality, say, Ethiopian or Mexican decaf that has all the polyphenols. And the polyphenols, that's the secret ingredient. That's what causes the decrease in inflammation. So you can get it. Lastly, that big New England Journal study, it didn't say caffeinated coffee. It just said coffee. So take it either way. All right. So again, two cups of caffeinated coffee. Or if you're sensitive, you can have, I don't know, four, five, six cups of decaffeinated coffee without getting symptoms. But what you care about is the fact that you're having some coffee. OK. You've got a little hack, Rachel. A lot of times, people are adding too much sugar to their coffee. It's the sugar in the cream that messed the coffee up, guys. So how do we get away without adding on those things, but adding in some healthy ones instead? So I treat myself a couple of times a week to what I call a Turkish latte. I'm also a little sensitive like you. And you've got some of that Turkish in you. Healthiest coffee there is is the Turkish coffee. Sometimes misnamed great. Rich in polyphenols, which is fantastic. So what you do is you can take a shot or two of espresso, put it in a nut milk. I try to avoid dairy when it comes to coffee, because it shows that it does decrease the antioxidant value. It does reduce polyphenols. So I use cashew or almond. And then here's something magical. I love to power up my coffee with spice synergy. There is research showing that if you add cinnamon and ginger to coffee, they work in sync and increase the antioxidant value. Oh, my goodness. It's really cool stuff. Yes. So what I do is I add some cinnamon, some ginger, some cardamom and clove and smell it. I mean, I'm really smelling this. This is really good. This, Rachel, is brilliant. It's just you're amping up the nutritional value of what you're drinking, what you're eating just with the power of spice. This will be the new morning drink. I'm serious. You think I'm kidding? Rachel's morning Turkish coffee with cinnamon, ginger and everything else. You add no sugar in this, right? No, no. You could add a little bit of honey if you want to, but I don't. It's just so good on its own. So cheers to that. Thanks for enlightening us. Be sure to check out Bob's book, Coffee Lover's Bible. You can tell that he is one. Up next, you use cooking sprays. What you need to know about what's really in them. Stay with us. It's the return of jerky. This paleo snack is now outselling chips. That is so good. But could this low-carb meat treat have hidden ingredients that could crash your diet? All nuance. That's coming up on Wednesday. Cooking sprays. It's the kitchen item that's always generating questions. And today, I've turned my set into a test kitchen to answer some of your burning questions. Brooke and nutritionist Rachel Bella have started an egg fry experiment. So what's your biggest concern, Brooke, about these cooking sprays? Is it better than regular oil? Well, that's a pretty clear question. What kind of oil do you currently cook with? Olive oil cooking spray. All right. So let's take a closer look at the difference between olive oil and the spray versus that in the bottle. We have a little demonstration going on. You're both racing. So in a second, we're going to find out how this is working. Now, Rachel, you just put flannel olive oil on yours. Pure olive oil. And this was sprayed. Yes, it was sprayed. So it makes it a little slippery. Yes. Now, while these are finishing up, can you explain your perspective as a nutritionist? What's the difference? So with olive oil, what you see is what you get, pure olive oil. With a cooking spray, now you're looking at additives. And so, you know, you've got some, you know, anti-foaming agent like silicone dioxide and lecithin that a lot of people are actually allergic to soy and it's soy lecithin. Got it. So there's something in there that they may not be knowing about. And then we've got the propellant to make it come out of the can. And so, and that's something also that's a little bit of unknown. It's what we use when we go camping, you know, some of the propane. Kind of like eat at your own risk thing going on. So let me ask you, net, net, net. Which one's better for taste and which one do you think is healthier? So the olive oil is by far healthier because you know you're getting the pure thing. Some of these oils, they use chemicals and solvents to, you know, to, you don't know what you're getting, what kind of quality of olive oil you're getting. Is there a taste difference? I think there is. All right, you guys ready? Let's just see how they work, first of all. Rachel, you want to go first? You're brave. Let's see if it comes off. Go ahead. So it sort of comes off. It's a little bit. It's a little harder. But you can force it off. Well, it made it. It was not as elegant. Let me see how yours does. Let's see how you can do it. All right, let's see. Oh my god. Don't even need this. It's slippery. Don't even need this. That is easier, but that wasn't crazy hard either, right? So what, and this non-stick, we understand why it's happening because of the chemicals in here. Yes. You recommend a specific kind of oil, if you're going to spray, that you think is a little better. So thankfully in the marketplace, we do have, like for example, this is avocado oil spray. And if you look at the ingredient list, there's one ingredient, avocado oil. And they even bother to tell us that it's expeller press, no chemicals, no solvents, no treating it with harsh chemicals to dilute the antioxidant level. Oh. And it heats up to 500 degrees. So, see? What's wrong with that? Yeah. It's awesome. Have you ever heard of this before? No. This is a great idea. This is a gift from the show to you. It's a little something for your effort coming today. Thank you. It's a great idea. It's great. It's inexpensive. Really, really good. All right, thank you. Now Stephanie's here along with your question, with Chef Danny for a spray experiment. So Stephanie, what is concerning to you about these sprays? Well, I'm using a zero calorie spray. So is it actually zero calories? What's the deal with this? It says zero calories, doesn't it? It says zero calories, but zero calories, this is really, really interesting. So zero calories to the FDA, okay, is a serving suggestion, okay? So it comes down to one serving suggestion can be basically five calories or 0.5 grams, okay? But here's the thing, one spray is going to give you that, but how many times do you spray to cover the surface of the pan? What's a spray mean? One pump. Well, that comes down to one third of a second. A third of a second? Yeah. So I got a little competition for you here, doctor. All right. Okay, what we're going to do, Stephanie's got some spray, you've got some spray. We've got two pans and look, come on, everybody here. Do you think they really could cover the surface of the pan with one pump? We're going to try. Okay, you're going to try. So what I got is I've got a stopwatch here and as I'm wearing my apron, I look official. You do. Okay. So we're going to give it a one, two, three. We're going to spray and then we're going to sit just one pump, one. Okay. Okay, because I know you're competitive, doc. Okay. One pump and we're going to see how much we spray and then we're going to go back and then we're going to realize how much we actually do put into the pan. A third of a second, right? No cheating, no cheating. No cheating. Do I have to get serious here? Yes. Okay, all right. Okay, so three, two, one. Stop. You went longer than a third of a second. I think you went a little over the line. Absolutely did. But what we've got here, if we just went, if we can continue this, look at how the pan goes. Is that going to work really? Okay, you could get an egg going on there and remember if you're using a nonstick pan, the first thing is you don't have to use the oil. If you want to distribute the oil in an even sense, use some paper towel and maybe some olive oil. But in fairness, no one's going to do one third of a second. You can't spread it that quickly. Well, let's come back to the calorie question. Yes. If we've just used one pump, well, that's five calories. But if you continue to keep doing that, the calories are going to keep mounting up. You could end up with 35 calories. That's what it would take. Okay, so that's probably about 25, 30 calories there right now. It turns out we had the medical unit look into this. Right on. And the average person would probably spray for close to three seconds. We think it's about 30 calories, roughly. So it's actually not a zero calorie additive, in which case you think, is there a hack? So you mentioned a good one, but I'm going to go one up here. This new beautiful technology. Oh, it's just a bottle with a pump. All right, nothing fancy. But listen, put real olive oil in here. And then when you spray, watch. Oh, I missed. I missed. Sorry. See, you can do that. And now you know exactly what you're getting. And this is a little gift to you. Real olive oil. You take whatever hack you want, but there are ways of getting around this if you don't want to do a spray. Thanks for helping me solve the experiment. We got that. Hope you enjoyed the competition. Congratulations on your victory. Bottom line, guys, try avocado spray for less burnt taste. And beware of how long you spray if you're worried about the calories. Up next, do you ever use a toilet seat cover when you're in the public restroom? Do you ever do that? Some yeses and some noes. Find out what our swabbing investigation revealed about the germ protection they really give you. Stay with us. Ready for this? It's the Dish on Oz, our brand new food series. Make it tasty. Daff the Oz and friends. We're serving it up every Wednesday in November. The Dish on Oz. So let's be honest. Who uses one of these, right? In the toilet bowl, right? During one of my show's brainstorm sessions, I learned that my team and you at home have a lot of questions about disposable toilet seat covers. For the first time, we did a swabbing survey in public restrooms to find out if this actually protects you or not. Comedian Chuck Dice, who's a self-proclaimed toilet expert, is here. You are one of the skeptics of these covers. What's your beef with them? You know, here's the deal. First of all, when it comes to toilets, that's where I'm a Viking, OK? Seriously. I do a lot of traveling, all right? And I have a lot of fiber and roughage in my diet. So there's a lot of public restrooms in my life, OK? That's all I'm saying. Now, I use these, but I don't trust these, OK? Now, what I really do, Dr. Oz, is I go get paper towels, swab them full of soap, and clean the toilet. Then I put this down on it. That's really into it. Yeah. All right. So we did our own experiment in public restrooms to find out if they're protecting you or not. Renatha standing by with two audience members in an undisclosed location. So hey, Dr. Oz. Everyone has their own way of getting over the ill factor. I mean, the nastiness of using a public bathroom. Sometimes it doesn't go the way that we want it to. But there's two techniques that we have right now. So right now, the first one is, oh my goodness, we pull out the toilet seat cover. And sometimes it falls in the middle of the toilet. And that makes it really wet and nasty. So I mean, we don't want that, right? But sometimes that happens. The second one is the DIY method. You know what that is? Oh my goodness. We saturate the toilet seat cover with tissue in hopes that we won't be getting germs from the toilet. So that's what happens in the toilet. So we swabbed the public bathroom toilets with the covers on the standard way. Then we have Ariel's way. And we have Nicole's method. The big question, do these covers actually protect you from germs? So Renatha, Ariel, and Nicole, come on out here for the results from our public restroom survey. Here they come. Now, according to our small data sample of public restrooms, we conducted our swabs using a germ device. You know, these devices gives you all a score, right? So my med unit ranked you guys. Are you ready for the results? Yes. A little nervous. All right. Now, without any toilet seat cover at all, the kind of toilet that Chuck would never sit on, he'd wash first, 337 was the germ score. Oh gosh. Not so good. Right. All right. Now, with the toilet seat cover on the standard way, which I'll explain in a second what that is, we found a germ score of three. That's fantastic. Now, if we modified it with the wet method, like Ariel, we got a germ score of 39. That's a lot more than three. If you make a DIY toilet paper halo, like Nicole did and Chuck likes to do, right, you get a germ score of 12. So that's not bad. Not bad. Right. But it's not any better. It's certainly easier to take that thing off there. So Ariel, will you reconsider wetting your seat cover before you sit on it? Of course. You will. No more wetting. Doesn't it bother you to be wet down there like that anyway? How do you dry it off? Is it too many questions? All right. So we settled it. Disposable toilet seat covers will protect you. That's what we're going to go with. Now, let's come over here. One last thing we got to settle is what do you do with that darn flap in the middle of the cover, right? My question too. All right. You got the toilet seat cover here. What is it? The flap. So here's the deal. Because I do this so much. All right. The flap, everybody thinks, goes in the back because, you know, it seems intuitive. Like this is the shape of the toilet. So the flap should be in the back. You'll catch anything that goes behind you. Right. So it might act as a catch. But no, people. No. That is not how this works. Okay. This goes in the front. All right. First of all, I am already feeling so much better about my life. Just putting this down. My life feels safer right now. My life feels safer. Okay. But it goes in the front so that when you flush, this water grabs this part and pulls it in. And you don't have to touch it. It's genius. Oh, my God. Why am I? Did you have any idea? I had no idea. I never touched the thing. I'm with Chuck Nice. I mean, I get in there and I get to scrubbing. I lock doors. I get to scrubbing. But I had no idea. This will change everyone's life. Put the flap in the front. I didn't realize. How did you figure that out? What's that? How did you even figure that out? That is so cool. All I can tell you is disaster toilet. Okay. Now you all know. Now you feel safe. We're going to put Chuck's toilet tutorial. We're going to call it that. Chuck Nice's toilet tutorial on our website. Next. I got more to go. Right. Actually, you know what? I just got to go myself. But in the meantime, when we come back, I have more public bathroom debates to settle. Should you use hot or cold water when washing your hands? You know about that? Yes, I do. We'll find out. And should you use a hand dryer? Is that the way to move? Stay with us. Wife, mother, grandmother. How one woman hired a hitman to kill her daughter's ex-boyfriend. I go behind bars for an exclusive interview with Melissa Schoenfeld. That's coming up tomorrow. Hey, guys. I'm here in the bathroom. We're answering your biggest hand washing questions, starting with is hot or cold water more effective to wash your hands? Find out what YouTube science star Nick Juhasz has uncovered. Everybody knows you're supposed to wash your hands with hot water because it kills more germs, obviously. Your mother, your father, even your sixth grade health teacher, Mrs. Schmallenberger, told you that. But were they right? As it turns out, the hot water that we use to wash our hands is only between 100 and 130 degrees Fahrenheit. And water needs to be over 212 degrees Fahrenheit to kill bacteria. And at this temperature, our skin would burn, leaving us with an even bigger problem on our hands. Really, it's the soap and friction that removes the unwanted bacteria. Fun fact for you. Neither the Center for Disease Control or the World Health Organization actually specifies what temperature to wash your hands. Sorry, Mrs. Schmallenberger. Yep. At 212 degrees, water boils. So to show you what would happen if I washed my hands with this water, I'm going to go ahead and dunk my hand down into this. I'm just kidding. I'm using my cameraman's hand. There we go. Come on. It's OK. OK. I'm just kidding. I'm going to use this steak to represent the skin on my hand. It's a pretty good piece of steak. What's most important when washing your hands is rubbing your hands together to cause friction for at least 20 seconds, about the same amount of time to sing Happy Birthday. Happy birthday to me. So don't forget to rub those hands while you wash them. But what happens after you wash your hands? The next question everyone just once answered is, should you use paper towels or a hand dryer? Take a look at the experiment that health expert Peter DeLucia did. If you choose hand dryers because you think they're the most hygienic choice at a public restroom, think again. A new study says hand dryers are germ spreaders, responsible for spraying bacteria all over. To see if that's true or just a bunch of hot air, I conducted a little experiment. But first, a few facts. One reason dryers spread germs is because people have germs on their hands even after they wash them. Why? Because only 5% of people wash long enough to kill infection causing germs and bacteria. And only a third of hand washers use soap. This means germs are often still on our hands when they go under the dryer. Now back to the experiment. You're probably wondering why I'm wearing this hazmat suit. Well, to protect me from this paint. Think of this paint as the bacteria and germs left on your hands after you wash them. I'm going to put my hands in here and then we're going to go underneath the high-speed dryer and let's see what happens. All on my pants, all over the wall. What a bacteria mess. So we found that if you don't wash your hands well enough, hand dryers can spread the germs. But what about the hand dryer itself? Can it spread germs when you clean your hands under it? Well, we dry your hands under it. So my med team researched this and tested 12 hand dryers from across Manhattan and found that all but one were germ free. And that that one had germs at such a low level that it's not really a concern. So hand dryers, everybody, they are safe. They are good to use. But what about the paper towels, right? We tested paper towels and they have a low germ score as well. So low that there isn't a reason to be concerned. Paper towels from the dispenser are safe. So if you're worried about getting out of the bathroom germ free, here's a helpful hack that moms often tell you to do. You take the paper towel, right? Dry your hands off. Use the paper towel to open the door. Get out of the room and toss paper towel away. Contamination free. We'll be right back. Learn something new every day. It's the return of jerky. This paleo snack is now outselling chips. That is so good. But could this low carb meat treat have hidden ingredients that could crash your diet? All new Oz. That's coming up on Wednesday. Favorite phrases. And I don't get to say it enough. So I'll do right now. Zero dollars, right? We all want things for less, especially if they can improve our health. So here's a question for all of you. Which of these items can you get for zero dollars? Can you get a cup of coffee for zero dollars or a pack of gum? How about a newspaper, which they're both on, right? Not so easy. Or how about a health insurance plan that may include access to wellness programs, to vision, dental, hearing benefits. May even include prescription coverage, right? Which one can you get for zero dollars? If you guess these, you're right. Because it's available now for some folks. Believe it or not, it is possible to get health insurance plans now with a zero dollar monthly premium. Millions of people already are doing it. And so could you. Which I'm going to take a few seconds. I want to talk about health care today because I know it can be expensive. I hear from you all the time. So let me walk you through this a little bit. You only have so much money in your piggy bank, right? It's just only so much there, right? And counseling and gym memberships, right? They can cost a little bit of money. And so these programs can sort of build up. Prescription drugs can cost a lot of money, especially if you have to take more than one. Plus you got dental and vision and hearing coverage, right? And no wonder it feels like your piggy bank just begins to melt away in front of you to almost nothing. But Medicare beneficiaries have another option. With Medicare Advantage, you can get a plan with zero dollars monthly premium, which could mean lots more money in your piggy bank, which is the goal here. Here to tell us more is Jaleesa Jackson, who's here on behalf of my trusted sponsor partner, MedicareAdvantage.com. Jaleesa is an experienced licensed insurance agent who has helped thousands of people learn about their Medicare options, which is why I trust her. So Medicare Advantage, walk folks through what it is. Awesome. So a Medicare Advantage plan is an option for our Medicare beneficiaries who are actually looking to expand their coverage. These plans are offered by private insurance companies and provide the exact same coverage as your Medicare Parts A and B. However, a lot of these plans do provide you with additional benefits that a lot of people need, such as prescription drug coverage, as you mentioned, the dental, the vision, hearing and wellness programs. And I found that those are game changers for a lot of people looking to expand their coverage because Original Medicare doesn't provide services for any of those items that I just named. Medicare Advantage plans also include what we call an annual maximum out-of-pocket limit. So if you have a medical emergency or costly procedure, you're only guaranteed to spend a certain dollar amount for the year before the plan picks up. And that's really great. That's a valuable layer of protection because if you just have Medicare Parts A and B, there's no cap to how much you can spend out of pocket in a year. So how many of these plans are there out there? They sound good. It really is a lot to get out of one plan. And honestly, Dr. Oz, there's no other option on the market like this for our Medicare beneficiaries. Over 2,000 Medicare Advantage plans are available nationwide. And most of our Medicare beneficiaries do have access to the $0 premium plans, depending on the area that they live in. I would think if I could get potentially $0 expense for some of the things we just talked about, I'd be signing up. So why are not more folks signed up? Well, actually, over 20 million people are currently enrolled into a Medicare Advantage plan. So that's a lot of people. However, that's only about a third of our Medicare beneficiaries. So there's still millions of people who can have a Medicare Advantage plan, you know, with less costs, more benefits, if they simply just look into it. Yeah, can I just speak to the audience on this? I bet a lot of folks are sitting at home right now thinking, I'm just not gonna think about this right now, right? Seriously. So since this show started almost 10 years ago, enrollment in Medicare Advantage has increased by over 70%. The fact is everyone around you is signing up, which is why I want you just to focus and see if it makes sense for you. If it doesn't, it's fine. But if it does, stop waiting on the sideline. So how can folks sign up today? So now is actually the best time to do it because it's Medicare's open enrollment until December the 7th. And for a lot of people, this is the only time of the year to get a Medicare Advantage plan. That's good. I'm lucky we're doing it today. So navigating this can be tough. So let alone Medicare itself can be difficult to understand. I want you to get the right decision and make it the right way. So I wanna take your questions. So put your hands up if you've got a question. Who's got a, here you are. Go ahead. Take it away, ma'am. So who will be eligible for this Medicare Advantage plan? That's a great question. So generally, if you currently have your Medicare Parts A and B, or someone's 65 years of age or older, or under 65 with qualifying disabilities, will qualify for a Medicare Advantage plan. Is your mind being changed a little bit? Perhaps. I like that, a very discerning viewer. Go ahead, take it away. Now, can my husband and I be on the same insurance plan or do we have to each have our own separate plan? Awesome. So actually the Medicare Advantage plans aren't family plans. So each of you would have to enroll. But the good thing is these plans are based on your needs. So your husband's needs may be different than yours. So he can have his own plan and you can have yours. Awesome, that's perfect. It is, right? More optimistic about this idea? I'm not want to, you know, I want to nudge you. I don't want to shove you, but think about this because 70% increase since I started the show means a lot to me. All right, who's got the last question? Take it away. You said now is a good time to sign up. Are there any other times we have that option? Yeah, so now is actually the best time of the year because it's Medicare's open enrollment until December the 7th. However, there are other times to enroll. It's just depending on your circumstance. What I'm hearing is stop waiting on the sideline. Is that what you're all hearing? It's the time of the year. Take a moment, think about it, decide now. So MedicareAdvantage.com has set up a special phone number for Oz viewers who want to speak with a licensed insurance agent about Medicare Advantage. So give them a call today, learn about your options, see what works for you. They're available to answer all your questions. Did I miss anything with the viewers? You did great. Oh, I got a good grip. You're passing great from the insurance agent. We'll be right back. Wife, mother, grandmother. How one woman hired a hitman to kill her daughter's best boyfriend. I go behind bars for an exclusive interview with Melissa Schoenfeld. That's coming up tomorrow. The most Googled health symptoms in the country. What is the top health question in your state? Wisconsin, well, they're my kind of state. They're wondering about poop all the time. Love that. South Carolina too. But they're worried about dark green stool. I wonder what they're eating. Looks like California way over there. They're wondering about sweaty palms. You got to wonder why. But nevertheless, all over the country, the top three worries that people were Googling were sleep, digestion, and stress. Let's go to one of the states that had a question about stress. We're gonna make a Zoom house call to the state of Virginia and see what the question is. According to our state-by-state Gallup poll data from our partners at Sharecare, Virginia was actually the 13th best in handling stress. So Amber joins us from a state that knows how to manage stress. What's your question, Amber? Hey, Dr. Oz. Everyone in Virginia really wants to know, does stress cause the runs? Does stress cause the runs? Yes. Well, it turns out that it can be an unfortunate side effect of stress. You know, stress triggers the release of hormones that signal your body to go into fight or flight mode. And unfortunate side effect of this is motility in your large intestine because you don't want to carry all that stuff around if you're running away from something that's chasing you, right? So it does tend to increase that motility. So when the colon moves, it gets to have diarrhea at times. But I'll give you a little tip to help you from repeatedly running to the bathroom when you feel stressed out, whether you're in Virginia or anywhere else in the country. Avoid caffeine. That's a cathartic. It'll move it along. Carbonated drinks will have that effect. And actually dairy for some people because they make your stomach feel worse. So listen, it's a great question. I love the fact that Virginia pays attention to stress and asks questions about it. I want you, everyone in the country, to see how their state ranks in health at sharecare.com. Go there, see where you rank. You might learn something. Together, change is happening, everybody. Our journey is just beginning.