body ph and bone density

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I have been trying to watch what I eat as far as what is alkaline vs. acidic.

I had read that an acidic body leaches calcium and nutrients from the bones.

 

I am a vegetarian and already have been eating a diet high in veggies and

fruits.

 

I had bought ph strips and have been monitoring my ph for the last 2 weeks.

 

I know it sounds simple, but I have seen an increase in my ph towards the

alkalyne side by adding fresh lemon or lime juice to my water 3 times a day. I

know that you would think that lemon and limes are acidic, but they are actually

very alkaline. You can find charts on the web that show what foods are acidic

and alkaline.

 

Just figured I would pass this on to anyone else that has osteoporosis and are

looking for natural ways of keeping it under control.

 

Peggy

[Guest guest]

Hello Peggy

This last month I seem to have been spending a lot of time on the Arthritis

Trust of America Foundation Website. I was wondering if you knew that all forms

of arthritis are caused by a mycoplasma and is curable? They have a protocol on

that website that has been used to cure Rheumatic Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and

also Gout .

 

COMMENTS FROM DR. GABE MIRKIN

Sections - Treatment For Severe Arthtritis; E Coli In Gut Causes Rheumatoid

Arthtritis; Reactive Arhtritis; Antibiotics and Arthritis; Why Arthritis May Be

Caused By Infection; Anykylosing Spondylitis; Doxycycline For Arthtritis; Treat

Rheumatoid Arthritis Early With Antibiotics

http://rheumatic.org/mirkin.htm

 

TREATMENT FOR SEVERE ARTHRITICS

by Dr Gabe Mirkin

Many different infections, such as mycoplasma and Lyme disease, cause arthritis

and can be treated with antibiotics, such as the tetracyclines. Recent issues of

Arthritis and Rheumatism (December 1994) and Annals ofInternal Medicine (January

1995) show that tetracyclines may help treat arthritis that is not caused by

infection.

 

Researchers at Long Island Jewish Medical Center showed that tetracycline

antibiotics help to reduce the joint damage caused by osteoarthritis.

Researchers at Indiana University showed that doxycycline, a type of

tetracycline, prevents joint damage in dogs. The cells in the cartilage that

lines joints are always changing. While some cells come out of cartilage, others

go in. An enzyme called collagenase causes cells to come out of cartilage, and

people with the most common type of arthritis called osteoarthritis have higher

than normal joint fluid levels of collagenase. Tetracyclines prevent collagenase

from breaking down cartilage. Recent research from Indiana University show that

tetracyclines also stimulate cartilage to grow, so tetracyclines both inhibit

cartilage breakdown and promote cartilage formation.

 

People with arthritis and who have negative blood tests for arthritis ar often

told that they have degenerative arthritis. Several recent papers show that the

antibiotic doxycycline, helps to prevent joint breakdown in osteoarthritis (2)

So, it is reasonable to treat people with reactive or osteoarthritis with 100 mg

of doxycycline per day. It usually takes more than 2 months for the joint pain

to subside and the pain often returns when they stop taking the antibiotic.

Doxycycline is safer than the other drugs used to treat arthritis.

 

[ here is the article that is from I think --

2) LP Yu, DB Burr, KD Brandt, BL Oconnor, A Rubinow, M Albrecht. Effects of oral

doxycycline administration on histomorphometry and dynamics of subchondral bone

in a canine model of osteoarthritis. Journal of Rheumatology 23:

1 (JAN 1996):137-142. Doxycycline protects against joint breakdown in this OA

model via inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases in articular cartilage, rather

than through an effect on subchondral bone. ]

 

Doxycycline may prevent joint destruction by stabilizing cartilage (10) in

addition to clearing the germ from the body.

9) Short-term antibiotic treatment has no effect in manifest ReA, whereas a

tendency to improvement has been seen with treatment over months, at least after

chlamydia infection. B Svenungsson. International Journal of STD & AIDS 6:

3:(MAY-JUN 1995):156-160.

 

There are more than 100 different germs that are know to cause arthritis. (3)

Lyme disease, from a tick bite, causes horrible arthritis which responds to

antibiotics. (4) The most common causes of joint pains in people under 40 are

bacteria called mycoplasma (5,6,7,8,9). Rheumatoid arthritis is felt to be

tripped off by infection with a bacteria such as E. Coli (10). Rheumatoid

spondylitis, arthritis of the spine may be caused by infection with a bacteria

called klebsiella (11). All laboratory tests for arthritis are measures of

immune reactions against invading germs. Antibiotics effectively treat

rheumatoid arthritis (12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20) and even osteoarthritis, a

type of arthritis that is not associated with infection (21,22,23). The

antibiotics used most often to treat arthritis. minocycline and doxycycline (100

mg twice a day), are far safer than any of the drugs commonly used by

rheumatologist, such as non-steroidals, aspirin and immune suppressants. It

usually takes more than 6 weeks on antibiotics for the pain and swelling to

lessen, and the pain usually returns within a few days after the medication is

stopped. [

* 21) AA Cole, S Chubinskaya, LJ Luchene, K Chlebek, MW Orth, RA Greenwald, KE

Kuettner, TM Schmid: Doxycycline disrupts chondrocyte differentiation and

inhibits cartilage matrix degradation. Arthritis and Rheumatism 37: 12 (DEC

1994):1727-1734.

 

* 22) Barbara Tilley, Henry Ford Health Science Center in Detroit. Annals of

Internal Medicine. January 14, 1995.

 

* 23) LP Yu, DB Burr, KD Brandt, BL Oconnor, A Rubinow, M Albrecht. Effects of

oral doxycycline administration on histomorphometry and dynamics of subchondral

bone in a canine model of osteoarthritis. Journal of Rheumatology 23:

1 (JAN 1996):137-142. Doxycycline protects against joint breakdown in this OA

model via inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases in articular cartilage, rather

than through an effect on subchondral bone ]

 

Another paper from Henry Ford Health Science Center in Detroit shows that

tetracyclines help to relieve the swelling and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

 

Since basic tetracycline does not get into joint fluid in high levels, doctors

prescribe tetracycline derivatives called minocycline and doxycycline, which

accumulate in high levels in joint fluid. Forty years ago, Dr. Thomas McPherson

Brown of Washington, D.C. claimed that many cases of arthritis are caused by

infection and he treated his patients with tetracyclines. Other doctors called

him a quack. That's what often happens to prophets when they make new

discoveries. [more continued .....]

 

 

They have a few treatments too actually which some medical doctors will also

use when doing the treatment that cures those disorders.

 

The Arthritis Trust

Licensed physicians and doctors below have indicated to The Arthritis Trust/The

Rheumatoid Disease Foundation that they either use or are willing to use

recommended treatment modalities in the treatment of rheumatoid disease. The

Arthritis Trust/The Rheumatoid Disease Foundation provides this list as a public

service to those who inquire.

http://www.arthritistrust.org/Physicians/PhysList.pdf

http://www.arthritistrust.org/physicians.htm

 

They also have a ist of doctors in several countries that do this protocol. I

heard about it as a friend of mine came across by book by Dr Thomas Brown and

took it to her doctor whom treated her with this protocol - that was 10 years

ago and she has not had any pain or any sign of arthritis since. And I asked

this doctor if she still uses it on her patients, and she said 'all the time'.

 

Good luck.

blessings

Shan

 

 

 

, " pegpaz " <pegpaz wrote:

>

> I have been trying to watch what I eat as far as what is alkaline vs. acidic.

I had read that an acidic body leaches calcium and nutrients from the bones.

>

> I am a vegetarian and already have been eating a diet high in veggies and

fruits.

>

> I had bought ph strips and have been monitoring my ph for the last 2 weeks.

>

> I know it sounds simple, but I have seen an increase in my ph towards the

alkalyne side by adding fresh lemon or lime juice to my water 3 times a day. I

know that you would think that lemon and limes are acidic, but they are actually

very alkaline. You can find charts on the web that show what foods are acidic

and alkaline.

>

> Just figured I would pass this on to anyone else that has osteoporosis and are

looking for natural ways of keeping it under control.

>

> Peggy

>

[Guest guest]

, " pegpaz " <pegpaz wrote:

>

> I have been trying to watch what I eat as far as what is alkaline vs. acidic.

I had read that an acidic body leaches calcium and nutrients from the bones.

>

> I am a vegetarian and already have been eating a diet high in veggies and

fruits.

>

> I had bought ph strips and have been monitoring my ph for the last 2 weeks.

>

> I know it sounds simple, but I have seen an increase in my ph towards the

alkalyne side by adding fresh lemon or lime juice to my water 3 times a day. I

know that you would think that lemon and limes are acidic, but they are actually

very alkaline. You can find charts on the web that show what foods are acidic

and alkaline.

>

> Just figured I would pass this on to anyone else that has osteoporosis and are

looking for natural ways of keeping it under control.

>

> Peggy

>

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the info on the lemon and lime. Here is also some basic information

on ph levels and how they work with the body on Pg. 7 if anyone is interested.

The rest of the book is worth the read if anyone is interested.

 

http://www.vibranthealthstore.com2861142/uploaded/Fearless%20Health%20The\

%20Truth%20About%20Cancer.pdf