Chapter 2589: and translation of title, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities appearing in these lines, using exact English

2595.2496 pseudo-concept (Alliance Leader this book is very halal, extra chapter 5)

"The supermarket where I buy pomelos is still the one she recommended to me."

Su Yun said with a laugh, "It's different; juicing, if you drink a large amount daily, you'll get this reaction. Eating a small amount, not ingesting that much at once, is fine." "Don't worry, sister-in-law, this is a drug reaction; as long as you avoid pomelo, get through the acute phase, you'll recover quickly."

Director Kong's loved one said, "Acute phase? Really kidney failure?" As soon as she mentioned kidney failure, her face turned almost green.

Zheng Ren comforted, "Don't be scared, it's fine." "Su Yun is right; as long as you temporarily avoid pomelo, stop taking Lipitor for a few days, you'll recover quickly."

Director Kong looked at the empty cup, his expression flickering a few times, he complained, "Don't go listening to the community's health propaganda for no reason; if those people have no ulterior motive, who would bother giving you lectures for free?"

Director Kong's loved one retorted, "You work yourselves to death in the clinic every day, yet your income isn't that high; aren't you still just working in the hospital?"

"……"

The three doctors from the Intervention Department were all silent.

That remark was extremely sharp.

The surface income is definitely not high; earning some gray income still means worrying about being pointed at all day. But income earned openly is not proportional to hard work.

Director Kong was about to refute, but when the words reached his lips he didn't know where to start; whatever he said would be wrong. He could only sigh, feeling disheartened.

Zheng Ren still remembered that when he was in Hai Cheng, he saw a job posting from a private hospital in the south online.

In the most prominent position it read: "Earn dignified money under the sun."

This sentence hit home, speaking to the hearts of many doctors.

Could it be that in the future, just like abroad, public hospitals will become places where junior doctors practice, while experienced doctors go to private hospitals?

As soon as Zheng Ren thought about this problem, he felt a bit of a headache.

Su Yun said with a cheeky grin, "Sister-in-law, that's not how it is." "Director Kong's income is not small; the key is his high social status."

Zheng Ren couldn't be bothered to refute him; Su Yun swapped in a concept. Is the department head of 912 just an ordinary doctor? He's hardly representative. So-called social status is also high-end resources.

Director Kong's loved one said, "Wearing lead clothing while doing surgery, he even got cataracts." "I checked; doctors who perform interventional surgery almost all end up with cataracts."

"Let's not talk about that; let's talk about those people doing health propaganda in the community." Su Yun has a way of stirring things up; he felt the previous topic wasn't to his advantage, so he quickly changed the subject.

"I just heard the director say they're promoting the acid-alkali theory?"

Director Kong's loved one said weakly while lying in bed, "Yeah." "I also don't like eating pomelo; it's too sour. I used to not eat it. This isn't saying that eating pomelo counts as this, but it's an alkaline food that can regulate the body's acid-alkali balance, making the internal environment alkaline, which can prevent and treat cancer?"

Zheng Ren sighed.

Most lies are like this; at first listen they seem plausible, because they're filled with numerous professional terms that ordinary people don't understand.

Acid-alkali balance, internal environment—these terms are easy to understand, but if you ask people to explain what they actually mean, probably few can do so clearly.

Su Yun said with a grin, "Sister-in-law, I know what you're talking about." "This is the concept proposed by American acid-alkali theory expert RobertO. Young."

After saying that, he smiled at Director Kong's loved one and said, "Is that this concept?"

Director Kong's loved one stared for a moment, nodding somewhat dazedly. She remembered that the promoter said it was an American expert, but couldn't recall the exact name.

Su Yun said, "The founder of the acid-alkali body type, Mr. RobertO. Young, has just been ordered to pay $105 million to a cancer patient." "Moreover, he has long admitted orally that this theory is false."

"In our terms, this is pseudoscience. It's not that we look down on pseudoscience; our vast land hides dragons and crouching tigers. But if there's a scientific theory, it should be proven wrong by practice; directly selling it for money seems wrong."

Director Kong's loved one stared for a moment, then instinctively defended, "Those kids are quite nice; they didn't say they were selling anything, they're just enthusiastic."

Su Yun said, "At first, who would come out selling stuff right away? That's not a scammer?" Then, realizing the earlier sharp rhetorical question from Director Kong's loved one, he quickly shifted direction and continued: "In 2002, RobertO. Young published a book titled *Acid-Alkali Miracle: Balancing Diet, Restoring Health*, introducing the acid-alkali body type theory; he then published a series of books that sold out worldwide."

Zheng Ren said solemnly, "Sister-in-law, that's how it is." "Long ago, RobertO. Young was accused of practicing medicine illegally; he admitted orally that he is neither a microbiologist, hematologist, nor medical expert, and has received no scientific training."

"……"

Su Yun said, "Drinking alkaline water, eating alkaline vegetables—these are just a form of science popularization. Their ultimate goal is to make money, of course by selling health supplements." "Teacher Gu of Friendship Hospital posted an article early on on Guokr. net, saying that an acidic body type is a concept swapped with acidosis."

"A few days ago, when we won the Nobel Prize, someone… got so angry his hands turned into chicken claws, which was alkalosis from over-breathing." Su Yun gestured a chicken-claw shape to Director Kong's loved one.

Su Yun continued to speak at length, "In the description of Nu Skin's Biotech Health tablets, it says they maintain bodily fluid acid-alkali balance and stability; this is a pseudo-concept."

Zheng Ren felt that his words today were a bit much; could it be that Su Yun's mother isn't just buying financial products but also believes in acid-alkali balance?

Zheng Ren thought, "Perhaps it's possible; this poor kid, returning to Hai Cheng can't even enter his own home, likely because as soon as he gets home he'll argue with his mother about these things. What's there to argue about? As long as no problems arise from eating, anything goes."

Su Yun continued speaking, slightly indignant, "The first listed health supplement company, when promoting spirulina, said it increases nutrition and improves acidic body type. Well, it's all a scam."

"These companies have annual sales in the tens or hundreds of billions; scammers run rampant, and carelessness won't do." Su Yun continued empathetically, "Sister-in-law, don't torture yourself needlessly." "Our human bodies have a particularly strong self-regulating mechanism; acid-alkali balance is achieved even while you sleep—why torture yourself?"

Director Kong's loved one said softly, "I just ate some fruit."

"Eating a little pomelo is fine; the dose that can trigger Lipitor toxicity is at least around 300 ml. You drank too much pomelo juice, you've drunk yourself into the hospital."