Hi there Vilik, You wrote:
> Calcium article: > > This was an excellent article that I think Ivan posted. One tidbit > from it... > > "The most effective form of supplementation is hydroxyapatite (especially > if it is formulated with boron). This is the most natural of all calcium > supplements and a complete bone food." > > Now...my questions. The article says: > > In the body's wisdom, the highest priority is to maintain the proper > acid/alkali balance in the blood. A high protein diet of meat and > dairy products poses a great osteoporosis risk because it makes the > blood highly acidic. Calcium must then be extracted from the bones in > order to restore proper balance." > > Questions: > > 1. In BIOBALANCE, Dr Wiley claims that nonfat dairy items make the blood > more alkaline. He says it is dairy FAT that is acid-producing. And Bernard > Jenson claims that all goat milk products are alkaline. My view is that the only redeming feature of cows milk, is the fat and the enzymes it contains, but, now that it is next to imposible to find unhomogonised milk, even that is denighed us. Why anybody would want to drink glasses of it, is beyond me (duck!). > 2. How does calcium factor in balancing blood ph? I thought that was > more potassium.... I think this is a significant question, because it > sounds like calcium supplements should at least help balance blood > pH even if they don't get to the bone, thus causing less calcium to > be extracted. Yet it sounds like supplementation doesn't help. Calcium reduces blood acidity by complexing with the acid components and forming non-soluble solids, ie precipitating the dissolved *acid* out of solution thereby nullifying its influence on blood pH, and must be in the ionic Ca++ form. The trouble with this of course is that the precipitates end up as arterial plaque, stones and calcium deposits in the tissue, joints etc. and as the calcium is drawn from the skeletin the bones lose density. So the calcium, in and of itself, is not alkaline or acidic. It is a metal which can form both alkaline and acidic compounds. Other minerals such as sodium or potasium have the ability to displace calcium from precipitated calcium deposits and render these water soluble, allowing for their elimination, but these minerals are not alkaline in and of themselves either. Most calcium suppliments are not assimilated well into the body, vitamins and other elements are required in the proper proportions also. In deed, I cannot see any reason for calcium supplementation at all, most people have more than enough calcium, it just isn't in the places its supposed to be. > I wonder how coral calcium ties in...which would supply both > calcium and alkalinity.... Coral calcium is the worst form of calcium supplimentation, its alkaline content may be of some benefit, but there are better alkaline supplements. > ~^^V^^~ Cheers, Ivan. -- 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 Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
