Acid /Alkaline problem

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Evening Linda,

 

>but I can't seem to sort it out in my mind, and the more I

>learn, the more confused I become.

 

Join the club ! We are all in the same situation to some degree. Until

we get it all figured out,

we have to eat something so maybe we will live long enough to rationalize

the information we have

amassed.

 

or not. (You would die if your blood became acidic. Even a pH of 7, which is

>neutral, would kill you.) So what really causes disease?

 

You seem to know a lot about this and have much information. Possibly

too much. You are making it so complex that few will be able to make the

changes and believe in them.

 

Your statement above it the key to the whole thing. The body is not

going to allow some of these things to happen. It will continue to use up

all its alkalizing ability and reserves until the proper pH cannot be

accomplished, and then we will die, as you stated.

 

So.... the goal is to eat a number of alkalizing foods each day to

continuously replenish the reserves.

I though I mentioned this in my article.

 

>An alkaline colon

>is what a lot of people say starts the process of disease. What exactly does

>the term acidic body mean in terms of the different parts of the body?

 

We have to realize that when a human body already has severe problems

maintaining proper body chemistry such as diabetics, people who have

thyroid problems, glands not functioning properly, and others who are not

supplying adequate essential fatty acids, and otherwise eating an

unbalanced diet, certainly can't expect to maintain the proper body alkalinity.

 

They are doomed to be sick and get worse each day.

 

Many, if not most of the health and nutrient guidelines by experts ( if

any exist ) are directed to

humans who still have a body chemistry that is functional.

 

>>The pH of the inside of the cells is not the same as the pH of the blood.

 

The cell wall membranes and blood electrolytes, play the major role in

this, plus a body communication system that is working at 100%.

You don't hear a lot about the communication system. The Gut sends many

times more messages to the brain than the brain sends to the gut. I hope

to learn more about this in the future.

 

>thrives on lactose from milk, which is supposed to be a neutral food. Yet

>Klebsiella is a pathogen, and contributes to the formation of disease,

>rather than preventing disease, in spite of it's alkalinizing effects.

 

That is an awesome situation. Here I think you are talking about an

overgrowth or a gross

imbalance of bacteria.

 

Recently, I have read several articles about this. One related to

soil borne bacteria and the fact that when we eat carrots and any root crop

foods we ingest soil borne bacteria. Many of these are

beneficial. Also, children who eat dirt are usually healthier than the

ones who do not.

 

One of my daughters was always eating dirt when a child. Now at age 40,

she is likely the healthiest one in the family. Theoretically, she could

still be benefiting from eating the dirt as a child.

 

If one has an imbalance of bacteria, this should be considered a serious

situation and should be addressed and corrected before they are concerned

with acid / alkaline balancing.

 

increasing the acidity of the blood. So are you acidifying the blood or

>alkalinizing the blood when you increase stomach acid with betaine

>hydrochloride supplements? Are you sparing the body's reserves of

>bicarbonate by decreasing the acidity of the stomach by using antacids?

 

You have summed up all the problems very well. Remember the old

proverb that says,

" The problem clearly stated is half solved " .

 

Of course no one seems to have the " itched in stone " solution. I do

think it is a bit simpler that you make it appear. Only a committee of

biochemist could answer all the questions we have about this extremely

complex subject.

 

Until they do, and write a 1000 page book, what shall we do?

 

I think our only option is to eat a number of alkalizing foods each

day. Six to Eight servings minimum.

 

>What's the difference between the alkalinizing effects of bicarbonate

>produced by the body and baking soda? And why are meats acidifying, when the

>breakdown of nitrogen based proteins produces ammonia in one of the

>intermediary steps of the urea cycle?

 

I don't have the chemistry knowledge to tackle that one.

 

 

>I get conflicting information from different sources, such as the advice in

>the book " Acidophilus and Colon Health " which recommends a high grain diet.

>(As much as 70-80% of the diet as high carbohydrate foods, and recommending

>a good proportion of that be from grains) versus the recommendation that

>diets to prevent hypoglycemia only consist of 40% or less of carbohydrates.)

 

I have a word of caution for you and everyone. Many of the people

writing books have been subjected to train car loads of mis-information for

their complete lifetime. Even though they may have spent tens of thousands

of hours researching any given subject, their mind has been so warped that

the resulting information is worthless, and possibly even so wrong we would

be better off with ZERO knowledge.

 

>How does an alkalinizing diet affect a person with hypoglycemia who reacts

>to the sugar in, say, figs, or raisins, which are highly alkalinizing? If a

>person is already struggling with disease, correcting the acid/alkaline

>balance becomes daunting.

 

I was eating raisins as I read the paragraph above. And.... thinking

about the figs on my tree only

30 steps away. At times I eat as many as 50 per day. As you stated, it

is virtually impossible for the ones who are already in a weakened

condition for any reason to attack some of the methods that a healthy ( or

moderately so ) person can attack.

 

 

>The web site that Wayne Figgit posted recommended only 1 or two servings of

>protein per day. Yet many people would develop protein deficiency symptoms

>on that little amount of protein.

 

There has been some disagreement in the amount of protein required. We

know that people who labor hard, weight lifters, and marathon runners would

need more than the people who live seditary lives. If I get one to two

hours of light exercise per day, I feel lucky.

 

Two servings could provide the amount needed for some people. The thumb

rule I have believed for many years is 1 gram per kg of body weight.

 

I eat trailmix daily, protein wafers, and have one protein drink with

raw eggs and 16 ounces of skim milk. Likely I get too much protein at

times.

 

> (I did, after being on a mostly raw foods vegan diet for 1 1/2 years

> that should have alkalinized my body, but instead

>made me even more acidic, and made me develop definite protein deficiency

>symptoms. I actually have a higher pH with a high protein diet. Anyone care

>to explain this?)

 

Yes, ..... when you prove to yourself that something positive results

from something marginal or against the grain, ...... this proves that much

misinformation still exists.

 

For example, the mainstream doctors love to have patients who are

overweight and smoke.

They have a scapegoat for all of the ailments. They say you have to loose

weight.

So..... I lost 40 pounds and my blood pressure was higher than when I

weighed 250. I now weigh

210 and my body weight is very stable, I do not gain or loose 1 pound no

matter what I eat and how much. Glory be! Someone lied to me about

loosing weight for lowering blood pressure.

 

 

>Is there anyone who can explain all of this rather than just posting very

>generalized web sites?

 

NO one can explain all your questions and statements, that is certain.

Nutrition and health is a new science. The biggest problem of all is that

BILLIONS of dollars have been spent to distort and conceal the truth.

Possibly this is one area you have not studied.

 

As far as my little mickey mouse articles being " Generalized web sites " ....

I have limited space for these articles. I cannot hope to cover any subject

in the detail that I would like.

 

So...... just as your lengthy message did, my goal is to create more

questions than answers in hopes that I will " turn on " the interest in a few

people to

study and search for truth.

 

Please don't misunderstand me. I liked your message and read it two times.

I wish I knew more of the answers. I will continue to study and search for

truth. Maybe one day I will know a few of the answers.

 

Wayne

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Evening Linda,

 

>>I get very frustrated trying to find a good source

>for information about the acid/alkaline balance and it seems like there is

>a very large gap where this subject is concerned. So I've been trying to

>puzzle it out with all the conflicting information that I am able to find.

 

I feel the same way most of the time.

 

Do you have all, or some of the Cary Reams info? I have a few documents

that I plan to make into web pages as soon as I get permission from the

person who send them to me.

 

If you have any info, please post links of send the documents to me.

 

Wayne

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Wayne,

 

I really appreciate your trying to answer my questions. I think you made a

very good attempt at it. I get very frustrated trying to find a good source

for information about the acid/alkaline balance and it seems like there is a

very large gap where this subject is concerned. So I've been trying to

puzzle it out with all the conflicting information that I am able to find.

 

Linda Jones

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