Dr. Young's Foundational Theory

Dr. Robert O. Young's fundamental theory is that the human body is alkaline by design and acidic by function and that there is only one sickness, one disease, and one treatment. [RfC5 1][RfC5 2]

Dr. Young claims that this one sickness and one disease is the over-acidification of the blood and then tissues due to an inverted way of living, eating, and thinking.[RfC5 3]

Dr. Young also believes that hereditary factors and contagious microorganisms or germs are not the cause or source of the one disease but contribute to environmental, dietary, and metabolic acid, which he claims, is the source and cause of the one disease.[RfC5 4]

Dr. Young claims that the one treatment is to maintain the alkaline design of the body through an alkaline lifestyle and diet.[RfC5 1]

Dr. Young's belief is that in the small intestine liquid food is biologically transformed into stem cells and then into erythroblasts and finally into the erythrocytes, or red blood cells.[RfC5 5][RfC5 6]

Dr. Young believes that the quality of red blood cells produced depends upon the pH of the foods and liquids taken into the body.[RfC5 5] Furthermore, he suggests that red blood cells transform into heart, liver, and brain cells, giving their initial conception stage in the small intestine great importance.[RfC5 5]

It is upon these premises that Young bases his alkaline protocol in the pH Miracle books. The alkaline protocol described in Young's books recommends a low-stress lifestyle and a high-water content, high chlorophyll, plant-based diet including uncooked green vegetables and grasses, soaked nuts, sprouted seeds, un-fermented soy, polyunsaturated fats, cold-pressed oils, unprocessed salts, and low-sugar fruits such as avocados, tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers.[RfC5 7] Foods and liquids the alkaline protocol states should be used in moderation are high-carbohydrate vegetables such as potatoes, some grains, and fresh fish. [RfC5 8]

The "acidic" foods and liquids Young claims should be abstained from are natural or artificial sugar, pork, red meat, shellfish, eggs, dairy, processed and refined foods, cooked foods, yeast products, fermented foods, algaes, mushrooms, stored grains, artificial sweeteners, high-sugar fruit, alcohol, coffee, chocolate, black tea, caned foods, and sodas.[RfC5 8]

Dr. Young claims that unless the body is able to eliminate excess acidity through respiration, perspiration, defecation and urination, or buffer excess acidity with alkaline minerals such as sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium bicarbonate, the body will become sick and decompose.[RfC5 6]

Dr. Young claims that weight gain, water retention, cholesterol, calcium stones, and tumors are all life saving mechanisms the body uses to store and deal with excess acidity in the body.[RfC5 6]

It is common in Young's writings for him to explain these theories using a "fish tank" metaphor in which he compares the environment of the human body to the environment of a fish tank.[RfC5 9][RfC5 10]

Many Individuals who have adopted Young's alkaline protocol claim it was a factor in helping them overcome their sickness and dis-ease.[RfC5 1][RfC5 11][RfC5 12][RfC5 10]


1. ^ a b c "In Search for Alternative...". WCMessenger. http://www.wcmessenger.com/holistic/part_two.shtml. Retrieved on Jul, 2009.
2. ^ Canada Consumer Health
3. ^ Young's Blog
4. ^ Young, Robert (2001). Sick and Tired. pp. 27-28,66-67,205,248. ISBN 1-58054-030-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=I8sL16sztrAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sick+and+Tired.
5. ^ a b c Young, Robert (2002). The pH Miracle. pp. 38-48. ISBN 0-446-52809-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=vZ07PgAACAAJ&dq=pH+Miracle.
6. ^ a b c Young's Blog2
7. ^ Young, Robert (2002). The pH Miracle. pp. 37,41,50-80. ISBN 0-446-52809-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=vZ07PgAACAAJ&dq=pH+Miracle.
8. ^ a b Young, Robert (2002). The pH Miracle. pp. 58,81-91. ISBN 0-446-52809-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=vZ07PgAACAAJ&dq=pH+Miracle.
9. ^ "Authors Say Key to Health is in the Blood". Arizona Tribune. May 30, 2002. http://archive.aztrib.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=ATribuneL%2F2002%2F05%2F30%2F1%2FAr00102.xml&CollName=EVT_Archive_ATribuneL&DOCID=1198&Keyword=(pH~+and+Miracle~)&skin=EVTA&AppName=2&ViewMode=GIF. Retrieved on Apr 01, 2009.
10. ^ a b Karr, Chris (2007). Crazy Sexy Cancer. pp. 129. ISBN 978-1-59921-231-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=xym9HByBEmkC&dq=Crazy+Sexy+cancer&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=48dLke4Yrr&sig=gNAYuLeZesJ1SIaA_cBvMbjvhFg&hl=en&ei=dogESu7TIozyMpqZ1KID&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6.
11. ^ Cancer Angel
12. ^ Stephenson, Sean (2009). Get Off Your But. pp. vii, 106-107. ISBN 978-0-470-39993-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=J-FvUPWt0VwC&pg=PT30&dq=Get+off+you+but+sean+Stephenson.