Hi Vilik, Is this deja vu? I remember answering a similar question from you recently :-)
Your chemist friend is correct as far as he goes. Citric acid is acid, not surprisingly, but as I wrote to you and the chemist confirms, it breaks down to CO2 and H2O. In the body CO2 is removed by exhalation and the net acidic load is thus reduced. It may be that citric acid has some therapeutic value, I don't know, but citric acid is not alkalising in and of itself. Citrates are alkaline metal salts. They are neutral compounds until disassociated, where the citric acid component reacts to become water and CO2. Lemon juice contains 4 - 8 % citric acid by weight. Lemon juice also contains alkalising minerals, which means that, after ingestion and after the citric acid is removed ultimately in the breath, a net alkalising pH is the result. This is why citric and other fruits whilst testing acid, are considered to be alkalising foods. Regards - Ivan ----- Original Message ----- From: Vilik Rapheles <vi...@peak.org> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, 13 August 1999 18:41 Subject: CS>Citric acid/lemon/pH > Help! Brilliant minds needed! > > I am still trying to figure out the pH reaction in the body of citric acid. > > Last week I read that citrates are alkalinizing. I therefore thought that > citric acid was also. I have since been in email conversation with a > chemist about it. > > He says that citrates are indeed alkalanizing....they are the mineral salts > of citric acid. However, he says that citric acid itself is *very acidic*, > and so is lemon. Here is his quote: > > "Citric acid is very acidic. It has three carboxylic acid groups. It is > attracted to cations. This does not matter if it is in a beaker, a body, > or a lemon. Many fruits and vegetables also have a mineral content. This > may partially neutralize some of the acids. If you pyrolyze the item, then > the organic moiety is primarily disposed of as carbon dioxide and the > inorganic component sits in the ash. This is why ashes containing, say, > Potassium hydroxide, are used in traditional soap making to hydrolyzed the > triglycerides and saponify the free fatty acids. Lemons are acidic. No > matter how they are sliced or diced." > > Now, I don't know about the citric acid, but I KNOW I have read that lemons > are alkalinizing in the body. Does anyone have a source or reference for > that? > > The reason I am so gung-ho to figure this out is that I am trying to > understand the program in the book DR. MOERMANN'S ANTI-CANCER DIET. His > diet is basically alkalinizing. He also recommends lots of lemon juice and > citric acid. I am trying to figure out whether this is an alkalinzing diet > or an acidic diet. My chemist friend insists the diet creates a very acid > condition in the body, and that that actually fights the cancer. I do not > think so, but I do not have facts. > > Got any facts about any of this to lay on me? > > ~^^V^^~ -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
