Ra-Hoor-Khuit Network's
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"The Health You Deserve" Email Newsletter
Issue No. 4 -
April 2000
Acidosis - What's Eating you?
Portions of this text excerpts from "Alkalize or Die", by Dr. T.A. Baroody,
Jr
ACIDOSIS is the basic foundation of all disease. We need to understand the
simple process of alkalining our body and the important role a properly
alkalized body plays in restoring and maintaining our overall health. Our glands
and organs function properly in exact proportion to the amount of alkaline and
acid levels in our system.
The impact of Acidosis on your organs:
Heart
The heart is one of the most alkaline-dependent organs in the body. It is partly
innervated by the vagus nerve which functions best in an alkaline environment.
Correct heartbeat is altered by acid wastes. These wastes rob the blood of
proper oxygenation and degeneration of the heart follows. An alkaline system
creates an ideal heart function.
Stomach
Digestive difficulties (belching, bloating, sensitivity at the waist, intestinal
gas, regurgitation, hiccups, lack or limitation of appetite, nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, constipation, colic in children) may indicate vagus nerve problems and
possible hiatal hernia syndrome, which can produce acid residue throughout the
system. Hiatal hernia can quickly reduce necessary hydrochloric acid in the
stomach. Without proper hydrochloric acid breakdown of foods, the foods become
too acidic.
Liver
The liver has over three hundred functions, including processing acid toxins
from the blood and producing numerous alkaline enzymes for the system and is
your first line of defense against any poisons. All the nourishment obtained
through the gastrointestinal tract enters the blood by way of the liver. The
load on the liver is much heavier when acid waste products are constantly
floating in the blood. If the liver becomes too congested with protein acid
wastes, death is imminent.
Pancreas
The pancreas is highly dependent on correct alkaline diet. All aspects of
pancreatic function reduce excess acidity and regulate blood sugar balance. To
have proper blood sugar balance, you must maintain a primarily alkaline-forming
diet.
Small Intestines
The Peyer's Patches, in the upper portion of the small intestines are crucial to
life. They are essential for proper assimilation of food and producing
lymphocytes for the lymphatic system's wide ranging nodal network. They also
produce large amounts of the enzyme "chyle", which is a major alkalizing
substance. The uninterrupted flow of chyle into the system is crucial. Too much
acid waste production from acid-forming foods is a great burden on the Peyer's
Patches, which lessens the production of chyle.
Kidneys
In an adult, about 1 liter of blood per minute passes through the kidneys. By
executing their primary duty, the kidneys keep the blood alkaline and extract
acid. Kidneys that are overstressed with too much acidity create kidney stones,
which are composed of waste acid cells and mineral salts that have become gummed
together in a waste acid substance. Therefore, by reducing acid-forming products
from entering the body, the chances are better that you can avoid this painful
condition.
Colon
The colon must be kept clean of accumulated acid wastes. Poisons collect on the
colon walls and in cases of diarrhea or constipation will harden and reabsorb
into the bloodstream. Good bowel action (complete elimination) must be done at
least 2 times per day. For more information, read Darrell L. Wolfe's on-line
booklet entitled Royal Flora.
Lymphatic System
There are 600-700 lymph glands in the body. Lymph fluid carries nutrition to the
cells and removes acid waste products. Lymph fluid flows best in an alkaline
environment. When the body is overly acidic, it slows, creating one of the most
chronic, long-term, life-threatening situations. Gradually, the lymph dries and
begins to form very tiny to very large adhesions throughout the tissues. These
adhesions can interfere not only with lymph fluid but with blood flow as well.
Hindered lymph flow increases tissue acid storage. Not drinking enough purified
water will also slow the lymph. Waste products from foods that are not properly
digested are reabsorbed into general circulation via the lymphatic ducts of the
small intestine. In addition, bowel movements that do not completely clear the
body of its daily poisons are also reabsorbed.
How negative emotions create acidity:
Have you ever been so upset with someone or something that you get an upset
stomach? All negative emotions create an acidic environment. Have you ever heard
anyone say you are letting your problems "eat away at you" or "get the best of
you"?
Fear is the underlining cause of most disease. It will undermine your life and
your health. Fear causes anger. Anger causes hate. Hate will consume you with
continual suffering. Love and understanding cleanse and heal the body creating
an alkaline environment within you.
What can you do?
Exercise
Moderate exercise is alkalizing to the body. Excessive exercise (past the point
of exhaustion) can create an acidic problem due to lactic acid buildup. People
who are acidic usually feel worse from exercise because their detoxification
organs are not working properly due to excessive acid in the tissues.
Food Combining
Food combining is key to creating an alkaline environment because when you
combine properly you reduce putrefaction in the body creating a more alkaline
condition. For more information, see Darrell L. Wolfe's newsletter entitled Food
Combining - Putting Logic Back into Eating" (March, 2000).
Alkalizing Dietary Supplementation
When you purchase supplements you must ask yourself what your goal is and will
these supplements actually help alkalize and remove acid from your body.
Chlorophyll (green) drinks are very helpful in filtering out toxins and acidity
in the body.
Alkaline Diet
Eating an alkaline diet is very powerful in making everything else work better.
In general, it is important to eat a diet that contains both acidic and
alkalizing foods. People vary, but for most, the ideal diet is 75 percent
alkalizing and 25 percent acidifying (foods by volume). See
Acidifying and Alkalizing Food Chart
for details.
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