Alkaline lifestyle

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Alkaline lifestyle, in defense of alkalinity & food combination

I start quoting freely from http://www.naturalnews.com/022332.html by Gabriel Donohoe: (NaturalNews) Modern medicine is firmly founded on the “Germ Theory of Disease” promulgated by Louis Pasteur in the 1860’s. Pasteur’s 140-year-old theory is still the medical paradigm upon which Western medicine fights disease as we enter the 21st century.Still, despite being highly controversial in the late 1800s, the Germ Theory was quickly adopted by the medical powers of the day. This new theory about germs invading from outside the body empowered the medical and pharmaceutical industry as guardians of human and animal health. People became dependent on the fledgling medical/drugs industry for information and protection from disease. Thus, Modern Medicine was born.A number of eminent scientists opposed Pasteur and The Germ Theory, most notably the highly respected Professor Antoine Béchamp. Béchamp was a reserved, modest man and a much more distinguished scientist than the self-promoting chemist, Louis Pasteur. (It is believed today that Pasteur stole much of Béchamp’s work and passed it off as his own. This prompted R.B. Pearson to write a book in the 1940s called “Pasteur, Plagiarist, Imposter.”) See text at (http://www.whale.to/a/b/pearson.html)Béchamp and other scientists believed in the theory of pleomorphism, that a microbe could evolve through many forms from virus to bacterium to yeast to fungus to mold and could even de-evolve back to a pre-virus again. Béchamp could see this evolution and de-evolution clearly in his microscope. Big Medicine rejected pleomorphism back then just as it will not even look at pleomorphic phenomena filmed and documented by scientists today, such as Dr. Robert O. Young in San Diego, California.Another of Béchamp’s contemporaries, Claude Bernard, expounded on the pleomorphic theory and said that the inner terrain or “milieu interieur” was the cause of disease, and not microbes. It was discovered that acidic blood and tissue provide a terrain that is ideal for disease to develop. When the terrain becomes acidic, microbes evolve into pathogenic forms and carry out the work nature designed them to do – as cleaners and undertakers, scavenging inflamed or infected tissue.The acidity or acid/alkaline balance of the blood is measured by pH, the potential of Hydrogen, see (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH) and is a very important marker for good health. The blood will do all it can to keep its pH at 7.365, or slightly alkaline. It will even strip alkaline reserves like calcium from the bones to buffer a rise in acidity. (This can lead to a condition labeled by modern medicine as osteoporosis.)When the pH drops, even by .1, the increase in acidity is interpreted by the microbes, already present in the body in their billions, as a sign of a dead or dying body. This prompts them to morph from benign bacteria into virulent yeast and mold so that they can reduce the body to the dust from whence it came.Even Pasteur eventually realized the truth of this and on his death-bed said that “Bernard was right... the microbe is nothing; the terrain is everything.” But Big Medicine now chose to ignore him. They sensed that the germ theory provided a gilt-edged opportunity to amass a huge fortune.Béchamp and others in the scientific community opposed the germ theory and advocated the theory of pleomorphism, saying:· Acidic terrain, not germs, cause disease· Germs are already in the body by the billions and don’t necessarily have to come from without (although that can sometimes happen)· Blood is not sterile but can contain many microbial forms· Germs are pleomorphic, i.e., they can change through many forms (Dr Gaston Naessens identified a microbe undergoing 16 different stages of evolution)· Virtually all diseases are caused by acidic terrain· Diseases can be prevented or reversed by increasing the alkalinity of the terrain
We live in a free country. We use grain in this country to fatten cattle. Warm blooded mammals all react in the same way to grains. Grains should only be eaten as sprouts, sprouted grains then become vegetables. A sprout has 500 times greater nutrition than the product that is matured to harvest from that seed. Pertinent & relevant in every case, without exception, just scratching the surface in regards to grain. All products made from grain seeds, oat meal for example etc, are acidic in their pH.
We live in a free country. We use meat in this country to fatten cattle. Warm blooded mammals all react in the same way to meat. Many people believe that eating meat gives them strength. If this is so, then why are the strongest animals in the world vegetarians? Did you ever stop to think that the animals you do eat are vegetarians? Where did they get their strength? All the meat-eating animals find it necessary to sleep 16 to 18 hours daily because of excess toxins. The animals that eat meat live a very short life.
Often the question is asked about the need for amino acids & animal flesh protein. We're scratching the surface of protein. What is protein? Mom was right – proteins are important. We need a good supply to keep our cells healthy & actively reproducing. When we eat proteins, our bodies break them into amino acids – long, complicated strands of molecules that cells use as food. With out them the body cannot function. Growing bodies – children & adolescents – require more protein than adults do. All dead animal flesh meat is of an toxic acid pH, red white or blue, mammal, foul or aquatic.
But protein doesn't have to come from meat. Superior protein sources contain little fat but supply protein varieties that are more easily broken down & used by body cells. The wheatgrass book by Ann Wigmore http://www.annwigmore.org/ should be a highly prized book in everyones library. Protein is just one of the many wonders of wheatgrass. A must in your daily regiment. Three books would make a complete library; the wheatgrass book, Alkalize or Die by Dr. Theodore A. Baroody & a book on the rules of proper food combining.
The Journal of Clinical Nutrition produced a chart with revealing percentages of usable energy from various food sources. Red meat wasn't at the top of the chart.
The need is highly exaggerated as only 16% of our body is protein. The answer to the question is very simple. We are able to create our own amino acids from the combination of the best foods & clean air , just as the animals do. We never try to feed amino acids to animals. Thus we are able to eliminate the need for toxic dead animal flesh & have no further need to worry about our constant source of protein.
An explanation of the cause of an ulcer is necessary at this point. There is a sodium coating covering the entire inside wall of the stomach which, if it remains intact, will prevent the digestive juices from digesting the stomach itself. However, when any form of flesh food enters the stomach. Some of the sodium is drawn from the walls & gathers around the meat, thus preventing the digestion of the meat in the stomach & at the same time depleting the sodium on the walls of the stomach.
As one continues to eat meat & a deficiency of sodium in the diet occurs, the sodium lining is not being replaced on the walls of the stomach. The digestive juices then start digesting the stomach, producing what we call an ulcer.
The skin is the largest detoxification organ, sweat is the medium that is used for this process. Pigs & foul do not sweat. The protein flesh of these animals, at the cellular level, becomes a toxic waste site. The concentration of these acid toxins is in proportion to & a function of, exposure to poor nutrition sources & age. We always thought that the reason the Jews were forbidden to eat pork was the pork parasite, trichinosis. All animals that do not sweat out their toxic waste are a more acidic toxic food source than other animal flesh & should be avoided. A more likely reason for the forbidding of the eating of certain animals.
A defense can be offered in defense of protein, the same defense can be used for steroids, the side effects of which offset the benefits. Can the benefits be justified? That is a rhetorical question to which the answer is no.
We have scratched the surface of grain & meat, that just leaves milk. Milk is highly mucus forming & tends to develop toxins through out the body. Milk, being a predigested food, has been known to cause various complications in the stomach & colon. The calcium in milk is difficult to assimilate & may cause toxins in the form of rheumatic fever, arthritis, neuritis & bursitis. The resulting lack of proper digestion & assimilation of the calcium allows it to go into the blood stream in a free form & it is deposited in the tissues, cells & joints, causing the symptoms of the above mentioned diagnoses, where it then can cause intense pain & suffering. The milk cow, which is the animal we think of when it comes to calcium, gets calcium from the same source that we should, green leafy vegetables. Trust me, we have that same or superior ability. Next visit all dairy will be the topic & I'm sure you already know the news will not be good.
It seems a shame to leave fruit unscathed with out at least a parting shot across the bow. Fruit exists to provide vitamins first & foremost. Fruits can't do their job & all the other proposed benefits fruit are credited with are lost due to the following reasons & regulations: depleted, exhausted farming soil #1, modern corporate farming practices #2, green harvesting #3, modern industrial processing methods & government imposed requirements #4 & lastly hybridization, crossbreeding & gene splicing. The meeting of any kind of a daily nutritional requirement would require eating a volume physically impossible for the human body to devourer. The daily recommendation is now all the way up to 12 servings of fruits & vegetables. If you want to move to Arizona & get your own tree you can have a ripe orange. They have to be eaten by themselves & on an empty stomach or only after the previous food is thoroughly digested based upon the rules that guide us to proper food combining. Not viable; take supplements & spend your hard earned money on vegetables that can't be green harvested.
The FDA has the power to regulate any dietary supplement under DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act. A dietary supplement that is “adulterated” or “misbranded”,” or that bears an unauthorized drug claim, is subject to seizure, condemnation & destruction. Also, DSHEA provides the Secretary of Health & Human Services with the authority to remove any dietary supplement or dietary supplement ingredient that poses an “imminent hazard.” In addition, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has the ability to remove products & punish companies guilty of fraudulent advertising & promotion. The food pyramid for the first time has placed supplements as one of the daily recommended requirements. So before you want to fit me for a tin-foil hat let me just say I'm not the only one saying that everyone should or will be on supplements.
I have drawn heavily upon Stanley Burroughs author of The Master Cleanser or the lemon aid diet. I credit him for turning my attention to alkalinity. Which he only mentions once in his book. His groupies may recognize this phrase, “It is, in fact, our best aid toward proper alkaline balance”. Next blog I will draw heavily upon Dr. Theodore A. Baroody author of Alkalize Or Die. You just have to love a man that will title a book in such a no nonsense way. But previous to these two marvelous men I spent many happy hours at a web site called alkalize for health http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/ : This is a very large site & I only disagree with the spiritual aspects, but to each their own, as the seed is so grows the tree.
All toxins, with the exception of alkali poisons such as lye, test acid as a pH. The groups of foods we have just discussed, including fruits (with a couple exceptions),are acidic & toxic & our body must take steps to deal with it. This leads to a very long discussion of body processes upon which we will elaborate later. Remember scratching the surface! The body is a survivor & in the fight to stave off death; all sickness, disease, virus, bacteria & chronic disease or old age result. The body in an effort to maintain an alkaline environment in which to operate & avoid imminent death will do anything including make itself sick & diseased. The body organs & tissues being made up of organic materials, which acid will reek havoc upon, are damaged by having to deal with the acid.
If one is sick & desires healing, it is of prime importance that the true cause of the sickness be discovered. This is always the first step toward recovery. If the particular cause is not recognized, & attention is directed to subordinate causes, or to supposed but not real causes, healing is out of the question. Hippocrates, considered to be the “father of medicine” from whom comes the Hippocratic Oath, said “Let food be your medicine, & your medicine be your food”. The Hippocratic Oath serves as a foundation for other, similar oaths & laws that define good medical practice & morals.
http://www.alkaline.org/alkaline_water.htm A guy like the rest of us finding the path.
http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/BasicsofHealth/alkalize_your_body.htm Food lists
http://www.hacres.com/home/home.asp Above reproach, a wonderful resource.
http://www.drday.com/ A medical doctor that has seen the light, impeccable credentials.
http://www.holistic-miracle-medicines.com/alkaline.html Dr. Young is very good & may just be the best, if he isn't he sets a very high standard.
http://www.honordrreg.com/buytrehalose/ChangeYourSugar.pdf More good information on the sugars that were talked about on the alkalize for health web site. He writes a great deal, all of his information is very good. Google search for "j c spencer" "the endowment for medical research".