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Forget fat. That's the emphatic message of nutritionist Robert O. Young's new book about weight loss. Dr. Young argues that weight loss is not about fat; it's about acid. To maintain an ideal weight, we don't have to become obsessed about fat grams, carbs, cholesterol, and calories; we simply have to maintain the delicate pH balance of our blood. The author of The pH Miracle offers a simple seven-step diet and exercise plan to get on the right track to weight reduction.

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Let's start with simple math. How many excess pounds do you need to shed to achieve your ideal, healthy weight-10, 30, 100? Whatever your answer, multiply it by two. You now have the MAXIMUM number of days it will take you to reach your goal, if you follow...

Despite what you may believe, weight loss is not about fat grams, cholesterol, carbs, or calories. It's all about acid. According to Dr. Robert Young, renowned microbiologist and nutritionist, reaching your ideal weight is simply a matter of maintaining the delicate pH balance of the blood. In this latest entry in the successful pH Miracle series, Dr. Young and his wife, chef Shelley Redford Young, offer a simple 7-step lifestyle program to balance your body chemistry, change your shape, and slim down to your ideal body weight-naturally and permanently. Best of all, you'll be able to eliminate unnecessary fat cells forever.