i have a friend and she suffers of asthna,and always have runny nose and eat (always)junk/fast food. I used the ph teste before a bad lunch(JUNK FOOD) and the color was almost purple that means high alkaline livel. Don't understand somebody can explain me why.......
i understand what you say but i have other friend that is asthmatic too and when i tested him the test color was a yellow and when he change his life style (eating healthy food) he was improving . I am alergic too but while i eat alkaline food never suffer any alergic symptom. Acidity and alkalinity has nothing to do with asthma????....thanks for your help
No, acidity and alkalinity have nothing to do with asthma. The pH of the blood and the lymphatic system are kept at a constant except in very rare cases. For example diabetic ketoacidosis, respiratory alkalosis, milk-alkali syndrome and with some poisons. Otherwise the body maintains a very strict pH, since it cannot survive out of this narrow range. Therefore the body has a number of methods to control its pH. One of the primary mechanisms is with respiration. If the blood starts to go acidic the respiration speeds up to raise the pH by blowing off CO2, which reduces carbonic acid. If the body starts to become too alkaline then respiration is slowed down to retain CO2, which decreases pH. Secondary mechanisms of pH balance include excretion or retention of hydrogen ions, production of bicarbonates, sequestering of CO2 for stomach acid formation, minerals from food and as a last resort minerals from bone.
As for why you are doing better with "alkaline foods" there are several things that can account for this. First of all many of these foods are high in magnesium, which again is a common deficiency in asthmatics. Magnesium works as a natural calcium channel blocker. By antagonizing the calcium, which contracts the smooth muscle in the lungs, the magnesium helps to relax the bronchioles preventing the spasming associated with asthma. Secondly plant proteins are easier to break down than animal proteins, which reduces the risk of allergic responses. Remember that asthma is an allergic response. Also remember that asthma is an inflammatory allergic response. And animla proteins raise levels of pro-inflammatory arachidonic acid. This is countered by the omega 3 fatty acids common in some plants.
Oxygen enters the bloodstream through an exchange reaction between oxygen and carbon dioxide. The ONLY role calcium and magnesium plays is the fact that calcium contracts the bronchioles decreasing respiration and magnesium relaxes the bronchioles increasing respiration. Here are some references to help you with understanding how the body really works:
http://www.peopleandpossibilities.com/dr.rakhra-Pulmonary.html
“Magnesium may help to stop acute asthma attacks and have a dilating effect on the bronchial muscles. “
“The contraction of smooth muscle from different tissues depends to a variable extent on Ca2+ influx across the plasma membrane. “
“Calcium (Ca) plays an important role in airway hyperreactivity because synthesis of inflammatory mediators and release from mast cells, airway smooth muscle contraction and neuronal conduction are dependent on cytosolic calcium ions (Ca2+), which are elevated via either Ca2+ channel opening or release from intracellular stores.1 “
“The control of smooth muscle contraction is governed by changes in the intracellular concentration of calcium ions. (1) In the presence of calcium, ATPase is activated to hydrolyse ATP and provides an available energy source for muscle contraction.”
“It is generally thought that magnesium depletion leads to respiratory fatigue. (14). Magnesium promotes healthy lung function by acting as a bronchodilator, preventing the bronchial passages from going into spasm. (15, 16) Magnesium deficiency may increase vulnerabilty to allergies by increasing the release of histamine into the bloodstream, increasing allergic reactivity in general. (17) Magnesium has been found to be deficient in many asthmatics during acute attacks (18), though actual Mg levels may have been lower since blood level measurements do not detect subtle tisssue deficiencies (19). Low dietary intake of magnesium is associated with an increased incidence of asthmatic symptoms, wheezing and reduced lung function. (20)
The administration of intravenous magnesium has been shown to be effective in the treatment of bronchial asthma symptoms. (21, 22)”
http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:vFTNgq1V-ZEJ:medind.nic.in/iac/t01/i2/iact01i2p107o.pdf
“Calcium ions are closely involved in excitation contraction of smooth muscle and also in secretory process including the release of mast cell inhibitors. Bronchial smooth muscle contracts when concentration of free cytosolic calcium ions increases due to cell membrane
depolarisation14, however, one of the defects in asthmatics is an altered control of calcium influx15.”
“ In a recent study, calcium channel blockers have been shown to reduce
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1400645/?page=1
Clinical studies with calcium antagonists in asthma
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1504786/
“The findings suggest that mediator release, which is calcium dependent, may play an important part in exercise-induced asthma, and calcium antagonists may inhibit post-exercise bronchoconstriction by their blocking effect on calcium channels.”
http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/122/2/396.full
“1. Magnesium has been shown to cause bronchial smooth-muscle relaxation in vitro,
7 probably by its action as a “physiologic calcium antagonist,”8 or by its action on adenyl cyclase activation.9 Magnesium has been shown to cause bronchodilation in vivo101112 in children as well as in adults. Yes, magnesium is a bronchodilator.”
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040201/tips/39.html
“Magnesium Proves a Useful Adjunct in Acute Asthma
Magnesium has bronchodilating properties attributed to its role as a powerful relaxant of smooth muscle. “
As far as acidity and alkalinity goes you are not telling the full story there either. An alkaline reaction is required for the uptake of oxygen by hemoglobin, but the release of that oxygen is acid dependent. If you cannot release the oxygen it does not do you any good. Calcium and magnesium don't play a role in the uptake or release of oxygen from hemoglobin. Try researching the Bohr effect and the Haldane effect.