acid-alkaline revisited

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Dear Forums,

How are you?

I am back again with the acid-alkaline question.

After raising the question a week or two ago, I thought I

had resolved the matter with your help, summarised in the post I quote below.

However I checked up on some acid-alkaline tables on the net

and they claim that the balance of foods should be 80% alkaline and 20% acidic.

They further claim that all rices and wheat (including brown and wholemeal) are

acidic. As macrobiotic recommends (Macrbiotic Way)

Whole Cereal

Grains 50%

Soups 5-10%

Vegetables 20-30%

Beans and Sea Veg

5-10%

there appears to be an inconsistency.

I have discussed this issue a bit further in my blog with

internet references:-

http://zarendhara.net/naturehealth.htm#27

Is anyone able to help me resolve this inconsistency?

Hope you are keeping well,

All the Best

Bill Z

With Vegan Macrobiotics Re Discussions of Dan Reid

Dear Forum,

Thanks very much for the interesting answers.

Antony, from an initial standpoint your comments appear

true, he does make very bold statements in the article not well

substantiated – as you pointed out with diet coke. The article was quoted

on his website which suggests he is happy with it; yet it was an interview with

the Bali Times, and without wishing to cast aspersions on all Aussie beach bums

this might not be considered an erudite journal. (Please don’t take that

last seriously! J) But I would not

expect cited references in the article.

My own view of Reid has come from perusing and

attempting to read A Complete Guide to Chi Gung, and from my limited perspective

that is an authoritative book. I had thought of him as a respected Taoist

scholar and Lin reinforces that view.

My own view of Taoist Immortals is very romantic, and the

practices that Lin talks of are way beyond my existence – sadly? I will

have to put a rhetorical question here, are ’s dietary approaches

born from the Taoist tradition? Are you suggesting that Lin? They are referred

to a little in his Chi Gung book and presumably elsewhere so I will look into

that.

Klara’s URL of Briscoe’s Cybermacro chat

gave some helpful reading on acid/alkaline:-

http://www.cybermacro.com/macrochat/-Briscoe-Acid & Alkaline.html

Body must contain “a constant pH of

the blood” (BZ thinks parallels with

gardening). “Kidney lungs and blood buffer system” keeps the body alkaline, a difficult job “as

the body produces so much acid, naturally. No matter how you eat or live, you

produce lots of acid.”

Interestingly “the foundation of

the immune system is alkaline blood”

The macrochat directly answered my rice

questions:-

“brown rice has protein, the protein …. is acid-forming. And the

brown rice also has minerals.. which help to neutralize the acidity. ….

The macrobiotic diet is so great for supporting alkaline blood because... It is

rich in plant foods that are full of minerals. And minerals are the body's

source of alkalinity”

“refined grains are acid-forming eg white

rice” There is acidity from eating brown rice

but it is counterbalanced by the “brown” minerals and the healthy

foods eaten with the brown rice. It appears that the body must produce acid,

and it necessary to provide an alkaline balance.

Is there a website

with detailed acid/alkaline foods content?

Is there a connection

between acid/alkaline and yin/yang?

“tofu being rich in protein is

acid-forming” I quote this from the macrochat

because discussed soy in the Bali Times article, and he was not in

favour. He cited that Asian health is not that good, I tend to agree. I have

had experience of living with two Asian diets, in China and here in Thailand.

Firstly I think poverty has a strong factor to play in both diets. Both consume

white rice, already spoken of as acidic, both have inordinate amounts of MSG

and other preservatives, and my own view of the Thai diet is that it is highly

spicy being countered by sweet stuffs – an extreme diet in terms of

yin-yang I think. (I know of only two places in Bangkok that serve brown rice).

The state of Asian health in my view perhaps should not be cited as a criticism

of soy.

I would welcome

further comments on my posts but in particular on:-

1) Dr Warburg’s

cancer theory? The tissues of cancer being acidic?

2) Reid’s

– if you can eat it raw it is good. And if you can’t eat it

raw….

Thanks again for your

helpful comments.

Hope you are keeping well,

All the Best

Bill Z