Doctor Reacts To WILD Shark Tank Medical Pitches

Shark Tank is one of my favorite shows on TV, and over the years I’ve noticed people pitching various medical products. Today I pulled together all the health pitches from Shark Tank US and Australia and decided to play a shark myself. I donned my best suit, got out my check book, and evaluated these pitches on their medical validity. Honestly, there were some solid products! The synthetic bodies from Syndaver Labs piqued my interest, as did the Simple Sugars Exfoliating Scrub and Throat Scope tongue depressor, which I’ve actually used in real life. Other pitches though, like “ion-canceling watches” or miracle cures for the flu AND common cold… nuh uh, Dr. VarSHARKsi is out. Props to my man Mark Cuban for keeping it real and calling out those scams! Any pitches I missed? Let me know in the comments!

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[woof]

“everyday our bodies are bombarded by molecules”
Ah yes

Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes

[peccantis]

"Ions are molecules."
It's as if millions of Chem 101 teachers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

[Animaja]

The vitamin analogy Dr Mike used was PERFECT. I've never understood that more vitamins don't necessarily mean better, until he put it in that way.

[BrunoEwok]

Doctor Mike: Mind blown that people respond to the eyes opening and closing on a 40, 000 artificial cadaver.
Also Doctor Mike: Her dress looks like a cake.

[sigg]

Doctor Mike's russian accent is something he should do more often

[TheBoltimus]

I saw fancy suit and was like “Ah what’s this legal eagle video going to be about?”

[TXFDA]

Fair play that the Sugar Scrub girl for admitting that she can't make any claims, instead of just throwing out whatever claims she wants like some of these people do.

[jonatanmoewe]

I had a Influenza A H3N2 with heavy symptoms in 2012, I felt like close to dying for about 3-4 weeks, between 41°C and maximum 42, 8°C, painful infection in the lungs, heavy headache, very high blood pressure.
Had to fight the after symptoms for more than 3 months.
A real flu is no joke.

[iloveplasticbottles]

"everyday our bodies are bombarded with positive ions, which are molecules"

This sentence gave me a stroke

[frogwithapples]

I'm imagining this 11 year old adding different chemicals to a bowl then applying them to her extremely sensitive skin.

[Entername-mdev]

This is why Mark Cuban and Kevin O’Leary are popular hosts on this show. They are never afraid to speak the truth and call out those who go onto the show just to sell scams while also publicly embarrassing these people who would’ve otherwise been trying to harm many of their future customers

[Gopnik_B_]

some of those "negative ion" things have thorium oxide in them, thorium gives off alpha particles wich are ironically positivly charged.

[Bobbals.]

Shark tank "peewoop" is really great.

[treverthetree]

“No, I’m allergic to scams” was one of my favourite parts of this show.

[LoneWombat]

My mom has always used a regular flashlight to look in our throats. 😂She has gotten so good at recognizing the beginnings of strepp throat from the white patches.

[ishathakor]

sugar scrubs are basically just sugar + some sort moisturizer. in my culture we make them at home with oil and sugar. they're pretty gentle and if your skin is sensitive you can use it on wet skin because the sugar will just dissolve. she just made her own formulation of sugar scrubs. probably ones that are shelf stable

[Farah_Amjad_]

"I'm allergic to scams."

ROASTED!*

[jellohouse]

"No I am allergic to scams"
I wish all businessmen were like mark lol what a savage!

[hadassahsoddsandends]

I tried the Simple Sugars. It was rough, and rubbed my skin raw. I used it once, and had actual scratches on my arms!

[webe]

I’ve had horrible eczema too, and my excess of allergies has made it difficult to completely recover and find proper treatment. Like the injection treatment made the skin on my face and body get extremely dry and my face started to peel. That’s also when I started getting eczema on my face. I’m glad that the amount of information we have on it is growing faster and more treatments are being explored.