acid alkaline

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Thought some of you might like this post from the RawPortland

 

Best to you.

 

Bill

 

Message: 1

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:33:42 -0700 (PDT)

DylanTurner <circadiantravelor

Re: Digest Number 327

 

There are no foods that are acid/alkaline for

everyone. Metabolisms are different enough between

people that there are no generalities.

 

Gabriel Cousens gets quite involved with this point in

his book, 'Conscious Eating.' He goes into different

metabolic types. For some people fruits are acidic,

and for other people they are alkaline. A lot of it

has to do with how one processes sugar. (fast or slow

oxidizers)

 

Greens are usually a safe bet for an alkaline food.

However, the only way to know is to test your pH. It

is really quite easy to do.

 

The easiest method I have seen is to use pH strips in

the morning for urine. Ideally you want a pH that is

about 6.5-6.8 for urine. You want a slightly acidic

urine pH (especially females), because infections can

grow in an alkaline urethra. (different tissues have

different pH requirements)

 

You can also take pH readings during several times of

the day and average them out, but I think that the

morning urine pH is the simplest and easiest method.

 

Never believe that something is making you more

alkaline/acidic until you test the results yourself.

 

Also, understand that it is tissue pH that we are

talking about. Blood pH never changes much (from

7.34). If it did, you would die.

 

pH is a very good thing to measure. Most enzymes and

hormones don't work very well in the wrong pH.

Insulin is an example. Many Diabetics and obese

people resbond exceedingly well to balancing their

tissue pH because they get they can get their insulin

levels back in balance.

 

If any of you guys want more information or more

specific help on balancing your tissue pH, check out

the website cocoonnutrition.com

 

I spent about 2.5 years figuring out this problem. I

tried dozens of different dietary approaches and

supplements until I found the right balance for

myself.

 

Good books to read are:

 

The pH Miracle

The pH Miracle for Diabetics