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1. Corrodes Arteries, Veins and Heart Tissues
Like acid eating into marble, acidosis
erodes and eats into cell wall membranes of the heart, arteries and veins, weakening cardiovascolar structures
and inter connective tissues.
All living tissue is sensitive to its chemical environment, and most particularly whether its pH is too acid or alkaline, the muscle cells of the cardiovascular system are no different. The cardiovascular
system may be thought of as one large working "system of tubular muscles" designed to carry blood and nutrients to every living tissue in the body and is directly affected
by blood plasma pH. The heart, of course, is the muscular pump at the center of everything, which drives blood
through the arteries, veins and capillary beds (a series of complex interconnected tubular tunnels of flexible smooth muscle) and is designed to help regulate the pressure and flow
of circulation.
Everything in the cardiovascular system works normally when the pH of blood plasma is slightly alkaline, having a pH of 7.35 to 7.41. But when the heart plasm habitually becomes a relatively
more acid pH<7.35, it acts as a chemical irritant which slowly begins
to attach and eat away at the smooth muscle tissues of the inner walls of arteries and veins, as well as the heart
itself. Again, like acid slowly eating its way into marble, this erosion process begins to weaken the structural composition of the heart, arterial
and venous walls, causing lesions and microscopic tearing throughout its framework. Simultaneously, an acid pH also destablizes free ionic balances within circulation,
increasing the populations of positively charges particles (cations, an ion with a positive charge of electricity:
H , Ca ) which directly interferes with the muscle contractility (contraction and relaxation) of the heart and
arteries. Acid pH changes of
the circulation which become
habitual and the chaotic ionic confusion they cause, are now thought to be those factors which critically precipitate the development of arteriosclerosis
(hardening of the arteries), an aneurysm (widening and ballooning of artery walls), arrthythmias (abnormal rhythms of the heart including tachycardia), myocardial infarction (heart attacks)
and strokes (a cardiovascular
accident). Moreover, the structural weakening of the cardiocascularity
creates irregularities of blood
pressure, which further exacerbates
those problems.
2. Accelerates Free-Radical Damage
and Premature Aging
Acidosis causes partial lipid breakdown and destructive oxidative
cascades accelerating Free Radical
Damage of cell walls and intracellular membrane structures, which then unravel, killing cells in the process. Acidosis is thus thought to be the first step toward premature aging, accelerating oxidative cascades of cell wall destruction,
creating wrinkling, age spots,
dysfunctioning hormonal systems, interfering with eyesight, memory, and a host of other age-related phenomena.
"Wastes which are not properly eleminated from the body actually poison the cells they are inappropriately
stored in..."
3. Causes Weight Gain, Diabetes
and Obesity
An acid pH has considerable influence over the majority of weight problems, including Diabetes and Obesity. It seems that a habitually acid pH can directly cause
immediate weight gain. Here's what happens when a system is too acid, a condition known as Insulin Sensitivity is produced which forces too much insulin to be produced, and the body is flooded
with insulin so that it won't waste any calories, it diligently converts every calorie it can into fat. Could it be that an acid pH, from an imbalanced diet, produces a condition which stimulates
the predetermined genetic response to starvation and famine as well, and thereafter requires that the body increasingly
hoard every calorie consumed and store it as fat? Yes, indeed, it seems that it does!
It is thought that an acid pH
immediately signals the powerful genetic response to an impending famine, directly interpreting with the all important and very sensitive, Insulin-Glucagon Axis.
This makes the body produce more insulin than usual, and in turn, produce more fat and store it. In general, the
more insulin is available to the body, the higher the probability that fat will be produced and stored, rather
than used and burned as energy.
Thus, and acid pH will likely alert the genetic response to famine, directing more insulin to be produced and store more fat than usual. Conversely, a healthy, slightly alkaline pH, will more
likely yield normal fat burning metabolic activity, making no demands on the body to overly produce insulin and
make fat, allowing fat-weight to be burned and naturally lost. And too, with a healthy pH, there's less likely
to be any yo-yo effect, or rebounding from a diet with additional weight gain. As long as nutritional stores are
maintained, a healthy, slightly alkaling pH allows fat to burned normally for energy, rather than hoarded and stored
under the mistaken biochemical belief of an impending famine.
Moreover, acidosis disrupts the integrity of insulin producing pancreatic beta cells. Again, when the body is too
acid, too much insulin will be produced. Acidosis is thought to be a very dangerous condition because beta cells
are especially sensitive to pH, and find it very difficult to function and survive when conditions are acidic.
With increased pressure to produce insulin under the worst conditions, beta cells lose phase with one another (cellular communication is thwarted and the Immune System
begins to over-respond) and
stress within the cells increases, making it difficult for them to perform adequately, and further, survive. In
a very real sense, they simply burn out! Acidosis is thus thought an important yet often underestimated precursor
to Diabetes Mellitus. Interestingly, before the advent of synthetic insulin,
diabetes was treated historically by buffering the system with base or alkaline causing powders.
4. Causes Cholesterol Plaque
to Form
LDL-Cholesterol is laid down at an accelerated rate within an acid chemical environment of the cardiovascular System, inappropriately lining the vascular network, and clogging
up the works! Specifically, an acid
pH initiates electrostatic potential,
damaging arterial walls, which in turn initiates a PDGF-dependent immune response, causing cholesterol oxidation
and the formation of plaque with heavy metals. As research has shown, simply reducing the amount of cholesterol
in the diet cannot negate this problem.
The amount of cholesterol in the diet has not been found to be a major factor in cholesterol plaque formation. Rather, pH status appears to be the factor more directly
involved, binding cholesterol with heavy metals and other cellular debris.
5. Disrupts Blood Pressure
With acidosis, (pH<7.20) ateries
become dilated. Yet, severe
lowering of blood pH also causes persistent venous vasoconstriction
(a disease in the caliber of blood vessels). When this happens, peripheral blood is shifted more centrally: the
more acidic the patient, the greater the fractional redistribution of blood to the central vessels. This central redistribution of blood adds to the heart's
workload when its contractability is compromised. Interestingly, increased venous pressure occurs in congestive heart failure. This may obviously
have potentially lethal cardiovascular effects, making it difficult to control high blood pressure/hypertention,
various arrthythmia's and the advent of heart attack.
6. Disrupts Critical Lipid and
Fatty Acid Metabolism
Acidosis disrupts general lipid and fatty acid metabolism within the body. Fatty acids are intimately involved
in nerve and brain function. When
fatty acid metabolism is disturbed, neurological problems may arise including MS, MD and others, as well as problems with hormonal balance within the
endocrine system.
7. Inhibits Metabolism of Stored
Energy Reserves
An acid pH inhibits efficient cellular and body metabolism. Acidosis causes chemical ionic disturbances, interfering
with cellular communications and functions. Acidosis reduces plus Ca binding of plasma proteins, reducing the effectiveness
of this intracellular signal. Acidosis
also leads to a disease of calcium cations (positive Ca) entry through positive Ca channels, resulting in reduction of cardiac contractibility, or the ability of the heart to pump
efficiently and rhythmically.
Also, positive Ca and positive H regulate the activity of intracellular proteins and are driven out of cells, because
of the "Sodium-Potassium pump" (Na-K pump), which provides a strong incentive for sodium to be driven
into cells. There are some 10 times the amount of positive Na in extracellular fluids than in cells. The Sodium-Potassium
pump regulates the amount of sodium and potassium each cell in the body stores, and uses up as much as 25% of our
caloric input per day to run. Positive Ca exchanges the plus Na, being forced out of cells, but naturally, the
electrochemical gradient for positive Ca favors both positive H and positive Ca entry into cells, as there is less
calcium and positive H in cells than in the extracellular fluids.
Therefore, in acid solutions,
less plus Na will be present, slowing down the processing and induction of nutritional items going into cells. Thus, increasing positive H and positive Ca buildup
within the plasma, while making it more available to electrostatically bind with LDL-Cholesterol. With free positive
Ca populations and channels disrupted, (calcium
may become inordinately leached from bone mass, causing osteoporosis.) An
acid pH drains us of energy and disallows stored energy reserves to be used.
8. Inhibits Cellular Regeneration
& DNA-RNA Synthesis
For DNA-RNA synthesis and healthy cell proliferation to occur, cell pH must not be acidic. However, cancerous cells grow well in acidic mediums, therefore
an acid pH actually accelerates and increases the possibility of cellular mutations (Cancer).
CANCEROUS CELLS DO NOT CONTAIN HYDROGEN ATOMS. WHEN HEALTHY CELLS HAVE PLENTY OF HYDROGEN THEY CANNOT BECOME CANCEROUS.
IF WE CAN GET HYDROGEN INTO ANY UNHEALTHY CELLS, THEY CAN HEAL.
9. Inhibits Oxygen Getting to
the Tissue
Acidosis decreases the oxygen affinity of hemoglobin in the blood. All biochemical functions are severely comprised
if oxygen supplies are decreased to living tissue. Less oxygen to the heart and brain cells means eventual death.
An acid pH decreases the amount
of oxygen that can be delivered to cells, making normally healthy cells unhealthy and evenutally die.
10. Inhibits Life Giving Electrolyte
Activity
Life-essential functions, like electrolyte Potassium (K plus) and Sodium (Na
plus) channels, are inactivated
by acidosis. This has far reaching
effects cardiovascularly, since without extended sufficient electrolyte management, heart attacks are likely to
occur. Without appropriate electrolyte management, our heart literally stops beating. Inhibition of electrolyte activity also effects the way we feel and behave, and is intimately involved
in the energy levels we experience, because of the nature of the Na-K Pump and cellular metabolism.
An Acid pH is the Seed-Bed of Degenerative Diseases
* Cardiovascular Disease: Arteriosclerosis,
Heart Attacks, Stroke, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure
* All Forms of Cancer
* Diabetes, Insulin Sensitivity, Obesity
*Neurological Diseases, MS, MD, ALS and
Parkinson's Disease
*Liver & Kidney Disease
*Senility, Dementia, Alzheimer's
*Immune Deficiencies
*Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis & Tooth
Loss
*Hormonal Imbalances
*Premature Aging, Male Prostate Problems
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