Guest guest Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 " Potential of Hydrogen " , abbreviated as " pH " , is the term used to measure alkalinity or acidity of a solution. A pH of 7 is neutral. Higher than 7 means the solution is alkaline and lower than 7 denotes acidity. The human body functions best when saliva and urine have a slightly acid pH level, even though the pH of the blood is maintained at about 7.4 or slightly alkaline. If the body is too acidic (pH lower than 6.3 as measured by saliva), it has to borrow minerals such as calcium, sodium and magnesium from vital organs and bones to buffer the acid and safely remove it from the body. Over time, this will weaken the entire system. When the body's acid/alkaline balance is off, nutrients from food may not be absorbed properly. This is especially true of minerals, which are important for many body functions including enzyme production and cellular metabolism. Even if you are swallowing a whole handful of supplements, your body can't make optimal use of them if the pH balance is not right. When food is digested, fruits and vegetables end up alkaline. This is true even of the " sour-tasting " fruits like lemons and grapefruits. Protein foods like meat and dairy, leave an acid residue when digested, and starchy foods like processed cereals and breads also leave an acid residue. Most Americans do not eat the USDA recommended 5 (minimum) to 9 (optimal) servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Our S.A.D. habits lead us to overload on proteins instead. As a result, many suffer from the effects of over-acidity. 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables will do more for you than balance your pH. Research has shown that the phytonutrients and antioxidants found in brightly colored fruits and vegetables will protect you against cancer and a host of other degenerative diseases. It will also keep your skin younger looking and your vitality high. Best of all, fruits and vegetables tend to be lower in calories than dairy and meats which is a real bonus for those trying to lose weight or keep from gaining. Can a person end up too alkaline? Yes, this can happen when the body is so toxic it is no longer able to eliminate the acids and they start to build up in the system. Over alkalinity is a potentially serious problem which may take longer to correct than over acidity. Balance is the key. If changes in the diet are not sufficient to correct pH, supplements may be needed for a while. These might include the correct forms of calcium, magnesium and trace minerals, as well as enzyme supplements to help the body digest foodss. An acidic balance will: decrease the body's ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decrease the energy production in the cells, decrease it's ability to repair damaged cells, decrease it's ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumor cells thrive, and make it more susceptible to fatigue and illness. An acidic pH can occur from, an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and/or immune reactions or any process that deprives the cells of oxygen and other nutrients. The body will try to compensate for acidic pH by using alkaline minerals. If the diet does not contain enough minerals to compensate, a build up of acids in the cells will occur. There are two factors that are ALWAYS present with cancer no matter what else may be present. Those two factors are Acid pH and Lack of Oxygen. Can we manipulate those two factors that always have to be present for cancer to develop and by doing so will that help reverse the cancer? If so, we need to learn how to manipulate those two factors. Cancer needs an acid and low oxygen environment to survive and flourish within. Terminal cancer patients are around 1000 times more acidic than normal healthy people. The vast majority of terminal cancer patients possess a very low body pH. Why? In the absence of oxygen, glucose undergoes fermentation to lactic acid. This causes the pH of the cell to drop from between 7.3 to 7.2 down to 7 and later to 6.5 in more advanced stages of cancer and in metastases the pH drops to 6.0 and even 5.7 or lower. Our bodies simply can not fight disease if our body pH is not properly balanced. The normal human cell has a lot of molecular oxygen and a slightly alkaline pH. The cancer cell has an acid pH and lack of oxygen. Cancer cells cannot survive in an oxygen rich environment. Again, the higher the pH reading, the more alkaline and oxygen rich the fluid is. Cancer and all diseases hate oxygen / pH balance. pH balance is very important for one's health. Remember that the pH number is an exponent number of 10; therefore, a small difference in pH translates to a big difference in the number of oxygen or OH-ions. A difference of 1 in a pH value means ten times the difference in the number of OH-ions, a difference of 2 means one hundred times the difference in the number of OH-ions. In other words, blood with a pH value of 7.45 contains 64.9% more oxygen than blood with a pH value of 7.30. Regards, JoAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hi JoAnn, There are findings suggesting drinking vinegar is good for health. Does the drinking of vinegar increase our body's acidity? Thank You Have a nice day Irene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 I'm trying all I can to get my PH level up and not quite sure what else to do! I'm now taking a whole food supplement too. Is there anything else that can be done besides fruits and vegies if I'm already doing that? ~Robin , " JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo wrote: > > " Potential of Hydrogen " , abbreviated as " pH " , is the term used to > measure alkalinity or acidity of a solution. A pH of 7 is neutral. > Higher than 7 means the solution is alkaline and lower than 7 > denotes acidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 robin, if you haven't already, please visit phsciences dot com. Rochelle snickers2261 <long.robin wrote: I'm trying all I can to get my PH level up and not quite sure what else to do! I'm now taking a whole food supplement too. Is there anything else that can be done besides fruits and vegies if I'm already doing that? ~Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Drinking vinegar, acidic pH, will melt your teeth away! Jerry Mittelman, DDS, FAPM - -Reply with your name and street or po box address for your free copy of The Holistic Dental Digest PLUS, now in its 27th year and helping people on 5 continents. --What dentists aren't likely to learn in Dental School - Irene Kumo Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:33 PM Re: Re: new info- pH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Do you mean straight vinegar? I am following Braggs course of drinking 2 tsp of vinegar with honey to taste and at least a cup of warm water 3x per day. Will that harm my teeth. After a month of using this I really notice a different in how I feel. My arthritis no longer hurts as bad. Ilene - " Jerry Mittelman " <jmittelman Saturday, November 11, 2006 4:47 PM Re: Re: new info- pH > Drinking vinegar, acidic pH, will melt your teeth away! > Jerry Mittelman, DDS, FAPM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 It is true that straight vinegar would tend to melt your teeth, but it seems like the soft drinks most of us consume daily are much more of a problem than drinking some vinegar mixed with water could reasonably expected to be. " PHOSPHORIC ACID AND TOOTH ROT Now that soft drinks are sold in almost all public and private schools, dentists are noticing a condition in teenagers that used to be found only in the elderly-a complete loss of enamel on the teeth, resulting in yellow teeth. The culprit is phosphoric acid in soft drinks, which causes tooth rot as well as digestive problems and bone loss. Dentists are reporting complete loss of the enamel on the front teeth in teenaged boys and girls who habitually drink sodas. Normally the saliva is slightly alkaline, with a pH of about 7.4. When sodas are sipped throughout the day, as is often the case with teenagers, the phosphoric acid lowers the pH of the saliva to acidic levels. In order to buffer this acidic saliva, and bring the pH level above 7 again, the body pulls calcium ions from the teeth. The result is a very rapid depletion of the enamel coating on the teeth. " (from http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/soft.html ) The pH of Sprite is 3.0 Kind regards Sepp >2. Re: new info- pH > Posted by: " Jerry Mittelman " jmittelman mittelman11 > Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:02 pm ((PST)) > >Drinking vinegar, acidic pH, will melt your teeth away! > Jerry Mittelman, DDS, FAPM > > > - > Irene Kumo > > Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:33 PM > Re: Re: new info- pH > -- The individual is supreme and finds its way through intuition. Sepp Hasslberger Critical perspective on Health: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 ---Although it might seem that apple cider vinegar would have an acidifying effect on the body, the acid it contains actually has an " alkalinizing " effect in the system. It is of interest to note that a food's " acid or alkaline forming " tendency in the body has nothing to do with the " actual pH " of the food itself. For example, lemons are very acidic, however the end products they produce after digestion and assimilation are very alkaline so, lemons are alkaline forming in the body. Likewise, meat will test alkaline before digestion, but it leaves very acidic residue in the body so, like nearly all animal products, meat is very acid forming. Regards, JoAnn In , " I. Crawford " <willow.myst wrote: > > Do you mean straight vinegar? I am following Braggs course of drinking 2 > tsp of vinegar with honey to taste and at least a cup of warm water 3x per > day. Will that harm my teeth. > > After a month of using this I really notice a different in how I feel. My > arthritis no longer hurts as bad. > > Ilene > - > " Jerry Mittelman " <jmittelman > > Saturday, November 11, 2006 4:47 PM > Re: Re: new info- pH > > > > Drinking vinegar, acidic pH, will melt your teeth away! > > Jerry Mittelman, DDS, FAPM > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 My PH was so acidic that my teeth started developing grooves in them. It turned out to be an untreated thyroid issue that caused mineral loss...in particular magnesium. No matter how much water I drank I remained dehydrated. Here is what I learned about adjusting PH. 1/2 teaspoon of Bicarbonate of soda will pull PH up quickly (1/2 hour) but adds about 600mg of sodium chloride. Magnesium glycinate, potassium, celtic sea salt and plenty of water will hydrate your cells and correct PH. It's all about getting the cell's `active transport' mechanism functioning with minerals that allow water into the cells to dilute the blood acid. I would also add essential fatty acids like Carlsons Cod Liver oil and maybe Phosphatidylcholine (liquid lecithin), to allow the cells to become more permeable not only for nutrients but for hydration. Mega-dosing of Inorganic Iodine will also correct your PH among other problems... breast cysts, thyroid issues, etc. See the iodine group for info on this. , rochelle <therealtordog wrote: > > robin, > if you haven't already, please visit phsciences dot com. > Rochelle > > snickers2261 <long.robin wrote: > I'm trying all I can to get my PH level up and not quite sure what > else to do! I'm now taking a whole food supplement too. Is there > anything else that can be done besides fruits and vegies if I'm > already doing that? > ~Robin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Yes you would have to soak your teeth in vinegar for hours for it to cause a problem. I know that a pearl will dissolve eventually in pure vinegar. , Sepp Hasslberger <sepp wrote: > > > It is true that straight vinegar would tend to melt your teeth, but > it seems like the soft drinks most of us consume daily are much more > of a problem than drinking some vinegar mixed with water could > reasonably expected to be. > > " PHOSPHORIC ACID AND TOOTH ROT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Hi Robin! To get the gut back into proper production of good bacteria you need a probiotic. I use cabbage juice that works much faster and better than acidophilus. Very simple to make: Chop (1/2 " size) a head of washed cabbage and put it into a glass or crock completely covered with distilled water for five days covered with cheese cloth and kept in a dark closet, warm if possible is best. Sometimes the fumes can be noxious to some people. Just strain the liquid off, be sure to skim off the gray/brown sludge first, and take a 4 Oz cup two to three times a day, before or after meals OK. I add a little sea salt for flavor. This is a very good candida fighter also. Love Bob Adageyudi Staya Udanvti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 , " snickers2261 " <long.robin wrote: > > I'm trying all I can to get my PH level up and not quite sure what > else to do! I'm now taking a whole food supplement too. Is there > anything else that can be done besides fruits and vegies if I'm > already doing that? > ~Robin > Hi Robin! A little known and very effective way to reduce acidity is Asian vinegar, commonly known as " Umeboshi Plum " vinegar. the Umeboshi plum is exceptional for its alkalinity and has been used by the Japanese for decades. Mirin or rice wine vinegar is also effective for this purpose, however in terms of efficacy I believe that the Umeboshi Plum and vinegar is the more excellent of the two. There are numerous digestive benefits as well however alkalinity is one of the more important reasons why we should include them in our diet. we have discovered that in addition to neutralizing acidity it provides a tasty salt substitute for those of us who for health reasons are compelled to limit their overall sodium intake. Eden Umeboshi plum vinegar http://www.edenfoods.com Best Regards, JoAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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