"cells need voltage"
A misleading misnomer.
Cells need electrochemical ion exchange eg "chemical reactions" in order
to not starve or asphyxiate when doing things
Even communications between cells are carried out by these exchanges.
Any chemical reaction can be described as electronic in nature.
Any difference in potential [voltage] can be defined as a pending
chemical reaction.
You might even say that a reaction that's taking place now, is a "current"
event.
A battery is a cell.
If you cannot detect a voltage it may be dead, but it needs current to stay
charged.
You can't charge a battery with voltage....something has to "happen"
A GOOD battery will maintain a voltage [potential] forever with no input
of current, so long as there's also no output of current.
But if you don't use it, it may as well be dead.
No current, no events..all potential getting dusty in a closet doing nothing.
You can have full voltage and very low capacity in a battery as
well..little current available....tired easily when used.
But checking voltage won't tell you about capacity..ya gotta load the cell
with current draw [make it do some "work" ] to see how fast it gets tired.
And if you let it rest a while, the voltage goes right back up..unless it's
about dead.
Now..stick that voltmeter on a dead chicken and see if you get something.
I think you will, but that doesn't mean that chicken will ever lay another
egg nearly as big as this idea that "cells need voltage"
It's next current event is charging YOU.
THAT is its' potential, now.
Ode
At 10:39 AM 9/26/2010 -0600, you wrote:
Hello Love,
Although I understand some of the basics, there are wide gaps in my
comprehension. For example, "cells need voltage". But the voltage can, in
the body, come only from the chemical biology of the cells themselves, and
must be regulated by cells. I don't know anything about Norton. I am
sending this for review and consideration by more qualified people, not as
a put-down of Tennant. His procedures may work, even if his theory is not
correct.
I sure would like to get a hug.
Jim
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Norton, Steve
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Dr. Tennant doesn't explain his claim that all cells in the body need
between -20 mV and -25 mV. Without an explanation his claim is pretty much
worthless. But let me make a guess. The optimal blood pH is somewhere
between 7.35 and 7.45. If blood pH moves below 6.8 or above 7.8, cells
stop functioning and the body dies.
A pH meter measures Ph as follows
(<http://www.omega.com/techref/ph-3.html>http://www.omega.com/techref/ph-3.html):
"pH electrodes are constructed from a special composition glass which
senses the hydrogen ion concentration. This glass is typically composed of
alkali metal ions. The alkali metal ions of the glass and the hydrogen
ions in solution undergo an ion exchange reaction, generating a potential
difference. In a combination pH electrode, the most widely used variety,
there are actually two electrodes in one body. One portion is called the
measuring electrode, the other the reference electrode. The potential
generated at the junction site of the measuring portion is due to the free
hydrogen ions present in solution.
The potential of the reference portion is produced by the internal element
in contact with the reference fill solution. This potential is always
constant. In summary, the measuring electrode delivers a varying voltage
and the reference electrode delivers a constant voltage to the meter."
"pH electrodes are like batteries; they run down with time and use. As an
electrode ages, its glass changes resistance. This resistance change
alters the electrode potential. For this reason, electrodes need to be
calibrated on a regular basis. Calibration in pH buffer solution corrects
for this change. Calibration of any pH equipment should always begin with
buffer 7.0 as this is the "zero point." The pH scale has an equivalent mV
scale. The mV scale ranges from +420 to -420 mV. At a pH of 7.0 the mV
value is 0. Each pH change corresponds to a change of ±60 mV. As pH values
become more acidic the mV values become greater. For example, a pH of 4.0
corresponds to a value of 180 mV. As pH values become more basic the mV
values become more negative; pH=9 corresponds to -120 mV."
Therefore a pH meter reading between -20 mV and -25 mV would correspond to
a pH of 7.33 to 7.41. A fairly startling coincidence I would say. I think
that this is where Dr. Tennant gets his claim. But his claim is total
nonsense in the context he uses it.
The pH meter uses a specially designed probe which basically creates a
battery that uses free hydrogen ions as the electrolyte. The voltage
measured is directly related to the amount of free hydrogen ions in the
electrolyte. You cannot use a voltmeter to measure the pH of the skin, a
liquid on the skin or a cell. Tennant's claim of doing so is rubbish.
Dr. Tennant uses this supposed effect to explain what his device does but
it is all show and false science. And there is no way that his device can
alter the body or a cell's pH. His device appears to be similar to a
number of other devices that are used to reduce pain. Dr. Tennant has
several patents but they are what I believe are called application
patents. They only patent certain pulse configurations that Tennant's
device uses and not the underlying methodology. The other makers of pain
reduction devices also have their 'unique' application patents but the
underlying methodology is the same for all of them.
- Steve N
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