Re: Potassium Bicarbonate added to water - what do you think?

Hi Hveragerthi - thanks again for your help. Your advice about taking in chelated minerals is well-taken. However, I've noticed a problem of increased acidity problems even when I take chelated mineral supplements. It's very frustrating - that something that is supposed to be alkalizing is actually acidifying to me. It seems that only cal/mag supplements are truly alkalizing for me - and sometimes even this supplement may "turn on me". When I recently tried to increase the magnesium-to-calcium ratio by taking an extra magnesium tablet alongside my cal/mag tablet - I noticed the same, unpleasantly familiar symptoms I have whenever I get "acidified".

(I don't think this problem occurrs with vegetables - it seems to occur with actual mineral supplements.)

I've thought a lot about why my body just doesn't seem to alkalize with things that are *supposed* to be alkalizing. One of the things I came up with is a deficiency of progesterone (which I've mentioned) - and another thing I thought about is the (strong) possibility that my liver and kidney function has been drastically compromised by these prescription psychiatric drugs that I've had to take for many years. These organs might also be compromised by accumulated heavy metals in my body (I have a lot of mercury-amalgam dental fillings, and had at least two years of regular allergy shots). Don't these organs play a role in alkalizing or getting rid of "weak acids" and metabolizing the minerals properly? I don't know...I'm at a bit of a loss to explain what's going on with my body.

I think I wrote my very first posts to Curezone about this very problem (I don't have many total posts - I'm a relative newcomer). People use diluted lemon juice and apple cider vinegar to alkalize - yet when I tried to use these things, they seemed to produce symptoms of acidity (jock itch, increased brain-fog, etc.). And when I tried to take many iron supplements per day to raise my ferritin level (several capsules totaling to about 100 to 150 mg iron per day), I ran into these same acidity problems. And iron is supposed to be an "alkalizing" mineral.

As for your admonition against progesterone....oh, boy - that's disappointing to read. For about a year now, I have been looking to progesterone cream as the long-awaited viable answer to the unpleasant hormonal imbalance I've been suffering. I need to do something: I've been experiencing hair-thinning in a way that a woman shouldn't be experiencing hair-thinning, I have hirsuitism (too many hairs growing underneath my chin), I'm very overweight (I can't seem to lose any of this weight no matter how hard I try), I have acne, *very* heavy periods, massive bloating problems, and other symptoms. My anxiety and insomnia issues may be partly due to estrogen-dominance. According to Dr. Lee and others, progesterone can directly or indirectly alleviate these issues. And just as you claim that progesterone can build up in the body tissues - so can estrogen, apparently. And we are literally bathed in xenoestrogens as we go about our day-to-day lives (*many* chemicals in common household products, soaps, lotions, and other toiletries act as estrogens in the body). These xenoestrogens don't biodegrade, and they bioaccumulate in our body tissues. And supposedly, *estrogen* promotes cancer (by encouraging proliferation of body tissue - such as breast tissue) - and progesterone is supposed to be the hormone that counteracts the proliferating-effects of estrogen.

Using progesterone cream can help balance out that inundation of (xeno)estrogens. (According to authorities, our progesterone-to-estrogen ratio should be quite high - but a lot of people have a lot more estrogen than progesterone in their bodies.)

So what do I do? Many women suffering from PCOS use the herb Vitex to help balance out hormones (there is also another herb that is becoming popular for these issues - it's different than the one you mentioned). Is Vitex enough?

Oh - and I was referring to joint-stiffness as an acidity symptom I suffer, not necessarily muscle-stiffness (although I have that as well). For ex., I seem to have a much stiffer back than I used to have. Some of this can be "aging" - but I notice the problem worsens when I become "acidic".

Tweet