Hi Vilik, I dont have any facts about this, but it all sounds very interesting and I would like to know the outcome of it all.
Carmen ----- Original Message ----- From: Vilik Rapheles <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 4:41 PM Subject: CS>Citric acid/lemon/pH > Help! Brilliant minds needed! > > I am still trying to figure out the pH reaction in the body of citric acid. > > Last week I read that citrates are alkalinizing. I therefore thought that > citric acid was also. I have since been in email conversation with a > chemist about it. > > He says that citrates are indeed alkalanizing....they are the mineral salts > of citric acid. However, he says that citric acid itself is *very acidic*, > and so is lemon. Here is his quote: > > "Citric acid is very acidic. It has three carboxylic acid groups. It is > attracted to cations. This does not matter if it is in a beaker, a body, > or a lemon. Many fruits and vegetables also have a mineral content. This > may partially neutralize some of the acids. If you pyrolyze the item, then > the organic moiety is primarily disposed of as carbon dioxide and the > inorganic component sits in the ash. This is why ashes containing, say, > Potassium hydroxide, are used in traditional soap making to hydrolyzed the > triglycerides and saponify the free fatty acids. Lemons are acidic. No > matter how they are sliced or diced." > > Now, I don't know about the citric acid, but I KNOW I have read that lemons > are alkalinizing in the body. Does anyone have a source or reference for > that? > > The reason I am so gung-ho to figure this out is that I am trying to > understand the program in the book DR. MOERMANN'S ANTI-CANCER DIET. His > diet is basically alkalinizing. He also recommends lots of lemon juice and > citric acid. I am trying to figure out whether this is an alkalinzing diet > or an acidic diet. My chemist friend insists the diet creates a very acid > condition in the body, and that that actually fights the cancer. I do not > think so, but I do not have facts. > > Got any facts about any of this to lay on me? > > ~^^V^^~ > > > > -- > 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]> > -- 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]>
