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THE pH FACTOR -
ACID RAIN IN THE BODY
by Lynn Hinderliter CN, LDN
The human body contains up to 60% water overall: the brain is 70% water; the blood, 82%; and the lungs almost 90%. We are an inland sea, and a blight can descend on our bodies if the acid /alkaline balance of this "water of life" is not maintained.
All of the cells of our body are washed by the liquid medium of that sea, which allows nutrients to be transported from place to place, and laves away the toxins our cells discharge. When pH is imbalanced, the system breaks down - if the body's pH deviates too far to the acidic or too far to the alkaline side, cells can become poisoned by their own toxic waste and die.
Interestingly, scientists are now determining that the pH of our actual oceans is changing, with a concomitant effect on the health of the denizens of the sea.
More in RESOURCES at right.
Acidity can be a factor in:
irritability, anxiety and depression
excess mucous
lowered immune system function
Dysbiosis
aches and pains, inflammation
premature ageing because of cellular inefficiency
Many chronic disease states accompany an acid body condition : cardiovascular problems such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arteriosclerosis and stroke; many cancers; diabetes; many autoimmune diseases; osteoporosis, indigestion, bowel imbalances and dysbiosis; much inflammation, such as of the joints and the bladder..
I am not suggesting that acid pH is the only cause, or that correcting it will bring about a miracle cure: but any attempt to balance and bring health to the body needs to address this serious instability if it wishes to succeed.
Water is considered neutral at a ph of 7. Anything under that is increasingly acid, anything over - increasingly alkaline. The human body operates optimally at a pH that varies from 6.8 to 7.5, depending on the time of day: pH tends to peak at 6 o'clock in the evening, and at noon, with the lowest point coming at 6 o'clock in the morning. These readings represent homeostasis, or balance. When the pH is operating within these normal parameters, cells can take up nutrients as and when needed, depending only on availability, and can discharge wastes efficiently.
Calcium in particular is dependent on the correct pH for absorption. In addition, when the body is acidic, it will withdraw calcium from the bones in an attempt to provide the alkalinizing minerals necessary to correct balance.
Here is an excellent definition from Health Freedom Resources :
The cells of the body in health are alkaline, but in disease states the cell pH is below 7.0. The more acid the cells become, the sicker we are and feel. The cells won't die until their pH gets to about 3.5. Our bodies produce acid as a by-product of normal metabolism. This is the result of our bodies burning or using alkaline to remain alive. Since our bodies do not manufacture alkaline, we must supply the alkaline from an outside source to keep us from becoming acid and dying.
Food is the means of replenishing the alkaline to the body. The main determining factor of alkaline is the organic minerals. One can equate organic minerals with alkaline for better understanding. Foods are of two types, acid or alkaline. This refers to the ash value of a food. (Meaning the type of residue that remains after the food is digested and processed). Is it acid, or is it alkaline? If there is an acid residue (inorganic acids), the body must neutralize this acid to keep the blood from getting acid. The acid is neutralized with alkaline.
Ideally there is adequate alkaline in the diet to do this. However, if there is not, the body must extract alkaline from its cells to neutralize the acid. This, of course, causes the cells to become acid, and thus diseased. Because our bodies are an alkaline entity, in order to maintain health, the majority of our diet must consist of alkaline ash foods.
We can remain in health by consuming a diet that is 70-80% alkaline and 20-30% acid. The more alkaline the better. If we become too alkaline by eating a majority of alkaline foods, we will lose our appetite and automatically want to fast, during which time the normal acid metabolic by-products will return the body's pH back to normal. It is interesting to note that some foods which qualify as a real food have an acid ash reaction. This is probably nature's way of keeping a balance so that the real food consumer does not become too alkaline. Also note that the acid content of these acid ash real foods is very low and they still contain valuable nutrients which can be utilized by the body.
You can buy strips to measure pH at some pharmacies. You can also order them directly from us. You can measure either urinary or saliva pH. Urinary pH should fall around 6.5, lower is acidic; salivary pH should be measured at least 2 hours away from a meal, and is healthy at 7.4, acidic below that.
Diet determines whether we tend towards the acid or alkaline
and the average U.S. diet might almost be designed to cause us to err!
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Proteins (pork, beef, chicken, ham, turkey etc.)
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grains
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coffee and tea
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eggs
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beer, wine and pops
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most breads, spaghettis and pastas
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refined rice
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chocolate
all promote an acid state in our body fluids. Dairy foods, potatoes and onions are mostly neutral, and fruits, vegetables, beans and soy are on the alkaline side.
Occasionally I am contacted by confused clients who have found conflicting information from different experts concerning the pH of a food: I received this EXCELLENT clarification from another of my contacts, who is a long-time student of this health element:
"There is a lot of double talk by so-called experts. In some cases, the references are just the opposite of what they should be - I found that the reason apparently is that some experts are referring to the acid/alkalinity of food BEFORE these foods are eaten. There is a chemical change in the body which converts the (e.g.) acidity to alkalinity AFTER ingestion of the food. This should take out a lot of confusion about the chemical formation of the different foods.
There are some "superfoods" that are natural buffers that I use and recommend frequently. A natural buffer is a substance that counteracts the acid state of the body, and chief among them are concentrated green foods like
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barley grass
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spirulina
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Chlorella
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and some wonderful combinations of dried vegetables, sea vegetables and cereal grasses.
As a side note, I often have people tell me that their arthritis has been helped by taking a green food, and this is part of the reason why: people with arthritis are almost without exception highly acidic, which is a pro-inflammatory state. All concentrated green foods are helpful in alkalinizing pH.
The other buffers I use and recommend most frequently because they are healthful in many other ways also, are
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Brewers Yeast ( a natural source of B vitamins, selenium and chromium, among other things)
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powdered Lecithin (a concentrate of the Phosphatides in soy)
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Bee Pollen
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Kelp.
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Vitamin C (as Ascorbate for blood type O, as ascorbic acid for others) is an option that can have other benefits for those whose faulty pH accompanies a severe disease state where low immunity is a factor. Increase the amount of Vitamin C gradually until you have determined what your bowel tolerance is, and when that is established, I recommend using half that amount in the morning and half last thing at night to help regulate the body's acid balance.
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I recommend a product by Vaxa called pH Balance.
Stress almost immediately causes acidic conditions in the body. For more about the effect of stress on our health, read my article on Stress and the Adrenal Glands.
In my article on digestion, you will find information about Hydrochloric acid and digestive health. Since stomach acid is a significant factor in maintaining pH balance, and is affected by stress, you will find that interesting too.
I find it vexing that some Doctors are still recommending Tums as a source of Calcium for their patients: it is a truly ironic recommendation, since Tums is designed to suppress stomach acid, and calcium is very poorly absorbed unless sufficient stomach acid is present. Sufficient HCL in the stomach, and a proper acid environment there, are also essential for keeping the body in proper pH balance. Lack of acid in the stomach often leads top too much acid in the body, which in turn leads to the withdrawal of minerals from the bones to correct and neutralize the problem.
At the moment there are no studies that support the importance of pH balance to health, and there are even some ******ted nutritional authorities that do not agree - Dr. Andrew Weil among them, who comments negatively here. However, in another place he emphasizes the importance of keeping the urine alkaline for urinary tract infections, and I wonder whether perhaps there is some confusion between blood pH ( which is regulated by the body) and urinary and salivary pH, which are at the mercy of the diet. If the pH of the mouth affects caries, and the pH of the bladder affects infections - then I submit that all places in between are also affected by an imbalance. |
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Acid/Alkaline (pH) are the two characteristic conditions of blood and cell solution.
Any solution is either more acid or more alkaline. If Acidic Characteristics dominate, the solution is acid. However, there is no absolute acid or alkaline. An Acid solution always contains some alkaline factors, and a alkaline solution always contains some acid factors. Neutrality is an ideal condition in which the amount of acid and alkalinity is equal. It is an ideal state, and not realistic. In reality, what we eat or drink is always more acid or alkaline.
ACIDOSIS is not in itself a specific disease; it is a general condition of the blood and thus the root of many different diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, cancer, tumors and many more. Many people today have this blood condition without knowing it. ALKALOSIS is not as common as acidosis, but also indicates an unbalanced condition of the blood.
All natural foods contain both acid and alkaline forming elements. In some, acid forming elements dominate, in others alkaline forming elements dominate. According to modern biochemistry, it is not the organic matter of foods which leave acid or alkaline residues in the body. The inorganic matter (sulphur, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium and calcium) determines the acidity or alkalinity of the body fluids. Food comparatively rich in acid forming elements are acid forming foods, those comparatively rich in alkaline forming elements are alkaline forming foods.
Acid-Alkaline Forming Foods
Foods may be classified in relation to the metabolic process as acid or alkaline. Alkali's are soluble salts, while acids are corrosive agents which have trouble combining with other things. A balanced diet contains 35% acid forming foods and 65% alkaline.
Highly Alkaline
Beans (String), Banana (speckled), Dandelion greens, Dates, Figs, Prune, Raisins, Swiss Chard.
High Alkaline
Almonds, Avocado, Banana (Yellow), Bean (Fresh), Beet, Blackberries, Carrot, Chives, Cranberries, Endive, Grapes (Sour), Kale, Peach (dried), Persimmon, Pomegranate, Plum, Raspberries, Spinach.
Neutral Oils
Cold Pressed, Expeller Pressed, Almond, Avocado, Coconut, Canola, Cottonseed, Linseed, Macadamia, Olive, Safflower, Sesame, Soy, Sunflower, Walnut.
Alkaline
Agar, Alfalfa, Apple & Fresh Apple Cider, Apricot (fresh), Artichokes (globe), Bamboo shoots, Bean (snap), Beans (sprouted), Berries (most), Blueberries, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Cauliflower, Celery, Cherries, Chestnuts, Chicory, Coconut Milk, Collards, Corn fresh and sweet, Cucumbers, Daikon, Eggplant, Escarole, Garlic, Ginger root, Gooseberry, Grapefruit, Guava, Horseradish (fresh and raw), Kelp, Kohlrabi, Leek, Lemon and Peel, Lettuce, Lime, Loganberry, Mango, Melons, Milk (raw), Acidophilus Yogurt, Whey.
Highly Acid
Alcohol, Artichoke root, Barley, Bread, Buckwheat, Caffeine, Coffee, Corn (dry and products), Custards, Drugs, Flour (all), Ginger (preserved), Honey, Lentil (dry), Mate, Millet, Oatmeal, Peanuts, Rice (all), Rye Grain, Soy Bread, Soy noodles, Sorghum, grain, Spaghetti and other Pasta, Sugar Cane, raw beet, Tobacco, Walnut (English), Wheat grain.
Acid
Asparagus, Beans (dried), Cashews, Coconut (dried), Cranberry Juice and concentrate, Egg yolk, Filbert, Fruit Jellies (Jams Canned, Sulphured, Sugared, Dried), Grapes (Sweet), Pasteurized Milk Products, Dry Peas, Pecans, Plums Damson, Tofu fries, Water-chestnuts.
Acid Fats
Butter, Cream, Margarine, Lard.
An Acidic condition inhibits nerve action, alkalinity stimulates nerve action. One who has a balanced condition can think and act (decide) well. A balanced food plan is a great help in maintaining the pH balance of the blood; however it does not reveal results in a day or two. It takes a longer time to show the effect. Cold showers make the blood alkaline, while hot showers make the blood acid. If the blood develops a more acidic condition, then our body inevitably deposits these excess acidic substances in some area of the body such so that the blood will be able to maintain an alkaline condition. As this tendency continues, such areas increase in acidity and some cells die; then these dead cells themselves turn into acids. However, some other cells may adapt in that environment. In other words, instead of dying as normal cells do in a acid environment, some cells survive by becoming abnormal cells. These abnormal cells are called malignant cells. Malignant cells do not correspond with brain function nor with our own DNA memory code. Therefore, malignant cells grow indefinitely and without order. This is Cancer, and cancer develops in the following stages:
1. Ingestion of many acid forming foods, fatty foods, refined foods, carcinogenic substances such as nitrates, and chemically treated foods in general. X-ray scans contribute even at this stage.
2. Increased constipation
3. Increase of acidity in the blood. This causes an increase of white cells and a decrease of red cells, which is the beginning of leukemia.
4. Increase of acidity in the extra cellular fluids.
5. Increase of acidity into the intracellular fluids.
6. Birth of malignant cells. This is the stage of cancer called initiation.
7. The further consumption of many acid foods. Receiving high levels of radiation, chemical and drug treatment. This stage is called cancer promotion.
There are two types of acid and alkaline foods.
* One is acid or alkaline foods, which means how much acid or alkaline the foods contain.
* The other is acid or alkaline forming foods, which means the acid or alkaline forming ability of foods to affect the body or to say differently, the pH condition foods cause in the body after being digested. This is the one that will be the focus in changing the body's pH.
A neutral pH is considered 7. A pH above 7 is alkaline and a pH below 7 is acid.
The pH of blood is 7.4. This means that it is slightly alkaline. This alkalinity has to be kept almost constant; even minor variations are dangerous. If the blood lowers to pH 6.95 (barely over the line of the acid side), a coma and death result. And if the concentration in the blood changes from 7.4 to 7.7, tetanic convulsions occur. Although only a blood test can reveal the blood pH, it is possible to monitor the pH of the body with a simple home test kit of litmus or nitrozine paper. Testing a saliva and urine daily average for three days should reveal a pH of between 6.8 and 7.1. Some variation will occur depending on recent type of food and drink intake. Different body pH values are: stomach juice = 1.5, urine=7.0, saliva=7.1, and blood=7.4.
This article was adapted from ‘Acid Alkaline' by Herman Aihara.
The book is available from Amazon.com , but is out of print and hard to find.
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