Re: Acid/Alkaline Theory of Disease Is Nonsense?

This doctor is presenting a very biased and narrow minded point of view.

>- because no foods change the acidity of anything in your body except your urine.

This is not correct, the pH of blood does change over time and this change is basically the result of foods that we eat and the air that we breath in.

>- Your stomach is so acidic that no food can change its acidity.

This again is not true. Any alkalinity added to the stomach will reduce the acidity, if only for a short time. The stomach will sense the change and produce more acid to accomodate.

>- Citrus fruits, vinegar, and vitamins such as ascorbic acid or folic acid do not change the acidity of your stomach or your bloodstream.

This is correct on the surface, adding acid to acid is not going to change the pH noticibly. However, it is the enzymes and minerals that will have a very small effect on the body which accumulates over time.

>- An entire bottle of calcium pills or antacids would not change the acidity of your stomach for more than a few minutes.

Yes, the stomach senses the change and produces more acid. That is its job.

>- All foods that leave your stomach are acidic. Then they enter your intestines where secretions from your pancreas neutralize the stomach acids.

This is also correct but The doctor is missing the point.

The more acid that your stomach secretes, the more acid that is removed from the body. Also, the less acid that the food is entering the intestine, the less alkalinity that has to be added to it to neutralize the acidity. Hmmm, more acid removed from the body, less alkalinity removed. I guess that this might tend to make the body more alkaline over time...

>- Promoters of these products claim that cancer cells cannot live in an alkaline environment and that is true, but neither can any of the other cells in your body.

Over simplification ... Actually, there is a range where cancer cells will dies but normal cells are not as severely affected. What has been found is that the response of the immune system is highly dependent on blood pH. Moden medicine knows that the range of pH in the blood is from 7.25 to 7.45. Anything outside of that and you are dead. However, what many doctors fail to understand is that at 7.27, you are almost dead. Anyone who has a blood pH of 7.28 or lower is serious ill, not far from death. Their immune system is functioning poorly, kidneys are not very productive, the pancreas is producing sub-normal amounts of insulin as well as lower amounts of other important enzymes. The optimum pH for the blood is between 7.34 and 7.37.

Do not be fooled by this folderol of pH not mattering! The pH of your blood and organs is extremely important. It controls the production of enzymes and other proteins. It controls the actions of enzymes and other proteins. It controls the regulation of your DNA.

>- For example, when you hold your breath, carbon dioxide accumulates in your bloodstream very rapidly and your blood turns acidic, and you will become uncomfortable or even pass out.

This is true but it is only a short term example. If you have enough CO2 in your blood to make it just slightly more acid than normal, your immune system slows down, allowing cancer to grow over time. Cigarette smokers have more CO2 in their blood than others hence the greater risk of cancer.

Truth be told, returning your body to a normal pH condition (blood pH ~= 7.35), will reduce your chance of illness such as cancer and improve your health.

>- Dr. Mirkin is ...

Sadly, Dr. Mirkin has not looked deeply enough into this topic and is ill informed advice may be costing people their lives.
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