acid/alkali balance, was Lots of calcium, was Re: leg cramps

[Guest guest]

> I consider lymph PH to be the

> same as urine PH, since urine is simply filtered lymph.

I'm not sure that's quite right. Urine is also filtered from blood

plasma...in fact, that's more likely to be the source of the bulk of

urine. Also, the kidneys will pull out and *concentrate* excess

amounts of things. So the pH of the urine, while possibly

*dependent* on the pH of blood plasma and lymph, should nonetheless

be different than the pH of either of those fluids.

[Guest guest]

At 02:51 PM 5/24/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>The acid/alkali thing did impress me, like I said, when I got

>heat stroke and my urine ph went off the charts on the acid side.

>I felt poorly for days till I got normal again, and come to

>think of it I think I got a leg cramp one of those nights!

I got impressed when I read articles about how it is a problem in cows and

horses, because the grain digestion disrupts their gut bacteria. If there

is one source of biological information that I trust to be oriented

primarily to RESULTS (and well-tested results, at that) it's experiments on

how to grow animals for market. They basically say that low-level acidosis

is a BIG problem and makes for sickly animals, not to the point they die,

but they get health problems. And the diet they are feeding the cows is

pretty much what Americans like to eat.

Acidosis is also a big problem in a lot of recognised diseases in the

mainstream medical literature. Whether as a cause or effect is unclear.

So it's definitely worth an experiment or two! Again, I don't know why a

lemon would be " alkali " as far as blood goes when it's obviously acid --

but in the medical list of " what causes acidosis " the causes are not

obviously acid (in fact overdose on alkali is listed as a cause of

acidosis). One of the big causes of acidosis is lower gut problems

(bacteria, diarrhea), as well as any liver or kidney disfunction. Anything

that causes water level imbalances (your dehydration) can cause it too. The

medical lists don't have any *foods* that reverse the process, it's assumed

the body will clear the problem, and if the body can't then give some

intravenous carbonate.

What I'm not clear on is whether the ph of your urine or saliva would

really track blood PH. If you secrete a lot of alkali, it means you are

getting rid of alkali, but it could be the system is malfunctioning too --

kind of like a diuretic makes you urinate a lot to the point you get

dehydrated.

I kind of think the reason they are in the calf muscles is that we use them

so much. When you use your muscles they generate lactic acid: whether the

cramps come because of the extra lactic acid or because the lactic acid

uses up the calcium (trying to neutralize it) I don't know.

I don't think the lactic acid you eat goes into the blood: it gets broken

down and used for food in the muscles too, I think, it was in an excercise

book I have, I'll have to look it up.

Heidi Schuppenhauer

Trillium Custom Software Inc.

heidis@...

[Guest guest]

Thanks.

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Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:54 PM

Subject: acid/alkali balance, was Lots of calcium, was

Re: leg cramps

> Hi Astrid!

>

> I don't think anybody went into detail about urine or saliva

> testing, but there is not much to it. Getting PH paper is the

> hardest part. Once you have it you can start checking. I

> don't recall any specific set of instructions but if you

> are interested in Calcium you might enjoy a website,... let's

> see if I can find it.

>

> Here it is, http://www.cureamerica.net/ and the book they offer

> named " The Calcium Factor " by Barefoot seemed pretty

> informative to me. I think it covers a method of using PH

> strips to monitor saliva and urine PH.

>

> Steve

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> > I've been trying to find out about the urine and saliva ph testing

> so I can

> > follow your conversations but I can't seem to find it on the link

> below?

> > I'd like to test for calcium but am not sure how.

> > Astrid

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