Dr. Mehmet Oz has taken a break from figuring out how to distribute Medicare and Medicaid benefits—and instead given thousands of federal employees tips on how to eat less holiday treats.

“You don’t have to try every cookie,” the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) chief and former daytime TV personality urged his employees in an email obtained by Wired.

The festive dietary advice was in a weekly newsletter Oz was revealed to be sending to CMS employees, called “From the Administrator’s Desk.” The newsletter includes a section titled “Crushing Cubicle Cravings,” which offers employees tips on how to not snack at work. It was not sent to other members of the executive branch, including Donald Trump, who keeps a Diet Coke button on his desk.

Other Christmas tips shared by Oz, 65, in

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