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 an
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.
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:
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.
Increased constipation
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.
Increase of acidity in the extra cellular fluids.
Increase of acidity into the intracellular fluids.
Birth of malignant cells. This is the stage of cancer
called initiation.
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, 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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