----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]>
> Hydrocholric acid is what is termed an organic acid in the nutrician > field (but not in the chemistry field). Organic acids do NOT effect the > ph of the body, since the body can easily change them between acid salt > and alkaline with either potassium or sodium. Ie, it is easily > nutralized with sodium to become table salt. Marshall, The acid does not simply disappear by complexing it with the soluble alkaline metals. For each H+ neutralised one OH- is required, therefore the pH is preserved. The only way to lower pH is to use alkaline metals that are incorporated in body solids or to ingest alkaline foods. Taking HCl supplements will raise the overall body pH, but if one is deficient in its production to begin with this should not be a problem, and if it leads to the better digestion of food, then perhaps more alkaline elements will be absorbed. > > Apple cider is acid, but it becomes alkaline in the body. That helps > maintain the proper ph of the blood, and proper calcium distribution. > You have to look at the ash acidity, not what it is when you eat it. > > Marshall I can't see how this can be unless there is more mineral content than acid content. I think the reduction to ash technique is only valid for solid foods where the pH cannot be directly measured as the fluid content represent only a portion of the overall content. 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]>
