What About Your pH Balance?
And why is it so important?

Here we will cover, in more detail, an important topic which has become trendy to talk about in the media; pH balance. However, it has been popularized in such a manner that it oversimplifies the complex and elaborate processes used by the body to maintain a proper pH level in the blood. See Acid-Alkaline Food Chart.

pH is an indicator of a scale or balance of a system. The term pH means “potential of hydrogen”. In order to understand pH we have to know what pH is measuring: Alkalinity and Acidity. pH numbers range from 1 to 14 with neutral being 7.0.

Alkalinity-Acidity Definition

What is the definition of alkalinity and acidity? Alkalinity is the concentration of the hydroxyl ions or OH’s. Acidity is the concentration of hydrogen ions or H's. So the difference between alkalinity and acidity is oxygen. The body attempts to maintain a pH of 7.4 in critical body fluids, and as such it must be mildly alkaline. If it is not mildly alkaline, it cannot use oxygen efficiently and if it is unable to use the oxygen effectively, it produces free oxygen radicals.

The Alkaline side of the pH scale is called aerobic (with oxygen) metabolism, where oxygen burns glucose to create energy. Oxygen burns one sugar molecule via the kreb cycle to produce 36 energy molecules called adenosine triphosphate (ATP). O2 + 1glc -> 36 ATP

This process is called oxidative respiration. It is important to remember that oxygen does not make the environment alkaline; oxygen is the currency, the substance that is used in an alkaline environment to keep you alive.

But there are substances that keep your system alkaline called buffers. There are two buffers:

Extra-Cellular fluids found outside of the cell made up of air and water, which produces carbon dioxide (CO2) and bicarbonate (HCO3). AIR + H2O ->CO2 + HCO3

This process primarily takes place in the lungs and kidneys, but there are other organs that can compensate to help manufacture CO2 and bicarbonate but CO2 is injected into the blood by the lungs and the bicarbonate CO2 balance is maintained primarily by the first organ of activity, the kidney. BUT, where does disease begin? Usually at the cellular level inside the cells.

Intra-Cellular fluids found inside of the cell contain buffers called hemoglobin (which can handle approximately 20% of the cellular buffering needs), calcium(Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), sodium (Na), chloride (Cl) and phosphate (PO4). These are the buffers that the body uses primarily to maintain alkalinity.

Did you know your body doesn’t produce Ca, Mg, K, Na & Cl?

We have all heard of these minerals (Ca, Mg, K, Na & Cl), but the body does not just produce these molecules; you must first bring them into the body.

Minerals bind to other minerals, creating very small compact, tightly bound substances like bone, rock and shells. We are not built to eat things like that, thus, it is difficult for our bodies to dissociate these minerals thru ionization. This has to happen in the stomach. One of the reasons that certain products are sold in the mainstream market place to help acidity is because they buffer so significantly. They suck up a lot of acid because it takes a lot of acid to split these minerals apart. Those kinds of minerals do not exist in the food that we eat (vegetation, fish, poultry and meat). The minerals are bound to organic acids, large weakly bound molecules so that when you put them in your stomach, the stomach acid easily and effortlessly ionizes them because in the blood the minerals are ionic (unbound molecules).

So, the ease with which the body can ionize the minerals is an important factor; if you try to eat bones, rocks, or shells, you impose a tremendous challenge on the body’s ability to ionize those minerals; therefore, you reduce the ability to utilize those minerals and you impose some stress. If you take something like a calcium sulphate; it can actually cause intestinal hemorrhaging. Iron is bound to some of those minerals; making them caustic and damaging to the intestinal lining. As such, we like to use organic forms of minerals, not necessarily certified organic but bound to organic acids like lactic acid, malic acid, amino acids, alpha-keto glutaric acid and citric acid; basically large molecules that are easily ionized so that the body can use them.

On The Other Side of pH

The Acid side of the pH scale, is the anaerobic (without oxygen) metabolism. Here, glucose is only able to produce 2 ATP molecules. CO2 -> 2 ATP

This reaction uses a kind of fall-back fail system called fermentation. This process is not very efficient because the cells want 36 ATP molecules and are getting only 2, so the cell has to use more fuel to make more ATP. If it was able to make the same amount of energy, it would need a minimum of 18 times more sugar. An increase craving of sugar is due to high acidity of bodily fluids, if you were more alkaline you would not have that need for sugar. As a matter of fact, this system doesn’t work efficiently because lack of oxygen brings decay and death while oxygen brings life.

Interestingly, one glucose molecule equals two lactic acid molecules. Lactic acid damages cell membranes, causes pain, and helps to stimulate inflammatory disorders. As such, the body tries to get rid of it. The medics look for something called lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). High levels of LDH on a chem panel, signifies that the body is trying desperately to breakdown lactic acid in the cells. So this is a byproduct of the inefficiency of this system and is why all cancer cells are bathed in lactic acid. Some other anaerobes include yeast, fungi, mold, bacteria, worms and other parasites.

Cancer Cells Are Anaerobic

Cancer is an anaerobe (fears oxygen), in fact, Dr. Otto Worburg (1934) demonstrated that if you put cancer cells in an alkaline solution they die within a short period of time because alkaline solutions contain oxygen and oxygen is toxic to cancer cells.

As a matter of fact, there are some clinics around the world that use ozone (O3) to kill cancer cells. Unfortunately, you can kill all the cancer cells you want but the problem with this approach is that it is rather like swatting mosquitoes in order to get rid of a stagnant pond. It simply isn’t going to help; you have to clean up the pond to finally get rid of the mosquitoes. So to cure disease, we have to correct the acidic environment of the body; not go after the parasite that is associated with an acidic pH.

IMPORTANT: Many people use pH test strips to check the pH of the body, but it must be clearly understood that when you test urine or saliva pH, it is not telling you what the pH of the body is. What it is telling you is the overall burden that the body is imposing on non-critical fluids for buffers to keep blood at a pH of 7.4.

If this critical pH level drops a few tenths of a point, you are dead. So checking pH by drawing blood is not useful, unless you’re a medical doctor, because blood pH can’t change that much. If you are deficient in minerals some very interesting things start to happen to your body:

It robs minerals from your saliva because saliva is a non-critical body fluid and as such a change in the pH of your saliva will not cause your body to die. It robs minerals from the muscles which are why you get muscle cramps, twitches, charlie horses, leg shakes, night shakes, eye twitching and many other physical disorders associated with electrolyte deficiency or mineral deficiency.

It robs minerals such as calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate from the bone, but not the organic forms needed for your diet. The body needs these minerals for pH regulation. So where does it send these minerals in order to ionize them? To the kidney, since the kidney is where acidic and alkaline levels of the body are maintained (CO2 and HCO3), hoping that the acidity of the CO2 will ionize the minerals so that they can be used for the important role of maintaining pH. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body and has the most rapid turnover in pH maintenance.

Risk of Mineral Deficiency

This leaves the individual who is mineral deficient at risk of developing kidney stones, gall stones, bone spurs, calcium deposits, tendon and ligament tears, muscle strains and sprains, muscle scar tissue, heart problems and atherosclerotic plaqing? The sequence of problems begins to escalate, but it all starts with low back pain and large muscle cramping.

For example, finger twitching can occur when writing because the arm is resting on a nerve and there are electrolyte deficiencies in the body. So, you need to consume healthy forms, either ionic minerals or weakly organically bound forms of minerals in your diet. When you take a pill that has minerals in it, for example, one that is proposed to contain 1000 mg of calcium, it comes from substances that are made from bones, rocks and shells; however, that form of mineral is not going to provide the best source of nutrition for you. But if you eat a piece of steak or chicken that contains 1000 mg of calcium, you will be getting your calcium, magnesium, and potassium in your food and/or supplements that contain organic forms and/or in water that has coral calcium in it that is ionized and readily available. For example, when you put the tea bag of ionic coral calcium in water and you shake it up, you ionize the minerals in there (Ca, Mg & K), and it probably doesn’t even have the chance to get to the stomach because it is flash absorbed. It is ionic and looking for a partner with which to bind.

So if you are craving carbohydrates and you are getting muscle aches, muscle cramps and twitches and low back pains and you have headaches, neurological problems and your digestion is down, you know that you are acidic. (See DownWithCarbs.com.) Yeast problems, worms and parasites are all low level symptoms of issues of acidosis. All life exists in a healthy alkaline pH, where oxygen can be efficiently utilized to burn sugar and make energy. If oxygen can not be utilized on the acidic side of the scale, the body produces a lot of free oxygen radicals. If you want to be healthy you have to be alkaline. Does that mean eating alkaline foods? No, it means eating foods rich in fatty acids because fatty acids and minerals work together like “handshakes.” But you need to have the minerals, because the minerals in your food and water help to fund the resources needed to maintain an alkaline pH. Resource: TheWolfeClinic.com

MORE POINTS TO PONDER

How to keep food fresh longer

Avoid throwing away moldy groceries by making them last much longer! These tips and tricks, courtesy of Buzzfeed, will help extend the shelf life of your food.

Wrap the crown of a bunch of bananas with plastic wrap.

Freeze green onions in a plastic bottle. Make sure the green onions are completely dry before storing or they'll get freezer burn.

Use a vinegar solution to make your berries last longer.

Spray leftover guacamole with cooking spray before putting it back in the fridge.

Store potatoes with apples to keep them from sprouting.

Add a dab of butter to the cut side of cheese to keep it from drying out.

Put onions in pantyhose, and tie knots between onions. Onions stored in pantyhose will last as long as 8 months.

Wrap celery, broccoli, and lettuce in tin foil before storing in the fridge.

Keep ginger in the freezer.

Keep mushrooms in a paper bag, not a plastic bag. MORE

BEETS CAN BEAT DISEASE

Beetroots

Beetroots can be traced to about 4000 years ago, with the Babylonians being the first to cultivate it. Early Romans and Greeks used the root for its medicinal properties. Beetroot is one of the most easily found vegetables in the world, and can be eaten raw, cooked, or as a juice. Ironically, raw beetroot is difficult to digest, while its juice equivalent is quite the opposite. Beetroot juice digests quickly and is thus a refreshing way to get instant energy. But beetroot juice must always be consumed as a combination with other fruit or vegetable juices. Having beet juice by itself can cause chills or a fever, increase heart rate, make you break out in hives or temporarily paralyze your vocal chords. But don’t be intimidated by these as the health benefits of beetroot juice outshine its disadvantages. (NOTE: When taking beet juice straight, use small amounts and sip it like wine, especially when used by those who have a highly toxic system. Beet juice immediately causes the liver to purge itself. Toxins in the liver are flushed into the system. Too much beet juice will cause unpleasant aftereffects.)

Here are the health benefits of beetroot juice.

. It has healing properties and helps normalize high as well as low blood pressure.

. It increases stamina, and reduces the use of oxygen during workouts, thus decreasing the fatigue level of the body.

. It contains an amino acid known as betaine, which inhibits the growth of cancerous cells. This, in turn, lowers the risk of stomach or colon cancer.

. Being highly alkaline in nature, beetroot juice helps in easy digestion and avoids digestion related problems like acidity.

. It is highly recommended to anemic patients because it contains high amounts of iron, which helps in revitalizing the red blood cells. The copper in the juice helps the body to absorb the iron better.

. Sometimes the body retains excess calcium, which gets deposited on the inner walls of the arteries, making them stiff and hard. Beet juice is a very good solvent for calcium and helps to remove the excess calcium. This prevents circulatory disorders like varicose veins, arteriosclerosis and hypertension.

. Beet juice has great cleansing properties since it is rich in choline and works very well in case of bile or liver ailments.

. Daily consumption of the juice helps in enhancing the overall immunity of the system.

. Beet juice is rich in Vitamin B which is helpful in preventing birth defects in infants.

. Beet juice contains tryptophan, which helps in reducing fatigue and promotes general well being.

. Beet juice contains vitamin C, folic acid, potassium and silica that are antidotes to high consumption of salt.

. It is rich in antioxidants that help in fighting free radicals from your body and is beneficial in conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.

. One cup of beet juice, along with a small quantity of vinegar, applied to the scalp for an hour, regularly, helps in treating dandruff.

. Beet juice curbs inflammation in obese people, thus reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, and cancer. Source. --

FINALLY, A CANCER ANSWER

Cancer cell

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY
IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER,
RESEARCHERS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO TELL US
THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY

. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

. Cancer cells occur between six to more than ten times in a person's lifetime.

. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

. When a person develops cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system. See Dieterata.com.

. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract, etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, etc.

. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

. An effective way to battle cancer is to STARVE the cancer cells by not feeding it with foods it needs to multiple.

What Cancer Cells Feed On

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Note: Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells will starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes t o nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells.

To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water--best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it. See Yogi Tea.

. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines will become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.
See Meatless Is Better. See IDoNotEatDeadAnimals.com.

. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, FlorEssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs, etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor.

Anger, unforgiving and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life. (See Science of Mantra Meditation for 'cleansing the mind' techniques.)

. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells. See Breath of Life. --

"In my experience as a teacher of Kundalini Yoga, I have observed many
people, young and old, with poor breathing habits. The practice of Kundalini
Yoga (inclusive of Breath of Fire, Long Deep Breathing, Stretching, Internal
Massage, etc.), and other aerobic exercising, can provide additional and much
needed oxygen for oxygen starved cells, especially in the brain." -- Hari Singh

"In each and every environment, good
health and sustained wellness is dependent
on the rapid removal of waste. In terms of your
personal health, you need to void solid waste two
to three times a day or once between each meal,
without straining, to maintain wellness." -- H. S. Khalsa

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