By Maireid Sullivan
2011 - updated 2022
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"Life on earth depends on appropriate pH levels in and around
living organisms and cells." – Professor Shwalfenberg, 2012
Index
Introduction
- Lifestyle, nutrition, mental and emotional health are all interconnected.
Part 1
– Causes of acidosis - leading to cancer, heart failure - and "Alzheimers".
- The Duodenum produces bicarbonate of soda.
- Kidney failure is a life-threatening condition.
Part 2
- Why is "chronic inflammation" the epidemic of the 21st century?
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Human metabolism produces highly acidic waste.
- When does ageing begin?
Part 3
- How do we know we're absorbing our nutrients?
Part 4
– Prevention
Part 5
– Summary & Remedy
References:
- pH Science HERE
- Bicarbonate of Soda reports HERE
Bring it Back to Basic Balance
pH "power of Hydrogen" and Oxygen
Maintaining pH Balance increases oxygen uptake.
Balance = "Basic" pH
Acid build-up = health breakdown
Primordial remedy: Sweat it out! Burn it off!
Hydrogen H2; Water H2O; Bicarbonate HCO3;
Carbon dioxide CO2; Oxygen O2; Work with your preferred health care providers
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Introduction
"pH is a measure of the degree to which a solution is acidic or alkaline. The body's fluids are normally somewhat alkaline,
the pH being between 7.35 and 7.45." - Medical definition
The human metabolism produces highly acidic wastes, which must be eliminated, or they will be reabsorbed and stored in fat, joints, arteries and blood vessels: Symptoms of plaque build-up include gout, cardiovascular diseases (heart failure), cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders,
such as Alzheimer's plaques.
- See Science References, Anatomy, Part 5.
While there is plenty of research on the role of "Basic pH" in promoting peak function, the role pH 'balance' plays in preventing immune system breakdown is less known. Lumen Learning Module 2: Chemistry for Life features an excellent overview on Buffers, pH, Acids, and Bases
#1 epidemic of the 21st century–
Chronic inflammation - acidosis aka pH imbalance.
When oxygen-creating plants evolved on earth, we followed.
In all of our magically interconnected complexity
there is simplicity too: Our "Basic" immune system health is dependant on maintaining pH balance.
#2 epidemic of the 21st century–
Depression - leading to anxiety.
When people are healthy and fully energised they are less susceptible to various forms of "entrapment"
- emotional, medical, economic.
Oxygenate with physical movement in fresh air:
Deep breathing, singing, laughing, dancing, walking, running, cycling
balances the "power of Hydrogen" (pH) and Oxygen.
Exercise to remove carbon dioxide from your lungs.
". . .sometimes the lungs can’t remove enough CO2. This may be due to a decrease in respiratory rate or decrease in air movement
due to
an underlying condition such as. . . respiratory acidosis." - Healthline
Blood, lymph, and cerebral spinal fluid in the human body are designed to be slightly alkaline at a pH of 7.35 to 7.45.
In comparison, stomach acid pH of around 1.5 to 3.5
is necessary for food digestion.
"The numerical value is defined as the negative base 10 logarithm of the molar concentration of hydrogen ions.
- e.g. pH 7 for pure water [H2O] is neutral." >>>Hyperphysics
Measurement of 'acid-base balance' – carbon dioxide (an acid) and bicarbonate (a base) – is scaled from 0 to 14:
- pH of 7 is neutral.
- pH numbers less than 7 are acidic (low oxygen).
- pH numbers greater than 7 are alkaline aka "Basic" (high oxygen).
Testing pH:
New York-based Micro Essential Laboratory, Inc. was founded by Walter Florin in 1934, following his development of the first standardized pH testing method: Hydrion pH Paper urine test strip rolls - and they are not expensive when compared with Roche Cumbur Test strips or Siemens Multistix strips, which test more than pH levels.
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"The human Immune System is a survival strategy"
- Temperley et al., 2010
Understanding how our Immune Systems evolved via 'collaboration' is our most encouraging 'sustainability' factor:
Self-preservation encouraged collaboration over many millions of years, 'in tandem' with Mitochondria, DNA, RNA.
High School-level Biology curriculum teaches cell structure, anatomy, and genetics for plants, animals, and humans: The potential for 'cell' mutation is deeply embedded in all multi-cellular organisms - mammals, birds, fish and reptiles, with shared evolutionary roots going back hundreds of millions of years.
While dissecting frogs, we were informed of a long-established scientific theorem: 'primordial single cells' developed on earth long before oxygen formed (Samson Lectures @UMich), before
"The Great Oxygenation Event" (ScienceDailyNews, 2013), which "caused an ecological upheaval, because oxygen is such a reactive molecule” (Holmes, 2017), and that "primordial cells" chose to form a 'cluster' inside a 'skin' to protect themselves from OXYGEN (Biello, 2009), and, those 'clusters' EVOLVED (Cooper, 2000) to become our 'body' - every body.
In short -
we now know that "primordial cells" remain opportunistic:
They prefer an oxygen-free environment.
At the first opportunity - (low oxygen / inflammation)
- they will 'revert' to "cancer cell" status:
- they will 'de-couple' from the Immune System to form tumours that "look very like early stages of embryonic growth" - defined as "cancer tumours" which 'consume' their 'host' body, according to British physicist and astrobiologist Professor Paul Davies.
2011
"Cancer: The beat of an ancient drum" The Guardian, April 2011
Professor Paul Davies explains the US National Cancer Institute's special research initiative to uncover the source of cancer.
Excerpt:
Rather than rogue cells gone berserk, cancers may be the foot soldiers of ages-old atavisms.
Forty years ago President Richard Nixon declared a "war on cancer". Yet in spite of $100bn (£60bn) of taxpayer-funded research in the US alone, the cancer mortality rate remains little changed. Dozens of much-hyped "cures" developed by drug companies are either useless or have marginal effect.
What can be done?
Two years ago, in a spectacularly enlightened move, the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) decided to enlist the help of physical scientists. The idea was to bring fresh insights from disciplines like physics to help tackle cancer in radical new ways. Twelve research centres were created to focus the effort, and I was approached to run the one based at Arizona State University. >>> more
2012
"By asking ourselves why cancer might exist, we can get a glimpse of life in a bygone biological age... Could cancer be an ancient genetic programme with roots in our multicellular past?... Significantly, researchers have recently identified examples of early-stage embryonic genes being reawakened in cancer."
- Professor Paul Davies, The Guardian, Nov. 2012
2013
Final report: A new “evolutionary” theory of cancer
"By maintaining body pH slightly above pH 7.4 cancer cells become dormant and at pH 8.5 cancer cells will die while healthy cells will live." - Professor Paul Davies
Exposing cancer's deep evolutionary roots
Paul Davies, Physics World, Vol 26, No 7, July 2013, p. 37
- Download complete July 2013 issue: Physics World (PDF 15.3MB)
"New theory uncovers cancer's deep evolutionary roots" by Arizona State University, Physics World, July 12, 2013
A new way to look at cancer—by tracing its deep evolutionary roots to the dawn of multicellularity more than a billion years ago—has been proposed by Paul Davies of Arizona State University's Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science in collaboration with Charles Lineweaver of the Australian National University. If their theory is correct, it promises to transform the approach to cancer therapy, and to link the origin of cancer to the origin of life and the developmental processes of embryos.
Davies and Lineweaver are both theoretical physicists and cosmologists with experience in the field of astrobiology—the search for life beyond Earth. They turned to cancer research only recently, in part because of the creation at Arizona State University of the Center for the Convergence of Physical Science and Cancer Biology. The Center is one of twelve established by the National Cancer Institute to encourage physical scientists to lend their insights into tackling cancer. The new theory challenges the orthodox view that cancer develops anew in each host by a series of chance mutational accidents. >>>more
See additional references under pH Science HERE |
Lifestyle, nutrition, mental and emotional health are all interconnected.
Weakness in one area leads to breakdown in another.
Conversely, working on one or more of these 'parts' helps to repair the whole system.
Knowledge is power!
Once we understand WHY maintaining pH balance is the best way to prevent illness over a long life of healthy vitality, it is a lot easier to stick to the 'good' habits: Using pH test strips will help to SHOW HOW your 'eating habits' affect YOU.
NOTE: Those undergoing medical care can also manage pH balance for optimum nutrient absorption: More oxygen; detoxing; fresh food and water and 'deep' sleep will support healing and growth.
We must maintain pH balance to maintain equilibrium.
Recommended daily dietary intake:
20% acid foods
80% alkaline foods
Diets rich in animal proteins tend to produce acid build-up
while diets mainly composed of vegetables alkalize the gut
and take the pressure off kidneys, etc. In short, "processed" foods and acidic foods lead to acidosis.
– Maintaining optimum body pH balance, aka neutral pH 7.45, supports essential nutrient uptake.
– Balanced pH helps ‘living’ probiotics reach the intestine alive.
– By maintaining neutral body pH - between 7.35 and 7.45 - cancer cells become dormant. At pH 8.5 cancer cells will die while healthy cells will live (Davies, 2013 - pdf).
– Inflammation, aka acidosis (below pH 7) weakens the immune system and leads to lifestyle-related diseases, such as atherosclerosis (aka "furring" or narrowing of the arteries), hypertension, oxidative stress, diabetes, and cancer.
'a more useful definition of oxidative stress may be “a state where oxidative forces exceed the antioxidant systems due to loss of the balance between them.”' - Yoshikawa & Naito, 2002 (pdf)
– Balanced pH promotes elimination of toxins:
In an acidic system, excess waste will accumulate in blood vessels/arteries as plaque build-up, leading to narrowing and hardening of arteries, depriving them of oxygen and essential nutrients with symptoms including encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). The aorta is the largest and most important artery in the body because it carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body: supplying blood to the neck, head, arms, and legs:
"The Pulse of Life"
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Part 1
Causes of acidosis - leading to cancer
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Chronic inflammation, aka acidosis, causes many diseases.
There are two types of acidosis: respiratory and metabolic acidosis
The term 'inflammation' is taken from the Latin word “inflammare” (to burn):
Acidosis and low oxygen uptake lead to low nutrient absorption
followed by immune system breakdown.
Not a new idea...
In 1931:
"Any substance depriving a cell of oxygen is a carcinogen"
Otto Warburg (1883-1970), won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1931 for his pioneering research on Cell Physiology and later in 1944 for discovering the cause of Cancer.
“No disease, including cancer, can exist in an alkaline environment.”
Dr Warburg discovered that cancer cells were low in oxygen
due to a change in cellular respiration -
from using oxygen to using fermentation of sugar.
[See pH Science References - Part 4, Cell Physiology]
Think about it!
— Even fish need the correct pH in order to live in a fish tank.
— Plants need the soil in which they grow to have their optimal pH.
— A swimming pool must be pH balanced, or algae will appear.
— Oceans of the world have an optimal pH - they are becoming acidic:
"Acidification occurs because the ocean acts as a carbon sink,
absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere."
All of these 'conditions' can be managed.
At heart, humans are naturally happy creatures, but we are not happy when we are stressed, sick, or in pain. Maintaining "pH balance" helps to minimize stress and disease – and support nutrient absorption. How we live is just as important as what we eat:
In other words, relationships, career, spirituality and even getting a good night’s sleep can be just as important as nutrient-dense meals.
Nutritional health plays a major role in personal resilience.
The quality of our oxygen, water, and nutrition is the primary contributor
to brain function, memory and concentration, and immune system 'cohesion'.
Poor health is a leading cause of anxiety, fear, anger, depression, and much more. Most people have no idea that they are actually suffering from physical health issues caused by food intolerances and poor digestion, and it's easy to forget that our emotions can cloud our judgement.
"The countless names of illnesses do not really matter.
What does matter is that they all come from the same root cause – too much tissue acid waste in the body!"
Theodore A. Baroody, N.D., D.C., Ph.D.
Alkalize or Die: Superior Health Through Proper Alkaline-Acid Balance (1991)
What are the most common causes of acidosis?
"The most common causes of hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis are gastrointestinal bicarbonate loss, renal tubular acidosis,
drugs-induced hyperkalemia, early renal failure and administration of acids.” – Lim, S. 2007, Metabolic acidosis
“Acidosis differently modulates the inflammatory program in monocytes and macrophages.... Different pathological conditions like inflammation, ischemia or solid tumors are accompanied by a reduction of the extracellular pH. This is caused by hypoxia, glycolytic cell metabolism or a hampered removal of acidic metabolic byproducts due to impaired blood perfusion...
– Riemann, et al., 2015
"Acidic microenvironment can drive cancer cells to spread...
neutralizing pH would inhibit further invasion..." – Gilles, et. al., 2013
"Cancer cells cannot survive in oxygen."
"By maintaining body pH slightly above pH 7.4 cancer cells become dormant and at pH 8.5 cancer cells will die while healthy cells will live." . . . “The characteristics of fermentation are its ability to flourish in low-oxygen conditions (hypoxia), its high demand for sugar (glucose) and a low-pH environment – all conditions characteristic of tumours. Could it be, we wonder, that cancer’s predilection for a hypoxic environment reflects the prevailing conditions on Earth at the time when multicellularity first evolved, before the second great oxygenation event?” - Astrophysicist and Astrobiologist Professor Paul Davies, Exposing cancer's deep evolutionary roots, Physics World, July 2013(pdf)
(See also pH Science References - Part 1 & 2)
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The Duodenum produces bicarbonate of soda.
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- The pancreas controls sugar levels and produces digestive enzymes: Pancreatic juices & bile are released into the duodenum.
- The duodenum produces bi-carbonate of soda to neutralise "acidic chyme":
See Gastrointestinal tract 3: the duodenum, liver and pancreas
An important 2012 study explains why
"the bulk of gastric acid neutralization
and CO2 absorption occurs in the duodenum"
Excerpt:
The foregut mucosa, comprised of the esophagus, stomach, and proximal duodenum, are constantly exposed to gastric acid at concentrations that promptly necroses unprotected living cells.(6,7) Each organ has evolved robust defense mechanisms that rely on regulated intercellular junctions, blood flow, mucus and bicarbonate secretion, specialized plasma membrane ion permeability, and intracellular defensive proteins and acid–base transport and buffering in order to prevent the occurrence of cellular injury.
–Ham et al., (2012), CH. 43.4.2.3 Duodenal Acid–Base Balance, page 1169
Bicarbonate, aka HCO3, is a byproduct of our metabolism:
Our blood brings bicarbonate to our lungs, and then it is exhaled as carbon dioxide. Our kidneys also help regulate bicarbonate, which is excreted and reabsorbed by our kidneys. This regulates our body's pH, or acid balance. . .
Health Encyclopedia, University of Rochester Medical Center:
– A high level of bicarbonate in your blood can be from metabolic alkalosis, a condition that causes a pH increase in tissue. Metabolic alkalosis can happen from a loss of acid from your body, such as through vomiting and dehydration. It may also be related to conditions including anorexia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
– A low level of bicarbonate in your blood may cause metabolic acidosis - too much acid in the body.
A wide range of conditions, including diarrhea, kidney disease, and liver failure, can cause metabolic acidosis. >>>more
Nursing Times explains the "workings' of the gastrointestinal tract:
The anatomy, functions and common pathologies of the duodenum, liver and pancreas.
– Knight J et al (2019) Gastrointestinal tract 3: the duodenum, liver and pancreas. Nursing Times [online]; 115: 8, 56-60.
See recent reports, HERE, on the role of Bicarbonate of soda,
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Kidney failure is a life-threatening condition.
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Metabolic acidosis starts in the kidneys
When our diet is overly acidic,
and our duodenum can't produce enough
bi-carbonate of soda to neutralise food acids,
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The kidneys are the body's waste disposal system.
Kidneys filter blood:
Their #1 job is keeping blood pH stable (pH 7.35 to 7.45)
by filtering out wastes, toxins, and extra fluid via urine.
Each kidney is made up of about a million filtering units called nephrons.
Each nephron filters a small amount of blood.
Acid build-up in the kidneys can cause renal insufficiency
– the inability of the kidneys to filter waste –
First symptom
INFLAMMATION
Second symptom
DEPRESSION
followed by eating disorders, anxiety, autism,
high blood pressure (hypertension)
and vulnerability to infectious diseases,
chronic fatigue syndrome,
and oxidative stress
leading to
JOINT PAIN
– chronic kidney and liver disease,
contributing to diabetes, nephropathy, fibrosis,
cirrhosis, gout, rheumatism, arthritis, osteoporosis,
hypothyroidism,
fibromyalgia, atherosclerosis, encephalitis,
coronary plaques/stroke, Alzheimer’s plaques/dementia,
and so many more symptoms of immune system breakdown,
leading to "collapse" – cellular "de-coupling" from the immune system,
aka
CANCER
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Part 2
Why is "Chronic inflammation" the epidemic of the 21st century?
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Balanced pH enables optimum nutrient absorption.
See more information on nutrient sources HERE
Blood, lymph, and cerebral spinal fluid should be slightly alkaline:
pH 7.35 to 7.45.
Neutral pH allows ‘living’ probiotics to reach the intestine alive, so it makes sense to take probiotics when pH is neutral.
The body pH scale ranges from 0 to 14:
numbers below 7 are acidic (low on oxygen) and numbers above 7 are alkaline (high oxygen).
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"The pH of the internal environment,
the basic 'ground' biochemical terrain,
can tolerate more significant changes
than that of the blood,
but the pH of the internal environment
should never go beyond 7.36 or 7.42
if good health is to be maintained. ...
The acidification of the internal terrain is in fact the source of all health troubles caused by acidity."
– Swiss researcher Christopher Vasey N.D.,
The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health (2006)
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When does ageing begin?
An unborn child draws nutrients from the mother's alkaline minerals.
Babies remain "Basic" while breast-feeding, but they will be susceptible to acidosis as soon as they are given solid foods. According to a 2019 study, "What’s in my baby's food?" (pdf), many baby foods "could lower babies' IQ":
“The study found 95% of the baby foods tested contained traces of toxic chemicals, including lead and arsenic. The problem is decades old...”
– Caitlin O’Kane, October 2019, CBS News Report
Ageing, in itself, includes potential inflammation and pain. It goes without saying that whatever will eliminate inflammation and oxidative stress not only supports the body to heal but also becomes an essential part of an effective anti-ageing program.
"The Pulse of Life"
The aorta is the largest and most important artery in the body because it carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body: supplying blood to the neck, head, arms, and legs.
Blood vessels deliver nutrients and oxygen to brain cells and flush away waste, but those wastes will be reabsorbed when the body is 'acidotic' – leading to constrictions; inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), or narrowing of arteries via plaque build-up, atherosclerosis, aka hardening of arteries, in blood vessels in the head or neck causing build-up of "Alzheimer’s plaques" which, ultimately, lead to acute mental disorders by constricting peroxide flow:
1. NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Questions & Answers About Treating Arterial Stenosis and Preventing Stroke.
2. Dringen, et. al, 2005, "Generation and disposal of peroxides is a very important process in the human brain, because cells of this organ consume 20% of the oxygen used by the body"
3. Bao, et. al., 2009, "Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is emerging as a ubiquitous small-molecule messenger in biology, particularly in the brain…"
4. Matta, et. al., 2019, The influence of neuroinflammation in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
5, NIH: 2022, "In vivo hydrogen peroxide diffusivity in brain tissue supports volume signaling activity"
6. Quick lessons: Neuroscience for Kids
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Part 3
How do we know we're absorbing our nutrients?
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"Chew your drink and drink your food."
– Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
"The ancestral and industrialized gut microbiota and implications for human health." – Nature, 15 May 2019,
from The Sonnenburg Lab, Stanford University
Digestion begins in your mouth:
The slower we chew, the less we are inclined to eat.
'Speed eating' or gorging and binge eating contributes to unhealthy weight gain and indigestion.
Unchewed food particles are not welcome in our stomach.
Parents often encourage the gulping-down habit – telling children to hurry up and finish their meal. Leptin, ghrelin and cholestokinnen hormones, which signal satiation, reach their peak about 30 minutes after food is ingested
We can restore good health:
An integrated approach and greater awareness of what constitutes a resilient healthy state-of-being fosters good health.
We need to embrace the gifts of nature:
to breathe deeply; to find nutritious food; to feel gratitude.
We each need to do our own research:
to become our own health maintenance detective.
We each need to listen to our own 'body language' because every body is different.
"Paying attention to acid-alkaline balance is one of the most crucial ways you can affect your health status. It impacts immunity, digestion, bone strength, symptoms of joint disease, hormones, and the function of essential internal organs." – Susan Lark, M.D., co-author (2000), The Chemistry of Success: Six Secrets of Peak Performance
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Part 4
Prevention
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The Alkaline Diet:
Is There Evidence That an Alkaline pH Diet Benefits Health?
Gerry K. Schwalfenberg, Ph.D. Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada, (2011), Journal of Environmental and Public Health
So more of his contributions HERE
Excerpt:
This review looks at the role of an alkaline diet in health. ... Many books written in the lay literature on the alkaline diet were also reviewed and evaluated in light of the published medical literature. There may be some value in considering an alkaline diet in reducing morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases and further studies are warranted in this area of medicine. ... Life on earth depends on appropriate pH levels in and around living organisms and cells. Human life requires a tightly controlled pH level in the serum of about 7.4 (a slightly alkaline range of 7.35 to 7.45) to survive . . .
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3. Chronic Acidosis and Bone Disease
Calcium in the form of phosphates and carbonates represents a large reservoir of base in our body. In response to an acid load such as the modern diet these salts are released into the systemic circulation to bring about pH homeostasis [7]. It has been estimated that the quantity of calcium lost in the urine with the modern diet over time could be as high as almost 480 gm over 20 years or almost half the skeletal mass of calcium [21]. However, urinary losses of calcium are not a direct measure of osteoporosis. There are many regulatory factors that may compensate for the urinary calcium loss. When the arterial pH is in the normal range, a mild reduction of plasma bicarbonate results in a negative calcium balance which could benefit from supplementing bicarbonate in the form of potassium bicarbonate [22]. It has been found that bicarbonate, which increases the alkali content of a diet, but not potassium may attenuate bone loss in healthy older adults [23]. >>>more
SAMPLE - one of several of Professor Schwalfenberg's Tables
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The Air We Breathe
pH balance increases oxygen uptake.
(i) Indoor air can be more polluted than outdoor air. Urban dwellers spend most of their time indoors - in cars, offices, shopping malls, gyms. Physical movement in fresh air delivers oxygen to the cells - deep breathing, singing, laughing, dancing, walking, running, cycling, yoga, tai chi, sports, etc. increases oxygen uptake while releasing carbon dioxide from the lungs.
(ii) Good nutrition delivers oxygen to the cells, while processed foods and too much coffee, meat, alcohol, sugar, acidic fruits, etc., will increase the acid burden on the kidneys.
Breathing impacts brain function and behaviour.
How we inhale and exhale, including breathing through the nose or mouth, effects our brain power. A 2016 study shows the rhythm of breathing through the nose sparks electrical activity in the human brain and supports emotional judgement and memory.
Rhythm of Breathing Affects Memory and Fear
NEUROSCIENCE NEWS
December 2016
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that the rhythm of breathing creates electrical activity in the human brain that enhances emotional judgments and memory recall. ...
This discovery led scientists to ask whether cognitive functions typically associated with these brain areas - in particular fear processing and memory -could also be affected by breathing. >>> more
What is Respiratory acidosis?
Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs can’t remove enough of the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by the body. Excess CO2 causes the pH of blood and other bodily fluids to decrease, making them too acidic. . . .
Normally, the lungs take in oxygen and exhale CO2.
Oxygen passes from the lungs into the blood.
CO2 passes from the blood into the lungs.
However . . . >>> more
Cellular respiration, aka breathing:
What is Adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
When the body has enough ATP, it is able to communicate effectively between organ systems, synthesize DNA and RNA, transporting chemicals into and out of cells, produce essential proteins, along with many other critical processes needed for cellular and organism survival. >>> more
More pH information:
– Acid Alkaline Food Balancing & Food Combining Guide
– Tips for Limiting Acid Foods
– Master List of Typical pH and Acid Content of Fruits and Vegetables for Home Canning and Preserving
Fighting fit to beat cancer
By Aisha Dow
6 May 2018
The Age Newspaper, Australia
“The original thought that we would have to protect the patient and encourage rest has been completely turned on its head, . . .
We are talking about a dramatic change in how cancer is treated.”
– Professor Prue Cormie . . .
Excerpt: . . . a group of leading Australian cancer organisations became the first in the world to declare that exercise should be prescribed as a standard part of cancer treatment.
Led by the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, the new position statement means that not only should exercise be encouraged by GPs, specialists and nurses, but that it is vital for cancer patients.
It says all people with cancer should attempt to do two to three resistance sessions a week (such as weights) and embark on at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise, or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise (such as walking, jogging, cycling or swimming). While it will not be possible for everyone, the recommendations respond to mounting scientific evidence that exercise can drastically improve people’s chances of survival, in one study by up to 44 per cent. . . . >>> more
A Wake-up Call
"Every cancer is different, every person is different and every treatment plan will be different. There are many paths to recovery, but through my research and interviews I have found that cancer survivors often responded to their diagnoses in a similar way: they shared a tendency to view their illness not as a death threat, but as a wake-up call, and they showed a willingness to embrace radical, positive change. While it might be tempting to bury your head in the sand, abdicating responsibility won’t help you heal. So rise up, read up and take the reins. The road to health starts with being fully informed.”
– Laura Bond, Mum's Not Having Chemo: Cutting-Edge Therapies, Real-Life Stories, a Road-Map to Healing from Cancer, 2013.
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 Lemon acidity is neutralised
during the digestion process. Un-squeezed lemon slices in
a jug of water = a pH balancing drink.
Believing that you received more sleep than you did
is enough to give your brain some of the positive effects
of sleep: "How to put your mind to sleep" and 'associate positivity' with sleeping. - Andrea Ayres, 2014
(See Sleep Studies)
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Part 5
Summary & Remedy
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Balanced pH supports maximum nutrient uptake.
Every body is different.
Recommended daily dietary intake:
20% acid foods and 80% alkaline foods
Diets rich in animal proteins and some fruits produce uric acid (acidic urine), while diets mainly composed of vegetables tend to produce alkali urine.
Now we know:
The human metabolism produces highly acidic wastes
which, when not fully eliminated,
can be stored as plaques in arteries, etc.
leading to major health breakdown
- physical AND psychological breakdown.
pH ranges from 0 to 14, with 7 being neutral.
pHs less than 7 are acidic
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Testing pH is easy.
Use pH test strips regularly for accurate monitoring of pH levels.
The FIRST STEP
pH testing with Hydrion pH Paper urine test strip rolls -
Micro Essential Laboratory, Inc. was founded by Walter Florin in 1934, following his development of the first standardized pH testing method:
The Hydrion pH Paper urine test strip rolls are not expensive when compared with Roche Cumbur Test strips or Siemens Multistix strips - both of which test more than pH level.
"Routine testing of the urine with multiparameter strips is the first step in the diagnosis of a wide range of diseases. The analysis includes testing for the presence of proteins, glucose, ketones, haemoglobin, bilirubin, urobilinogen, acetone, nitrite and leucocytes as well as testing of pH and specific gravity or to test for infection by different pathogens." – Source: wikipedia references
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In short -
– Humans are meant to be pH balanced.
Acidosis is caused by low oxygen uptake which leads to low nutrient absorption followed by immune system suppression and breakdown - and food cravings: Processed 'food-like' products bear no resemblance to real food. They are full of sugars and synthetic food additives that have been proven to cause metabolic dysfunction
(See Health Matters overview).
– Symptoms of aging follow inefficient excretion of acidic waste.
Excess acidic waste gradually accumulates in capillary blood vessels, slowly clogging them and depriving them of oxygen and essential nutrients. The skin is an organ too, and the consequence of slow organ deterioration is premature ageing.
– Prevent disease, mental disorders, cancer, AND premature ageing.
When body pH is slightly above 7.4 cancer cells become dormant and at pH 8.5 cancer cells will die while healthy cells will live. (Davies, 2013)
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BREATH of LIFE
Exercise to remove carbon dioxide from your lungs.
". . .sometimes the lungs can’t remove enough CO2.
This may be due to a decrease in respiratory rate
or decrease in air movement
due to
an underlying condition such as. . .
respiratory acidosis." >>> Healthline
Drink more water:
Increase water intake to help flush out toxins.
Suggestions:
Drink plain water between meals in the afternoon
to allow your stomach time to rest and replenish digestive juices.
Add sliced un-squeezed lemons to a large jug of water
and sip throughout the day.
(Lemons are acid pH, but they metabolises to neutral pH.)
NOTE:
sparkling mineral water is acid pH,
along with all carbonated soft drinks and alcohol
- except soda water which is created using bi-carb soda.
Know your "Basic" pH condition:
The Duodenum produces bicarbonate of soda.
"the bulk of gastric acid neutralization and CO2 absorption occurs in the duodenum" – Ham et al., 2012
When our diet is overly acidic, and our duodenum can't produce enough
bi-carbonate of soda to neutralise food acids, our kidneys will suffer.
Use urine pH test strips to monitor your body's pH condition.
If you find you have an acid pH reading,
you can quickly neutralise stomach acids, as follows... |
Remedy
"A wonder solution!"
– Bi-Carbonate of Soda before bed
– Apple Cider Vinegar (acv) before breakfast
Warning:
Always take bi-carb
soda at least two hours after eating
- after food has been digested - and drink water only until reactivation of digestive juices with apple cider vinegar before next meal.
Method
Step 1)
Before bed:
Taking bi-carb soda before going to bed will neutralise stomach acids and allow your kidneys to rest overnight.
(See bi-carbonate of soda research reports HERE.)
Take 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of bi-carbonate soda in a small glass of water and take a sip of plain water to wash away the salty taste, (at least 2 hours after last meal).
– If necessary, especially after drinking alcohol, test pH in the middle of the night.
– For those 'in recovery' it's OK to repeat this formula in the middle of the night to achieve pH 8.5 for two or three hours before reactivating digestive juices with acv before breakfast. . .
Step 2)
Before breakfast:
Re-activate Digestive Juices with Apple Cider Vinegar (acv).
(references HERE, HERE and HERE)
Take ONE teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a half-cup of water (thrown back to avoid teeth) to reactivate digestive juices
and to prevent alkalosis.
Options:
– 1 tsp acv in large glass of warm water, with honey.
– Kombucha tea (recipe: Kombucha mother closely resembles "mother-of-vinegar")
Step 3) “Let thy food be thy medicine” – attributed to Hippocrates
This is also a good time to take probiotics as
neutral pH allows ‘living’ probiotics to reach the intestine alive.
– Digestion begins with the flow of "digestive juices" in the mouth, therefore, it is essential to chew food thoroughly.
– Drink 6 to 8 large glasses of filtered water every day.
STRESS is multi-symptom - starting with WORRY!
When we're pro-actively managing our 'condition' we begin to feel empowered, which can replace worry with gratitude.
"Gratitude is heaven itself" – William Blake
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"We are leaving behind a world that is no longer sustainable, and moving into a world in which we can thrive."
– Dr. Bruce Lipton, Stem cell Biologist, Stanford University Author of The Biology of Belief (2005)
[download the FREE eBook here]
Excerpt:
We perceive ourselves as single individual entities.
The truth is we are actually comprised of upwards to 50 trillion individual living cells. Each cell is a sentient being, so, therefore, each cell is like a citizen in a large community of 50 trillion entities in one population. The body is not a single entity. It is a community. In the body, the shared vision that coordinates all the functions of the cell is what we call 'the mind'. The mind is like a government for the 50 trillion cells. But the moment you introduce fear into the system, that is the first thing that causes the community to breakdown. Fear is the primary cause of the stresses that promote the illnesses and dis-eases that we face as humans.
. . . If we could ultimately get rid of fear in our population, then, basically, we would put all of our reserves, all of our energy and all of our body systems into the mode of growth and maintenance, and therefore, not only would we be healthy as individuals, but then, as a community, all healthy individuals in a community would raise the level of life in that particular community so that there is the great possibility of a future of growth and peace and harmony once the concept of fear is removed from our belief system.
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