Sol said, "My understanding is that the blood alkalinity is maintained by the body excreting excess acid in the urine. Therefore the blood is alkaline, but the urine is acid. I have read that alkaline urine means the blood/body is therefore too alkaline, which is as harmful as too acid. People with alkaline urine do seem to have more bladder infections. I have also read that alkaline urine is a sign of illness. Hope someone can explain the discrepancy to me. Terry, you sent me your file so I will do some reading there, too, but wanted to post my question here anyway."
After this post on the subject of pH, I will adjourn to the OT list, or respond to personal emails. I will be a bit simplistic, but still try to be essentially correct. Dr. Reams claimed that the body uses more calcium everyday, by volume, than all other nutrients combined. The way our bodies utilize calciums is by the interaction between them with each other. A good analogy would be the interaction between baking soda and vinegar. If you were to mix a cup of each together, you would see a great release of energy. How about a cup of vinegar and a teaspoon of baking soda? Not much reaction, not much energy released because of the . When I see someone with an acid pH, I know they are actually deficient in alkalinizing calcium. The have too much vinegar, and not enough baking soda. But, of course, they dont actually have too much vinegar (acidifying calcium). What they need is more alkalinizing calciums, such as calcium hydroxide or coral calcium. Although Dr. Reams isolated seven different kinds of calcium which our bodies need, there are essentially three categories of calcium to be considered: Alkaline-pH calciums (calcium hydroxide, phosphate and carbonate), Acid-pH calciums (calcium lactate and sulphate) and neutral-pH calciums (calcium gluconate, aspartate, citrate, orotate, etc.). A deficiency of alkaline calcium, for instance, will express itself as an apparent excess of acidifying calcium (calcium "deposits" are nearly always one type of calcium accumulating somewhere in your body because of a deficiency of the other). The Bioanalysis pH tests determine which kind of calcium your body may be deficient in, and indicate which kind of calcium should be supplemented. Nowadays, the most common kind of calcium you will find being sold is an alkaline-pH calcium, calcium carbonate (usually ground-up oyster shell). Most multi-vitamin/mineral supplements use it, and wherever you see labels which announce "Calcium added!" (whether in food, drink or supplement), it is nearly always calcium carbonate. (It is the cheapest form of calcium available.) Most acid-indigestion supplements are made of this calcium (Tums, Rolaids, etc.). This would be okay, except that most calcium carbonate is extremely difficult to digest and assimilate (much like eating chalk). Not all adults and very few children need to take alkaline-pH calcium (and especially commercial calcium carbonate). So if a person's metabolic pH is already too alkaline (indicating a deficiency in acidifying calcium), taking alkaline-pH calcium will only aggravate the health problems which can be caused by having an overly-alkaline metabolic pH. When the bodys pH is too acid, the digestion is too fast, and a deficiency of certain nutrients develop (such as Vit A, which is best assimilated in an alkaline medium). Youve heard that Vit D is important for the assimilation of calcium. This is true for acid-pH people, but definitely not true for alkaline-pH folks. People with very acid pH will have a tendency for diahrea or loose stools (except for other factors that may affect this tendency). As has been noted, very acid pH contributes to the formation of cancer, arthritis and other bone-joint disorders. Acid pH will mean the pancreas is producing weak or inefficient insulin, so blood sugar tends to be too high. Many folks, Reams said, are diagnosed with diabetes because of their high sugars when merely adjusting their pH up out of the acid zone would resolve their high sugars. Taking insulin significantly interferes with the bodys ability to produce its own natural insulin, effectively making you into a diabetic, even if you actually werent to begin with. People with overly-alkaline pH will tend to constipation and gas (because of very slow digestion). They will be deficient in Vit D. They will digest proteins poorly. They will tend towards heart problems (assuming certain other issues also exist). Alkaline pH will produce overly-strong insulin, driving sugars down too low (hypoglycemia). Dr. Reams insisted that, while a balanced pH in a laboratory would be 7.0 (chemical definition), in the human body it was 6.4 (biological definition). I know this goes against the conventional medical and Natural Health viewpoint, but I have consistently found the best health experience with folks whos pH is consistently 6.4-6.6. Dr. Reams was not actually concerned with pH, but with anionic and cationic, not the same thing. Anionic normally parallels alkalinity (except for fresh lemon juice, which is pure anionic), and cationic usually parallels acidity. The interaction between anionic and cationic causes the release of the energy our bodies operate with. I suspect that is enough technical stuff for most folks. Sincerely, Terry Chamberlin, B.Sc., C.N.C., Bioanalyst Metabolic Solutions Institute RR1 Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia B0S 1M0 Canada 902-584-3810 [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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]>
