The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health
The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health
In many ways, The pH Miracle is reminiscent of an earlier generation of diet books. Much of the focus is on an intestinal cleansing program, followed by a diet that is 70 to 80 percent vegetables, coupled with a tremendous selection of supplements that authors Robert and Shelley Young recommend to everyone, no matter what their age, gender, or state of health. The Youngs point their fingers at candida as a main culprit in the poor health of many people. Unfortunately, they back up their claims with only vague references, such as “a 1991 study” and “a leading cancer researcher.” Many readers may wish for more specific evidence, but instead will have to make do with enthusiastic recommendations, alphabetized lists of vegetables, and pleasing chapters with vegetarian recipes that taste good no matter how you feel about the diet as a whole. Sprinkled throughout the book are short testimonials of people who were able to reverse cancer, improve their digestion, and lower their cholesterol by following these recommendations, and it’s hard to argue with the cholesterol-lowering results that a 70 percent vegetable diet will achieve. Still, the medical value of much else in the book remains hotly contested, and as always, it’s wise to check with your doctor before starting off in search of miracles. –Jill Lightner
Customer Review: good and bad
There is great common sense info here. Eat more veggies, i.e.–alkaline YES!! It will make you feel better. I just wish there was more REAL science in this book , and there is a lot of info that is just not true. Acid is not a dirty word. The stomach is acid for a reason! And the skin which he incorrectly asserts should be alkaline–(look at the products on his website) also maintains a slightly acid mantle for a reason—it keeps out bacteria. I am a health freak, so I love it when someone advocates a healthier, vegan, more alkaline lifestyle. But, I also want accurate, scientific, thoroughly researched info without ANY agenda. And, alas, I can’t say that is what this book offers.
Customer Review: Great Results! Doctors don’t like him because you can be healthy without raking out the dough!
What a great program and an interesting book to read! Dr. Young has recently been attacked by many doctors who claim that his educational background is not as strong as theirs. Even if he didn’t graduate from Harvard, what separates Dr. Young from the likes of many doctors is that his program actually works! While Doctors continue to prescribe high priced medication whose side effects are often worse than what they are treating, Dr. Young gives you a whole body health plan combined with the science of medicine that produces little unpleasant side effects and at a fraction of the cost. Doctors claims to know it all but medication is constantly being recalled and often medication is only released after 5 years of study. Rarely do doctors actually study the principals of nutrition. So, Dr. Young doesn’t have a top degree, but who really cares when his program works! These doctors who criticize him and thumb their noses at natural cures, aren’t the ones who are sick. People often turn to natural methods of curing themselves when the medication fails them. People wouldn’t stick with it, if it didn’t work and it certainly wouldn’t have a huge fan base if it didn’t. There are a whole bunch of quacks out their and med school students should be cautious as between the good doctors prescribing natural cures, there’s many prescribing quackery. Dr. Young is not a quack. If you follow his program, you will likely be much healthier than popping a pill. I ask you, what’s quackery:
1. Doctors prescribing a simple pill or combinations of pills to get better?
2. Or Dr. Young’s method where you actually have to work, and make changes to your lifestyle and eating habits to be healthier?
Medicine prescribes an easy way of thinking of things (pop a pill) which fits with what consumers wants, however it often makes people sicker than if they would follow a more natural route meaning (change your diet, and lifestyle) but htat’s not what someone who goes to Gabby’s and buys a $3.99 bucket of fried chicken and two slabs of bacon wants to hear. No, they want to eat their bucket of fried chicken, go home and pop a pill and have all their problems dissapear? Whose the quack now?
Dr. Young’s loyal fans are behind him and they are behind them because they themselves have experienced results that last as opposed to being told (by faulty test studies done by pharmeceutical companies) that they will get better when they in fact do not.
Follow Dr. Young’s method and find yourself feeling, energetic and healthier.
If you are sick, you should follow his method to getting healthier and by doing that, you have the opportunity to get healthier and be free of some of the health conditions that are effecting your life.
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VAXA, Liver Formula, Natural, Healthy, Liver, Support 
Vaxa’s Liver Formula is a homeopathic medicinal formulated to provide the fastest, most specific relief for a wide variety of liver and gallbladder conditions. The ingredients in this multidimensional formula naturally support the body’s ability to: Promote circulation within the liver. Accelerate the regeneration of damaged liver tissues. Filter toxins from the bloodstream. Help promote the production of bile.
The Sugar Addict’s Total Recovery Program 
Sugar lurks in foods in more than 85 different forms. Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D., the first person to receive a doctorate in addictive nutrition, says that besides being detrimental to the immune system, the more than 100 pounds of processed sugar consumed annually by each American is responsible for “mood swings, depression, fatigue, fuzzy thinking, PMS, impulsivity … [and] unpredictable temper.” And while overdosing on the sweet stuff is a national pastime, she says her research shows indulging in sugar highs should be treated much more seriously, akin to heroin or alcohol dependency, because sugar causes spikes in the neurotransmitters serotonin and beta-dopamine just like those drugs–and can eventually wreak similar mayhem on one’s health, work, and relationships.
The Sugar Addict’s Total Recovery Program is not a quick fix; DesMaisons’s plan aims to eliminate sugar cravings, requiring five days of “detox,” along with building up the resolve to stick to the recommendations over time–including while out at restaurants, during social gatherings, and while traveling. Fortunately, she offers plenty of tips for those situations, and her prescription is practical and easy to follow, including seven steps as simple as making sure some protein is included with each meal. (That’s not to say this is a high-protein, low-carb diet; she criticizes Dr. Robert Atkins and other fad-diet hawkers.) DesMaisons includes more than 50 recipes that cover breakfast through dinner; advice for choosing comfort foods to replace those M&Ms and sodas; and an invitation to join the support group she runs through her Web site. The Recovery Program should be of particular interest to parents and teachers, considering the way sugar-saturated foods are ruthlessly marketed to children–Coke machines are more and more commonplace in elementary schools–and that many of the behaviors DesMaisons links to sugar sensitivity are remarkably similar to those of ADHD. –Erica Jorgensen
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Customer Review: finally– the answer
I have binged since I was [...] and have always been ‘different’ around food. My friends would describe me as emotional or overly sensitive. I saw myself in the pages of this book. I have been working the Radiant Recovery program since October of last year, and I feel like a new person. It’s a journey and a process, but I will never go back to being hungry, miserable, and seeking my sugar fix all day!
Customer Review: Not the right solution for me
I read “The Sugar Addict’s Total Recovery Program” and became sugar-free by following this program in 2002. Instead of being addicted to sugar, I became sort of addicted to DesMaisons’s website and whether or not I was receiving her approval on “doing the program” correctly. After two years of denying birthday cakes and Thanksgiving pumpkin pie, I could no longer stand it and took on a sugar binge of Willy Wonkan proportions. I learned that I needed to find out how to live WITH sugar (in a healthy way) not live without it. I tried a no-grain diet with lots of protein, fruits and vegetables. First I just did it on the weekdays only, but now I prefer to eat that way all the time. For guidelines on a no-grain diet, check out “The Paleo Diet” by Loren Cordain, or run a web search on “paleodiet.” Today I can have a piece of cake now and then, or some ice cream. Amazingly, sometimes I turn down sweets… unheard of! The difference is that now I can stop eating sugar once I start. It turns out I wasn’t addicted to sugar at all. Eating sugar was helping my body compensate for low energy. This book didn’t heal me of my core problem, but helped me to ignore it for a few years. I’m glad I found the real cure.
VAXA, Preserve, Natural Hormone Replacement, HRT Alternative, Menopause Treatment 
Preserve is a Scientifically Advanced Endocrinal homeopathic medicinal specifically formulated to nutritionally support and address the problems and discomforts of menopause. The ingredients in this homeopathic medicinal support the body’s abilities to: Help normalize hormonal levels. Help diminish night sweats and hot flashes. Help soothe and stabilize mood, reducing moodiness, depression and irritability. Help reduce the uncomfortable and painful symptoms of menopause, such as pain, cramping and headache.
VAXA, Heart Formula, Natural Medicine, With Coenzyme Q10 (CO Q10), Hawthorn Berry And More, Homeopathic Medicinal 
Vaxa’s Heart Formula is a homeopathic medicinal formulated to strengthen and support the circulatory system, focusing most of its action on stimulating the heart. The ingredients in this MultiDimensional formula naturally support the body’s ability to: Help strengthen cardiac function. Help lower cholesterol levels. Help regulate high and low blood pressure. Help treat fatigue and varicose veins.
Mothers and Their Adult Daughters: Mixed Emotions, Enduring Bonds 
The mother-daughter tie takes on unique characteristics as daughters enter midlife and mothers enter old age. Incorporating vivid descriptions by mothers and daughters about their relationships, author Karen L. Fingerman addresses both the rewards and the difficulties these women experience in maintaining their relationships into old age.
Based on interviews with forty-eight mothers over the age of seventy and their adult daughters, Dr. Fingerman begins with an overview of this relationship, which, she points out, can be distinguished from other social ties by the strength of the mother-daughter bond. She then discusses the positive features of this bond and various theories about its social and psychological nature. This discussion is followed by an examination of problems encountered between mothers and daughters. This last section looks at reactions of mothers and daughters to tensions, conflicts, communication problems, and other difficulties.
This excellent study will be of interest to every mother and daughter and to those who study this very special relationship that lasts a lifetime.
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Customer Review: A Touching and Perceptive Look at Mother-Daughter Relationships
Karen Fingerman has chose to examine the quality of the mother-daughter tie during “an under-researched period of the life span — when daughters are grown and have entered midlife, but their mothers remain healthy.” Fingerman’s book is much more of an academic read than a popular book, but it’s likely to appeal to some of the readers who have helped to put other mother-daughter books (most notably Nancy Friday’s book My Mother, My Self) on the bestseller lists. Her book includes chapters on the joys and challenges of the mother-daughter relationship, dealing with conflict, and recognizing the ways in which the mother-daughter relationship evolves over time. Fingerman is at her most compelling when she dares to write about the unspeakable — how mothers and daughters manage to deal with the fact of the mother’s mortality. In describing her most recent visit with her mother, one of the 48 daughters interviewed in the book describes about how increasingly bittersweet the mother-daughter relationship becomes as the mother grows older and the daughter is forced to face the ticking of a very different type of biological clock: “I felt very happy to be with her. But I kind of came away feeling also kind of sad. The last couple of years, my sisters and I have talked about [the fact] that we all sort of feel this way when we’re with her. It’s bittersweet because she’s not well, and she’s almost 80. So you know you’re not going to have a whole lot of [time].” Fingerman doesn’t shy away from tough topics, nor does she try to turn her portrait of the mother-daughter relationship into an extended play version of a Hallmark greeting card. The result is a book that will ring true for any adult woman who is lucky enough to have a mother who is still in good health, and who wants to find out more about the fascinating mother-daughter bond.
