The following is an unsolicited testimony from Tammy Copenhaver. Tammy shares her ten year experience with The pH Miracle Lifestyle, Diet, Supplements, and Dr. Young.
December 24 at 7:28pm
Dear Dr. Young,
I love your Christmas gift suggestions! My gift to you my mentor and friend, is gratitude and appreciation.I had no idea 10 years ago when I listened to Tony Robbins "Get the Edge" and he mentioned a "green drink" that I would someday be so indebted to the man who made that drink.
Thank you for the guidance to help my husband through cancer 9 years ago and inspiring me to further my nursing education to become a Doctor of Naturopathy so that I can empower others as you empowered me. I just finished my final practicum and my educational video will be the first one Clayton College ever used on their website from a student! In it I talk to my 10 year old about swine flu and we begin where I always do with the most important thing to remember, "It's not the germ, it's the terrain".
I have had many wonderful courses but I remain steadfast and committed to spreading your research and knowledge of alkalizing the body. Thank you for all the incredible products you have created that I use and recommend to every client. I have personally seen them help myself, my family, and friends. Liquid Chlorophyll is my current favorite, but I also love pHour salts, the oxygen spray mist, the clay, the Liquid Sliver, Biolight, Metabolean, PH-D3,Etc!
My children have been completely healthy since we started alkalizing and have overcome all the issues they used to struggle with like allergies, ear infections, irritable bowel, and warts. I have been waiting for a long time to meet you in person and tell you how much I appreciate you and how grateful I am to have been blessed with your friendship. Hopefully 2010 will be that year.
Until then, I wish you love, laughter, and all the joy your heart can hold. You are simply the best!
With Love and Respect,
Tammy Copenhaver
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Monday, September 29, 2008
A Young Man Transitioning and Changing To A pH Miracle Life
Watch and listen to Alex Young, Dr. Robert and Shelley Young's 21 year old son, as he explains his experience growing up with the pH Miracle Lifestyle and Diet.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Vitamin D Deficiency May Lead To High Blood Pressure
Younger white women with vitamin D deficiencies are about three times more likely to have high blood pressure in middle age than those with normal vitamin levels, according to a study released on Thursday.
The study, presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago, adds younger women to a growing list of people including men who may develop high blood pressure at least in part because of low vitamin D.
Researchers in Michigan, who examined data on 559 women beginning in 1992, found that those with low levels of vitamin D were more likely to have high blood pressure 15 years later in 2007.
"Our results indicate that early vitamin D deficiency may increase the long-term risk of high blood pressure in women at mid-life," said Flojaune Griffin, who worked on the study for the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Vitamin D, which the human body can make from sunlight and which is found in fatty fish, and dietary supplements, has long been known to contribute to healthy bones and teeth.
But Vitamin D deficiencies, which are widespread in women, are linked to cancer, immune system problems and inflammatory diseases.
High blood pressure raises the likelihood of stroke, heart disease and other cardiovascular problems.
The women in the blood pressure study lived in Tecumseh, Michigan, and were 24 to 44 years old with an average age of 38, when the research began.
Researchers measured vitamin D blood levels at the outset and took blood pressure readings once a year. In 2007, they compared systolic readings -- the top number in blood pressure results that indicates the pressure within blood vessels when the heart beats.
More than 10 percent of women with vitamin D deficiencies had high blood pressure in 2007, versus 3.7 percent of those with sufficient levels. When the study began, 5.5 percent with deficiencies also had high blood pressure, compared to 2.8 percent with normal vitamin D.
The study was funded by the U.S. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
Almost half the population worldwide has lower-than-optimal levels of vitamin D and researchers say the problem is worsening as people spend more time indoors. African-Americans seem at especially high risk as dark skin can make it harder for the body to absorb ultraviolet light.
According to Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of Research at the pH Miracle Living Center, "Vitamin D helps to reduce dietary and metabolic acid that leads immune deficiency, bone loss, hypertension and even a cancerous acidic condition. To protect yourself against acids that can make you sick and tired you need at least 50,000 I.U's of Vitamin D3 daily."
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-404-ph-d3.aspx
In Love and Healing Light,
Robert O. Young, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Founder of 'THE NEW BIOLOGY' ®
Creator of the 'SCIENCE OF ALKALINE
LIVING'™ for Health.
The study, presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago, adds younger women to a growing list of people including men who may develop high blood pressure at least in part because of low vitamin D.
Researchers in Michigan, who examined data on 559 women beginning in 1992, found that those with low levels of vitamin D were more likely to have high blood pressure 15 years later in 2007.
"Our results indicate that early vitamin D deficiency may increase the long-term risk of high blood pressure in women at mid-life," said Flojaune Griffin, who worked on the study for the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Vitamin D, which the human body can make from sunlight and which is found in fatty fish, and dietary supplements, has long been known to contribute to healthy bones and teeth.
But Vitamin D deficiencies, which are widespread in women, are linked to cancer, immune system problems and inflammatory diseases.
High blood pressure raises the likelihood of stroke, heart disease and other cardiovascular problems.
The women in the blood pressure study lived in Tecumseh, Michigan, and were 24 to 44 years old with an average age of 38, when the research began.
Researchers measured vitamin D blood levels at the outset and took blood pressure readings once a year. In 2007, they compared systolic readings -- the top number in blood pressure results that indicates the pressure within blood vessels when the heart beats.
More than 10 percent of women with vitamin D deficiencies had high blood pressure in 2007, versus 3.7 percent of those with sufficient levels. When the study began, 5.5 percent with deficiencies also had high blood pressure, compared to 2.8 percent with normal vitamin D.
The study was funded by the U.S. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
Almost half the population worldwide has lower-than-optimal levels of vitamin D and researchers say the problem is worsening as people spend more time indoors. African-Americans seem at especially high risk as dark skin can make it harder for the body to absorb ultraviolet light.
According to Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of Research at the pH Miracle Living Center, "Vitamin D helps to reduce dietary and metabolic acid that leads immune deficiency, bone loss, hypertension and even a cancerous acidic condition. To protect yourself against acids that can make you sick and tired you need at least 50,000 I.U's of Vitamin D3 daily."
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-404-ph-d3.aspx
In Love and Healing Light,
Robert O. Young, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Founder of 'THE NEW BIOLOGY' ®
Creator of the 'SCIENCE OF ALKALINE
LIVING'™ for Health.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
A Documentary on The Prevention & Reversal of Type I & Type II Diabetes
Watch and listen to a You Tube video on Gabriel and Nathan Roman, both diagnosed with Type I Diabetes, who followed Dr. Robert O. Young's pH Miracle for Diabetes lifestyle and diet, with the help of their family, and reversed their Type I diabetes. Gabriel is "no longer considered diabetic", and Nathan is no longer Type I.
And now for the link for this incredible documentary on the prevention and reversal of Type I diabetes . I hope you will share this information with every one you know, love and care about!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZCCyO1jjTg&feature=related
And now for the link for this incredible documentary on the prevention and reversal of Type I diabetes . I hope you will share this information with every one you know, love and care about!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZCCyO1jjTg&feature=related
Friday, November 30, 2007
Do-It-Yourself Emergency Alkaline Repair Kit for the Holidays
Let's face it. In spite of everything I've taught you, and everything you have learned about the "The New Biology" and The Alkalarian Lifestyle and Diet, many of you "cheated" BIG-Time for Thanksgiving (and will again for Christmas or Hanukkah). You ate the traditional poisonous, acidic, Holiday dinner of turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, sugary pumpkin pie, and maybe even a glass or two of wine, and (gasp) a cup or two of eggnog! It's worse even than those college-years, "Night On The Town" binges. BUT, here it is a few "days after". You are remorseful, but still in deep acidic do-do. What can be done?
Well... first of all, quit mentally beating yourself up. You probably messed up. Pick yourself up, and start again. Just like they say in AA ("One Day At A Time").
If you fell off-the-wagon, and ate the traditional, poisonous, acidic Holiday meal, it is CRITICAL to get the acidic damage repaired as quickly as possible. Get into your alkaline supplies and put together what I call the pH Miracle, DO-IT-YOURSELF, Emergency Repair Kit. You MUST begin again to re-alkalize as quickly as possible. Every day counts.
First, dissolve 1 tbs. of pHour Salts in 6 oz. of purified filtered, low ORP, 9.5 alkaline water, and drink it down.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-221-phour-salts-tm-454-grams.aspx
Second, mix 4 tbs. of pure liquid Chlorophyll into 4 oz. of Filtered, low ORP, 9.5 alkaline pH water, and send it down the hatch with the pHour Salts.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-306-liquid-chloropheal.aspx
Third, start spraying pHour salts in your mouth at least every hour.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-211-phlavor-2-oz-travel-bottle.aspx
Fourth, take 5 minutes. and BREATHE.... Pranayama Breathing Exercises. Get outside in the fresh air, if possible, and take deep, measured breaths. Lift your arms and breathe deeply. Hold each breath for 10 seconds and exhale. Do this deliberately, precisely for 5 minutes, several time during the day.
We aren't through yet.
Fifth, make up a Liter of Green Water (1 Tbs. of Doc Broc Power Plants or Super Greens to 1 Liter of purified, filtered, low ORP, 9.5 alkaline pH water) with 15 drops of Prime pH and 5 drops of puripHy and send it after the pHour Salts and chlorophyll. Drink it down, remembering to breathe!
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-378-doc-brocs-power-plants.aspx
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-390-puriphy-2-oz.aspx
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-387-super-greens.aspx
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-388-prime-ph.aspx
Sixth. Keep your "repair diet" STRICTLY 100% alkaline, and GREEEN! No cheating! You're in trouble already. Let's get the damage repaired as quickly as possible! No recriminations. No "beating yourself up". You messed up. You will again. You are human, and the Holidays are literally MINE FIELDS of temptation. Do your best to resist, and stay alkaline over the Holidays. It's a good teaching opportunity with your non-alkaline friends. They will learn by your behavior, if you eat and drink correctly. But... if you slip and give in to the temptations of cookies and cake (it's like verbal abuse for me to even say it), CORRECT IT... as soon as possible.
Seventh, and lastly, throughout your "emergency recovery day" DRINK lots of filtered, low ORP, high alkaline water...with a pH of 9.5 or better. Drink 1 Liter of alkaline water with greens for each 30 Lbs. of body weight! It's your lifeline to repair the acidic damage being done every minute to your body from the dietary abuse you self-inflicted.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-353-ph-miracle-water-12-750-ml-bottles.aspx
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-175-jupiter-melody-water-ionizer.aspx
It will take at least 24 to 72 hours of diligent repair, following the steps I have outlined, before your body will begin to recover from a single day of Holiday, poisonous acidic eating. IF you had any significant quantity of wine or alcohol, it may take even longer - several more days - for your body to recover. Each day of "emergency repair" should be thought of as a day in the Emergency Room or a day you will not need to spend in the Emergency Room. Count your blessings.
Lastly... the most important advice I can give you.... DON'T DO IT AGAIN! The poisonous, acidic food and drink traditions of the Holidays will quite LITERALLY KILL YOU! You can't recover from that, even with a pH Miracle, Emergency Repair kit!
Remember, all of this acidic food and drink you ingested, if it doesn't kill you it will cause your body to go into preservation mode. In preservation mode the body will induce a fever to activate the lymphatic system and cause the elimination of acids through the pores of the skin and other body openings. Traditional medical savants call this the "Flu." But do not believe it or be deceived! You only have the symptoms of "I Ate Too Much Acidic Sh!! Disease." There is no "FLU" virus and NO NEED for an acidic vaccine. . which by the way can kill or seriously injure you. The "FLU" is NOTHING MORE than the body trying to remove excess acids from your over-indulgence of acidic Holiday foods and drinks. So, start the "Do-IT-Yourself Emergency Alkaline Repair" NOW.
You can order the "Do-It-Yourself Emergency Alkaline Repair Kit" by going to:
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-382-young-phorever-deluxe-starter-pack.aspx
Well... first of all, quit mentally beating yourself up. You probably messed up. Pick yourself up, and start again. Just like they say in AA ("One Day At A Time").
If you fell off-the-wagon, and ate the traditional, poisonous, acidic Holiday meal, it is CRITICAL to get the acidic damage repaired as quickly as possible. Get into your alkaline supplies and put together what I call the pH Miracle, DO-IT-YOURSELF, Emergency Repair Kit. You MUST begin again to re-alkalize as quickly as possible. Every day counts.
First, dissolve 1 tbs. of pHour Salts in 6 oz. of purified filtered, low ORP, 9.5 alkaline water, and drink it down.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-221-phour-salts-tm-454-grams.aspx
Second, mix 4 tbs. of pure liquid Chlorophyll into 4 oz. of Filtered, low ORP, 9.5 alkaline pH water, and send it down the hatch with the pHour Salts.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-306-liquid-chloropheal.aspx
Third, start spraying pHour salts in your mouth at least every hour.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-211-phlavor-2-oz-travel-bottle.aspx
Fourth, take 5 minutes. and BREATHE.... Pranayama Breathing Exercises. Get outside in the fresh air, if possible, and take deep, measured breaths. Lift your arms and breathe deeply. Hold each breath for 10 seconds and exhale. Do this deliberately, precisely for 5 minutes, several time during the day.
We aren't through yet.
Fifth, make up a Liter of Green Water (1 Tbs. of Doc Broc Power Plants or Super Greens to 1 Liter of purified, filtered, low ORP, 9.5 alkaline pH water) with 15 drops of Prime pH and 5 drops of puripHy and send it after the pHour Salts and chlorophyll. Drink it down, remembering to breathe!
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-378-doc-brocs-power-plants.aspx
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-390-puriphy-2-oz.aspx
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-387-super-greens.aspx
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-388-prime-ph.aspx
Sixth. Keep your "repair diet" STRICTLY 100% alkaline, and GREEEN! No cheating! You're in trouble already. Let's get the damage repaired as quickly as possible! No recriminations. No "beating yourself up". You messed up. You will again. You are human, and the Holidays are literally MINE FIELDS of temptation. Do your best to resist, and stay alkaline over the Holidays. It's a good teaching opportunity with your non-alkaline friends. They will learn by your behavior, if you eat and drink correctly. But... if you slip and give in to the temptations of cookies and cake (it's like verbal abuse for me to even say it), CORRECT IT... as soon as possible.
Seventh, and lastly, throughout your "emergency recovery day" DRINK lots of filtered, low ORP, high alkaline water...with a pH of 9.5 or better. Drink 1 Liter of alkaline water with greens for each 30 Lbs. of body weight! It's your lifeline to repair the acidic damage being done every minute to your body from the dietary abuse you self-inflicted.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-353-ph-miracle-water-12-750-ml-bottles.aspx
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-175-jupiter-melody-water-ionizer.aspx
It will take at least 24 to 72 hours of diligent repair, following the steps I have outlined, before your body will begin to recover from a single day of Holiday, poisonous acidic eating. IF you had any significant quantity of wine or alcohol, it may take even longer - several more days - for your body to recover. Each day of "emergency repair" should be thought of as a day in the Emergency Room or a day you will not need to spend in the Emergency Room. Count your blessings.
Lastly... the most important advice I can give you.... DON'T DO IT AGAIN! The poisonous, acidic food and drink traditions of the Holidays will quite LITERALLY KILL YOU! You can't recover from that, even with a pH Miracle, Emergency Repair kit!
Remember, all of this acidic food and drink you ingested, if it doesn't kill you it will cause your body to go into preservation mode. In preservation mode the body will induce a fever to activate the lymphatic system and cause the elimination of acids through the pores of the skin and other body openings. Traditional medical savants call this the "Flu." But do not believe it or be deceived! You only have the symptoms of "I Ate Too Much Acidic Sh!! Disease." There is no "FLU" virus and NO NEED for an acidic vaccine. . which by the way can kill or seriously injure you. The "FLU" is NOTHING MORE than the body trying to remove excess acids from your over-indulgence of acidic Holiday foods and drinks. So, start the "Do-IT-Yourself Emergency Alkaline Repair" NOW.
You can order the "Do-It-Yourself Emergency Alkaline Repair Kit" by going to:
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-382-young-phorever-deluxe-starter-pack.aspx
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Five Acidic Fatigue Factors That Lead To Stage 1 Acidosis
If you’re getting six to eight hours of sleep at night and you still have to drag yourself through eight seemingly endless hours of work during the day, it’s time for a fatigue check-up. Here are five acidic fatigue factors you might want to consider:
Acidic Fatigue Factor #1: Acid Blood or Anemia or I Eat Too Much Sugar and Animal Protein Dis-Ease.
You may be bleeding internally and not know it – bleeding ulcers, for instance, may be slowly dragging you down. Kidney dis-ease can also be the result of acidic blood or anemia. In women, acid caused fibroid tumors or acid uterine polyps can be the culprit. Blood loss can lead to a deficiency of hemoglobin, the alkalizing protein in the blood that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. The end result when your organs and tissues don’t get enough alkalizing oxygen is fatigue. Other tell-tale acidic symptoms are irritability, dizziness, and feeling cold. A simple live blood test can show acidic blood anemia, and fatigue or Stage 1 acidosis begins to diminish after only a month of alkalizing and energizing with the pH Miracle Lifestyle and Diet.
Acidic Fatigue Factor #2: Hypothyroidism or I Eat Too Much Crap Dis-ese.
If you are depressed, sluggish, and generally run-down, you may have an under-active acidic thyroid due to an acidic lifestyle and diet. The thyroid is a tiny gland with a big job; it sits at the base of your neck and regulates the speed at which your whole body operates and manages its alkaline design and acidic functions. While hypothyroidism affects both men and women, by age sixty, 17 percent of all women will have a thyroid disorder and not know it, according to the American Thyroid Foundation. A live and dried blood test can show it, and an alkaline lifestyle and diet can chase fatigue and an under-active acidic thyroid away.
Fatigue Factor #3: Caffeine Acid Overload or I Drink Too Much Acid Dis-Ease.
The hard core acid caffeine is everywhere these days, from fancy coffee drinks to so-called “energy” drinks. Too much of a acid thing, though, can drag you down instead of giving you a boost. “In some patients, continued abuse results in fatigue,” says W. Stephen Pray, PhD, RPh. Cut out all acidic caffeine that is causing your fatigue, and keep in mind that caffeine is found in other highly acidic foods such as chocolate, black tea, green tea, energy drinks, and also in many medications.
Fatigue Factor #4: Food Allergies or I Eat and Drink Acid Dis-Ease,
Acidic food allergies or intolerances can cause acidic symptoms from headaches to hives, but the first symptom is often drowsiness or fatigue within ten to thirty minutes of digesting the acidic food or drink. Common offenders are milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheese, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, shellfish, and all forms of sugar. If you suspect an acidic food or drink intolerance, try an “acid elimination diet” that cuts out all acidic foods and drinks for a week or so. You will find that you will no longer have food allergies. Continued digesting of an acidic food or drink your body can’t tolerate can lead not only to chronic fatigue but other health problems as well.
Fatigue Factor #5: Sleep Apnea or I Am Full of Acid Dis-Ease.
You may only think you’re getting six to eight hours of sleep. You may actually stop breathing many times during the night, which awakens you just long enough to disturb your sleep, usually without your being aware of it. If you sleep alone, your only clue that you may have sleep apnea is chronic acid fatigue. If you share a bed with someone, snoring is also an acidic symptom. (They’ll let you know!) A sleep clinic can diagnose sleep apnea, and an alkaline lifestyle and diet can often get you back on the road to restful nights. If you don't stop the acid lifestyle and diet, an increased risk of stroke or heart attack is down the road instead of an alkaline peaceful sleep.
All five factors are symptoms of the first stage of latent tissue acidosis - enervation - and can easily be resolved with an alkaline lifestyle and diet.
To learn more about an alkaline lifestyle and diet go to:
www.phmiracleliving.com and/or read The pH Miracle, The pH Miracle for Diabetes and The pH Miracle for Weight Loss by Dr. Robert and Shelley Young.
Acidic Fatigue Factor #1: Acid Blood or Anemia or I Eat Too Much Sugar and Animal Protein Dis-Ease.
You may be bleeding internally and not know it – bleeding ulcers, for instance, may be slowly dragging you down. Kidney dis-ease can also be the result of acidic blood or anemia. In women, acid caused fibroid tumors or acid uterine polyps can be the culprit. Blood loss can lead to a deficiency of hemoglobin, the alkalizing protein in the blood that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. The end result when your organs and tissues don’t get enough alkalizing oxygen is fatigue. Other tell-tale acidic symptoms are irritability, dizziness, and feeling cold. A simple live blood test can show acidic blood anemia, and fatigue or Stage 1 acidosis begins to diminish after only a month of alkalizing and energizing with the pH Miracle Lifestyle and Diet.
Acidic Fatigue Factor #2: Hypothyroidism or I Eat Too Much Crap Dis-ese.
If you are depressed, sluggish, and generally run-down, you may have an under-active acidic thyroid due to an acidic lifestyle and diet. The thyroid is a tiny gland with a big job; it sits at the base of your neck and regulates the speed at which your whole body operates and manages its alkaline design and acidic functions. While hypothyroidism affects both men and women, by age sixty, 17 percent of all women will have a thyroid disorder and not know it, according to the American Thyroid Foundation. A live and dried blood test can show it, and an alkaline lifestyle and diet can chase fatigue and an under-active acidic thyroid away.
Fatigue Factor #3: Caffeine Acid Overload or I Drink Too Much Acid Dis-Ease.
The hard core acid caffeine is everywhere these days, from fancy coffee drinks to so-called “energy” drinks. Too much of a acid thing, though, can drag you down instead of giving you a boost. “In some patients, continued abuse results in fatigue,” says W. Stephen Pray, PhD, RPh. Cut out all acidic caffeine that is causing your fatigue, and keep in mind that caffeine is found in other highly acidic foods such as chocolate, black tea, green tea, energy drinks, and also in many medications.
Fatigue Factor #4: Food Allergies or I Eat and Drink Acid Dis-Ease,
Acidic food allergies or intolerances can cause acidic symptoms from headaches to hives, but the first symptom is often drowsiness or fatigue within ten to thirty minutes of digesting the acidic food or drink. Common offenders are milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheese, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, shellfish, and all forms of sugar. If you suspect an acidic food or drink intolerance, try an “acid elimination diet” that cuts out all acidic foods and drinks for a week or so. You will find that you will no longer have food allergies. Continued digesting of an acidic food or drink your body can’t tolerate can lead not only to chronic fatigue but other health problems as well.
Fatigue Factor #5: Sleep Apnea or I Am Full of Acid Dis-Ease.
You may only think you’re getting six to eight hours of sleep. You may actually stop breathing many times during the night, which awakens you just long enough to disturb your sleep, usually without your being aware of it. If you sleep alone, your only clue that you may have sleep apnea is chronic acid fatigue. If you share a bed with someone, snoring is also an acidic symptom. (They’ll let you know!) A sleep clinic can diagnose sleep apnea, and an alkaline lifestyle and diet can often get you back on the road to restful nights. If you don't stop the acid lifestyle and diet, an increased risk of stroke or heart attack is down the road instead of an alkaline peaceful sleep.
All five factors are symptoms of the first stage of latent tissue acidosis - enervation - and can easily be resolved with an alkaline lifestyle and diet.
To learn more about an alkaline lifestyle and diet go to:
www.phmiracleliving.com and/or read The pH Miracle, The pH Miracle for Diabetes and The pH Miracle for Weight Loss by Dr. Robert and Shelley Young.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The Fraud of Breast Cancer Research
This week, the online life sciences magazine The Scientist published an article whose implications for breast cancer research are profound and even unscientific.
Tumor cell lines - living cells taken from tumors and cultured in the laboratory - are the mainstay of cancer research at the most fundamental level, and are used as the model for studying tumor behavior and response to treatment. For the past 25 years, most of the laboratory research into metastatic breast cancer has been based on a single breast tumor cell line known as MDA-MB-435. At least 650 papers have been published on studies involving this cell line. Yet it has been revealed that this supposed breast
cancer cell line may in fact not be composed of breast cancer cells at all.
Instead, it appears that the cells are derived from melanoma. For 25 years, therefore, breast cancer research using this cell line - and it is one of the most widely used - has been based on an incorrect model.
Melanoma-derived tumor cells are not biologically equivalent to breast cancer cells; they have different molecular and genetic characteristics.
Cell lines - even when correctly sourced and identified - are an
intrinsically flawed model, and in the past I have often cautioned against the tendency to read too much into the results of cancer research done on tumor cell lines. The inferential leap from Petri dish to living human cancer patient is simply too large: an enormous number of drugs and experimental techniques show significant activity in cultured cancer cell lines, only to exhibit no benefit whatever when given to human subjects in a
clinical setting. Furthermore, cell lines can degenerate over time, becoming genetically unstable. But these are relatively small concerns compared to the discovery that MDA-MB-435, the cornerstone of breast cancer research, is not breast cancer at all.
We are constantly being reminded that this is the era of evidence-based medicine. But if the very cell lines which have provided the foundation for breast cancer research for the past quarter century have now been conclusively shown to be melanoma cells, not breast cancer, how solid or trustworthy is the evidence on which current breast cancer treatment is based? Evidence built on such flawed foundations more closely resembles
hearsay than science.
According to Dr. Robert O. Young, a research scientist at the pH Miracle Living Center, "general cancer research, including breast cancer research has been focused on the wrong thing - the tumor and the cells that make tumors. This type of research is equivalent to the study of a bruise on an apple that has dropped from the tree rather then studying the cause of why the apple fell from the tree and how to prevent it from happening again. Cancer, including breast cancer is not a disease of the cell but an acidic disease of the body fluids. Cancer is an acidic liquid created from an acidic lifestyle and diet. Cancer researchers need to stop studying the effect that leads to cancerous cells and start studying the causes of a cancerous condition - such as what one is eating, drinking and thinking that is then leading to all cancerous conditions, including breast cancer."
References:
A Case of Mistaken Identity by Megan Scudellari. The Scientist, September 16th 2008
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/55013/ (registration required)
Sick and Tired by Dr. Robert O. Young
pH Miracle by Dr. Robert and Shelley Young
Confirmation Code: GHVCFDD5486122
Tumor cell lines - living cells taken from tumors and cultured in the laboratory - are the mainstay of cancer research at the most fundamental level, and are used as the model for studying tumor behavior and response to treatment. For the past 25 years, most of the laboratory research into metastatic breast cancer has been based on a single breast tumor cell line known as MDA-MB-435. At least 650 papers have been published on studies involving this cell line. Yet it has been revealed that this supposed breast
cancer cell line may in fact not be composed of breast cancer cells at all.
Instead, it appears that the cells are derived from melanoma. For 25 years, therefore, breast cancer research using this cell line - and it is one of the most widely used - has been based on an incorrect model.
Melanoma-derived tumor cells are not biologically equivalent to breast cancer cells; they have different molecular and genetic characteristics.
Cell lines - even when correctly sourced and identified - are an
intrinsically flawed model, and in the past I have often cautioned against the tendency to read too much into the results of cancer research done on tumor cell lines. The inferential leap from Petri dish to living human cancer patient is simply too large: an enormous number of drugs and experimental techniques show significant activity in cultured cancer cell lines, only to exhibit no benefit whatever when given to human subjects in a
clinical setting. Furthermore, cell lines can degenerate over time, becoming genetically unstable. But these are relatively small concerns compared to the discovery that MDA-MB-435, the cornerstone of breast cancer research, is not breast cancer at all.
We are constantly being reminded that this is the era of evidence-based medicine. But if the very cell lines which have provided the foundation for breast cancer research for the past quarter century have now been conclusively shown to be melanoma cells, not breast cancer, how solid or trustworthy is the evidence on which current breast cancer treatment is based? Evidence built on such flawed foundations more closely resembles
hearsay than science.
According to Dr. Robert O. Young, a research scientist at the pH Miracle Living Center, "general cancer research, including breast cancer research has been focused on the wrong thing - the tumor and the cells that make tumors. This type of research is equivalent to the study of a bruise on an apple that has dropped from the tree rather then studying the cause of why the apple fell from the tree and how to prevent it from happening again. Cancer, including breast cancer is not a disease of the cell but an acidic disease of the body fluids. Cancer is an acidic liquid created from an acidic lifestyle and diet. Cancer researchers need to stop studying the effect that leads to cancerous cells and start studying the causes of a cancerous condition - such as what one is eating, drinking and thinking that is then leading to all cancerous conditions, including breast cancer."
References:
A Case of Mistaken Identity by Megan Scudellari. The Scientist, September 16th 2008
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/55013/ (registration required)
Sick and Tired by Dr. Robert O. Young
pH Miracle by Dr. Robert and Shelley Young
Confirmation Code: GHVCFDD5486122
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