Shiona said, > I've recently renewed my interest in organic gardening and have started collecting seaweed from a nearby beach to make a liquid plant feed with as it is meant to be the best kind of fertilizer due to high mineral content. However I would imagine considerable research would need to go into checking the purity of any local seawater before deciding to drink it and of course there is the issue of how to remove the salt. <
I met a man a few years ago who was harvesting seaweed from the ocean and then soaking it in water (to my chagrin, plain tap city water). He would then strain out all the water. He was selling this water to golf clubs to spray on their grass (which needs to be nice and green to play golf on). He could not make it fast enough. The golf club grass grew faster, greener and lasted longer than with regular fertilizer. Interestingly, he made no effort to remove the salt or in any other way purify this seaweed water. > I've also been investigating the supposed benefits of ingesting Bentonite clay. I've used it a few times in colon cleanses (mixed with psyllium), but upon looking at the information at this site, http://www.eytonsearth.org have decided to buy in bulk some calcium bentonite and explore not only more regular internal use, but external use in baths, which are claimed to be very therapeutic and assist the body in removing toxins and heavy metals. < It is my understanding that bentonite clay contains minerals and certain unique molecules that are entirely missing from all commercially-grown food, and nearly all organically-grown food as well. I buy mine in bulk quantities right from the folks who mine it in Saskatchewan. > I did a colon cleanse a few years ago following Dr Richard Anderson's "Cleanse and Purify" protocol, and using his "Arise and Shine" liquid minerals. In his book he affirms the importance of PH testing before a cleanse and suggests that a healthy morning urine sample taken after eating acid forming foods the previous day, ought to show an acidic reading of 5.7 to 6 (ideally 5.6 or below), proving that the body has enough alkaline mineral supply to remove the acids. If the urine test after eating acid forming foods the previous day shows a very high alkaline level, then this shows that mineral depletion is occurring. If over 6.8 then there are no mineral reserves left and the kidneys are having to excrete ammonia into the urine in order to deal with expulsion of the acids. He says that mineral depletion occurs from consuming too much acid-forming foods after which the body has to steal minerals from elsewhere in the body and that this category of people often gain weight as the body is diluting the acids with lymph and storing them or they may lose weight and suffer from various digestive disorders. < Dr. Anderson shows a better grasp of pH than I normally see. The trouble with the above statements is that they are too simplistic. He may understand better, but be simplifying it for public consideration. The reason that I test pH over a 6-day period is so that I can see what the body is doing inside. Because of the wide-spread phenomenon of fluctuating pH, a single test is almost worthless. It is quite common for me to see someone who is usually, for example, slightly acidic (say, 6.2), who every once in a while has what we call a spike, where their pH (either urine or saliva) jumps up to 7.8 or higher, then on the next test returns to the clients normal 6.2 again. When that happens, I disregard the spike because it is not representative of the clients true metabolic condition. When you consider that the variations of a persons pH fluctuations (how much, how often, in which direction or even IF there are fluctuations) represent different dynamics occurring in the body, then establishing what is a healthy morning urine pH is overly-simplistic. A healthy morning pH compared to what? Would the diet of the person qualify what is a healthy morning pH? And what if the person eats the same thing consistently, but has wide variations of pH? What if they eat garbage as a lifestyle? Is the same pH reading healthy for the person who eats garbage as the person who eats macrobiotic, or Vegan or fruitarian or whatever is in front of them? Fluctuating pH is an indication of demineralization, the more the fluctuation, the deeper the demineralization. Some of my clients have pH readings over 6-days that jump around with no pattern to them. Some days one extreme, some days the other extreme, some days in the middle, different from one morning or evening to the next. The idea that the previous days diet affects the next mornings pH readings is only true in a demineralized body. People who have addressed the level of demineralization in their body (not a quick and easy process), and have filled the gaps, so-to-speak, find the same, balanced pH each day, whatever they eat or even whether they eat. This is the goal, balanced bio-chemistry. The problem here is that there are important qualifiers to be taken into consideration. Even in my own case, I have been representing pH in simplistic terms in order to present the basic concept. In my own practise, pH is only one of five tests, and each test result affects and qualifies the results of the other tests. In addition to the four other tests besides pH, other qualifiers include age, weight, diet, stress level and belief system. A client with a urine or saliva pH of, say, 5.5 (a very acid pH) will concern me more if they are 70+ years old than if they are 25; if they are greatly overweight than if they are very thin; if their outlook on life is negative and discouraged than if they are hopeful. I have had much greater success with folks who have a deep faith and hope in God than with negative atheists; with people who strive to love others than with people who feel that life is every-man-for-himself. I test to see how well the client is metabolizing proteins (urea levels), which is an important qualifier of pH; how high the total electrolite level is in their body, which also qualifies pH readings. If the level of cellular debris (dead cells leaving their body) is high or low, that greatly qualifies pH readings. Dr. Reams taught that 6.4/6.4 was the perfect pH IF you were perfectly healthy. In practise, I try to get the acidic pH of my clients up above what I consider balanced for awhile (7.4-7.6), overcompensating until their metabolism balances out. But I do even that far less with folks who are younger than with seniors. It is not just, Are you acid? It is also, How long have you been acid? Overly-acidic pH generally indicates a deficiency; Overly-alkaline pH generally indicates an excess. In some ways, both affect you the same. > He considers a healthy first saliva test of the day to be around 6.4 to 6.6, but ideally 6.7 to 7. He also suggests doing a lemon juice saliva test. The body should react quickly to an extremely acid condition by flushing alkalinity into the mouth and within minutes we should have readings of 8 or above, if not, this is apparently another indication of lack of alkaline minerals. < Actually, because I am primarily concerned with anionic/cationic rather than alkaline/acid, I consider the above concept to be erroneous. Fresh lemon juice is pure anionic (which normally corresponds to alkaline). After it has been exposed to air for 20-30 minutes, it becomes cationic (which normally corresponds to acidic). Dr. Reams used fresh-squeezed lemon juice to initiate healing in the body. It was so powerful that, if one is not careful, it can cause a healing crisis. Strangely, although I reject the concept that alkaline pH is healthy, with most of my clients I strive to bring them up into the alkaline pH range, at least initially. What I am finally after is BALANCED pH. Terry Chamberlin Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! Mail. 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