From Dr. Mark Babyatsky: pH Balance in the Body

I recently read that to attain intestinal relief and to get our immune systems to properly combat germs, our bodies need to have a balance of alkaline and acid. Can you explain this and recommend some foods?... Read more

Bony Vegetables

Elderly individuals who indulge in chocolates and jelly beans at the expense of vegetables and fruits may be at risk for thinning bones and fractures. Continue Reading >>

Cherry-Enriched Diet Cut Heart Risks in Rats

(HealthDay News) -- Call it the "tart heart-smart diet."

New research ties eating tart cherries to lowering cholesterol, reducing inflammation and cutting one's body weight and fat -- all major risk factors for heart disease.

This latest study, scheduled to be presented by University of Michigan researchers at the American Dietetic Association annual meeting, in Chicago, reached these conclusions after feeding whole tart cherry powder to obese rats.

After 12 weeks, the rats had 14 percent less body fat while maintaining lean muscle mass, compared to other rats who ate the same foods minus the cherry powder. The rats eating cherries also lost significant amounts of body weight -- notably a loss of "belly" fat, a known risk for heart disease, according to the American Heart Association.

The rats eating a cherry-enriched diet also dropped their total cholesterol levels by about 11 percent. Levels of two known markers of inflammation linked to increased risk for heart disease also dropped by 31 percent to 40 percent.

"Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans today, so it's important we continue researching ways people can improve their diet to help reduce key risk factors," study co-author Dr. Steven F. Bolling, a cardiac surgeon at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, said in a news release from the study's sponsor, the Cherry Marketing Institute. "We know excess body fat increases the risk for heart disease. This research gives us one more support point suggesting that diet changes, such as including cherries, could potentially lower heart disease risk."

Researchers said the animal study is encouraging and will lead to further clinical studies in humans to explore the link between diet, weight, inflammation and lowering heart disease risk.

Tart cherries, often sold as dried, frozen or juice, contain powerful antioxidants known as anthocyanins. In addition to providing the fruit with its rich red color, studies suggest these plant compounds may be responsible for the fruit's health benefits.

More information
The National Cancer Institute has more about the health benefits of antioxidants.

Shrinking Breasts and Bones For Women and Shrinking Genitals and 'Man Boobs' For Men

Swedish researchers at Lund University have found a clear link between the amount of acid coffee a woman drinks and the size of her breasts. Amazingly, drinking three or more cups of coffee each day can cause a woman's breasts to shrink! "That's not all it can shrink," states Dr. Robert O. Young, a research scientist at the pH Miracle Living Center. "Drinking coffee can shrink you brain, your bones, your muscles and your reproductive organs," states Dr. Young.

"Drinking coffee can have a major effect on breast size," said Dr. Helena Jernstrom, an oncologist, but said women's breasts won't shrink quickly. "Coffee-drinking women do not have to worry their breasts will shrink to nothing overnight," she told the Daily Star. "They will get smaller but the breasts aren't just going to disappear." She began looking for a link and found a gene in half of all women that relates to coffee intake and breast size. The researchers also studied almost 300 women, quizzing them about their coffee intake and their bust measurements.

In an interesting twist, although the acid coffee was found to shrink women's breasts, the study found that Java Joes--guys who keep their acidic coffee cups close at hand--could become victims of gynecomastia and find their "man boobs" getting larger and genitals getting smaller. "For men, "man boobs" and shrinking genitals is the result of an acidic lifestyle and diet. If you want to prevent "man boobs" and shrinking genitals then begin an alkaline lifestyle and diet," states Dr. Young.

Celery/Cauliflower Soup

Celery/Cauliflower Soup

Serves 6-8
1 onion, peeled and chopped
1 T oil
1 bunch celery, trimmed and chopped
1 head cauliflower, trimmed and chopped
1-2 qts vegetable stock
1/2-1 qt almond or coconut milk
salt, pepper, seasoning of choice to taste

In a large soup pan, steam-fry onion in a little oil for 5 minutes without browning. In food processor, pulse-chop celery and cauliflower until finely chopped. Add cauliflower and celery mix to pan, warm until tender. Add vegetable stock and almond milk. Simmer for 15-30 minutes, or leave raw if desired. Puree soup mixture in blender, until smooth texture. Season to taste, serve warm or cold.

This soup looks a little like cole slaw. It tastes creamy, like chowder. It looks very pretty, garnished with a sprinkling of dehydrated veggies and chopped fresh tomatoes.

Found in Dr. Robert and Shelley Young's
The pH Miracle for Weight Loss.

Eating to Boost Your Brainpower

Eating to Boost Your Brainpower - Eat well, think well: It turns out that the Romans were definitely on the right track with their famous saying mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body).... Read more

What You Need to Know About Intestinal Gas

DAVID MARKS, MD: Hi, and welcome to our webcast. I'm Dr. David Marks. Today we're talking about gas. While it's often very embarrassing, it's a common complaint in doctors' offices. What exactly causes gas? And what can you do to get over the discomfort of gas? Joining us today are two experts.... Read more

Preventing and Reversing Prostate Cancer

According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 186,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States in 2008, while nearly 30,000 will die of the disease over the same period. A cancerous prostate is, therefore, the most common cancer that affects men, and the second most common cause of cancer-associated death (after lung cancer) in men.

Over the past decade, the long-term survival rate for a cancerous prostate has increased markedly, with more than 90 percent of patients surviving 10 years or more after diagnosis. The development of a blood test for prostate cancer, the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test, has significantly improved our ability to detect a cancerous prostate at an early stage, which means that, increasingly, this dis-ease is being diagnosed when it is still amenable to reverse.

Biologically active compounds in pomegranat, known as ellagitannins, are known to have powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. These powerful dietary antioxidants are related, chemically, to the antioxidants also found in green tea (even though I do not recommend drinking green tea because it is moderately acidic), which is another area of intense focus in cancer prevention research.

Previous research studies looking at human prostate cancerous cells growing in cell cultures (and implanted in mice as well) have suggested potential cancer prevention and cancer treatment roles for pomegranate extracts. In a recently published clinical study, pomegranate supplements were found to slow down the progression of recurrent cancerous prostate in patients who had previously undergone treatment with surgery or radiation therapy. Moreover, when the serum of these patients was added to cell cultures containing human prostate cancerous cells, the serum collected after patients consumed pomegranate extracts slowed down the growth of the prostate cancerous cells.

A new research study, just published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics by scientists at UCLA, adds important new information about the possible role of pomegranate extracts in the prevention and treatment of a cancerous prostate.

Nuclear Factor Kappa-B, or NF-κB, consists of a group of proteins referred to, collectively, as transcription factors. Transcription factors act by activating multiple genes in both normal cells and cancerous cells (which are cells spoiled by metabolic and/or dietary acids). Activation of the NF-κB signaling pathway turns on a variety of genes that appear to play an important role in the development and progression of many cancerous cells, including cancerous or acidic prostate cells. NF-κB also has been implicated in the effects of chronic inflammation on the development of several cancerous conditions, including a cancerous prostate.

Moreover, activation of NF-κB also appears to enable cancerous cells to resist the effects of chemotherapy and other cancer treatments, and it appears to be linked with more aggressive tumor biology and a resulting increase in the risk of cancer recurrence.

While almost all prostate cancerous cells are initially sensitive to hormonal therapies that block the male sex acidic hormones (androgens), patients with advanced cancerous prostate who are treated with androgen-blocking agents will eventually develop prostate cancerous cells that are resistant (or androgen-independent) to such therapies. When metastatic cancerous prostate tumors become androgen-independent, these tumors then become unresponsive to most clinical therapies.

In this study, pomegranate extract was added to androgen-independent human prostate cancerous cells in the laboratory, resulting in an inhibition of NF-κB that was proportional to the amount of pomegranate extract that was added. This inhibition of the NF-κB pathway, which was induced by pomegranate extract, also resulted in a decreased rate of growth of the androgen-independent prostate cancerous cells, as well as an increased death rate among these cells.

When androgen-sensitive human prostate cancerous tumors are transplanted into mice, they gradually become androgen-independent, following castration of the mice. In this research study, the authors also implanted androgen-sensitive human prostate cancerous cells into laboratory mice. Some mice were given pomegranate extract, while other mice were not given any pomegranate supplements.

Subsequently, as the transplanted prostate cancerous cells began to grow into tumors, all mice were then castrated to induce androgen insensitivity in their implanted tumors. The authors subsequently found that the mice that had received pomegranate supplements developed significantly smaller tumors when compared to the mice that had not received pomegranate extract. Moreover, the development of androgen insensitive tumors was significantly delayed in the mice that had received the pomegranate supplement, suggesting that pomegranate extract may not only be able to shrink prostate cancerous tumors, but may also be able to maintain prostate cancerous cells in the more favorable androgen-sensitive state.

PSA levels in the blood of the mice that received the pomegranate extract were also significantly lower than what was observed in the control animals that did not receive the extract in their diets. All of these favorable effects that were observed in the mice that had received pomegranate extract appeared to be linked directly to an inhibition of the NF-κB signaling pathway.

The results of this study are highly intriguing, as they suggest that, at least in mice, pomegranate extracts may be able to slow prostate cancerous cell growth as well as significantly delaying the transition of prostate tumors from the more favorable androgen-sensitive state to the treatment-resistant androgen-insensitive state.

Because rising levels of NF-κB activity have previously been linked to the development of a cancerous prostate, as well as to the increased biological aggressiveness of prostate cancerous cells, the inhibition of NF-κB with pomegranate extracts could conceivably reduce the risk of developing a cancerous prostate and might also reduce the growth rate and aggressiveness of already established cancerous prostate.

Additionally, and importantly, the results of this study suggest that NF-κB itself probably plays a dominant role in the development of androgen independence in prostate cancerous tumors and, therefore, that blocking NF-κB with pomegranate extract may maintain metastatic prostate cancerous tumors in the more treatable androgen-sensitive state.

Although the results of this study cannot tell us if pomegranate extract is able to either prevent a cancerous prostate in humans or decrease its aggressiveness once it has already developed, there have been very few reports of any apparent serious ill affects associated with pomegranate extract consumption.

"The key to the cure for a cancerous prostate is found in its prevention not in its treatment," states Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of Research at the pH Miracle Living Center.

Dr. Young further states, "a cancer cell is an acidic cell and the cause of an acidic cancerous cell, including a cancerous prostate cell is an acidic lifestyle and diet."

"The key to preventing any cancerous condition, including a cancerous prostate is to maintain the alkaline design of the body with an alkaline lifestyle and diet," states Dr. Young.

My Favorite Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner-Soup

The following recipe is one of my favorite alkaline soups.

Enjoy!

Cream of Broccoli Soup
By: Princess Ashley Rose Lisonbee

Serves 4-6

2 T olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 cups broccoli
1 T grapeseed oil
4.5 cups veggie broth
2/3 cup coconut cream (optional)
1/16 tsp paprika plus dash for garnish
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp Herbes de Provence (Spice Hunter)
1.5 cups avocado, diced

Chop onion. Peel and chop broccoli stalks into small pieces. In a soup pot, heat oil to medium low, gently saute onion and broccoli for 5 mins. Add veggie broth and broccoli florets and let simmer on low for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, letting soup cool. In blender, puree half of soup mixture. Pour back into soup pot and mix. Gently stir in coconut cream until mixed thoroughly. Add spices and diced avocado. Serve warm, garnishing with a dash of paprika.

How humans are not physically created to eat meat

Although some historians and anthropologists say that man is historically omnivorous, our anatomical equipment ­ teeth, jaws, and digestive system ­ favors a fleshless diet. The American Dietetic Association notes that "most of mankind for most of human history has lived on vegetarian or near-vegetarian diets."

And much of the world still lives that way. Even on most industrialized countries, the love affair with meat is less than a hundred years old. It started with the refrigerator car and the twentieth-century consumer society. But even with the twentieth century, man's body hasn't adapted to eating meat. The prominent Swedish scientist Karl von Linne states, "Man's structure, external and internal, compared with that of the other animals, shows that fruit and succulent vegetables constitute his natural food." The chart below compares the anatomy of man with that of carnivorous and herbivorous animals.

When you look at the comparison between herbivores and humans, we compare much more closely to herbivores than meat eating animals. Humans are clearly not designed to digest and ingest meat. Continue Reading >>

Avocado Mint Soup

Avocado Mint Soup
By Ashley Lisonbee

3 T grapeseed or olive oil
6 gr onions, sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
4 T spelt flour
2.5 cus veggie broth
3 t lemon juice
.5 t grated lemon zest
2/3 cu coconut milk
2/3 cu coconut cream (optional)
1.5 mint, chopped
Real Salt or Young pHorever pHlavor salt and pepper, to taste
2 avocados, cubed
1 cu spinach, minced
mint springs for garnish

In a soup pot, warm olive oil. Add onions, garlic and flour. Simmer. Process and stir in remaining ingredients. Add avocado and spinach last. Serve, garnishing with mint springs. The coconut milk produces a creamy, comforting texture!

'Fight' versus 'Let It Unfold'

Over the last twenty-six years of researching and teaching the "New Biology (R)" and "The pH Miracle Living Science, Lifestyle and Diet(TM)", I have given great thought over the process of trying to "merge"
the seemingly divergent "fight" versus the "let it unfold" postures.

I believe we are creatures of both action on one end and potential wisdom on the other. The lower end of consciousness, the body-sense issues, operate in one "desiring and acquiring" fashion and the intellect-spirit end of the continuum operates at a "higher level." Much like a pH scale.

With our body/sense/mind gifts we are bound and determined to act. That's the fight part. If we act, however, with discrimination, spirit and wisdom, we are following the dictates of our conscience.

The wisdom one day will suggest that we are not the doers. We are simply the instruments--and the locus of act....not the locus of control.

Thus, we do the fight, we do the action, but we must do it according to that level of wisdom with which we have been accorded. Once we use our intellectual- spiritual gifts as we live, i.e., once we ACT with such primary human values as hope, faith, love, peace, truth, right conduct and non-violence as we walk along the path, we are harmonizing and integrating the gifts across the full continuum of our human consciousness.

Thus, we are bound to act, say, to roll the bowling ball down the alley. We are bound to do this act according to the best of our ability given the context of "the game" or intention of "the act."

And yet, we know the incredible complexity of the universe. There are many reasons that that ball will do what it will do. Once we have acted, we know that the outcome is in the hands of a "Greater Energy"....and that energy travels through timber of the wood, the wax on the alley, the temperature of the ball, the precision of the pin-setter, the humidity of the building, the sweat of our hands, the health and pH of our body fluids, cells, tissues, organs and blood, the energy of those in the gallery, perhaps the position of the moon...and the list goes on far beyond our ability to calculate.

There is gathering "social" science to suggest that the list may takes us back many lifetimes of "action"
and "intention" in an evolutionary unfolding.

The long and short is that we can hardly take credit or blame for the number of pins that we will knock down. That would be the height of ego or self-absorption.

We do not reach for the fruit of our actions. And if something that looks like fruit falls into our laps, our conscience must also dictate how we will distribute the results.

Thus, we must act, and we must with conscience.
That's the whole "thought-word-deed" admonition.

Our conscience is one of the solid connections with Divinity.

It sure makes sense to me--at least on most days.

I hope these words make sense and are of some help to you on your journey called "Life."

All of us at the pH Miracle Living Center appreciate your love, support and energy in sharing the "New Biology" and "The pH Miracle Living Science, Lifestyle and Diet" with all of your associates, friends and loved ones.

In Love and Healing Light,

Robert O. Young, Ph.D., D.Sc., N.D.

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Should You Think Before You Pink?

By Anne Krueger

Even though my favorite color is green, I’ve picked up a lot of pink products over the years—dozens of pink-lidded cartons of yogurt, a pink chopping knife, pink breath mints, pink lipstick, and even a pair of pink boxing gloves, all in the name of breast cancer research. I’ve always felt satisfaction snapping up pink-ribbon products, believing that I was helping to raise a significant amount of money to help prevent or cure a disease that will strike 250,000 women this year alone.

But these days I don’t have a lot of money to give to charity (hello, recession) or spend on things I don’t need, so when I do buy a “breast cancer product,” I want to make sure that a good chunk of my purchase is going to the actual cause and not to some foundation’s overpaid president, or to a manufacturer more interested in cashing in on a disease than actually funding its cure.
So I did a little research. To learn how to pick the pink products with the most impact (and figure out which organizations to support), please read this week’s post in Health.com’s Breast Cancer Journey.
(PHOTO: INVENTORSPOT.COM)