Guest guest Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 I'm 62, male, with type O positive blood. I was diagnosed as having pseudo gout a number of months ago and was told by my regular physician that there is no cure. It results in calcium being deposited in joints, a form of arthritis. I had never had an arthritis problem. A blood test revealed that I was low in calcium, hard to understand since my diet has included for years lots of raw, green vegetables that supposedly have calcium in them. I started to read about ph and learned that calcium is deposited in joints and tissues when the body can't eliminate it. I read that when the body becomes acidic, the body draws from calcium in the bones in order to buffer the acid, thereby keeping the blood at a normal ph level. Excess calcium that is not eliminated from the body is deposited in the joints. What's strange about this is that, at 62, I've been health conscious for my entire life. I ate no red meat from about age 29, when I was diagnosed as having regular gout, to age 54. I had no bouts or indications of regular gout (excess urid acid) in all that time up to the present. At about age 57 I started eating red meat again. I have juiced organic vegetables for a number of years. 4 years ago I stopped juicing and simply pulverized organic vegetables such as cabbage, celery, kale, etc. in a blender with reverse osmosis water, drinking an entire blender full every day. However, being in the restaurant business, I did eat homemade pastry and suspect that the sugar had a hand in this issue, not to mention the stress of being in the restaurant business. I have always excercised, being an avid, brisk walker, walking about 5 miles three or four times per week. I began noticing aches in my upper legs about 3 or 4 years ago which I now realize were in the area of my hip joints. The aches are now in my hands too, making thems a bit stiff. I also have been experiencing aches in my feet. None of my joints is swollen, however. I simply ache, sometimes to the point of having difficulty walking now. I have difficulty lying on my left side due to the ache in my left hip. As I began testing my ph, I found it was acid. I changed my diet, eating meat and lots of raw vegetables. My urine would then become alkaline. As a result of suggestions from information found on the web, I've begun taking raw, organic cider vinegar with honey over the past few days. I was told that this would ultimately get rid of the deposited calcium. I sense that this is helping me. However, it's too soon to tell. My questions are these: Could I have made my body too alkaline by ingesting a significant amount of raw vegetables daily? Might that then have caused calcium to deposit in my joints over time? Or, was I simply acid during that period and the calcium deposited as a result of my body's having used calcium to buffer the acid? Other questions: When testing the ph of urine, should it be alkaline or acid? If it's acid, isn't the body naturally eliminating it and wouldn't that be OK? If the urine is on the alkaline side, might it not be telling me that there's too much alkaline in my body and that might be a problem, causing calcium to deposit? This ph thing has gotten me somewhat confused. Does anyone else have experience with this? Were you able to eliminate or reduce the calcium deposits? Any information you might share with me would be very, very much appreciated. Sincerely, Al DiLiberto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Hello, I cannot answer all your questions but my naturopath had calcium deposits and broke them up by taking magnesium. I can't advise dosage bc too much will cause diarrhea. I'd check out the dosage and which type of magnesium is best. HTH,Suzan --- Al DiLiberto <aldiliberto wrote: > I'm 62, male, with type O positive blood. I > was diagnosed as having > pseudo gout a number of months ago and was told > by my regular > physician that there is no cure. It results in > calcium being > deposited in joints, a form of arthritis. I > had never had an > arthritis problem. A blood test revealed that I > was low in calcium, > hard to understand since my diet has included > for years lots of raw, > green vegetables that supposedly have calcium > in them. > > I started to read about ph and learned that > calcium is deposited in > joints and tissues when the body can't > eliminate it. I read that > when the body becomes acidic, the body draws > from calcium in the > bones in order to buffer the acid, thereby > keeping the blood at a > normal ph level. Excess calcium that is not > eliminated from the body > is deposited in the joints. > > What's strange about this is that, at 62, I've > been health conscious > for my entire life. I ate no red meat from > about age 29, when I was > diagnosed as having regular gout, to age 54. I > had no bouts or > indications of regular gout (excess urid acid) > in all that time up to > the present. At about age 57 I started eating > red meat again. > > I have juiced organic vegetables for a number > of years. 4 years ago > I stopped juicing and simply pulverized organic > vegetables such as > cabbage, celery, kale, etc. in a blender with > reverse osmosis water, > drinking an entire blender full every day. > However, being in the > restaurant business, I did eat homemade pastry > and suspect that the > sugar had a hand in this issue, not to mention > the stress of being in > the restaurant business. I have always > excercised, being an avid, > brisk walker, walking about 5 miles three or > four times per week. I > began noticing aches in my upper legs about 3 > or 4 years ago which I > now realize were in the area of my hip joints. > The aches are now in > my hands too, making thems a bit stiff. I also > have been experiencing > aches in my feet. None of my joints is > swollen, however. I simply > ache, sometimes to the point of having > difficulty walking now. I have > difficulty lying on my left side due to the > ache in my left hip. > > As I began testing my ph, I found it was acid. > I changed my diet, > eating meat and lots of raw vegetables. My > urine would then become > alkaline. > > As a result of suggestions from information > found on the web, I've > begun taking raw, organic cider vinegar with > honey over the past few > days. I was told that this would ultimately get > rid of the deposited > calcium. I sense that this is helping me. > However, it's too soon to > tell. > > My questions are these: Could I have made my > body too alkaline by > ingesting a significant amount of raw > vegetables daily? Might that > then have caused calcium to deposit in my > joints over time? > Or, was I simply acid during that period and > the calcium deposited as > a result of my body's having used calcium to > buffer the acid? > > Other questions: When testing the ph of urine, > should it be alkaline > or acid? If it's acid, isn't the body > naturally eliminating it and > wouldn't that be OK? If the urine is on the > alkaline side, might it > not be telling me that there's too much > alkaline in my body and that > might be a problem, causing calcium to deposit? > This ph thing has > gotten me somewhat confused. > > Does anyone else have experience with this? > Were you able to > eliminate or reduce the calcium deposits? > > Any information you might share with me would > be very, very much > appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Al DiLiberto > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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