I appreciate your input Jim. I certainly don't want to beat up on Terry, especially as I can see that this type of therapy would yield good results. But what am I to do. I and others have been investigating the relationship between pH intake and elimination, and its role in systemic and degenerative disease and I must call it as I see it. I do not claim to be a biologist or anything more than a interested layman with some technical and scientific knowledge.
I am sure that Dr Reams was a very smart man and investigated these processes thoroughly, but of course time marches on and others have conducted research into this area also, and it is not surprising that recent studies may conflict with his. And while testing the pH of the saliva (of which I know nothing) and urine is probably the only non-invasive indicator of plasma and tissue pH trends, it is just that, an indicator. To say that the human biological pH should be 6.4, when one presumably means the urine should be this, shows I am sorry to say, a basic misunderstanding of the human pH and buffering systems. The body strives to maintain a pH of 7.4 and does this, as I'm sure you know, through the exhalation of CO2 and the elimination of H+ or HCO3- by way of the kidneys. When this does not happen correctly then the likely outcome is the depositing of calcium or other solids through out the body. There are indications that adjusting low pH with potassium or sodium will provide better outcomes, as these are the main water soluble alkaline minerals, and they have a high enough charge to displace calcium from solid deposits, render the deposits water soluble and make the resultant calcium ions available for proper use. There have also been studies which show that calcium supplementation can do more harm than good, which is not to say that the various forms of calcium as applied by the Reams discipline do so. Many (most?) people are deficient in magnesium which also has a major role in calcium utilisation and neurological function. Minerals are obviously essential to good health, and I can't think of a better source than ocean plant life where the mineral content approximates that of human plasma. Indeed seawater has been used for transfusions when blood plasma has not been available, I have even read a French experiment where the blood of a dog was completely replaced by dilute salt water and this animal lived and became the lab pet. Bottom line... One does not need to know the ins and outs of the theory, to apply a therapeutic protocol to good effect, but it certainly helps when one tries to explain it. Kind regards Ivan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 1999 22:01 Subject: Re: CS>Reams lit & info > Ivan, > I will let Terry defend himself here, but I do want to give a bit of > input. > I also use the Ream's urine/saliva testing in my practice. I find it > to be very useful and accurate. It is very hard to understand, and it > sometimes seems confusing. But the bottom line is that it does work. > According to Dr. Reams, there are 7 types of calcium. Most disease > is mainly due to lacking one or more of these calciums. According > to the Urine pH, we supplement with one or more of these 7 types of > calciums. > Also, the testing will tell you if you need magnesium or > potassium, or iron, or many other minerals. It will tell you if you are > drinking enough water or not. It will tell you if your liver and other > organs are stressed. In fact Dr. Reams could tell you a lot of things > from the test that I don't know how to tell, but it really doesn't matter > as long as I can get the chemistry to move to a balance, it will work! > Also, Dr. Reams used 2 mineral products. One was a desalted > kelp found off the shores of Norway, the other was a product called > Min-Col and was a phosphate form of many of the minerals. He > didn't have the liquid colloidal minerals, so I don't know what his > opinion would have been for them. > Even though the info seem to contradict itself, most of what > Terry had to say was right on as far as Dr. Reams was concerned. > Just realize that Dr. Reams was a very smart man, and yet until you > learn his ideas and apply them in the lives of people, they seem to > be strange and way off. But in practice they are right on!!! > Hope this helps shed some light on what Terry had to say and > on Dr. Reams. > Take Care! > Jim Einert, N.D. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
