Some people need a physical validation of what they are sensing. Other are more intuitive and not so questioning. Personally I pay a lot of attention to what foods I am craving and when it is during my monthly cycle, for those still cycling. And this includes men, they cycle on a ~72 cycle of sperm productiong and have many of the same hormones as women. I swear they have a male version of PMS and Perimenopause.
Garnet On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 20:49, sol wrote: > It is more than just the issue of pH, though. And I do think a lot of > people are like me and find it helpful to 1) have a diagnostic tool to > help determine metabolic type on several levels, and 2) a clear plan for > a basic diet and 3) clear plans for how to "challenge" the diet and vary > it to fine tune it to oneself, individually. > So for me it was not at all as simple as a pH strip. It would have > told me where I was, but not at all what to do about it. I guess I could > have bumbled my way through it. But for the price of an inexpensive book > I really feel I avoided months of blind fooling around. > sol > > Garnet wrote: > > >It is simple to figure out what your diet is doing to your pH. Buy some > >pH test strips like diabetics use and measure the pH of your urine after > >eating various types of foods. > > > >Occams Razor strikes again. > > > >Garnet > > > >On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 12:32, sol wrote: > > > > > >> The Metabolic Typing Diet by William Wolcott and Trish Fahey. Very > >>interesting book. For autonomic dominants vegetables alkalinize and > >>meats acidify. However oxidative dominants get the opposite > >>reaction---vegetables acidify, and meats alkalinize. > >> "............the pH effect of any given food cannot be viewed in > >>"absolute" terms. Contrary to conventional wisdom, no food or nutrient > >>has an acid or alkaline effect on the body because of some qulaity > >>inherent in the foood or nutrient. Rather, the acid/alkaline effect of > >>foods and nutrients ont eh body are determined by their variable and > >>highly specific effects onthe various fundamental homeostatic controls > >>in different metabolic types." > >> The book contains a detailed questionnaire to help one figure out > >>their metabolic type, as well as detailed instructions on how to do test > >>diet adjustments to really fine tune diet for oneself. > >> Ironically, in trying to change to a healhier diet you may be doing > >>the reverse of what YOUR body needs. Incredibly to me, most people who > >>have adopted belief in vegetarianism or in a heavy meat diet, tend to > >>also adopt the belief, very rigidly that their particular belief system > >>somehow reflects human evolution, and that therefore the diet they > >>believe in is best for every single human on the planet. I have read > >>many articles defending and promoting the idea that 1) humans are > >>bilogically and evolutionarily vegans/vegetarians, and 2) humans are > >>biologically and evolutionarily carnivores. So far as I can tell, one > >>can compare GI functions and measure intestinal lengths ad nauseum to > >>prove either belief. > >>HTH, > >>sol > >> > >> > >>Joni Lovegrove wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Thank you both for the information, but how do I figure out what > >>>alkalizes MY body, since everyone does respond differently. > >>> > >>>I do have one cup of coffe in the morning, I eat fruit and grains, > >>>nuts, very little meat, mostly chicken baked, I have recently tried to > >>>remove most of the dairy products, I was having lots of cheese, yogurt > >>>and milk and cereal every morning, I eat lots of salads and soups and > >>>vegetables, I drink lots of water. It havne't managed totally cutting > >>>out the sugar, but I am trying. > >>> > >>>joni > >>> > >>> > >>>----Original Message Follows---- > >>>From: sol <[email protected]> > >>>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>>To: [email protected] > >>>Subject: Re: CS>Live Bacteria > >>>Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:22:39 -0700 > >>> > >>>A no meat diet is not best for everyone. What foods alkalize a body > >>>depends on the body. Nothing works for everyone. > >>>sol > >>> > >>>j rigby wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hi there, Joni > >>>> > >>>>Things like your symptoms will respond very quickly as a rule. DO > >>>>take in lots of CS - it won't hurt you - but do something about the > >>>>CAUSE before it is too late. Get into an Alkaline Diet. No meat, no > >>>>white anything - flour, sugar, rice. Especially, no coffee or tea. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>-- > >>>The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >>> > >>>Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >>> > >>>To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >>>Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >>> > >>>Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >>>OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >>> > >>>List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Joni Lovegrove > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > >
