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Sick and Tired?

by Robert O. Young

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SICK AND TIRED? presents the revolutionary theories of Dr. Robert Young, a scientist who has spent years studying how foods positively and negatively affect the body. This book provides a comprehensive view of Dr. Young's research on the advantages of an alkalarian diet and is a wonderful tool to help anyone get back on the road to good health.

Paperback, 303 pages

Published January 1st 2000 by Woodland Publishing

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Mar 28, 2010

Chris Webber rated it

This book is the skeletal structure of the philosophy behind the pH balance. While I think the basic scientific logic behind the good doctor's philosophy is sound enought......that all diseases arise due to imbalance in our body and that diseases are really just a symptom of this imbalance..........I think his solution is too stringent.

The idea behind the pH in our body is that our body has a certain acidity/alkalinity level that allows for our body to function effectively at the ce...moreThis book is the skeletal structure of the philosophy behind the pH balance. While I think the basic scientific logic behind the good doctor's philosophy is sound enought......that all diseases arise due to imbalance in our body and that diseases are really just a symptom of this imbalance..........I think his solution is too stringent.

The idea behind the pH in our body is that our body has a certain acidity/alkalinity level that allows for our body to function effectively at the cellular level. When the pH gets off, the cells adapt by changing into unhealthy cells (germs), or produce bacteria, yeasts or funguses which in turn create disease.

According to Dr. Young, the ideal balanced diet is 95% alkaline and 5% acidic. Which means nearly everything in the average person's diet must be tossed. Chapter 7, titled Dietary Guidelines, is an almost comical read as Dr. Young goes through the food that must be avoided. Here's the short list: Junk (nonfoods) which he defines as refined, over-processed, loaded with salt, sugar, coloring, additives, hardened vegetable oils, margarine butter and hidden ingredients. Then toss all hydrogenated vegetable oils and add healthy oils (olive and flax seed oils but only add them after eating, never heat oils!) Then table salt, soy sauces and any kind of salts. Don't stop there. All sugars must be avoided, all of them. Because sugars contribute to allowing yeasts to grow in the body. So toss sugars, syrups, honey, molasses, sucrose, fructorse, maltose, lactose, glucose, mannitol, sorbital, galactose, monosaccharides, date sugar, turbinado sugar, etc. Next, totally avoid all refined carbohydrates! This includes all white flour and white rice. During the first of three segments of this new approach to eating one must also avoid even good whole grains such as millet, spelt, high starch vegetables such as potatoes, squash. Then.....you avoid fruit! They are loaded with sugar which directly feeds yeasts and fungus in the body. Also, avoid pork, beef, chicken, eggs, dairy and animal foods in general. Say no to all commercially stored grains, and [obviously:] anything with yeast in it. All dairy products - GONE! Avoid all malt products, edible fungus like mushrooms, all condiments,alcohol, caffeine in any form, peanuts and peanut products, corn and corn products, smoking, chewing, and all microwaved foods.

LOL. Did I just include LOL in a book review? Well yes, I believe I did.

The first portion is a cleanse (to rid your body of all toxicities) where for up to 8 days you eat nothing but greens. Then you expand it to include more vegetables and even some starch vegetables like potatoes and squashes. This concept is big on juicing and includes grasses and sprouts. It also emphasizes the importance of water and eating your very sparse list of good foods (as well as herbs and spices) in their fresh state. Tofu is ok, as well as some nuts and grains. The book also covers colloids and emphasizes the importance of including critical vitamin/mineral supplements to ensure your body is getting all it needs.

There is a whole section of recipes like healing soups.

I find myself wondering if the good doctor believes everyone should live forever and this is why he has advocated such an extreme animal grazing diet. If he did not also include the fact that those who do follow the diet for any length of time experience a marked improvement in their well-being and "feeling" of being more healthy I would have a hard time seeing the benefit of such a stringent diet. The doctor also advocates the use of saunas to sweat out toxicities and improve overall circulation, and I have to like that.

I am going to go on the cleanse next week to journal my body's responses to ridding itself of all of these toxicities.

My gut tells me this diet is extreme. It should, however, be well liked by vegans and raw food fanatics. My sister recommended this book to me and has loosely followed this diet for years following her run-in with colon cancer. She swears this diet is why she is alive today. So for that, I am taking the idea seriously.(less)

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Mar 28, 2010

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I learned a lot from this. Some of it is a bit extreme and I need to do more research on the basis for lots of Dr. Young's arguments, but overall, I have noticed a revolution in my energy and quality of life from only 2 months on this new diet. I am beginning a new green approach over the next two months and I expect even greater revelations in how my inner terrain affects mood, health, and overall well-being.

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Oct 20, 2007

Gyan rated it

If anyone has any sunny's that I can borrow? Not the eighty's style that cover the the circumference of your eyes, and then some. Something rather more in the direction of Micky Mouse shades, that'll hide, um, most of my face! Just need them while I loosen this death-grip I'm in (8-P

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