Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 We continue discussion on cellular nutrition from 11th post in this series. Another vital point is the pH of the blood. The normal pH range for blood is 7.35 – 7.45. and an acid blood pH draws in virulent pathogens and scavengers to clean up the toxic mess. Acidosis also shuts down cell processes. It is vital that people become aware of all the habits, dietary and otherwise, that are poisoning them and producing these disease states which are directly related to an acidic constitution. The sugar-laden, saturated fats of the typical American diet or what they call the standard American diet, is loaded with toxins in it's acid forming foods and beverages. There are carbonated beverages, sugars, coffee, alcohol, and even the acid emotions of anger and stress, major factors in "developed" nations. Most people eat a diet that is 80 percent acid forming and only 20 percent alkaline forming, if they're lucky. For many it would be 90 percent acid and 10 percent alkaline. The correct balance of alkaline forming foods to acid forming foods is 80 percent alkaline and 20 percent acid. This balance allows the cellular process to function correctly in order to maintain that 7.35 – 7.45 pH and to optimize the health of the individual. Which are the foods that give optimal intracellular nutrition? Fresh vegetable and fruit juices of are the obvious choices. The juices contained therein offer instant intracellular nutrition for our species. After all, our cells and their cells are not much different. Even diabetics can take fruit and vegetable juices. In fact some fruits, such as blackberry, are medicinally beneficial for diabetics. Sugars low on the glycemic index scale are those which take longer to assimilate into the blood stream. The longer it takes, the better! We need glucose to function and the key is how fast our body can convert what we eat into glucose. Some foods such as white bread and white sugar become glucose very, very quickly. These sugars are fuel for fat and cancer cells as well as the rest of our bodily needs. Other sugars, such as those which come from grapefruit, are very low on the glycemic index and although fruit takes a long time to convert to simple sugars (glucose) they are extremely good for the body. All the diabetic patients who come to this author regularly consume dates. Carrots contain sugars but they are not high on the glycaemic index even though they have plenty of other bioflavonoids in addition to beta-carotene (the Vitamin A precursor) which is a known cancer fighter. The sugar issue is more than offset by the other good things found in carrots and they are a good choice for diabetics as are most other natural fruits and vegetables. One experience is better than ten books. Digressing a little here, it is interesting to note an experience of a friend of the author, a cancer survivor, in his own words: "When I was first confronted with my slight problem of terminal cancer, I looked at just about everything out there as far as diet was concerned, including blood type diets, etc. I started there and found that regardless of what was said about them, they did not fit me or roughly a dozen other people I asked to also try them. I came to the not overly scientific conclusion that if everyone I suggested to try these for a few weeks found so many irregularities in what was proposed that there might be a problem. I collected about 50 books on the subject of eating for cancer and found most of them were poorly documented and simply guess work that was made to fit a particular mindset - especially true of books written specifically for cancer victims. For instance, I have at least a dozen books on cancer diets that list table sugar as a good thing. I did end up with a mixture of kinesiology (muscle testing) along with Dr Coco's pulse testing and found those to be much more reliable as to what the body can most readily use. Once you learn to "listen" to your body, you can pretty much tell what works for you and what does not simply by how you feel within half an hour of eating. Anything that out of the norm, whether it is a stuffy head, headaches, dizziness, serious gas, an overwhelming desire to doze, even itchy skin is a pretty good indicator that you are having some type of reaction to what you are eating and probably should think twice about seriously testing to find if it is compatible with you. Short course seems to be with cancer that any types of wheat (gluten bearing) products require your immune system to break them down. Anything that requires extra strain on the immune system is better left alone. Dairy products and coffee are two other things that many people react to adversely and simple elimination testing can determine whether or not you should also leave them alone. Lots of green and bright colored veges are good for you unless obviously you are allergic to them. Stay away from starches, for the most part (convert to simple sugar too easily) and stay away from anything processed. If you are going to cook, then strongly consider stir frying veges until they "brighten" as that seems to do the most good as far as releasing the nutrients inside for ready digestive action. Overall, the absolute best thing you can do to get the most nutrient value out of fruits and vegetables is to juice FRESH things daily. By far and away the most beneficial of all. Just does not taste as good and I don't care what anyone says on that subject. Green drinks can taste OK, but they cannot begin to taste as good as a fresh salad. Whether or not you should eat meat is to the individual taste buds. Regardless, limit protein intake from meat to no more than 10% of the dietary consumption. Vegan (everything raw) or vegetarian is pretty much a matter of taste. Some things are actually better for you cooked (steamed) such as spinach, broccoli, etc. Do not boil things to death. You will benefit more from learning about food combining than most things studied surrounding what to eat. Learning the simple chemistry of what to eat with what, so your digestive juices work in harmony instead of against each other will do wonders for nutritional balance and the most beneficial absorption of nutrients." [bruce Guilmette, PhD Survive Cancer Foundation, Inc. http://survivecancerfoundation.org] We offer thanks to Bruce, who is helping so many cancer victims to survive by his valuable advise. You can consult him, whenever you are confronted with this threatening situation. Cancer survivors are the Gurus! We should learn from their difficult experience. Back now to diet, the situation is not as rosy as it might at first seem. Fruits and vegetables are not as vitamin rich as they have been in the past, both according to elderly Vaidyas as well as their patients. In tune with your patience, this subject will be continued next week. Editing help received from Jane MacRoss is gratefully acknowledged. Dr Bhate ------------------------ Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click./_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/AxirlB/TM --~-> You can also visit - http://www.geocities.com/cybervaidya http://360./cybervaidya http://ayurveda.pbwiki.com/ <*> ayurveda/ <*> ayurveda <*> Your Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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