On November 2, a U.S. court in San Diego awarded a man named Robert O. Young $1,0500,0000 in damages to a cancer patient.

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Why are you bringing this up?

Because this "Ouyang" who was punished is the founder of the famous "Acid-Alkaline Body Theory".

There is an acidic and alkaline nature of the human body, and an acidic body can lead to a number of problems includingdiabetesdiseases including.

To be healthy, you must ensure an alkaline environment in your body.

Have you ever heard this expression?

Yes, he created it.

Ouyang has written 4 books in one sitting to promote the concept of acid-alkaline constitution.

Perhaps because this theory is easy to understand and has been expounded by Ouyang in a godly manner:

An acidic body will become sick and diseased, and correcting acidity and acid-base balance will cure disease and restore health.

Many people have taken a great interest in this claim and are even convinced. Some terminally ill patients even seem to see hope, and many of them turn to his 'miracle cure' in the hope of curing cancer.

With a reputation, Ouyang naturally made a lot of money on this theory!

Selling books was one aspect, he began to produce health products and medicines based on his theories, and even opened a clinic to start treating patients. And naturally, the cost of a "miracle doctor's" clinic would not be cheap.

But a lie is a lie after all.

A red herring with a net of nonsense is bound to be denounced sooner or later.

As early as 2 years ago, athe illegal practice of medicineAlready in the charges, he admitted in court that he was not a microbiologist, hematologist, medical specialist or naturopath, nor did he have any scientific training. He is not qualified to practise medicine, and even his diploma is a bought fake.

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But it was really overconfidence. Later, Ouyang asked another cancer patient to give up chemotherapy and adopt his own original alkaline therapy treatment, which ultimately led to the development of the cancer condition to stage 4-And this treatment, after all, involves adding alkaline baking soda to the medication administered intravenously!

He was sentenced to pay a hefty fine of $105 million as a result.

The pseudo-theory of "acid-alkaline body" was also debunked.

It's a real blast!

In fact, since the birth of this theory more than a decade ago, many scientists, doctors and science popularizers at home and abroad have been emphasizing that it is a hoax.There is not even a decent piece of literature, not even the slightest bit of the simplest research on the acid-alkaline body!

However, this kind of popularization of science, in the end, can not defeat the power of "capital" - regardless of the theory itself is true or false, can make money, it has the significance of existence.

Taking advantage of the public's desire for health and fear of cancer and other diseases, some black-hearted profit-seeking businessmen have instead continued to vigorously promote pseudo-scientific concepts.

For example, this theory is used to give certain foods, packaged with a 'healthy' veneer, and sold at a markup.

It is important to realize that the acidity and alkalinity of the food itself is negligibly weak compared to the acid in the stomach and the alkalinity in the intestines, and it is impossible to change the already stable pH value.

Remember to eat a balanced diet, nutritional adequacy is good, as for the network similar to the following such, fussed about organizing the acid-base food table, really ......

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Then again, using this theory to guide the birth of boys skyrockets sales of useless pills.

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Not as high-profile as Ouyang, who also loves to study acid-baseDr. Random B. Shettlez.It's much more low-key.

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Although all the products that guide you to prepare for pregnancy and have a boy or girl will be accompanied by the sentence "Dr. Shettlez, the originator of the method of having a boy or girl, said", but after searching the vast ocean of information on the Internet, there are only a few words about the introduction of this "originator" below.

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Other than that, there is no documentation, speeches, photographic material, not even a single letter of the alphabet spelling out the name.

This is the real "deep hiding", isn't it?

Some are much more ambitious.

Liang, the chairman of a domestic bioproducts company, believes that he is the first creator of the "acid-base balance" theory, and also deplores and regrets that the scientific community does not recognize this theory.

In his exact words:

The concept was in medical textbooks in the 1950s and was popular abroad, so why not recognize it?

An acidic body can cause many diseases and cannot be changed by good daily habits. It is necessary to absorb the acidic substances in the body with our company's "xxx element", which is a biological element from the ocean.

Should promote my family's good products like milk.

I wonder if Leung will be more restrained after Ouyang has been fined more than $100 million.

A human being is not a glass of water, but a complex organism containing a variety of bodily fluids.

Stomach fluids, intestinal secretions, urine, sweat, blood, lymphatic fluids, and tissue fluids ...... all have different pH levels everywhere.

Where exactly does Ouyang's theory refer to pH? He didn't go into detail.

Because you can't put too fine a point on this rumor thing, otherwise it's easy to reveal.

The human organism regulates itself so that the internal environment is always in a state of acid-base balance.

Studies have shown that the environment around certain tumor tissues does become acidic. However, this is a result of tumor cells having a different metabolism than normal cells, rather than the acidic environment causing the tumor.

What acidic body cancer claims, is unknown cause and effect, reversing the right and wrong pseudoscience.

But the good news is that the head crook is now getting what he deserves.

Having said that, we should have a clear idea of whether the products 'developed' and 'publicized' based on this theory are true or false, right?

I'm sure you have your answer to the question of what kind of "experts" are still advocating the theory of "Acid-Alkaline Body Type" 🙂 .

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A fresh graduate of the classmates got married, after marriage and husband's parents live together, would have been very good relations between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but one day her mother-in-law knew that she went abroad, let her from abroad to bring some health care products back, but she looked up on the Internet, these health care products are notorious money pit products, so it was blunt and mother-in-law, also said that her mother-in-law should not be deceived, even if you buy some serious health care products also good. The first thing I did was to ask my mother-in-law to buy some serious health care products for herself.

But as soon as I heard it, my mother-in-law got upset.

"I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice, so who are you to say I'm the one who's fooled?"

The students were also very aggrieved, obviously well-intentioned, but how is it impossible to make the elderly understand, there is a feeling of suffering.

Not only this student, but most of our children, including me, are very often faced with the question of how we can enable our parents to get to the bottom of a fact.

Now there's only one way to convince parents that a thing is a rumor

--that's to catch the person who started it.

The hardest thing for science to do is not to explain the ins and outs of a procedure or medical practice, this is easy either with words or pictures and videos.

The hardest thing is to explain something that doesn't exist in itself.

For example, we all believe in hair products. There is nothing wrong with hair products, it is a system different from the theory of Chinese medicine, which can explain a lot of things under this system, for example, eating seafood will cause the bag to rise, and so on. But for tumor, which is a category of western medicine, hair is not a respected science and should not be confused with it.

Hair can still be understood, many more incredible things can not be understood. For example, many neighborhoods will regularly organize some so-called "warmth" activities, such as certain goat's milk, spirulina, etc., claiming to be natural health products, and at first will send some free gifts, to seize the many older people love to take advantage of the psychology of a small advantage. And ultimately will be ruthlessly slaughtered a, many older people are reluctant to admit that they have been deceived, so hard to drink these goat's milk.

Yes, that's my mom.

How do I, as a doctor and son, explain to her that this is nonsense? It's really hard ok, nowhere have I ever done an experiment to prove that this goat's milk doesn't work, neither in the literature I've quoted nor in the books I've quoted.

It's hard for you to prove something that doesn't work in the first place, doesn't work. This is where scientists are most powerless.

So there is only one thing we can do now, we have to try to find the person who started it all and let the people know that the person who invented the concept of "Acid-Base" is a liar and has lied not only to you, but to millions of other people, and you're not the only one who's been fooled, so wake up, mom!

Or that old saying, you may be able to fool some people some of the time, but you can not fool everyone to fool the whole life, time is the best standard of the test of truth, as a scientific worker, ourselves, but also to be able to stand up to the results of every scientific research they do, to stand up to the conscience, to stand up to the world.

The second aunt quietly pulled me aside and deliberately lowered her voice to ask me, "How did you give birth to a daughter?" .

I knew what she meant but didn't dare to say it out loud for fear that my wife in the next room would hear me, so I could only reply hurriedly with a deliberately lowered voice as well, "What's wrong with daughters, I like daughters."

This answer obviously didn't convince Auntie Two: "You didn't have an ultrasound?" .

What she means is, did I have a sex determination before the baby was born?

According to some people, if they know it is a daughter, they will sacrifice their God-given life, and if it is a son, they will set off firecrackers with glee.

"Never done it, aren't boys and girls the same?"

"It must be because you often work night shifts and have more acid in your body. Next time I'll get you some medicine, just a little more alkali in your body and you'll have a son." The second aunt arched her mouth and whispered while signaling me not to let my wife in the next room hear.

Unfortunately, however, this theory and secret of my second aunt was soon told as a joke to my wife.

My wife and I, as medical students, naturally don't believe in this theory of acid-base men and women.

However, this theory is extremely marketable in the community and can be considered an open secret.

Even, in many places, there are many people who will make a living out of it, and it is not impossible for them to get rich.

Has anyone ever told you that a daughter is born because the body is acidic and a son is born because the body is alkaline? Has anyone ever thought that because you work a lot of night shifts and have a hard time, your body is acidic for a long time, so you can't give birth to a son? These are not important, the important thing is: do you believe it? Have you ever taken certain prescriptions for this reason? If you have not, then there must be around you.

In fact, in addition to the issue of having boys and girls, there is a very broad market for this acid-base theory.

An acidic body can lead to various diseases including cancer. To be healthy, you must ensure an alkaline environment in your body.

Based on this theory, many interest groups have been spawned in the market. Some health care products bear its banner, as do some godly men and women, and some beauty and health care organizations.

The truth is that these people are not uneducated, they are just profit-minded.

In some parts of Anhui Province, a few Chinese medicines that are said to change the acid-base environment in a woman's body can sell for thousands of dollars.

Of course, most of the things I've heard about this kind of thing come from folklorists.

But, sadly it has a large number of loyal believers.

The fact is that the birth of a boy or a girl is entirely a probabilistic event and a gift from God.

Every life deserves respect and every child deserves care.

Lastly, I'd like to mention another amazing recipe about Auntie Two.

The second aunt firmly believes that a baby rooster, which has not yet learned to crow, is killed by her husband's hands after pregnancy and then eaten by the pregnant woman to give birth to a boy.

Do you believe that?

If you have a boy, it must be because of Auntie Two. If you have a girl, it must be because your heart is not sincere.

I'm not mocking Auntie Two or despising her.

It just seems that there are too many folkloric healers like Auntie Two in life.

They may never know, nor do they want to believe, that this so-called acid-base theory is in fact an outright scam.

Let more people know a little bit more!

Acid-alkaline body constitution is originally false, without any scientific basis, all are made up by certain health experts. Every body fluid of a normal person has its own pH level, and the blood is always alkaline, with a pH value between 7.35 and 7.45.There is no such thing as an acidic body in the world. Therefore, acidic body is prone to disease, acidic body is the source of all diseases, all are lies.

Of course, it's a lie that an alkaline body tends to produce boys and an acidic body produces girls.

How are boys and girls determined?

Human sex chromosomes determine gender, if it is XX, it is a girl and XY it is a boy. You will find that only males have Y chromosome, and there are two kinds of sperms, X sperms and Y sperms, inside the sperms of males, while the egg cells of females are all X's. Therefore, there is a father who decides the birth of a boy or a girl. If the sperm that combines with the egg contains a Y chromosome, then the birth will be a son.

Studies have shown that the viability of Y-chromosome sperm is the same in weakly acidic and weakly alkaline environments, so the probability of having a boy or a girl is the same, 50%.

First of all, you can't change the pH of your vagina by eating more alkaline foods or supplements, and secondly, even if you do change the pH of your vagina, it won't improve your chances of having a boy.

In short, alkaline body easy to give birth to a boy, is also a lie, nonsense, we do not spend money. Those what turn fetal pills, alkaline health food, are all lies, not only no effect, but also may be harmful.

Thanks to Wukong for the invitation, it just confirms the saying that good will be rewarded for evil; if it is true that such a verdict can be realized in China, then there will be no place for a lot of pseudo-Chinese medicine practitioners and pseudo-Western medicine practitioners!

First, we'll take a look at the founder of the "acid-alkaline body theory".

Robert Ouyang, claiming to be a doctor, prescribing medicines to patients, giving injections, and doing everything; he also created a theory of his own, "Acid-Alkaline Physique Theory", which simply means that a body that is acidic is prone to illness; a body that is alkaline is healthy. At the beginning, this dude just wrote a book and published his theory; as a result, the book sold well, and he expanded; Nima, he actually went to prescribe medicines to patients and give them IVs; a bottle of IVs sold for 400 dollars, that is, sodium bicarbonate injections, which are now sold for a few dollars. The most outrageous thing is that this buddy actually just graduated from high school, actually do not have the qualification to practice medicine, the diploma is fake (it seems that fake diploma is not only in China, in the United States also have Oh Oh); really is the heart of the world is as big as the world is as big as it is.

One indictment ruins everything.

As a result, God wants to make it perish, must first make it crazy; he actually went to the tumor patient treatment; Kelly was diagnosed with cancer, went to find the doctor Robert Yang, the doctor is also too dejected, you said on the auxiliary treatment, so that the patient should be regular treatment on the formal treatment on the line well, may not be so miserable. As a result, he allowed Kelly to stop chemotherapy, began "baking soda anti-cancer therapy", after spending tens of thousands of dollars, found that the tumor is advanced. So, Kylie felt cheated, complained, so the black history of the doctor, only to have a class compensation of more than 100 million dollars in the judgment.

Finally, the god doctor brother, admitted in court that he is a liar, there is no theory of acid-alkaline body, that is, his own whimsical come up with. And different parts of the human body itself is not the same pH value of acidity; a think, I know this is a fraud.

So, in life, there are no shortcuts to anything, if you should be cured, you should be cured properly, there is no miracle doctor in the world, and you can hardly perform miracles.

Therefore, rheumatic immune disease, should look for "Dr. Everyday" to look for Dr. Everyday, although it will not come to come to say that the cure, that is the root cause, but at least you can give you standardized, individualized treatment.

Until now, we will encounter such patients: to the clinic is not to see the disease, and asked to prescribe some sodium bicarbonate, ask her to sodium bicarbonate to do what? Not to treat vaginitis, but to give birth to a son!

A patient once told me that her friend, in preparation for pregnancy, oral sodium bicarbonate tablets, intravenous sodium bicarbonate solution, vaginal use of sodium bicarbonate solution douche, a full set of sodium bicarbonate down, and indeed the formation of an alkaline body gave birth to a son! I told her, your friend, she did not do anything and still gave birth to a son, because she was pregnant with a son.

The founder of the acid-alkaline constitution was penalized for losing his panties, but there are still so many people who believe in the rumor that an acidic constitution gives birth to daughters and an alkaline constitution gives birth to sons. In fact, it has long been proved that the effect of acidity and alkalinity on the movement of sperm is basically negligible, that is to say, you go to great lengths to eat and wash, but it is not useful at all!

The sex of the fetus is decided the moment the sperm and egg meet, and all methods of performing fetal sex selection, except for the three-generation IVF technique, are an IQ tax. And the three-generation IVF technique we generally use for the benefit of families with specific genetic disorders.

So, sodium bicarbonate tablets won't give you a son, and douching your vagina with sodium bicarbonate solution when you're fine won't give you a son, and it's likely that the son won't come, and the vaginitis will come first!

In fact, not only the "acid-alkaline body", in the women and elderly friends around, around more scams:

Can you cure high blood pressure by drinking water from a health cup and bathing with water from a filter, cure all diseases by buying a bed to sleep in, and cure breast enlargement and prevent breast cancer by rubbing your breasts?

In the beauty salon, health clubs often have such activities, the use of our love of beauty, longevity, fear of cancer mentality, often introduced some of the so-called "health massage": breast hyperplasia dredging and toning, lymphatic drainage, lymphatic detoxification, spleen and stomach conditioning, breast maintenance, ovarian maintenance.

Kneading and kneading can cure and prevent diseases? These "health tips" reliable?

Often see gullible female friends cry: Dr. Yang, I did the card, more than 10,000, and now the breasts are red and swollen, how to do? In fact, the breast is a very delicate organ, the biggest protection for it is to stimulate it less. Instead of using some unknown origin of the so-called "pure essential oil" wipe to wipe.

What are the measures of true health?

Maintain a scientific and healthy lifestyle; adhere to long-term, steady exercise; maintain a calm, good state of mind, take the initiative to confide in, regular health check-ups! This is the true road to health!

Thanks for the invitation. Not only are there many believers in this man's theories, there are many believers in all kinds of pseudo-scientific theories.

Many of my daily invitations to answer questions are about so-called "dampness", "Yin deficiency", "spleen deficiency", etc. I have repeatedly emphasized that these are pseudo-concepts. I have emphasized time and again that these are pseudo-concepts, things that are not true, but people just believe in them.

Why do people prefer to believe in falsehoods rather than the truth?

Lao Tzu said, "Faith is not beautiful, and beautiful words are not believed.

The truth is often not as good as the illusion seems.

If you have friends who are studying medicine, you can go and look at the textbooks TA has studied. Let alone learning to understand it, how much time would it take to read every word in it? What's worse, when you read it, you'll realize that there are a lot of physical problems that still haven't been solved. Such a reality is not nice at all.

But pseudo-scientific theories, such as the acid-base theory, can be understood at a glance, even if you lack basic knowledge. You read it, your intelligence is not insulted, and you feel that you have grown in knowledge and confidence in your future health care, is this not a beautiful thing?

Therefore, everyone prefers pseudo-science, which is easy to understand and promises you a bright future, to science, which is difficult to understand and reveals all sorts of harsh truths.

Religion, by the way, is the same way, easy to understand and promises you a wonderful afterlife, even in this life.

So, despite the fact that the acid-base theory has been pronounced, it's predictable that there will still be a lot of people who believe in it. Just look at the questions on Goku.

The so-called "acid-base theory" is actually to collect IQ tax, such an unreliable claim can be sought after, the main is to cater to some people want to health, worried about getting sick, afraid of death of a kind of idea. The founder of the "acid-alkaline body theory" was fined $105 million, and the dream of health care that had been woven for more than ten years was shattered, and the huge business empire on this interest chain collapsed!

For example, this theory says that "acidic body is prone to tumors, alkaline body is less likely to suffer from tumors", so many businesses follow the publicity of what weak alkaline water, what weak alkaline food, can reduce the risk of tumors, coupled with a number of still in the laboratory stage of the results of the study is not yet clear, the words are conclusive, it is very confusing, so many people who do not know the truth to follow the trend of adjusting the acidic and alkaline body. Unknown people follow the trend of adjusting the acid-alkaline body. Please, businessmen publicize these things is just to earn your money, said what to eat alkaline food, then you know what the stomach acid is for? Eat into the things have to go through the stomach acid "baptism" okay? Not to mention what alkaline water, you are drinking a bottle of caustic soda will not change the "pH" (but certainly will burn the digestive tract).

The human body is already in a state of acid-base balance: the acidity and alkalinity of body fluids in a normal human body is in a narrow range, with a normal pH of 7.35-7.45, known as the acid-base balance value. If this balance is broken and becomes alkaline or acidic, then it is alkalosis or acidosis, which is a pathological condition. Of course, different body fluids have different pH values, some are acidic and some are alkaline. For example, the stomach acid mentioned earlier is acidic, so I would like to ask who is going to give it a try to become alkaline? Tumor development has nothing to do with the pH of any body fluid. Studies have shown that the environment around certain tumor tissues does tend to be acidic. However, this is a result of tumor cells having a different metabolism than normal cells, not the acidic environment causing the tumor. Really don't bother paying the IQ tax!

There is also the argument that an alkaline body is prone to having boys. Please, the birth of a boy is determined by the genetic material carried by the sperm, not by the acid-alkaline constitution. There are two types of male sperm, one with 22 autosomes + X (sex chromosomes) and one with 22 autosomes + Y (sex chromosomes); and there is only one type of female egg, which is 22 autosomes + X. The female sperm is the one that carries the genetic material. The female egg has only one type, which is "22 autosomes + X". If the fertilization rate of 46, XX karyotype is formed, it will basically develop into a female; while if the fertilization rate of 46, XY karyotype is formed, it will basically develop into a male. It can be said that the moment the sperm and egg meet, the sex of the child has already been decided, and has nothing to do with physical fitness!

One might ask, "Why do you say 'basically' develops into a female or male, is there any other possibility?" Yes! Some people in order to achieve the purpose of having a son, forcibly take the so-called "fetal transfer pills", the use of excessive hormones to let the embryo toward the male direction of development, if it was 46, XY is okay, if the embryo is 46, XX also take too much androgen, then the child may turn into "hermaphroditism! If the embryo is 46, XX and overdose of androgens, the child may become "hermaphrodite" and regret it for the rest of its life!

Others use an alkaline solution to douche their vaginas, saying it will produce sons.Please, this douching will not increase the mobility of the "Y" sperm, but may affect the vaginal flora imbalance leading to vaginitis, and then it will be difficult to get pregnant, not to mention the birth of a son. Just get pregnant honestly, don't believe in the pseudo-science of the acid-alkaline body type that produces boys and girls!

It's a good thing that the "pH Theory" commercial scam has been debunked. However, I'm sure that with the current trend of mindless health care in our society and some commercial factors driving the trend, the next health care scam is already beckoning us ......

"Acid woman, is this true?"

"Is there a secret recipe for having a boy or girl? I want to have a ......"

Ancient people said that the birth of a boy is the joy of getting jangzhang, and the birth of a girl is the joy of getting tiles. Nowadays, people say that having a boy is a construction bank and having a girl is a China Merchants Bank. This is originally a 50/50 arrangement of nature, but now it has too many artificial expectations.

Actually, theseThere is no scientific basis for any method of having a boy or a girl.

The birth of a boy or a girl is not determined by the woman, but by the sex chromosomes of the man.

Humans have 23 pairs or 46 chromosomes, of which 22 pairs are autosomes and 1 pair is a sex chromosome. The female sex chromosome is XX; the male sex chromosome is XY.

The germ cell undergoes meiosis and produces an egg with one sex chromosome, the X. The sperm produced has two sex chromosomes, an X and a Y.

An X egg combined with an X sperm gives birth to a girl; an X egg combined with a Y sperm gives birth to a boy.

Normally, the union of sperm and egg is randomized so as to maintain a rough balance in the human sex ratio.

Rumors abound on the Internet."Dietary Control Regimen"What's going on?

It is said that an acidic environment is suitable for the survival of X spermatozoa and an alkaline environment is suitable for the survival of Y spermatozoa.

Therefore, if you want to have a girl, you should maintain an acidic environment in your body, and if you want to have a boy, you should maintain an alkaline environment in your body.

The so-called "Dietary Control Regimen" is the classification of foods into acidic, alkaline and neutral categories.

It is said: if you want to have a girl, eat more acidic foods; if you want to have a boy, eat more alkaline foods.

What's more.It is said thatBefore intercourse, douching the vagina with a certain concentration of sodium bicarbonate solution can increase the chances of having a boy; douching the vagina with a certain concentration of vinegar solution can increase the chances of having a girl.

There's even "Methods of having a boy or girl in the same room"!

It is also rumored thatX sperm live long and Y sperm run fast. And on the day of ovulation, the cervix produces alkaline mucus with a pH of 7.7-7.8. Therefore, intercourse close to the time when the woman ovulates is likely to give birth to a boy, and after ovulation is likely to give birth to a girl.

Furthermore.There are still rumors on the internet:

Women will secrete alkaline fluid when they reach orgasm, and the more orgasms they have, the more alkaline fluid they will secrete.

So, if you want to have a boy, please ejaculate after the woman reaches orgasm; if you want to have a girl, ejaculate before orgasm.

There are even merchants with similar products listed!

All of these methods of having a boy or girl are not based on science!

First of all, the body's internal environment has a constant pH, such as blood, which has a pH of 7.35-7.45, and you can't change that by eating acidic and alkaline foods.

Secondly, the use of acid and alkaline solution to douche the vagina and then coitus method, is not desirable, women's vagina is naturally weakly acidic.Blindly and artificially altering the local pH will easily lead to vaginal flora imbalance, triggering vaginal inflammation, and may also lead to fetal malformations.

Therefore, Dr. Yuan reminded all expectant fathers and mothers:

The birth of a boy or a girl is a law of nature that cannot be tampered with at will. It does not matter whether the child is a boy or a girl; boys and girls are both treasures, and eugenics is the most important!