Re: Urine PH - a wonderful process

[Guest guest]

Don:

But concerning your last statement, let's not forget that pH is a log

scale (base 10), so a couple of tenths change in blood pH means that

the acidity is changing by more than 50%. I think that is rather

significant, actually.

-Dave

>

> The PH of urine has a moderately wide swing, so the blood doesn't,

> which has to be within a very limited range. Just one of the parts of

> the body that works to insure the blood PH stays within its limited

> range.

>

> The stomach's PH runs about 1, pretty low. The hydrocloric acid works

> very well on meats and fats, and not so well on fibers, hence the

> increased by-products. The stomach works hard to provide enough HCL

> to digest the food into a nice paste for the intestines to extract

> the nutrients. Some fruits help in this process, and some are fairly

> neutral. Veggies resist the breakdown, so these fibers are being

> worked on for a considerably longer time.

>

> Between the carbon dioxide leaving the body, and the urine PH running

> up and down, and a few other processes, they all work to keep the

> blood PH just about the mid 7's, with a range of just a couple of

tenths.

>

> Merry Christmas to all, and may your years be plenty,

>

> Don White

> Seguin, Tx

>

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

Just took a look at my most recent set of lab results.

I note that they DO report urine pH. But they do NOT report blood

pH.

Of course they may not be right .......... but this does seem to

support the view that blood pH is not thought to be of much

interest, whereas urine pH may have some relevance.

Have a great holiday, everyone.

Rodney.

> >

> > The PH of urine has a moderately wide swing, so the blood

doesn't,

> > which has to be within a very limited range. Just one of the

parts of

> > the body that works to insure the blood PH stays within its

limited

> > range.

> >

> > The stomach's PH runs about 1, pretty low. The hydrocloric acid

works

> > very well on meats and fats, and not so well on fibers, hence the

> > increased by-products. The stomach works hard to provide enough

HCL

> > to digest the food into a nice paste for the intestines to

extract

> > the nutrients. Some fruits help in this process, and some are

fairly

> > neutral. Veggies resist the breakdown, so these fibers are being

> > worked on for a considerably longer time.

> >

> > Between the carbon dioxide leaving the body, and the urine PH

running

> > up and down, and a few other processes, they all work to keep the

> > blood PH just about the mid 7's, with a range of just a couple of

> tenths.

> >

> > Merry Christmas to all, and may your years be plenty,

> >

> > Don White

> > Seguin, Tx

> >

>