Hi Stridar,

"IF" the Cayenne Pepper is of Top Quality, then it may have an Alkalizing effect in the body and be very good to use!

But , "IF" it is Poor quality Cayenne pepper, then it may cause your body to become more Acidic!

Smile Tis your choice.

Hi sans sucre,

I have very intensely been studying asthma in order to heal it for the past 3 years.

I tried many things from diet changing, homeopathic, chiropractic, UT, kinesiology, The Buteyko Method, EFT, cleansing (colon, kidneys, liver), past lives/emotional therapy and other things.

Everything helped a bit, some things were more effective, for example The Buteyko Method, but only the emotional healing finally cured it (in one session of half an hour).

Yes I’m with you in that alkalising is helping with asthma.

A bit explanation to make clear why I think that way:

The Buteyko Method is may be the most revolutionary method there is in treating asthma and it helps a lot (but one needs a lot of perseverance and discipline). It helped me to keep asthma under control (without having to take antihistaminics, steroids or bronchodilators). But it was really a tough fight.

Professor Buteyko comes from a very original point of view. He checked more than 100,000 people in old USSR and came to the conclusion than 90% of them (of us) were breathing more air volume than needed (hidden hyperventilation).

His whole scientifical point is based in the “Bohr Effect” (1904) named after Christian Bohr (Danish scientific) who was the father of Niels Bohr (Nobelprice Physics 1932).

Coming to the point: It is commonly accepted that there are many buffer systems in the body to help keep the pH of the blood at ideal 7.365, and that a very important buffer management resides in the brain and monitors very sharp the percentage of C02 in the blood. Buteyko maintains that the magic is consequently and primarily in the C02 and secondary in the Oxygen. Because according to Bohr’s discovery if there is not enough CO2 (ideal around 6% in the blood – and in the alveoli in the lungs) the haemoglobin becomes very “sticky” and doesn’t loose the grip on Oxygen, so depriving the tissues and organs of it.

Now when this centre in the brain detects that there is too much CO2 (which is mild acidic) in the blood, as it happens for example when eating much protein very late in the night, the brain orders the lungs to hyperventilate (breath more air volume per minute) to get rid of the extra CO2 and get the pH more alkaline. The problem is that people generally are actually very short in CO2 according to standard measurements of WHO (World Health Organization), --fact also corroborated by professor Buteyko. Our bodies had to adapt to live with less CO2 than normal. But everything has its limit and if the CO2 level is too low, the bronchial three spasms and narrows producing asthma attacks.

Professor Buteyko developed a breathing technique to slowly slowy persuade the body to accept higher levels of CO2 in the blood and recover the health.

So, your point: being alkaline must make in grand measure unnecessary the otherwise rescue measure of hyperventilation and you find yourself consequently healthier and having better breathing.

The Buteyko method was a great help for me for some years. But it was only when I read a comment from Andreas Moritz saying that in his experience the cause of asthma was almost always a very deep grief rooted in the past, that the allergy to pollen that I had for 30 years disappeared and the asthma was gone.

Moreless encourages deep breathing but I’m not a friend of it. I think deep breathing (in the sense of breathing great air volume per minute) is for healthy people only and not for long time, specially if you are not moving at the same time. Because if you are very short of CO2 and prone to asthma and you deep breathe enough you can end up having an asthma attack. I must add in defense of Moreless that he warns that you should be careful not to go to the point of being tired (which is a good safety measure). But I think this is better understood bringing in the discoveries of professor Buteyko: exercise (that means muscles producing more CO2) is a very positive thing (if you are at the level of health that allows you to exercise with no problems), but then the key is to breath normal (not excessive air volume) and very calmly, specially after the exercise in order not to loose even more CO2 than you have gained with the exercise.

Best to you.

PTtogether

Hi Givati,

It is all about the Acid to Alkaline Balance!

So, when you are too Acidic, the Baking Soda may temporarily neutralize enough of these Excess Acids to Help you overcome this problem on the short term, and this is why it worked for this man!

You may only need a Tablespoonful in a glass of water, but sip it slowly, so that it may neutralize the acids in the Head slowly and not be too fast of a change or shock for the body!

For when the Brain gets too Acidic and has the Oxygen shut down, then you may Die!

Smile Tis your choice.