The Unscientific Nonsense of Gabe Mirkin's Acid/Alkaline Theory Article

Many of you have written to me concerning an article written by Gabe Mirkin entitled, "Acid/Alkaline Theory of Disease Is Nonsense." Actually, Dr.
Mirkin has chimed in with his two cents worth on any number of occasions, each time being approximately incorrect as every other time.
It is quite amazing that the allopathic community still does not understand some of the most fundamental activities of the human body including eating, drinking, digestion and most important pH fluid balancing.

The following are a few of the major statements made by Gabe Mirkin in one of his most recent articles and my subsequent comments about what he is saying.

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Acid/Alkaline Theory of Disease Is Nonsense by Gabe Mirkin, M.D.

Dr. Gabe states, "Have you seen advertisements for products such as coral calcium or alkaline water that are supposed to neutralize acid in your bloodstream? Taking calcium or drinking alkaline water does not affect blood acidity.
Anyone who tells you that certain foods or supplements make your stomach or blood acidic does not understand nutrition."

The truth is that taking alkaline supplements or drinking alkaline water will first buffer the dietary acids in the stomach before buffering the metabolic acids of the blood and tissues.
This is a good thing since the ideal pH of the stomach should be over 7.2 to do its work properly.
Current medical savants are simply incorrect when they state that the ideal pH of the stomach is in the 1.5 to 3.0 range. Further, any residual alkalinity that makes it into the blood stream will be thrown out into the interstitial fluids to buffer metabolic acids.

Dr. Gabe also states that, "vinegar is acidic and is used as a digestive enzyme. Protease, lipase and amylase are all acidic enzymes that break down proteins in the stomach and make the over-all pH of the stomach more acidic.
Most all supplements that help with digestion are acidic and will lower the pH of the stomach."

Wrong again, Dr. Merkin. When we ingest acidic digestive enzymes, we force the cover cells of the stomach to begin producing sodium bicarbonate to buffer the acidic protease, lipase and amylase.
In order for the stomach to produce sodium bicarbonate to buffer acidic supplements, food or drink, it must pull sodium, chloride, water and carbon dioxide from the blood. This can cause sodium and chloride deficiencies of the blood leading to enervation.
Also, for every molecule of sodium bicarbonate produced by the stomach, an acidic waste product of hydrochloric acid is produced which is taken up into the blood through the gastric pits causing an acidification of the blood and then tissues.
The blood cannot withstand the slightest decrease in alkalinity and so the hydrochloric acid is taken up by the connective tissues and the fatty tissues leading to latent tissue acidosis and the cause of all sickness and dis-ease.

Various parts of the body may also give up calcium, magnesium and potassium ions into the blood in order to help buffer the excess acids from the stomach.
When these important alkaline minerals are given up, especially on a consistent basis, this can then cause bone, muscle and other tissue to diminish or begin to degenerate due to the loss of these alkalizing ions. This is the cause of tissue wasting in what we refer to as degenerative dis-ease.
The secondary effects of taking acidic digestive enzymes and/or eating acidic food or drink is the damage to the delicate intestinal villi of the small intestine. When this happens, the body cannot produce healthy stem cells, erythroblasts and then erythrocytes.
This leads to blood disorders and then tissue disorders.
Without a healthy, small intestine, it is impossible to make healthy blood, and without healthy blood, it is impossible to make healthy body cells that make up body organs.

Dr. Gabe also states, "your stomach is so acidic that no food or drink can change its acidity.
Citrus fruits, vinegar, and vitamins such as ascorbic acid or folic acid do not change the acidity of your stomach or your bloodstream. An entire bottle of calcium pills or antacids would not change the acidity of your stomach for more than a few minutes."

This is just wrong. This is where Dr. Gabe Mirkin does not understand or has perhaps never been aware that the stomach lining secretes an equal amount of sodium bicarbonate into the stomach in order to alkalize the food, drink and supplements that we eat with a toxic acidic waste product of hydrochloric acid which is taken up by the blood to be eliminated.
When the body does not have enough sodium bicarbonate to alkalize food, the hydrochloric acid that is then produced will fall into the gastric pits of the stomach. Ideally, it would NEVER come into contact with the food as the sodium bicarbonate rises to the front or comes to the fore in order to alkalize the food or liquids ingested. The equation is:
NaCl + H20 + C02 <=> NaHC03 + HCL. The stomach begins producing and releasing sodium bicarbonate (an alkalizing compound) immediately when you put food or drink into your mouth. You can test the saliva after eating or drinking an acid food and you will find that in a healthy person, the pH of the saliva goes up to a pH of 8 or even greater.
When you put something into your mouth, the salivary glands immediately begin secreting sodium bicarbonate to increase the pH. This does not happen when you eat or drink an alkaline food or drink.

Another simple experiment will show you that when you combine sodium bicarbonate with hydrochloric acid in a flask, the hydrochloric acid will fall to the bottom of the flask as the sodium bicarbonate will rise to the top. This is what happens in the stomach. The sodium bicarbonate made from the cover cells of the stomach rises to the front to meet the food or liquids ingested as the hydrochloric acid falls into the gastric pits of the stomach away from the food or drink ingested. The primary purpose of sodium bicarbonate rising to the forefront is to alkalize the food, not digest or acidify the food. The stomach is an organ of contribution NOT digestion. Its main contribution is to manufacture sodium bicarbonate designed by Mother Nature to alkalize the food and liquids we ingest.

Dr. Gabe then states, "all foods that leave your stomach are acidic."

This statement is not categorically true as stated by Dr. Gabe. And ideally, it would never be true.
It would depend on how acid or alkaline the food is that you are dealing with and how healthy the body is. All food coming out of the stomach should be alkaline in preparation to be received by the small intestine at a pH of 8.2 to 8.4. If the food that comes out of the stomach into the duodenum is less than a pH of 8, then a healthy pancreas and gallbladder will secrete additional sodium bicarbonate in order to bring up the pH of the liquid food to an 8.2 to
8.4 pH. The secretion of sodium bicarbonate is only possible if the foundational elements of sodium, chloride, carbon dioxide and water are available from the blood. The stomach is the major organ for producing the alkaline sodium bicarbonate and is responsible for alkalizing and not digesting the food and liquids that we ingest.

Dr. Gabe also states, "the food enters your intestines where secretions from your pancreas neutralize the stomach acids. So no matter what you eat, the food in stomach is acidic and the food in the intestines is alkaline."

I would like you to understand that the pancreas and the gallbladder are only second in line or back-up glands to bring up the pH of the food or liquids ingested to the ideal 8.2 to 8.4 by secreting sodium bicarbonate. The alkalizing of our food and drink is very important in order that the liquefied food can be transformed into new stem cells in the crypts of the small intestine or the root system of the body for making new blood. If the liquid food is too acidic, it will harm and even destroy the intestinal villi. This will lead to many if not all sickness and dis-ease including all blood disorders.

Dr. Gabe then states, "You cannot change the acidity of any part of your body except your urine. Your bloodstream and organs control acidity in a very narrow range. Anything that changes acidity in your body would make you very sick and could even kill you. Promoters of these products claim that cancer cells cannot live in an alkaline environment and that is true, but neither can any of the other cells in your body.

First of all, there is no such thing as a cancer cell. There are only cells which have become cancerous. Cancerous cells­-originally healthy cells­-have been spoiled with dietary and/or metabolic acids. When you increase your alkalinity by simply using sodium bicarbonate, not only does your urine pH go up above 8, but your tears, sweat and saliva will also go up.
Our bodies are alkaline by design and acidic by function. Any food or drink that we ingest that will maintain that alkaline design will also preserve the body from aging and will keep it healthy, energetic and youthful.
Our body cells love alkalinity just like the ocean fish that swim in a pH of 8.3. My clinical microscopy and analysis over a 30 year period of research tells us that body cells thrive in mild, moderate and high pH fluids ranging from
7.3 to 11 pH. Body cells do not tolerate even a mild acid state. In fact cancerous cells thrive in a pH of 5.5.

Dr. Merkin goes on to state that "all chemical reactions in your body are started by chemicals called enzymes. For example, if you convert chemical A to chemical B and release energy, enzymes must start these reactions. All enzymes function in a very narrow range of acidity. (The degree of acidity or alkalinity is expressed as "pH."). If your blood changes its acidity or alkalinity for any reason, it is quickly changed back to the normal pH or these enzymes would not function and the necessary chemical reactions would not proceed in your body.

It is amazing to me how so many functions of the body are still not properly understood by so-called modern medicine­ medical practice that is still actually resting on the wrong foundational germ theory of Louis Pasteur. First of all, the body runs on electrons not enzymes.
The enzymes of the body are the exhaust or the acidic waste products of energy consumption.
We no more need enzymes to run our body then a car needs carbon monoxide to run. They are both acidic waste products of metabolism or energy consumption that need to be eliminated as quickly as possible through their exhaust systems. For the human body, acids would be eliminated through urination, perspiration, defecation or respiration."

Dr. Gabe states, "When you hold your breath, carbon dioxide accumulates in your bloodstream very rapidly and your blood turns acidic, and you will become uncomfortable or even pass out.
This forces you to start breathing again immediately, and the pH returns to normal. If your kidneys are damaged and cannot regulate the acidity of your bloodstream, chemical reactions stop, poisons accumulate in your bloodstream, and you can die."

Here Dr. Gabe is talking out of both sides of his mouth. He is right that when you hold your breath and if the blood cannot purify itself from the acidity, then you would die. But, this is the same thing that happens when you over-indulge in acidic lifestyles and diets. This is the same thing that happens when the body cannot eliminate its acidic waste products fast enough through its elimination systems and organs. So, dietary and/or metabolic acids that are not eliminated are thrown out into the blood and then into the connective tissues and fatty tissues leading to latent tissue acidosis­ the only cause of dis-ease. If this process continues and the lymphatic system does not or cannot eliminate the acid buildup, because of lack of alkaline hydration and exercise, through perspiration or back into circulation and then eliminated through urination, the acidic body wastes will begin building up and breaking down the body cells and tissues even while the blood is maintaining its alkaline state at
7.365 to 7.4.

When the acidity of the tissues continue, the blood overcompensates by pulling alkalinity from the bones and muscles into the blood and we then note a remarkable increase in the blood pH from
7.36 to 7.4 to 7.5. When the pH of the blood increases in alkalinity, we now know that the tissues are acidic and the body has entered into latent tissue acidosis. If this continues and the alkaline reserves of the body begin to be used up, the pH of the blood will reverse and go from a state of alkalosis or latent tissue acidosis to compensated acidosis to decompensated acidosis until death. That is why we see very sick people wasting away as the body is pulling its alkaline mineral resources from the bones and tissues into the blood in order to maintain the delicate pH balance of the blood at 7.365 to 7.4. When the human body is alkaline by design and acidic by function and is actively engaged in maintaining that alkaline design through an alkaline lifestyle and diet, it is theoretically impossible to lose bone mass or muscle mass or to get sick or tired.

Gabe states, "certain foods can leave end-products called ash that can make your urine either acid or alkaline, but urine is the only body fluid that can have its acidity changed by food or supplements."

The fact is that the urine is a direct reflection of the tissue pH, caused indirectly, in part, by food and drink, and can be either acidic or alkaline.
The ideal pH of the urine is 7.2 or above. Most folks have urine pH lower then 7.2. My own clinical research has indicated that an acidic urine pH will manifest as body fatigue and tiredness. A urine pH that is over 7.2 will manifest an energetic body.

Dr. Gabe says that "ALKALINE-ASH FOODS include fresh fruit and raw vegetables. ACID-ASH FOODS include ALL ANIMAL PRODUCTS, whole grains, beans and other seeds.
These foods can change the acidity of your urine, but that's irrelevant since your urine is contained in your bladder and does not affect the pH of any other part of your body."

Here Dr. Gabe has really lost his way. Alkaline foods include low sugar fruits, green vegetables, healthy oils, whole unprocessed salts, and alkaline water. Acid foods include dairy products, animal flesh, eggs, vinegar, soy sauce, peanuts, corn, high sugar fruits, high sugar root vegetables like potato and beet, mushrooms, algae, coffee, tea, tap water, tobacco, marijuana, most all prescription drugs, just to name a few. For a complete updated list of acid and alkaline foods and drinks read, The pH Miracle for Weight Loss, by Dr. Robert and Shelley Young."

It is also important to note that the pH of the urine is a direct indicator of the pH of the body tissues. When the urine pH is acidic, you are more likely to be sick and/or tired. When your urine pH is alkaline or above 7.2 pH, you are more likely to be healthy and fit. People who are sick will always have an acidic urine pH. People who are healthy and fit will always have an alkaline pH.
It is that simple. That is why I have been teaching and instructing tens of thousands of people for many years that if you want to be healthy and fit, you have to pee and sweat your way to health.

Dr. Gabe goes on to say that "when you take in more protein than your body needs, your body cannot store it, and so the excess amino acids are converted to organic acids that would acidify your blood. But your blood never becomes acidic because as soon as the proteins are converted to organic acids, calcium leaves your bones to neutralize the acid and to try and prevent any
change in pH. Because of this, many scientists
think that taking in too much protein may weaken bones to cause osteoporosis."

Well, "right on" Dr. Gabe. You finally have explained something that conforms to the way that the human body actually works. The body does, indeed, pull calcium ions from the bones and magnesium ions from the muscles to buffer the organic acids from animal proteins in order to maintain the delicate alkaline pH of the blood.
But, it is very important to remember when you are pulling alkaline minerals from the tissues and organs in order to maintain the alkalinity of the blood, you end up with acidic tissues and organs that leaves weak and brittle bones, tissues and organs.

I would like to add that eating animal protein results in the release of uric, nitric, sulphuric, and phosphoric acids which the body tissues and organs do not manage well. You can test the morning urine after eating animal proteins and note the lowered acidic urine pH. The morning urine pH is a direct indicator of tissue pH and a person's lifestyle and dietary choices over the last
24 hours.

Dr. Gabe and I are in agreement that the body pulls alkaline minerals from the bones to maintain the alkalinity of the blood at the expense of weak or degenerative bones such as in the symptom of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is the direct result of an acidic lifestyle and diet, especially the ingestion of animal proteins. You can protect your bones, muscles and other organs with an alkaline lifestyle and diet. So give up the "beef" Gabe, whether from animal or from emotions.
They are both acidic and compromise the delicate pH of the body fluids.

Gabe also states that, "cranberries have been shown to help prevent recurrent urinary tract infections, but not because of their acidity.
They contain chemicals that prevent bacteria from sticking to urinary tract cells."

I would explain it this way. Cranberries contain antioxidants that buffer the acids in the fluids of the body including the urinary tract. Bacteria is the result of cells that have transformed because of the over-acidic state of the body. Acids act like molecular glue. The antioxidants of the cranberries help to buffer those acids with alkaline compounds thus reversing the very thing that causes the infection, that is, metabolic and/or dietary ACID."

Dr. Gabe states: "taking calcium supplements or drinking alkaline water will not change the pH of your blood. If you hear someone say that your body is too acidic and you should use their product to make it more alkaline, you would be wise not to believe anything else the person tells you."

I would like you to understand that taking alkaline supplements or drinking alkaline water will help prevent the blood from pulling alkaline compounds from other parts of the body and thus helping to maintain its alkaline design. Nobel prize winner in medicine, Dr. Alexis Carrel, in 1912 stated, "the human cell is immortal as long as we maintain the alkaline fluids that it is bathed in."
I stated in 1986 that the human body is alkaline by design, however, acidic by function. If you can maintain the alkaline design of the body with an alkaline lifestyle and diet you will never get sick, tired or suffer from ANY dis-ease or disease.

People have been listening to allopathic medical spokesperson like Dr. Gabe Mirkin for many decades.
Part of the reason that western medical science is in such disarray, part of the reason that 750,000 people die from medical treatment every year in America, and part of the reason that drug companies spend so much money wooing doctors, is that western medical science is controlled by inadequate, wrong-headed, and self-invested research programs and methodology. That research is controlled in large part by the pharmaceutical industry in conjunction with medical schools.

Almost all non-traditional and alternative medical practitioners use products that cannot be patented and do not reap obscene profits from people who are unhealthy and sick. I think it is fair to say that medicine controlled by patents are more about money than health.
Thus, with this value system, there is little reason for profit-oriented pharmaceutical companies to look beyond the present broken-down system and model.

I encourage spokespersons such as Dr. Gabe Mirkin to look beyond the present system and to ask new questions about how the body works, why so many people are sick, why the elderly are on half a dozen medicines or more, why so many people die in the care of our medical system, and why so many people are becoming increasingly distrustful of the present medical system.

Acid Food Causes 1/3rd of All Heart Attacks

Diets heavy in acid forming fried foods, sugary snacks and meat account for about 35 percent of heart attacks globally, researchers reported on Monday.

Their study of 52 countries showed that people who ate a "Western" acidic diet based on meat, eggs and junk food were more likely to have heart attacks, while those who ate more alkaline fruits and vegetables had a lower risk.

The study supports previous findings that show acidic junk food and animal fats can cause heart disease, and especially heart attacks.

Dr. Salim Yusuf at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, and colleagues questioned more than 16,000 patients, 5,700 of whom had just suffered a first heart attack.

They took blood samples and had each patient fill out a detailed form on their eating habits between February 1999 and March 2003.

They divided the volunteers into three groups.

"The first factor was labeled 'Oriental' because of its high loading on tofu and soy and other sauces," they wrote in their report, published in the journal Circulation.

"The second factor was labeled 'Western' because of its high loading on fried food, surgary snacks, and meat intake. The third dietary factor was labeled 'prudent' because of its high loadings on fruit and vegetable intake."

People who ate more alkaline fruits and vegetables had a 30 percent lower risk of heart attack compared to people who ate little or none of these foods, they found.

People eating the acidic Western diet had a 35 percent greater risk of heart attack compared to people who consumed little or no fried foods and meat. Those eating the "Oriental" diet had an average risk of heart attack compared to the others.

The tofu-rich diet could be neutral rather than protective because it is high in processed deionized sodium, they said.

According to Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of Research at the pH Miracle Living Center, "the body is alkaline by design and acidic by function. A diet high in acidic fried foods, sugary foods and drinks and animal flesh compromises the alkaline design of the body. An increase of acidic foods and drinks in the diet will eventually lead to latent tissue acidosis and the cause of All sickness and dis-ease, including heart attacks and strokes. One can protect themselves from a state of latent tissue acidosis with an alkaline lifestyle and diet. This is the best and the only way to prevent a heart attack, stroke or a cancerous condition. It is important to remember that the cure for a heart attack, stroke, or any cancerous condition is found in its prevention not in its treatment."

A Short Guide to a Long Life - Food and Water

• Avoid soft drinks and other acidic drinks, particularly colas (which have an extremely acidic pH of 2.5).
• Replace coffee, which is also quite acidic, with less acidic beverages such as tea (particularly green tea).
• Drink one-half fluid ounce per pound of body weight of alkaline water (pH between 9.5 and 10) each day. A 140-pound person should drink about nine 8-ounce cups per day.
• In general, unfiltered tap water should not be drunk. Filtered tap water or ideally filtered, alkalinized water should be drunk instead.
• Purified alkaline water can be produced from tap water by using an alkalinizing water machine. Continue Reading >>
  
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Nothing Tastes As Good As Good Health Feels

The following are some alkalizing suggestions from one of our pH Miracle's, Lisa Woodard:

Sausage, ham, bacon, omelets, biscuits, coffee, this is what I used to eat for breakfast, thinking I needed protein, but I would literally vomit from all the grease.

The Standard American Diet can be just that...SAD.
On the other hand, we can now turn our breakfast from sad to glad...Thanks to our Alkalarian cooking teacher, Shelley Young.

Thank you, Shelley: Creamy or Crunchy Broccoli Soup

2 cups vegetable stock or water
3.5 cups broccoli, chopped
1 red bell pepper
2 onions
1 avocado
1.5 stalks celery
Braggs Liquid amino's or pHlavor
Cumin and Ginger to taste

In a skillet, gently warm the stock and broccoli.
In blender puree remaining ingredients and combine.
Serve warm. Add a slice of lemon on top to garnish.

Zippy Breakfast (Youngs' Favorite)

1.5 cups cooked rice, basmati, buckwheat groats, millet, quinoa or spelt.
juice of 1 lemon
1.5 tsp oil (flax, Udo's, olive)
1.5 tsp Braggs or pHlavor
1 Avacado, sliced
1 firm tomato
Zip (Spice Hunter) to taste

Put warm rice in bowl. Slice avocado and tomato on top. Drizzle oil, pHlavor, and lemon juice over top. Sprinkle Zip to taste.

Variation: Add chopped red bell pepper,
sunflower seed sprouts, soaked almonds over top!
Enjoy!

(Note: Lisa Woodard's husband uses a pressure cooker daily to prepare a mixture of the above grains. He enjoys warm grains sprinkled with sea salt, sesame seeds, and wrapped in Nori dried seaweed. Lisa's family has found that avoiding dairy and yeasty bread and adding big salads plus 20% grains like these cured our sinus allergies and abdominal bloating!)

As Hippocrates said,
"let your food be your medicine and
medicine be your food."

As Shelley Young said,
"nothing tastes as good as good health feels."

Gladly,

Lisa Woodard

Macrobiotic diet basics

The purpose of this site is to introduce basic Macrobiotic diet principles, recipes and menu planning.

I hope you enjoy it!

Topics include:

• Seven Essential Components of a Macrobiotic diet and where to find them;
• Expansive and Contractive Forces;
• The Five Element Theory;
• The Theory of Acid and Alkaline;
• How to organize a menu plan;
• Recipes and seasonal menu plans;
• These are only brief explanations that invite you to study further. Continue Reading >>

The Truth About The Stomach

A review of available research indicates that the more processed meat you eat, the more likely you are to develop stomach and/or bowel cancer.

Processed meats include bacon, sausage, hot dogs, salami, ham, and smoked or cured meat. The review looked at 40 years' worth of studies on the relationship between these meats and stomach and bowel cancer. Some of the studies examined hundreds and thousands of people.

Processed meat consumption among study participants ranged from less than 1 gram of processed meat per day to more than 56 grams.

Higher processed meat intake was associated with greater stomach cancer and bowel risk, especially for bacon.

However, factors other than processed acidic meats may also be involved.

Those factors that can lead to a cancerous state in the stomach and/or bowel or other organs include other acidic foods and drinks such as:

1) All dairy products produce lactic acid.

2) All animal products including fish and eggs produce nitric, uric, sulphuric and phosphuric acid.

3) All sugars produce acetylaldehyde and alcohol.

4) All carbonated drinks contain carbonic acid.

5) Alcoholic beverages contains the acid alcohol.

6) Black tea contains tanic acid.

7) Coffee contains the acid caffeine.

8) Chocolate contains the acids of bromine.

9) Cigarettes contain the acids of sugar and nicotine.

10) Emotional stress produces excess hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

Modern medical science teaches that the stomach should be acidic at a pH of 1.5 to 3.0. This is one of the biggest scientific myths of the 20th and 21st centuries. The truth is this:

1) The stomach is NOT an organ of digestion but an organ of contribution.

2) The main contribution that the stomach makes is the creation of sodium bicarbonate to alkalize the foods and liquids we eat, not digest them.

3) The healthy pH of the stomach is at least 7.2 or greater.

4) As the stomach lining releases sodium bicarbonate to alkalize the food and liquids we eat, the pH of the stomach can increase to as high as 8.4.

5) To prevent stomach and bowel cancer you must maintain the alkaline pH of the stomach and bowels with alkaline foods and drinks.

6) The hydrochloric acid residues in the stomach are not a digestive enzyme but an acidic waste product of sodium bicarbonate production by the cover cells of the stomach.

7) The biochemical equation is as follows:
NaCl + H20 + CO2 <=> NaHCO3 + HCL or
Sodium Chloride (Salt) + Water + Carbon Dioxide equals Sodium Bicarbonate + Hydrochloric Acid.

8) The Sodium Bicarbonate made by the cover cells of the stomach rises to the surface of the stomach to alkalize the foods and liquids we ingest and the hydrochloric acid falls into the gastric pits of the stomach, away from the food and liquids that we eat.

9) Hydrochloric acid is an acidic waste product of sodium bicarbonate and is poisonous to the body.

10) Nausea is the body in need of the alkaline buffer sodium bicarbonate during times of emotional and/or physical stress.

11) The stomach is an alkalizing organ that protects the alkaline design of all other organs.

12) The stomach is responsible for producing the sodium bicarbonate secreted by the salivary glands, the pyloric glands, the pancreas, the intestines, and the gall bladder.

13) The stomach receives the raw materials to make sodium bicarbonate from the blood.

14) Never take supplements or drugs that contain hydrochloric acid or other enzymes like, protease, lipase or amylase. They will compromise the alkaline pH of the alimentary canal leading to serious health challenges.

15) A diet high in acidic foods can damage the intestinal lining or the villi of the small intestine leading to underweight and anemia.

16) To prevent nausea, acid reflux, ulcers and cancerous cells, eat, drink and take supplements that are alkalizing.

17) Always remember that the human body is alkaline by design but acidic by function. As you maintain that alkaline design you will improve the quatlity and the quantity of your life.

This is why I created Young pHorever pHour salts which is an equal combination of the four most important salts for the body - sodium bicarbonate, magnesium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate and calcium bicarbonate.

References:
Journal of the National Cancer Institute August 2, 2006; 98(15): 1078-1087
ABC News August 2, 2006
CBS News August 1, 2006
Copyright © 2007 by Robert O. Young, Ph.D.
pH Miracle Living Center

Vitamin C - Helpful or Harmful?

I have been know to call vitamin C the urine acid of citrus fruits. Vitamin C is an acid known as ascorbic acid that when mixed into foods and supplements must be chemically transformed into esters to be consumable. Vitamin C is destroyed by exposure to oxygen, metals, light and heat...therefore one can surely imagine what happens to it when it is processed.

Vitamin C is believed to be an antioxidant because oxidants (acids) that are in the body will oxidize (take electrons from) ascorbate first before affecting the body's proteins and lipids. This leaves oxidized forms of ascorbate. Oxidized ascorbate is believed to be relatively stable and unreactive and is believed not to cause cellular damage. I have disagreed for years and believe that over time a cumulative affect of taking in vitamin C, especially in unnatural and processed forms, is harmful just like taking too many enzymes (acids) too often and thereby tenderizing yourself.

The name "ascorbic" comes from its supposed property of preventing and curing scurvy. The scientific name of vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is derived from the Latin name of scurvy, scorbutus. Scurvy leads to the formation of liver spots on the skin, spongy gums, and bleeding from all mucous membranes. The spots are most abundant on the thighs and legs, and a person with the ailment looks pale, feels depressed, and is partially immobilized.

Yet, these are all symptoms of overacidity. In advanced scurvy, there are open, suppurating wounds and loss of teeth. Scurvy was at one time common among sailors, pirates, and others who were on ships that were out to sea longer than perishable fruits and vegetables could be stored and by soldiers who were similarly separated from these foods for extended periods.

Medical Science believes that Scurvy results from lack of Vitamin C, but I have gone on record to disagree. I say that that scurvy is caused by dehydration and a diet of dead and animal-based foods causing over-acidification of the blood and tissues leading to cellular breakdown i nto bacteria, yeast, and mold and the destruction of microvilli in the small intestine much like a rotting banana or piece of fruit getting mushy with dark spots.

The Dutch writer, Johann Bachstrom, in 1734, gave the firm opinion that "scurvy is solely owing to a total abstinence from fresh vegetable food, and greens which is alone the primary cause of the disease."

While the earliest documented case of scurvy was described by Hippocrates around the year 400 BC, the first attempt to give scientific basis for the cause of this disease was by a ship's surgeon in the British Royal Navy, James Lind. Again, it was well known that Scurvy was common among those with little access to fresh fruit and vegetables such as remote and isolated sailors and soldiers.

While at sea in May 1747, Lind provided some crew members with two oranges and one lemon per day, in addition to normal rations, while others continued on cider, vinegar, sulfuric acid or seawater, along with their normal rations. In the history of science this is considered to be the first occurrence of a controlled experiment comparing results on two populations of a factor applied to one group only with all other factors the same.

Lind published his work in 1753 in his Treatise on Scurvy which conclusively showed that citrus fruits prevented the disease. NOTE: These were whole natural and unprocessed fruits and lemons that are alkalizing and mineral rich as are limes which we will come to in a minute. It wasn't the vitamin C but rather the alkalinity, minerals, and combination of natural electrons which were operating. Citrus fruits were one of the first sources of vitamin C available to ship's surgeons. Lind's work was slow to be noticed, partly because he gave conflicting evidence within the book, and partly because the British admiralty saw care for the well-being of crews as a sign of weakness. Further, fresh fruit was very expensive to keep on board, whereas boiling it down to juice allowed easy storage yet destroyed the vitamins and the electrons (especially if boiled in copper kettles). Ship captains assumed wrongly that Lind's suggestions didn't work because those juices failed to cure scurvy while not realizing that they were cooked and processed down and not in their natural energetic electron rich form!

The source of sickness and disease is the build up of acidity and blockages, starting in the small intestine, which is kind of lack clogging the drain to the point of overflow (cold, flu, etc).

Vitamin C produces positive results because it breaks down undigested matter (like chicken and pork) in the digestive tract which improves digestion and promotes elimination.

Human beings are poisoning themselves with Vitamin C by taking it in excess for everything.

It is totally unnecessary.

Again, it is like taking an excess of enzymes (acids) and tenderizing onesself. In my many years of viewing people's blood and understanding their nutritional histories, I have never recommended that a person needs to take Vitamin C. The only time I would recommend it is for supporting the bowel in severe congestive situations.

If you are using Liquid Vitamin C, you are ingesting plenty and in a form that your body can use without harm. Plus, you get everything you need in terms of vitamin C by eating the pH Miracle diet of mostly vegetables, fats and low sugar fruits wherein Vitamin C naturally occurs.

An Acidic Lifestyle and Diet Negatively Effects Your Sex Life

There's new advice for older men who want to preserve their sexual function: have sex, and have it often, researchers say.

In a study that followed nearly 1,000 older Finnish men for five years, researchers found that those who were regularly having sex at the start of the study were at lower risk of developing Erectile dysfunction (ED) by the study's end.

In fact, the more often the men had sex, the lower their ED risk.

The implication, say the researchers, is that men should be encouraged to stay sexually active into their golden years.

Dr. Juha Koskimaki and colleagues at the University of Tampere in Finland report the findings in the American Journal of Medicine. The study included
989 men who were between the ages of 55 and 75 at the outset.

Overall, those who said they had sex less than once per week were twice as likely to develop ED over the next five years as men who had sex at least once a week. Furthermore, compared with men who had sex three or more times per week, their ED risk was decreased nearly four-fold.

"A number of factors contribute to ED development, many of which could also affect a man's sexual activity -- such as age, an acidic diet (meat, dairy and sugar), lack of exercise, and a stressful life. However, after taking account of those factors, sexual activity itself remained linked to ED risk," states Dr. Robert O. Young, of the pH Miracle Living Center.

It may be a matter of "use it or lose it," according to the researchers. Just as exercise boosts physical fitness, they note, regular sexual activity may help a man preserve his erectile function and sexual drive.

ED occurs when there are problems with blood flow to the penis. Regular sexual activity, Koskimaki's team writes, may help maintain healthy blood vessel function in the erectile tissue.

Dr. Young states, "you cannot very well have an erection when you are eating animal proteins, dairy products, bread, alcohol and sugar from fruits.
Acidic foods and drinks will cause blood cells to stick together causing poor or restricted circulation to the extremities, including the penis. It then becomes impossible to have an erection or to sustain an erection for any length of time. That is why erectile dysfunction medications are so popular and why ED has become so prevalent."

The most effective way to prevent any sickness or dis-ease, including erectile dysfunction is to maintain the alkaline design of the body with an alkaline lifestyle and diet. This would include incorporating the following changes in lifestyle and diet:

1) Exercising for 1 hour daily

2) Eating all alkaline foods

3) Drinking 4 to 5 liters of alkaline water daily

4) Taking antioxidant supplements like glutathione CO-Q-10, pHruits and pHolage and chlorophyll

5) Ingesting 100 grams of unsaturated oils like flax, hemp, pomegranate and avocado

6) Ingesting 10 to 12 grams of mineral salts daily

7) Drink 1 ounce of liquid chlorophyll daily

8) Cleanse the bowels daily with mineral salts

9) Minimize stress with mediation, prayer, deep breathing, restful sleep and 30 minutes of sunshine.

As you maintain the alkaline design of your body, whether you are a man or a woman you can enjoy an active sex life for your entire lifetime.

Resource:

American Journal of Medicine, July 2008.