Date forwarded: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 06:19:29 -0700 From: "Ivan Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: CS>Reams lit & info Date sent: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 01:08:39 +1200 Forwarded by: [email protected] Send reply to: [email protected]
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, 12 August 1999 10:37 > Subject: Re: CS>Reams lit & info > Hi Ivan, OK, lets see what we come up with. > Hi Jim, > Thanks for your reply. > Still some things do not compute :-) > I'll put my understanding of these points... tell me what you > think. > > >>snip<< > > > Above you say the body strives to maintain a pH of 7.4, don't > you > > mean the body strives to maintain a blood pH of 7.4??? > > When we say a body pH of 6.4, we are talking BODY, not blood, > > and I know there are other pH's in the body that are supposted > to be > > different. > > The pH of extracellular fluid is always close to the pH of the > blood. > The intracellular fluid ranges from pH7.0 - 7.2 > A pH of 6.4 is outside the range conducive to human life. > Urine pH is usually acid in the morning and can change during the > day. This is due to the kidney's regulation of blood pH, i.e. the > removal of the acid byproducts of metabolism and the ingestion of > food both acidic and alkaline. > After looking in my book on Structure & Function of the Body, it looks like the urine gives us a look at how the body is do in its pH functions. So it is a guideline for determining a base pH of the body. Since the urine is slightly acid, it will not match the blood, but it will let us know how the body is handleing the balance of pH. I tend to believe the urine pH is opposite of the blood pH, but I have no proof of this. Now, after a two hour fast, the urine pH will level off to a place it should be according to the body. It is amazing how I can test the urine pH one day and check it again in a couple of weeks and it still be on the same number. As long as a two hour fast is taken the urine pH does not seem to vary that much unless you do something to change it. > > > 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. > > > > > Where ever did you get the idea that sodium was a better way to > > adjust a low pH??? Most people I test are loaded with salts, > and yet > > most of them have a low pH! I don't suggest my clients use any > salt > > if possible, and only then if they just can't live without it. > Of course, > > you may be talking about some other form of sodium than sodium > > chloride. As for potassium, some people need it and some don't. > > The test will tell. Yes, many people are deficient in > magnesium, > > which I use to lower the ureas in the system and take stress > off the > > heart. > > Sodium, potassium, calcium, clorine are required for cellular pH > regulation etc. If one wished to raise blood pH sodium > bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, or hydroxides would do. Not > much point in using a salt to alter pH unless its a citrate. > In this case it is the bicarbonate and hydroxides that change the pH, not the sodium or potassium, on the other hand, calcium will change the pH to more alkaline or acid according to the kind of calcium they take. Hope this helps! Jim > >>snip<< > > Regards - Ivan > > > -- > 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]>
