Can drinking weak alkaline water adjust your physique? The founder of "acid-base constitution theory" was fined US$105 million

Not long ago, a San Diego court ruling in the United States attracted attention from the outside world. The defendant was ordered to pay US$105 million in compensation. The focus of attention is not only the sky-high compensation, but also the defendant Robert O. Young (see first picture). He can be said to be the originator of a decades-long scam, and his lies are still being told today. It spreads all over the world and lasts forever.

Acid-base constitution theory

Most people may not know the name of Robert Ouyang, but everyone must have heard of these statements such as "Human physique is divided into acid and alkaline, food is divided into acidic and alkaline, and drinking weakly alkaline water is good for health..." After hearing it, many people even believe it. Ouyang is the founder of this "acid-base constitution theory". He believes that the acidity in the human body is the culprit that causes people to become sick and obese, and that eating alkaline foods can restore health.

Ouyang wrote a best-selling book "THE pH MIRACLE: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health" in 2002, which made the acid-base theory very popular. He struck while the iron was hot and published "THE pH" one after another. MIRACLE FOR DIABETES: The Revolutionary Diet Plan for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetics" (Diabetes pH Miracle, temporary translation), "THE pH MIRACLE FOR WEIGHT LOSS: Balance Your Body Chemistry, Achieve Your Body Chemistry, Achieve Your Ideal Weight" (The pH Miracle for Weight Loss, tentative translation) and other "miracle" series, each book is a big seller and makes a lot of money.

Who is Ouyang? Why does everyone believe in his theory? This is not unrelated to Ouyang's "academic master" character. He claimed that he attended the University of Utah in his early years, studying biology and business, but did not graduate. Later, he obtained multiple degrees from Clayton College of Natural Health, including a master's degree in nutrition, a doctorate in chemistry and biology, and a doctorate in natural medicine.

Just looking at his academic qualifications, Ouyang is obviously an expert in medicine, biology and nutrition. In addition, the acid-base theory itself is easy to understand, so his words are easily accepted by the public.

I believed your lies and delayed the opportunity for treatment.

After successfully exporting his theory, Ouyang expanded his business scope and began to get involved in the medical field. He opened a clinic in Valley Center, California, using the same theory: there is only one disease in the world: acidosis, and there is only one treatment: Alkaline diet.

Although the media and experts have been diligent in refuting the rumors for many years, countless people still regard the "acid-base constitution theory" as a dietary guide and a way to maintain health due to the touting and misleading of merchants. Fortunately, ordinary people are only forced to buy expensive "weakly alkaline water" and eat more so-called alkaline foods. Although they cannot live a hundred years, it is not harmful. However, a woman named Dawn Kali ), but she almost lost her life because she believed Ou Yang's theory.

A few years ago, Kelly suffered from breast cancer. At Ouyang's suggestion, she gave up chemotherapy and transferred to his treatment center, which included massage, colon cleansing, and intravenous baking soda injection...even a baking soda injection cost up to 500. Dollar.

After spending thousands of dollars, Kelly's condition not only did not improve, but worsened. In 2013, when she was finally willing to seek formal medical treatment, her condition had advanced to the most severe stage IV, in which the cancer cells had spread to her bones. Doctors thought she only had 4 years to live.

Kelly, who realized she had been deceived, took Ouyang to court in 2015, accusing him of negligence and fraud. At this time, Ouyang's identity was gradually revealed. For example, the Clayton College of Natural Health, which awarded him multiple degrees, was an unaccredited college, often referred to as "Pheasant University." There is no credibility either.

Just a year before Kelly was sued, in 2014, Ouyang was arrested after an investigation by the National Medical Board and faced 18 felony charges including practicing medicine without a license and theft. At that time, it was reported that some patients under his treatment The center costs up to $50,000.

After a two-year trial, Ouyang was sentenced to three years in prison in 2017 for two counts of practicing medicine without a license and faces six additional fraud charges. At present, Ouyang's treatment center has stopped providing nursing services, and he is also required to publicly admit that he is not a physician or naturopathic doctor, let alone a scientist with formal education.

In Kelly's case, Ouyang expressed his dissatisfaction with the judge's $105 million compensation verdict, which was "completely outrageous," Ouyang said, adding that he would appeal.

Stop paying IQ tax to the "acid-base constitution theory"

The Ouyan theory was not fabricated out of thin air. It was one of the schools of microbiology in the late 19th century. At that time, some people believed that when the surrounding environment was acidic, red blood cells would transform into bacteria. In fact, this theory had already followed the germ theory. Development proved that wrong.

As for Ou Yang's theory of human body acidity and alkalinity derived from this, it is even more nonsense with a vague concept. First of all, there are many kinds of liquids in the human body: blood, sweat, urine, gastric juice, saliva, etc. The pH value of each liquid is different. For example, the pH value of gastric juice is close to 1, which is highly acidic. The pH value of blood is usually maintained between 7.35 and 7.45. It is weakly alkaline, so what is the acidity and alkalinity of the human body?

Most theories of "acid-base constitution" will mention that "a body fluid with a pH value lower than 7.35 is an acidic constitution" and is harmful to the human body. This is not completely unreasonable, but a more scientific statement is that if the blood pH value is lower than 7.35, human cells will not be able to complete normal physiological functions, which is called "acidosis". If the pH value is too high, "alkalosis" will occur. These are very serious diseases. They are by no means a simple "acid/alkaline constitution", nor can they be caused or cured by eating acidic or alkaline foods.

The popular method in the market for classifying the pH of food is based on the acidity and alkalinity of the solution after the ash produced after complete combustion of the food is dissolved in water. However, it is of no use. High school biology textbooks tell us that normal organisms coordinate the activities of various organs and systems through regulation to jointly maintain a relatively stable environment. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the acidity and alkalinity in food.

Source: Tech News