pH – The Silent KillerpH Balancing as Conservative Preventive Medical Wisdom

Dr. Brian MacCoy, N.M.D. Coeur d’Alene Bible Church

April 11, 2010

OUTLINE AND GOALS

Fundamentals of pH History and principles of pH balancing Representative pH values Symptomatic pH therapy Causal pH therapy

FUNDAMENTALSpH (Power of Hydrogen) is a scale of acidity from 0 to 14. It tells how acidic or alkaline (basic) a substance is.

The lower the pH, the more acidic is the solution. The higher the pH, the more alkaline is the solution.

Substances which are not acidic or alkaline (neutral) usually have a pH of 7, the pH of pure water at 25 °C. Acids have a pH less than 7. Alkalis have a pH greater than 7.

The pH reading of a solution is usually obtained by comparing unknown solutions to those of known pH. There are a lot of ways for finding the pH of some chemical. One way is by using a red or blue litmus paper. The pH paper is able to tell how strong the chemical is, whether it is a stronger acid or a stronger base.

In fact, pH is a measure of the concentration of protons (H+) in a solution. Danish chemist S.P.L. Sørensen introduced this concept in 1909.

Most substances have a pH in the range 0 to 14, although extremely acidic or basic substances may have pH < 0, or pH > 14.

HISTORY

Most people who suffer from unbalanced pH are acidic. This condition forces the body to borrow minerals—including calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium—from vital organs and bones to neutralize the acid and safely remove it from the body.

Because of this strain, the body can suffer severe and prolonged damage due to high acidity—a condition that may go undetected for years.

“Acid pH is so corrosively destructive that it is considered a seedbed for most, if not all, degenerative diseases including obesity, heart disease, premature aging, diabetes,

and osteoporosis.” Dr. Lawrence Hatchett, M.D., Harvard University Fellow

Fundamental problems caused by acidosis

Cardiovascular damage, including the constriction of blood vessels and the reduction of oxygen.

Acceleration of free radical damage, probably contributing to cancerous mutations (cancer requires an acid rich, oxygen starved environment to grow).

Weight gain, obesity, diabetes, ulcerations.

Immune deficiency/suppression, recurrent fungal infections. Premature aging. Osteoporosis; weak, brittle bones, hip fractures and bone spurs. Joint pain, aching muscles and lactic acid buildup. Low Energy and chronic fatigue.Bladder and kidney conditions, including kidney stones.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7:20

Factors causing acid reactions

FOOD - The concept of acid alkaline imbalance as the cause of disease is not new. In 1933 a New York doctor named William Howard Hay published a ground-breaking book, A New Health Era in which he maintains that all disease is caused by autotoxication (or "self-poisoning") due to acid accumulation in our bodies.

Factors causing acid reactions

“We depart from health in just the proportion to which we have allowed our alkalis to be dissipated by introduction of acid-forming food in too great amount... It may seem strange to say that all disease is the same thing, no matter what its myriad modes of expression, but it is verily so”.    

William Howard Hay, M.D. 1933

Our diet is probably the main factor in over acidification of our body’s biochemistry. We consume caffeine with sugar, carbonated beverages between and with meals, fried greasy foods that over-amp our enzyme systems, processed foods that are empty of any nutritional content.

We drink water or other beverages with meals to wash down our food that is improperly or incompletely chewed and that beverage dilutes the naturally produced digestive juices.

Thus, we cannot absorb these undigested foods, we are robbed of the essential nutrients these foods contain (even in deficient trace amounts), the undigested proteins are recognized by our bodies as “foreign proteins”, allergic/sensitivity reactions occur to these “foreign proteins” and our bodies are caught in a cycle of starvation, immune suppression, and allergic reactions.

Our bodies digestive systems struggle to handle incompletely digested foods and in the process these foods decompose.

Highly toxic chemicals are produced as a result of this decomposition resulting in secondary symptoms of sluggishness, loss of interest, nervousness, bad breath, exhaustion on waking,etc.

As this auto-intoxication spreads through our system, it is difficult for spiritual messages to reach the brain centers that control physical consciousness.

Fasting has been recommended and practiced by all world religions since the beginning. It is mentioned in the bible well over forty times.

It is an accepted means of cleansing the acids produced and accumulated ranging from cellular metabolism to

bathing in water loaded with chemical pollutants, something many people do daily without even considering or knowing the dangers.

Stress – the Austrian endocrinologist Dr. med. Hans Selye (1907-1982) in 1956 wrote The Stress of Life - seen as one of the 20th centuries greatest ideas. To grossly oversimplify, Selye documented that stress differs from other physical responses in that stress is stressful whether one receives good or bad news. He called negative stress distress and positive stress eustress. He developed the idea of two reservoirs of stress resistance or alternatively stress energy – a superficial level (where acids play a role) and a deeper level which can be permanently depleted – the soul aspect – which is permanently depleted until the depletion is adequately realized, faced, and forgiven.

Factors causing acid reactionsMedications – steroids (prednisone, cortisone, etc.), antibiotics, water pills, anti-inflammatory drugs, in fact almost all prescription medications including antacids!

Caustic temperament – that “biting nature”. Bitterness, un-forgiveness, anger, sorrow, fear

Alcohol Lack of sleep, disturbed sleep patterns, frequent interrupted sleepEssential mineral deficiencies

Representative pH valuesSubstance pH Substance pH

Hydrochloric Acid,10M -1.0Battery acid 0.5

Pure Water 7.0Healthy human saliva 6.4 - 7.0

Gastric acid 1.5 – 2.0Lemon juice 2.4

Blood 7.34 – 7.45Sea water 8.0

Cola 2.5Vinegar 2.9

Hand soap 9.0 – 10.0Household ammonia 11.5

Orange or apple juice 3.5Beer 4.5

Bleach 12.5Household lye 13.5

Acid Rain <5.0Coffee 5.0

Caustic Soda 13.9

Tea or healthy skin 5.5Milk 6.5

The Hydrangea macrophylla blossoms come in pink or blue, depending on soil pH.

In acidic soils, the flowers are blue; in alkaline soils, the flowers are pink.

Symptomatic pH therapy

Water is the most important element required in establishing and maintaining proper pH. Since your body is 70% water, it is extremely important to constantly replenish your water supply. The body requires 2.5 to 3 liters (quarts) of water every day.

In order to hydrate your body optimally, you need to drink water that is alive, not dead. One liter of reverse osmosis purified filtered water two to three times daily helps to neutralize acids and remove toxins from the body. Water prepared thusly also acts as a conductor for electromagnetic information from cell to cell. As you hydrate your body properly, you'll develop more of a thirst for water.

In North America food cravings are most often the body's cry for water. Between meal acidy stomach eventually can often be controlled by two to three ounces of water (not tap) that has been purified.

Correction of pH imbalance(causal pH therapy)

Bio-Terrain is probably the safest, most natural, and most effective remedy to normalize the body’s acid/base balance. Its basic formulation has been used for many decades with outstanding success.

You MUST supplement with the 90 essential nutrients – 60 Minerals, 16 Vitamins, 3 Essential Fatty Acids, and 12 Amino-acids

Without minerals, your body will not produce enzymes which are the essential catalysts for every bio-chemical process that occurs in the body. Without minerals your body will not attempt to detoxify the heavy metals, chemicals, toxic exposures, and toxins produced by sluggish bowels.

Minerals come in two forms – organic and in-organic. The in-organic forms act just the same as toxins and “stress” your body to eliminate them.

Daily recommended supplementationOsteo-Fx produced by Youngevity – in order for calcium to be efficiently absorbed by your body, it needs other mineral co-factors. Highly absorbable with essential co-factors.

Cheri-mins – great tasting, each quart contains 19,000 mg of up to 77 minerals from prehistoric plants in colloidal form, 600 mg per one ounce serving

Essential Fatty Acids (EFA) – consumption of fatty acids have been shown to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.

Selenium – identified as a substance that significantly decreases free radicals – the FDA has authorized the following claims – “Selenium may reduce the risk of certain cancers and may produce anticarcinogenic effects in the body.”

Some people need a boot to start pH rebalancing

Some people just crawl into a corner and refuse to deal with it .

Some ignore the need for pH balancing, why?

YOU GO FOR IT!!!

Balance your Ph

THANK YOU, Dr. Brian MacCoy, NMD

208-777-8297Natural.medicine@hotmail.com