I have patients that tell me that they don’t notice any increased gas, brain fog or indigestion when they combine fruits and vegetables. That’s because they are eating so many combinations of foods that their bodies are always feeding their blood stream partially digested nutrients. They are so used to feeling this way, they don’t know the best they can feel.

Poor oxygen utilization originates from acidosis. I studied this oxygen saturation curve in medical school. One of the primary waste products of thebody is carbon dioxide (CO₂). Alkaline Compounds (Bicarbonates) are required in the cell to exchange oxygen for CO₂. When your alkali supply is too low, CO₂ stays in the cells and piles up in the suffocating tissues. "The Great American Diet" causes chronic acidosis which causes "couch potato” people to sigh a lot, experience breathlessness, pant at the least exertion, have frequent muscle pain, have insomnia (can’t sleep), have a constant "1ump" in their throat (from dehydration and loss of sodium), have chronic fatigue, have blisters in their mouth from eating citrus, have low back pain, have recurrent urinary tract infections, have symptomatic low blood pressures and have difficulty holding their breath for at least 20 seconds. If you have any of these symptorns you probably are too acidic.

In scuba diving, divers that are more acidic run out of air quickly; while those that are more pH balanced can make a tank of air "last forever." Saliva approximates the blood pH at 6.5 to 7.0. If yours consistently falls below 6.5, you are too acidic. If yours consistently reads above 7.0, you could be too alkaline. You can find test strips on the internet. Urine tests aren’t accurate for body pH.

Acidic abundance in your tissue is common during the initial formation of cancer. Hyper acidity appears to contribute to insulin sensitivity problems that lead to diabetes. Chronic acidosis is underIying in the number one killer, heart disease. Acidosis interferes with the exchange of oxygen and CO₂ at the cellular level, suffocating the heart muscle, causing the heart to pump harder and more often to supply oxygen to the other organs of the body. The natural ratio for a healthy body is four parts alkaline to one part acid (ratio 4:1). When such a ratio is maintained the body has a strong resistance against disease. Remember, alkali bases neutralize acids. It is just asdangerous to become too alkaline as too acidic; temperance in all things.

The first adjustment is to eat a more alkaline diet, not mix fruits and vegetables (because you are eating more simply, you willnotice) and 50% of your food should be raw (ie, fruits and veggies). When this is done, there willbe little to no room for meat, fish, or fowl. You need 75-80% of your food to be alkaline. If you are not eating a diet rich in whole grains, fruits and veggies, you’re not getting enough base containing foods. Vegetable⁴ juicing can jurnp-start this process of alkalinizing your body. If you make these changes in your diet youcan experience a dramatic difference in your health in just a couple of weeks.

Weariness comes from these acid-formmg wastes in your body. The custom of the day is to eat a highly acid diet and we wonder why we are so chronically fatigued and can’t sleep at night! The tiredness from which one can not rest, the inability to concentrate on mental work or to apply one’s self to the day’s task is, in many cases, from poisoning of the nerve cells. This is because of the pollution of the body fluids which bathe all those vital cells. In the lab, nerves can’t be fatigued when repeatedly stimulated, but the accumulation and over-production of acid products drugs the nerves, ultimately injuring them, sometimes permanently.

If you follow this counsel you will need much less protein in your diet. This is the second adjustment. Due to an acid medium’s rapid destruction of protein, the body’s requirement for protein increases, while an alkaline environment spares this usual destruction of protein. Eating less protein will protect your kidneys and extend your life. When I speak of protein most people think of meat, which is very concentrated. Don’t do as so many before have done and substitute eggs and bread for meat or sugar for meat; all of which are acid forrning. If you do this you havemade the problem worse.

References:

Paulien, G.B., “TheDivine Philosophy AndScience Of Health And Healing,” Teach Services, Inc, 1995;124,129-132.