The Hippocratic oath never had an enforcement mechanism. That’s not an accident. Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Online Marketing on Unsplash Mehmet Oz, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania medical school and with a Columbia residency — in all the official ways, a fully qualified doctor — also told millions that green coffee bean extract would simply melt fat . He delivered this on TV, looking very authoritative in a suit as if he’d thoroughly examined the research…which he hadn’t. He was called before the Senate about this, and under oath, he essentially said he had faith in the power of hope . That’s literally what he said. So, when I’m asked how Oz can reconcile his TV persona with the Hippocratic Oath, my answer is that he doesn’t need to. Nor does the chiropractor on Instagram advocating MCT oil for brainpower, or the functional medicine doctor selling a $300 supplement package for your mitochondria.…