"The crew at The Early Show jokingly refers to it as my “swamp water”: the concoction of GREENS I drink every morning, first thing, at 4:30 A.M. I know it sounds funny to say I drink my greens, but it’s a quick, natural, oxygenating boost—healthier than any jolt of caffeine. It is just one aspect of a regimen—a way of life—that has saved my health and brought me to new understanding.

I met Dr. Robert Young ten years ago. My mother had been talking about her experience with him for years, but frankly, I was skeptical. Then I became sick. Sick in a way that none of the numerous traditional doctors I saw could figure out or fix. I had serious digestive problems that were diagnosed as everything from parasites to irritable bowel syndrome. No two doctors could agree on the condition, let alone what to do about it.

Finally, in desperation, I broke down. Dr. Young agreed to see me, even though, as I was walking into his office, I had questions. What could a microbiologist possibly know about my health? What could he do that a medical specialist could not?

Dr. Young spent the better part of an afternoon essentially changing my life. He took a sample of my blood and analyzed it. Unaware of my ailments, Dr. Young described to me, in detail, my symptoms. He was “reading” my blood under a microscope and examining what it revealed about my body and me.

Dr. Young told me I had two options. I could continue down this road, accepting poor health as a regular part of life. Alternatively, I could make serious changes through diet, vitamins, minerals, and so much more: a completely new way of living and being. With what I learned from Dr. Young in that initial consultation about eating green, drinking pure water, avoiding sugar, and keeping my blood from becoming too acidic, I saw almost immediate results. My health turned around in a matter of weeks.

Ever since, I have diligently followed what this book shares as The pH Miracle plan. I’m not always perfect and sometimes I’m lulled back into the sugar and other junk that comes from old habits. Nevertheless, I’m aware of how my body responds and I quickly get back on track.

True, I don’t have one of those incredible stories about how eating (living!) this way can stop stage-4 cancer in its tracks, though I know Dr. Young has witnessed those situations. Even now, all these years later, it is still clear to me how this way of eating can totally change your life. It’s a revelation, a way of looking at the world in a new light. It affects the way we look at ourselves, and disease, and how the food we put into our bodies affects everything we do. Dr. Young will change not just your understanding of how the human body works but also your outlook—your spirit. Diet affects your mind as well as your body and is intricately connected to the soul.

It may be difficult at first. The program seems like a drastic change, but when you realize how much better you feel and how far the benefits go, the choice is easy.

I have taught my body a different way.

It likes it. I love it."