----- Original Message ----- From: "russ e rosser" <[email protected]>
Hi there Russ, I'm afraid you have some of your facts back to front. > > If the acid were then ingested, what does it do to the pH level of > > the body? > > As I understand it, the post-digestive state of different foods > determines their ultimate effect on body pH; e.g., citrus friuts are > acid, which require alkyline to digest, and so alkyize the GI tract. > OTOH, meats & grains are alkyline, which require acid digestion, so too > much causes acidiosis & resultant colon trouble, gum disease, etc. > Perhaps someone can critique this summation of what I've heard. In fact most citrus fruits are ultimately alkaline in nature, that is, when separated into their component molecules the alkaline minerals out way the acidic compounds. Most fruits are alkaline, but some are not, such as cranberries. Meats and grains are mostly acidic I believe. All foods require an acidic environment in order to be digested. The effect that the pH of a food has upon our bodies can be summed up like this. The stomach produces acid from substances in our bodies and in doing so produces (necessarily) an equilavent amount of basic (alkaline) solution. This base is recombined with the acid in the intestine - net result - no change in body pH. Being a closed system the net change in pH of the body is determined by the sum of the acid or base ingested and the acid or base excreted or expired (including exhaled and perspired and chemically used as energy). The body regulates blood and plasma pH in two systems, breathing (exhalation of the acidic CO2) and via the kidneys and urine ( regulation of acidic H+ ion). The production of energy in the muscles produces acid waste. If the introduction of acid food and acidic waste is not countered by its subsequent elimination, then the body will resort to other methods to regulate the pH of the fluids, precipitating these acids to insoluble compounds (so they no longer influence fluid pH) by complexing the acid with alkaline metals. The most usual metal (and most prevalent) used in this precipitation is calcium, which is withdrawn from the bone matrix (and thus is the precurser to osteoperosis) and the resultant calcium precipitate is found as plaque in the arteries and spurs, crystals and cysts in all parts of the body (contributing to arthritus, gout etc.). The most important way to eliminate acid is to breath properly and get plenty of sleep (sure!). Regards 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: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
