The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health

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Summary: Taking control of your body
Review: What an awesome book! If you are seroiusly looking to be healthy and to start learning about your body and what is going on inside the body than you need to read this book.I learned all about my bodies ph and why so many people today are sick, overweight, tired and stressed! Our bodies are so full of acid that are bodies cannot funtion properly, and without proper funtion we end up getting all these ishy things happening to our bodies! I think Doctor Young is absoluteyly amazing and what he discovered and how he is going to change so many peoples lives! If people today would open up their minds to the "natural" way, we wouldn't have a ratio of 1:3 for cancer or 50% of children would be healthy and not overweight, parents would start realizing all the pop, koolaid, cookies, chips, sugar and candy is only hurting the childs body with the number one disease in children Diabetes! Thankyou, Doctor Young for what you have discovered and used to help change the world!

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Summary: The Answer to Many Prayers and Years of My Own Research!
Review: At last my searching, praying and studying have brought me to the definitive program for reclaiming my health! And for all you naysayers out there-if you really read & studied the book and did your own research, you'd be singing a different tune as well!Dr. Young does not claim the glory for this new biology, in fact, he credits the great European scientist Antoine Bechamp (1816-1908) along w/others for the original research and theory! One also needs to take into account that a book of this revolutionary magnitude is meant for the masses and not so much the scientic community. Dr. Young has written other books for that purpose. One also should consider that the publisher also dictates certain restrictions & guidelines i.e., length, content, etc. that the author is bound by often making it difficult to encompass everything he intended. Citing studies, research & evidence in detail in this book for the masses would not serve his purpose anyway (to reach as many people as possible who are sick and tired of being sick and tired!) You want research? You want scientic evidence & studies? Read Dr. Young's first book: "Sick and Tired"! As for the supplements, I have read the book several times & remember no mention of any specific brand names-so much for the 'greed' theory. For the rest of the grumblers and skeptics out there, I can only say, "NEXT"! As for me, I'm a 'try it and see for myself' person. Yes, I appreciate reviewing what others have to say to get a 'feel' for whether or not I want to invest my time & money in a book/program, but it rang true to my own inner light when a friend shared it with me and that's something I can trust! As for the program, I can only say WOW! The weight is melting off, the blood sugar is normal again, the blood pressure is way down and that's just for starters. Yes, it's difficult at first (I wonder how 'difficult' chemotherapy, radiation and daily insulin injections can be?), but I know I'm worth it & I want my health back more than I want a juicy steack or a glass of wine! This is not a diet, it's a life-changing experience. I predict this way of life will scare the heck out of the drug companies, insurance companies, MD's/surgeons, diet/exercise industry not to mention the beef & dairy conglomerates & frankly, I can't wait! My eternal gratitude to you Dr. Young for caring and to your wonderful wife Shelley for the fabulous recipes and dedication to helping families all over the world wean their children from dietary poisons to healthier choices.

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Summary: The pH Miracle
Review: The pH Miracle is an incredible wealth of information. I was introduced to it through the supplements Dr Robert O. Young speaks of. Three days after starting the supplements my childhood allergies were gone. This led me to investigate more and apply his New Biology. Applying it has let me enjoy no more asthma, tendonitis, and no colds in two years when everyone around we was getting sick. I have never felt better and had more energy than when following this program. If you are experiencing any health challenges then you owe it to your self to fully investigate this program. If you want to take responsibility for your health this is the program to show you what good health truly feels like. I truly believe that Dr. Robert O. Young will win a Nobel Prize for his contributions and will be the one my daughter's children learn about in school. This program has led me to a new career as a Microscopist trained by Dr Young educating and coaching those who want to follow this program. I have not seen this program fail but I have seen people fail the program.

Sean Fuller
Microscopist
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Summary: Review by a ph Miracle
Review: I read this book in about 2 days, immediately started applying the principles, and immediately started seeing phenomenal results. This IS the key to health. In my case, I have lost 130 pounds to this date, and have gone from a 48 inch to 36 inch waist(and shrinking). My wish for all is that you too may reclaim your inner terrain! I have benefited so greatly from this program. For me, it was rather effortless(this from someone who has done it all from optifast to atkins). This can not be called a DIEt, rather a wonderful lifestyle change. It is not about giving up those "bad" foods, it is about becoming pH balanced and those "bad" foods giving up YOU! Read the book, definitely worth it!

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Summary: Comments by an MD who has written a textbook on acid-base
Review: I have looked over 'The pH Miracle' and concluded that the underlying ideas are the same as those presented in another book by Dr. Young, which is titled 'Sick and Tired.' I have published a very critical customer review of this other book at its page on amazon. Readers who are considering buying 'The pH Miracle' may wish to take a look at that review; it is dated January 27, 2004.

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Summary: Good info, but not an easy read & a drastic approach
Review: I have been a follower of the acid alkaline diet and lifestyle for 2 years now, and I can tell you from personal experience that the concepts layed out in this book work - with a few footnotes (keep reading).

I met Mr. Young in a covention a few years ago, and I must say, his presentation was quite convincing. He showed videos of actual body/blood cells changing under the microscope into other types of cells in response to a change in the blood pH. That got me hooked.

But when I picked up this book, I was a little lost. The book is not a very easy read. In a lot of spots, Mr. Young gets a little too scientific, while in other places, he doesn't give enough evidence to prove his point.

Also, the book suggests a very drastic approach of doing a "cleanse" to start off with an alkaline diet. This is pretty much a cold-turkey approach to health. In that respect, I think the advice in the book is not practical - not to mention the fact that most people get very sick during the cleanse and end up quitting alltogether.

Like anything else that you do to your body, a gradual approach is always best. I found that home study courses on <a href="http://www.Acidalkalinediet.com">acid alkaline diets </a> tend to be a better guide for those who want to start slowly. Not just because they give step-by-step instructions, but also because they thend to get you to an alkaline state gradually.

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Summary: Same old pap
Review: The value of an alkaline diet is not disputed but Mr. Young's methods and products are not the only way of achieving the desired results.
I met this author at a book signing in Honolulu and he seemed more interested in selling books and wheat grass than being open minded about other supplements. A booked called the Tao of Detox seemed more informative to me.

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Summary: Acid Waste
Review: I really don't like writing negative reviews, but this book is just crying out for one! I'm a nutritionist, and have seen a lot of fad diets and health claims come and go. I believe that the principle of acid-alkaline balance through diet is vitally important. However, this book does it a disservice.
First, the author strongly denounces the humble potato, which is probably the cheapest, most easily obtainable alkalizing food in the world (and is highly recommended by other authors on the subject).
Next, Mr. Young advises, as one of his primary recommendations, that we add hydrogen peroxide drops to our drinking water, in order to alkalize it. Well, I tested my H2O2 with ph test strips, and it is extremely acid (5.0 on the ph scale). Am I missing something??
The problem with so many of these health and self-help books is that the authors happen upon some program or system that works for them, and then they promote it to the world as a cure-all. Unfortunately, what works for them doesn't always work for the rest of us.
Following this book's recommendations, and buying the author's products, may help some people, but I believe they will be in the minority. If you are interested in this subject, I recommend The Acid-Alkaline Diet by Christopher Vasey, which is much more scientifically sound (and he doesn't try to sell you anything, either).


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Summary: ZERO stars; this book is worthless
Review: I can't fully write what I think of this book, because in the past Amazon has censored reviews that are too negative. For the reader with some science background, I'll just give one example that will illustrate the trustworthiness of this book's advice. In the chapter on water, on pp 94-95, the authors recommend drinking water whose pH has been brought to the 9-11 range by adding to it "pH drops" (hydrogen peroxide or sodium chlorite). Then they add "we like to squeeze fresh lemon or lime in our drinking water to boost its alkalizing effects." If you anything about pH, this sentence should speak volumes to you.

The book has a long list of references in the back (approximately 150 titles), including citations to many scientific papers, but IMO this list borders on fradulence. First, the citations are not keyed to the text in any way. Therefore, this list of citations could have been copied from any other book. Moreover, after reading all the titles in this list I was not able to find a single one specifically referring to alkalinization as a therapeutic or dietary practice. In other words, as far as I can tell, despite their long list of references, the authors offer no scientific support *whatsoever* for their "pH miracle". The cited titles are mostly about microorganisms, particularly fungi, and their potentially adverse effects on human health. These topics are uncontroversial, but are not the main thesis of the book. The references list includes several titles on hypercoagulability of the blood and disseminated intravascular coagulation, but there is no mention in the index of these topics. It is anyone's guess what these references are doing in the references list, other than perhaps serving as padding. As far as I can tell, the list of references is nothing more than a cosmetic sham.

Despite the fact that the book parades the scientific credentials of one of its authors, there is very little science in this book. But if you're in the market for 300 pages of new-agey, pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo, this is the book for you.