>>"Acid/alkaline balance is soooo complicated. The body has many mechanisms in place to maintain pH."<<
BTW - did you know that those mechanisms can, and do contribute to poor health and disease when over or under active?
Which again is why the body has so many redundant systems to maintain pH. If they all failed then it is probably because you are already dead.
Acid/alkaline balance is soooo complicated. The body has many mechanisms in place to maintain pH.
it's similar to how our body has its own mechanisms in place to maintain proper body temperature.
Nature put these things in place to keep us alive.
When we take antacids and other alkaline substances, IMO we're throwing in a monkey wrench and crippling the system our body has put in place to regulate pH.
And the body has different pH in different parts. The stomach becomes acidic when it produces HCl to digest meat. Our saliva is alkaline, which is needed for the enzymes that break down carbohydrates.
The best acid/alkaline balancer is our own body, IMO.
You are 100% correct!!!
Your ignorance of history is astounding and never will you see these antacids promoted by anyone who knows anything about this subject!
You mean you and none of the other alkaline cultists do not promote antacids like calcium hydroxide (lime)?
Yes the half truth about the body alone regulating pH is just that a half truth ! The truth is, as strange as it may seem to you is the body does adjust the blood ph through robbing the bones and other parts of the body including teeth! This creates all kinds of disease like dental carries and osteoporosis! This is just common sense!
Try reading my posts on how the body regualtes its pH. I clearly state that buffering by bone minerals can happen, but this is a LAST RESORT method for the body to buffer acids. And since acidosis is so rare this rarely plays a role.
Secondly, the claim about dental caries is also misleading. This is not one of the body's methods for adjusting its blood pH. The acids that lead to dental caries ARE NOT generated in the body, but rather by bacteria in the mouth or from dietary acids such as unuffered lemon juice. But the body's primary method of dealing with these acids is through the production of saliva, which helps to neutralize and wash away these acids. Again try learning something about how the body really works before posting!!!
"The best acid/alkaline balancer is our own body, IMO.
Once again in total agreement with the medical/pharmaceutical industry!"
LOL
Doesn't this poster realize that medical/pharma is one of the biggest pushers of alkalinizers (Tums, Rolaids, etc etc)?
Excellent point, LOL!!!