acid alkaline balence an im portant principle of health

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Have you ever changed your dietary habits to more fruits and

vegetables,

or experimented with non-animal flesh dishes? Improving a lifetime of

eating habits is not an easy task.

Regardless of the reasons, most are not aware of the physiological

necessity of a plant-based diet.

 

The pH scale ranges from 1-14. The highest acid level possible is a

1pH. The most alkaline level possible is a 14pH.

 

The proportion of acid minerals relative to alkaline minerals is the

major factor I use often to understand what is happening internally.

 

Body chemistry has a delicate range between 6.8-7.4 pH for proper

maintenance of health. This pH range is necessary for the whole body

to function well physically, emotionally, and mentally. That is not a

philosophy; it is a physiological fact for cellular integrity.

 

The environment of the stomach is acidic, while the intestine

environment " ideally " is alkaline. I use the word " ideally " with

intention. Due to the poor diet of our modern culture, the intestines

are generally more acidic than nature

intended it to be. As the landscape of dis-ease is created, it turns

into an environment of parasitic and bacterial infestation, opposed to

an alkaline symbiotic homeostasis.

 

Would you prefer creating a toxic, acidic, anaerobic, parasite-laden,

and systemically dis-eased body, or an alkaline, oxygen rich cellular

system, which is vitally strong, and capable of

defending itself against common illnesses associated with an average

lifestyle? The decision is yours. Every action you take is a

choice toward health or death. Which will you choose?

 

Characteristic of Alkalinity

 

There are five alkaline-forming minerals, also known as acid-binding

minerals. These minerals are: calcium, potassium,

sodium, magnesium, and iron. Each of these are important for creating

a healthy alkaline environment. These minerals bind with acid

minerals and evacuate those acidic and toxic substances.

 

Consuming more alkaline foods allows for a mucousless body. A vision

of a mucous-free body is no sinus congestion, chronic lymphatic

congestion or swelling, fluid accumulation in the lungs, joint

calcification, calcium deficiency, etc.

 

A person who has properly balanced pH will be happy, content, free of

body aches, and muscle cramps. They will enjoy being emotionally

stable and mentally clear. The result are extraordinary because the

tissues will exist in their natural and optimal alkaline environment,

conducive for health.

 

Thoughts and emotions are powerful forces that can alter our internal

chemistry. Happy people can life longer and healthier because a

positive attitude will help create an alkaline environment. As you

may have already guessed, negative thoughts and emotions create acidic

waste. I have observed many people who have average to fair diets

live a healthier life because their outlook or disposition is joyous.

Conversely, a person with dark thoughts and aggressive emotions will

not

find greater health on a better diet until they deal with the greater

underlying issues of negativity. The graph on frequency illustrated

how

the emotional and mental energies have a greater influence on the body

than the lower frequencies of fresh produce or herbs. The same holds

true with their effects on body pH.

 

Sunlight effects the levels of acid within the body as well. An

alkaline chemistry is enhanced by the presence of full spectrum

sunlight. The opposite is true in the absence of sunlight.

Darkness creates acid build-up within bodily tissues. The effects

compromise the immune system, skin vitality, vitamin D production, and

more. Realize to the marrow of your bones that intention with

integrity produces the best health possible. There are no quick

fixes for the long-term health and well-being.

 

Alkalinity creates:

 

Sense of oneness & harmony

Allows for friendly bacteria

Healthy organs & glands

Decreased body aches

Diminished illness

Relaxed behavior

Mucousless body

Cellular health

Well-being

Happiness

 

Acidity creates:

 

Irritability

Depression

Mucous build-up

Autointoxication

Anxious behavior

Increased illness

Cellular degradation

Increases body aches

Allows for bad bacteria

Sense of separation & pain

 

In 1911, Dr. Alexis Carrel began what is now called " The chicken heart

study. " While working in his laboratory he discovered that it was

possible to keep a chicken heart alive as long as it remained in a

colloidal nutrient solution and replenished it faithfully every 48

hours. By following this simple procedure he was able to sustain the

life of that tissue for 25 years! A second study which used different

cellular tissue had similar results. These are remarkable

findings. Imagine this possibility; all creatures upon this planet

have the opportunity for immortality. By supplying a cell with its

required nutrition and removing any metabolic or toxic waste, it can

live indefinitely.

 

 

 

Characteristics of Acidity

 

Acidity, by its nature, breaks down bodily tissue. It is created by

metabolic, dietary and environmental waste. The

minerals which are acid-forming also known as alkaline-binding

minerals are: phosphorous, chlorine, sulfur, silicon, iodine, and

bromine. Acids are highly irritating to delicate internal tissue.

 

An acidic chemistry will promote tissue dis-ease and symptomatic side-

effects. Cells can adapt to their unnaturally acidic

environment.

That abnormal cell-growth is often diagnosed as tumorous or

cancerous. My research and experience has shown that most dis-ease

is a result of acidic build-up and an anaerobic environment. This

may sound over simplified, yet it is the initial " root cause. " In

addition, when acidic accumulation is not eliminated properly, body

alkalinity decreases and acidity increases.

 

An acidic pH will greatly disrupt the body's mineral balance of the

three dominant alkaline minerals: sodium, calcium, magnesium. The

body will take calcium from the bones to neutralize

the acid environment. Eventually it will use up or transmute its own

reserve of alkaline minerals to balance its chemistry. When toxins

remain: calcium deposits, tissue inflamation, joints and bones

deterioration, swollen joints, body aches, tumors, lymph congestion,

excess mucus production, skin problems, allergies, colds, flu, swollen

tonsils, loss of eyesight. In addition to this, a host of severe

aggravation will occur from yeast and parasitic infections.

 

As a natural metabolic process, acids are created and ideally released

out of the 5 eliminative organs: bowels, kidney, lungs, skin and

lymph. All dis-ease, from viral infection to organ dysfunction, will

develop acidic waste. When the proper proportions of quality

nutrition and water are consumed, then optimum health is achievable.

The

body works in various ways to remove the poisonous waste. Eventually

it

must be removed.

 

Suppressing a healing opportunity or toxins with synthetic drugs will

inhibit body's janitorial service from serving you properly. When

symptoms are suppressed acidic waste does not it to leave the body.

These waste products dry-up and become dormant pockets of condensed

waste without an adequate outlet. This causes the surrounding tissues

to mutate. If the acid environment is left unregulated it will

eventually result in abnormal cell-growth. If health tissue is able

it will encapsulate the toxic and abnormal cells to keep it from

further

harming local tissue.

 

Saliva & Urine testing is simple. pH ranges of bodily fluids:

 

saliva pH 6.8 - 7.8

urine pH 6.3 - 7.2

 

You can determine the body's pH through self-testing urine and saliva

with pH/litmus paper. The highest quality litmus paper available

shows distinct color changes in 0.0.2 increments; this is essential

for

an accurate analysis. With greater sensitivity you can better detect

changes. It can be helpful to test yourself daily or weekly to see

how pH levels can fluctuate.

 

SALIVA: Take a saliva reading before and after meals. The alkaline

levels of your saliva should be greater after meals because there is

an

abundance of alkaline-rich minerals in saliva. Then test your saliva

10-15 minutes after a meal. If the pH level does not rise within the

pH ranges, then your alkaline mineral reserves are low. If the pH

drops, this indicates a severe alkaline mineral depletion. Leave

enough time after eating to test saliva fluid and not the food's pH

level.

 

URINE: For best test results, reserve your urine pH in a glass

container for a 24-hour period. This will show the level acidic

wastes are being excreted. In the morning and during cleansing or

fasting there may be more acid waste. You can likely see urine pH

become more alkaline as the day progresses.

 

Balancing Body pH for Better Health

In a nutshell - maintaining proper body tissue pH is critical for

staying healthy.

 

The pH (parts/percentage Hydrogen) scale ranges from 0 (very acidic)

to

14 (very alkaline).

 

Most people are born into this world with a pH near or at 7 (neutral

pH). If you can keep your body tissue pH somewhere between 6.5 - 7.0

it

is very difficult to get sick. A near neutral pH (green-blue range) is

the goal. This is why most of the health and wellness folks are always

eating green foods in abundance; these foods are loaded with alkaline

elements to keep the pH balanced.

 

Alkaline tissue holds 20 times more oxygen than does acidic tissue

and this oxygen rich environment is critical for maintaining health

and snuffing out the bad guys (anaerobic bacteria, viruses, fungi,

etc.).

 

Blood serum pH never changes (always a 7.37) if it changes more

than .2

up or down you will die. However your body tissue pH will fluctuate

constantly based on your diet and the foods/drinks consumed.

 

Most every cancer patient tested will show a pH of 4 - 5, very acidic!

This acidity of body tissue drives out the health giving oxygen. Low

oxygen = an environment ripe for cancer. Cancer thrives in an oxygen

deficient environment. Acidic pH = cancer magnet!

 

HOW TO GET A GOOD pH READING?

 

One of the best ways to get a fairly

accurate reading of one's tissue pH is to pass a litmus paper through

a

urine stream first thing in the morning. The 1st urine in the morning

is

a pretty good indicator because the body has had all night to process

the entire days nutrient ingestion and balance itself out, hence a

good

indicator of real body tissue pH.

 

Do not be surprised if you test acidic. Most folks initially will test

very acidic in the yellow zone (pH 4-5). Time to make changes to move

this into the green zone (pH 6.5 - 7). Urinary pH is always more

acidic

than the saliva. A normal urinary pH reading in the morning should be

somewhere between 6.0-6.4 while in the evening hour a healthy range is

considered to be somewhere between 6.4 - 6.8.

 

The pH of the saliva should be slightly more alkaline than that of the

urine. A healthy pH for saliva fluctuates somewhere between 6.6 - 7.0.

 

The best way to make your pH more alkaline is to stop consuming

things that make acidity levels greater in the body- cola soda pop is

a

2.0! It takes 32- 8 oz glasses of pH 8 water to counter balance 1 can

of

soda pop! Coffee is a 4! Most beer is somewhere between 2.5-4.2

depending on the brand. Folks that consume huge amounts of soda pop

and/or beer are usually acidic and are magnets for most illnesses

including cancer.

 

Potassium and sodium are both 14 on the pH scale, calcium registers a

12 and magnesium is 9- all alkalizing elements for the body to shift

the pH alkaline. Shifting pH normally takes some time so do not

become discouraged in your climb out of the acid tank. Young children

with high vitality levels will normally be alkaline and if they are

not will normally return to an alkaline tissue pH in a matter of just

a couple of weeks on the Eniva minerals along with minor dietary

changes

(eliminate soda pop and all sugar for quickest change).

 

Adults take longer. You are probably looking at 3-4 months in your

endeavor.

 

Every mineral has an optimum pH that it likes and performs best in.

Iron for example will perform best when the body tissue pH is between

6.0 - 7.0 while iodine has a much more narrow band width of

performance

(6.3 - 6.6). If the tissue pH is further out than this the body cannot

maximize the mineral nutrient to effect the healing

it should.

 

 

 

 

For over five years researchers at Meridian Institute have been

looking into the connection between pH (acid/alkaline) balance and

viral infection - a link noted by Edgar Cayce in several of his

psychic readings. With the recent epidemic of severe acute respiratory

syndrome (SARS) and continued concerns about common conditions such as

colds and flu, our interest in this field has expanded to explore

basic science and clinical projects to test the Cayce hypothesis.

Here is an overview of what we have found so far and where we are

headed. Some simple preventive measures will also be discussed.

 

Understanding Viruses

 

Viruses are extremely small parasitic life forms, the smallest

living things on Earth. In essence, a virus is a minuscule pocket of

protein that contains genetic material.

 

Although viruses can remain dormant outside a living body, they

only become active when in contact with live tissue. Once a virus

infects a cell by penetrating the cell membrane, it can either lay

dormant (lysogenic infection) or begin reproducing itself (lytic

infection - the more common pattern). When a cell becomes full of

virus, it bursts releasing the virus to infect other host cells.

 

A wide variety of diseases are caused by viruses including the

common cold, flu, warts, measles, hepatitis, herpes, smallpox, and

AIDS. SARS is just the latest in a long list of viral parasites.

 

Unlike bacteria that can usually be effectively treated with

antibiotics, viral infections are often unresponsive to modern medical

treatment. If the virus causing a disease has been discovered, a

serum may be developed to provide inoculation against that specific

virus. The most common approach to virus protection is to avoid

contamination by infected individuals.

 

Viral pH Dependency

 

Laboratory experiments (in vitro) have confirmed that many viruses

require a mildly acidic environment to attack host cells. At Meridian

Institute we are interested in determining exactly how this

physiological fact manifests within the human body (in vivo).

Understanding the role of pH balance in viral infections may provide

preventive and therapeutic breakthroughs for dealing with epidemics

including the recent outbreak of SARS.

 

To appreciate the relevance of pH for viral infection, let's first

review some facts about acid/alkaline balance. The acid/alkaline

continuum ranges from 0-14 with 7 as neutral. The lower end of the

scale (below 7) is acid and above 7 is alkaline.

 

Acid/alkaline balance is extremely important to normal physiology.

For example, the blood will maintain a slightly alkaline range of 7.35

to 7.45. Extended pH imbalances of any kind are not well tolerated by

the body. The management of the pH factor is so important that the

body's primary regulatory systems (especially breathing, circulation,

and eliminations) closely regulate acid-alkaline balance in every cell

and system.

 

Certain viruses (including the rhinoviruses and coronaviruses that

are most often responsible for the common cold and influenza viruses

that produce flu) infect host cells by fusion with cellular membranes

at low pH. Thus they are classified as " pH-dependent viruses. "

 

Drugs that increase intracellular pH (alkalinity within the cell)

have been shown to decrease infectivity of pH-dependent viruses.

Since such drugs can provoke negative side effects, the obvious

question is whether more natural techniques can produce the same

result.

 

Possible Relevance to SARS

 

The World Health Organization has concluded that SARS is produced

by a new virulent strain of coronavirus. Specific research on the

possible pH dependency of the SARS virus has not yet been done. It is

well known that coronavirus infectivity is exquisitely sensitive to

pH. For example, the MHV-A59 strain of coronavirus is quite stable at

pH 6.0 (acidic) but becomes rapidly and irreversibly inactivated by

brief treatment at pH 8.0 (alkaline). Human coronavirus strain 229E

is maximally infective at pH 6.0. Infection of cells by murine

coronavirus A59 at pH 6.0 (acidic) rather than pH 7.0 (neutral) yields

a tenfold increase in the infectivity of the virus.

 

If the strain of coronavirus responsible for SARS shares the pH

characteristics of these other coronaviruses that are pH-dependent,

this could be a valuable clue to effective prevention and treatment

strategies for this frightening epidemic. Perhaps keeping a balanced

or slightly alkaline pH environment for the body's tissues can provide

viral protection or enhanced healing for SARS and common viral agents

that cause respiratory infections.

 

Edgar Cayce's Recommendations

 

Edgar Cayce affirmed the importance of pH balance with regard to

common viruses that cause colds and flu. Cayce repeatedly insisted

that such infectious agents do not thrive in an alkaline environment.

When asked how to prevent colds, Cayce replied, " by keeping the body

alkaline. Only in acids do colds attack the body. " (3248-1)

 

Cayce recommended using litmus paper to test the pH of urine and

saliva as an indication of the pH balance of the body. We now have

more precise means for monitoring pH in the form of pH paper and

digital pH meters.

 

As a practical preventive measure, Cayce's suggestions for

alkalizing the body emphasized eating an abundance of fresh fruits and

vegetables, especially salads: " ... if an alkalinity is maintained

in the system - especially with lettuce, carrots and celery, these in

the blood supply will maintain such a condition as to immunize a

person. " (480-19) Consuming citrus fruit and juices was also a

common alkalizing suggestion in the readings that addressed concerns

about cold and flu infections.

 

Meridian Institute Research

 

We reported a preliminary study on dietary effects of urine pH in

January 1999 (Vol 3 No 1). The study was done to test Edgar Cayce's

recommendations for testing urine as a marker for systemic pH balance.

Our conclusion was that following Cayce dietary recommendations of

eating primarily alkaline-producing foods (such as fruits and

vegetables) does indeed tend to alkalize the urine.

 

We have contacted leading researchers in the field of rhinovirus

infection studies to make them aware of the possible role of

acid/alkaline balance and seek feedback on how to do scientific

studies to test the Cayce hypothesis in vivo - with human subjects.

If it turns out that SARS is produced by a pH-dependent coronavirus,

we will certainly make sure that the clinical researchers who do in

vivo studies of viral infections are made aware of this potentially

important factor.

 

Rhinovirus infection studies are done at several leading

universities, usually to test the effectiveness of drugs that may help

to prevent or relieve the symptoms of colds. Small amounts of

solution containing rhinovirus are dropped into the noses of subjects

to intentionally infect them under controlled conditions.

Interestingly, about five to fifteen percent of subjects do not get

colds even when the virus is carefully placed onto the nasal mucosa.

Could it be that the pH of the resistant subject's nasal mucosa is

alkaline (or neutral), preventing the rhinovirus from infecting the

cells inside of the nose?

 

There have been several published studies on nasal mucosal pH with

varying results. Some researchers have concluded that the pH of nasal

secretions vary with sleep, rest, ingestion of food, emotional states,

and menstrual cycles. Other scientists, using different technology,

have failed to confirm these results. Clearly much work needs to be

done in this area to establish consistent outcomes.

 

We have tested equipment from two of the leading companies that

sell devices that can measure nasal pH and have learned that there is

significant variability in the instruments, apart from the

complexities of measuring pH in different people and within the same

person over time.

 

 

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