Balance pH Levels Questions
PH OF SALIVA?
08/23/2008: David writes: "Ted says in his article that the Ph of the urine and the saliva should both be 6.4. ?? I believe the saliva should be 7+. Did I miss something here? Please respond with an answer. Thanks David"
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QUESTION ABOUT TED'S ORMUS REMEDY
08/02/2008: AKR (akr@rungta.us) writes: "Dear Ted,
I have read a lot about your carbicarb and ORMUS remedies on Earthclinic, and am excited to try them. I got all the ingredients together, and tried it last night - must say my brain immediately quieted down. I am curious to see what effects I see over the next few weeks - I will report back.
Question for you on ORMUS. Does sodium carbonate lose its potency if left overnight in the solution, as per the instructions? In other words, will the sodium carbonate react with the carbonic acid in the water and carbon dioxide in the air overnight to essentially become baking soda? I am mixing 1/4 teaspoon each of baking soda, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate and sea-salt, left overnight in a glass bottle in a litre of water. Thanks for your response Ted.
AKR"
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HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BALANCE PH?
07/03/2008: Gail writes: "I'm curious to know about how long it takes to balance you PH if you have a fairly acid PH?
My Blood PH is 6.8 and urine 6.4. I'm on an alkaline diet and taking 1/2 a teaspoon of baking soda & citrus twice a day and a baking soda bath daily. Just curious as to how long before I notice a difference? Thanks."
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3 DIFFERENT PH LEVELS
07/01/2008: Gail writes: "I am very confused. I have a blood PH of 6.8, and Saliva PH of 6.4 and a Urine PH of 6.2. I've been on a alkaline diet for about 3 weeks now and currantly still have all the same PH levels until 3 days ago when I started taking 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda 3 times a day and taking a baking soda bath once a day...my Urine PH levels jumped to 8.0 but my saliva stayed the same? Any suggestions as to why this has happened? Is my body not absorbing the soda?
thanks, Gail "
07/02/2008: Teresa from Nothern, Indiana replies: "Hello,
I believe that Ted said the salivary PH is governed/affected by potassium levels in the body. That makes it different from the urine PH. I have no idea about blood PH. I'm working on an "acid mouth" condition right now, and trying potassium. I have potassium citrate pills that I'm mixing into my "alkaline cocktail" which has baking soda in it, in the hopes of making the potassium bicarbonate that Ted mentions. Not sure if that will work, but I'm trying anyways :-) Perhaps you could consider mixing something with that baking soda, like apple cider vinegar or fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice, for more effect. I think, but am not sure, that there is a lot of potassium in ACV. I'll have to check my bottle label when I get home. Wishing you luck."
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AN ORP?
05/17/2008: Anonymous writes: "What Use is ORP?"
05/18/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The ORP (oxidation reduction potential meter) measures the electric voltage I used in urine samples. It is measured in millivolts, either positive or negative. When the urine samples measures positive, the person is oxidizing, and has lack of electrons, so there are more free radicals which causes a person to be sick. When a person is healthy or antioxidant the figures is negative.
On a personal level, I used the ORP meter to check for my body level of vitamin C and ANTIOXIDANT, at least the water soluble one by measuring the urine. For example, as a rule of thumb, I can't get my ORP to be -50 mV to plus ORP. But a good level of antioxidant should be -100 mV to -300 mV. A good value is -120 mV to -150 mV. Usually with just the pH (if below 6.0) and ORP nearing positive values, I can predict my own sickness before the happen and often have to take supplements as a prevention before they happen. It is much earlier indicator than someone coming down with fever.
Most people will be about -80 mV, so their level of Antioxidant is low anyway. So usually sodium ascorbate does the trick. But other values still have to be checked, which is the pH and the urine sugar.
Most ORP goes for about $100 and the pocket form are the cheapest but when I measure I try to measure within 1-2 minutes are usually sufficient."
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POTASH RAISES ALKALINITY
03/13/2008: Royce Willard writes: "To Ted, I have allways noticed here where i live that when i build fires to burn brush and tree limbs that what ever ash is left behind is quickly consumed by livestock and wild animals especialy cows,but also deer wild hogs, and wolfs. Why so?You cant keep them away its as if they crave it. the cows will eat it down to the bare dirt. im talking piles of ashes 10 to 15 feet across and maybe 3 feet
deep' could potash raise alkalinity? Thank you Ted , you are a
great help to us , I love this website.
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Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Royce: Animals basically evolved from animals in the oceans. Ocean's pH basically has a pH of 8. The ranges of pH of an ocean's water is between 7.5 to 9.0. Basically the fish and other sea animals live in this kind of an alkaline environment. Land animals has it worse, land pH basically goes from 5.0 to about 7.5, where average pH is about 6.5 (if you do farming you know) which is acid. Therefore I am sure that some of the most primitive needs of the animals are still etched in its evolutionary pattern. While our drinking water of us and the animals we feed them will usually be 7, our own blood disagrees and it's pH is always 7.35, which is more alkaline in nature. If I can achieve or animals can achieve an equilibrium where the food's pH is in balance with our body, my bet is that the drinking water's ideal pH should be more closer to our own blood, where the pH is 7.35. Thus an animal need to struggle in trying to get an alkalinity higher than what it eat' nearly every time. It seems therefore of no surprise that an animal will have second thoughts on consuming anything alkaline to save or preserve it's own blood pH. This is the reason why animals will eat potash of burned wood which are quite alkaline to at least save it's own blood from acid destruction. Also, it should be noted that the environment by which an animal grows is subjected to more disease and bacterial growth than sea animals and its resulting infection. The reason why the ocean's world is so sterile is basically two major factors: Salinity (mineral salts) and Alkalinity (pH of 8). Without these these two critical factors the fishes would die of a disease, if such environment that we live is less than neutral. Therefore, alkalinity provides at the very least, along with the salts from potash (mostly burned wood) with the exact things the land animals need like a natural antibiotics. So the alkalinity and the salinity is what gives the animal its ability to withstand diseases. And if someone thinks I am assuming all these, just get a deep sea water, or a deep sea salt (the sea salt especially for the fish acquarium) and try putting a small amount with of these mixed into ordinary water, where salinity is within normal use for most plant growth to get an isotonic solutions and within 6 months the plant growth will grow better. Perhaps it's the mineral salt, but these mineral salts has an alkaline biased where there is more of the alkaline in the left side of the periodic tables than the right side, while most antibiotics and chemical we humans use are the exact opposite, located to the right of the periodic table, mostly halogens and acid. This is the exact opposite of what nature has intended. I have seen a walnut tree double the size of a normal tree by just using some sea salt mixed with ordinary water. There is a lot of mysteries that an animals know, but they don't need to be taught like we humans do. And if we are taught, it might be disinformation from a corrupt FDA official, or the fact that Aspartame Society says Aspartame is safe. No animals will touch aspartame and will avoid aspartame as best as they can. Hence what the fake research did was to put aspartame in the center, and a food without aspartame in the surrounding dish and allow the animal to choose instinctively by not eating aspartame laden food and claim that aspartame is safe to get FDA's approval. Animals have a great instinct to know what is good for them. The only way to be in touch with ourself is to eat and know that it's good or bad for us. Some people do that by muscle testing, I simply do it by just observing the things I eat.. "
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pH LEVELS TOO HIGH
11/28/2007: T writes: "Hello Ted. I want to thank you for all your effort and insight shared on this website. It truly is an inspiration. I have tried various remedies and can not reduce my urine PH level which reads about 7.8 to 8.0 for the past 5 years. My holistic practitioner has tried everything from silver, enzymes, lymphatic cleanses, grapefruit seed extract, the blood type diet, etc, etc. Yet nothing seems to lower my PH. My saliva is running about 6.98. I am relatively healthy other than fatigue and the hpv virus which was contracted 5 years ago. I suffer no symptoms from this virus. Can you offer any help which would be greatly appreciated? Thank you!"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "A common alkaline urine pH, might be a condition of hypokalemia or even a renal tubular acidosis in which the kidneys fail to get rid of it the acid into the urine resulting in acid blood. This will result in lack of bicarbonates in the blood too.
Frequently the hospital treatment for hypokalemia is sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, and some antibiotics.
For me I prefer sodium bicarbonate plus potassium citrate (1/2 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon of potassium citrate in 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day) and some 1/4 teaspoon sea salt added to the one liter drinking water as a weak form of antibiotics with some 10 drops of 3% H2O2.
It may be the HPV virus that is causing this problem resulting in the hypokalemia and hence 50 mg of zinc gluconate may be taken once every other day for the first week with resulting once a week zinc gluconate as a more natural form of antibiotics against the HPV virus. Furthermore to protect the kidneys some vitamin D3 or D4 10,000 i.u. once a week might be helpful or if unavailable cod liver oil one teaspoon a day for 5 days out of a week with some gradual reduction in the remedy of cod liver oil as it is high in vitamin D also.
As evidence of alkaline urine, the following links I posted below. The research posted below mentions the following:
"In both the cases, the patients had muscular hypotonia, hypokalemia, decreased blood bicarbonates, decreased blood pH, and alkaline urine. Therefore both were diagnosed as cases of distal renal tubular acidosis. In most diseases, hypokalemia is associated with metabolic alkalosis, but in renal tubular acidosis metabolic acidosis is seen."
And their remedy and recommendation which is close to my original remedy is:
"These patients need intravenous sodium bicarbonate therapy. Use of oral or intravenous potassium alone will mot ameliorate the condition."
Therefore the remedy stays the same even if the urine pH is alkaline for at least the condition of hypokalemia. It seems certain virus or bacteria is one of the cause too, besides just the baking soda and the potassium. Of course I am assuming hypokalemia because of the lack of information you posted but it could be other causes. The other causes is ammonia urine, but unlikely since this is not mentioned here.
Ted
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Home | Current Issue | Archives | Instructions for Authors | Disclaimer | Printable Version Renal Tubular Acidosis Presenting As Severe Hypokalemia With Respiratory Paralysis: Report Of Two Cases
Indira Mishra Ispat General Hospital Rourkela India
Saroj K. Mishra Ispat General Hospital Rourkela India
Sudhansu S. Pati Ispat General Hospital Rourkela India
Devendra N. Mohapatra Ispat General Hospital Rourkela India Citation:
Indira Mishra, Saroj K. Mishra, Sudhansu S. Pati, Devendra N. Mohapatra: Renal Tubular Acidosis Presenting As Severe Hypokalemia With Respiratory Paralysis: Report Of Two Cases. The Internet Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2006. Volume 3 Number 1. Keywords: Renal tubular acidosis, respiratory distress, hypokalemia
Table of Contents
Abstract Introduction Case 1 Case 2 Discussion References Abstract Hypokalemia is usually asymptomatic and goes undetected. Or it may manifest as muscular weakness, fatigue, abdominal distension. Severe hypokalemia may lead to cardiac arrhythmias and even death. However, respiratory paralysis leading to hypoventilation and respiratory failure is uncommon and very rarely reported in the literature. We report two patients of hypokalemia with quadriplegia who developed respiratory paralysis and cyanosis, requiring ventilatory support. Both were diagnosed as cases of renal tubular acidosis.
Introduction
Hypokalemia is a common electrolyte disturbance encountered in clinical practice. Common clinical conditions in which hypokalemia is found are diarrhea, vomiting, hopokalemic periodic palsy, overuse of diuretics, diabetic ketoacidosis etc. Clinically, hypokalemia presents with muscular weakness, fatigue , abdominal distension. Severe hypokalemia may lead to and cardiac arrhythmias and even death. However, respiratory paralysis leading to hypoventilation and respiratory failure is uncommon and very rarely reported in the literature 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . These are associated commonly with renal tubular acidosis 1 , 2 , 3 or Sjogren syndrome 2 .
We report two such cases of hypokalemia who developed respiratory paralysis and required ventilatory support. Case 1
An eight year old girl presented with weakness of all four limbs for three days. She developed breathing difficulty and was brought to the hospital. She had no history of vomiting, diarrhea, or fever . She was not a diabetic nor any history of drug or diuretic use. There was no family history suggestive of endocrine disorders or metabolic disorders. Mile stones of development were normal. At the time of admission, she was drowsy, dehydrated, tachypnoeic with respiration rate of 40 / minute. Heart rate was 100 bpm,. BP: 110/70 mm of Hg. There were no abnormal signs in lungs and heart. Neurological examination showed decreased power in all four limbs (Grade - II/V). Limb muscles were flaccid, deep tendon jerks were diminished. She was cyanosed in spite of high flow oxygen therapy by mask as well as nasal prongs. Her sensorium started deteriorating. She was therefore put on ventilator.
Investigations: Hb 10g/dl, Serum K+ 2.1 mEq/l, Na+ 137 mEq/l, pH 7.18 bicarbonate 8.5meq/l , Chloride 129 mEq/l , PaCO2 23.6 mm of Hg, PaO2 : 74 .U waves were seen in E C G. Urine pH was 7.2, urine calcium 125mg per twenty four hours and potassium was 27 meq /l. Trans tubular potassium concentration gradient (TTKG) was 4.6. Ultrasound KUB showed bilateral nephrocalcinosis. She improved over... days and was weaned from the ventilator. She was discharged from the hospital on... days. She was admitted once more to the hospital in subsequent years, but made a prompt recovery on appropriate management with sodium bicarbonate.
Figure 1: Ultrasonography showing Nephrocalcinosis (Case-1)
Case 2
A thirty eight year old woman presented with progressive weakness of limbs for four days and breathing difficulty for five-six hours . She was treated elsewhere with potassium chloride with the provisional diagnosis of hypokalemic periodic paralysis .On examination she was dyspnoeic with a respiration rate of 32/min, heart and lungs showed no abnormality.
Neurological examination revealed diminished power in both upper and lower limbs ( Gr II-III/ V), and diminished deep tendon jerks .There was hypokalemia (2.8meq/l), blood pH 7.21, HCO3 :11.7meq/l and PaCO2 27 mm of Hg. Urine pH was 7.1 and potassium 31meq /l . ECG showed U waves in V2 to V5 with T inversion . TTKG was 4.2 . Oxygen saturation was 80% . She required ventilatory support for 48 hours.
Both the patients recovered completely with Inj. sodium bicarbonate, intravenous potassium, antibiotics and ventilatory support. There was no evidence of Sjogren's disease in any of them. Discussion
Mild hypokalemia is invariably clinically insignificant and goes undetected. However, significant hypokalemia can cause weakness, and cardiac arrhythmia. They respond to treatment with potassium supplementation either orally or intravenously. However, respiratory distress amounting to cyanosis is very unusual.
Gambar et al 1 from India reported a case of 26 year old lady with hypokalaemic quadriplegia, acute respiratory failure and life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. She was diagnosed as a case of distal renal tubular acidosis. She had persistent metabolic acidosis with severe hypokalaemia and required mechanical ventilation and potassium replacement.
Poux et al 2 from France described a 38 year woman with hypokalemic flaccid quadriplegia with sudden respiratory arrest. The woman was found to have distal renal tubular acidosis which lead to the diagnosis of primary Sjogren's syndrome. This case was compared to 8 similar cases previously described in the literature till 1992.
Haddad S et al 3 from S Arabia a 33-year-old female patient admitted to the ICU with ascending muscle weakness leading to acute hypercapneic respiratory failure following 10-day history of severe diarrhea and vomiting. Investigations revealed severe hypokalemia, mixed metabolic and respiratory acidosis, and renal impairment.
Le Corre A et al 4 from France described an unusual cause of acute respiratory distress in 2000. in a 54-year-old patient was admitted for ketoacidosis with acute respiratory distress. The main and unusual cause of being hypophosphataemia. Correction of the metabolic acidosis by insulin therapy resulted in intracellular penetration of phosphate and potassium, causing severe hypophosphataemia and hypokaliaemia responsible for Acute respiratory distress.
In our hospital, though we encounter several cases of periodic paralysis due to hypokalemia we suspected these cases to be different and probed for possibility of other etiology.
In both the cases, the patients had muscular hypotonia, hypokalemia, decreased blood bicarbonates, decreased blood pH, and alkaline urine. Therefore both were diagnosed as cases of distal renal tubular acidosis. In most diseases, hypokalemia is associated with metabolic alkalosis, but in renal tubular acidosis metabolic acidosis is seen.
Renal tubular acidosis is a disorder of renal tubules having normal anion gap (hyperchloremic ) metabolic acidosis in the presence of normal glomerular function. In distal RTA there is deficiency of H+ ion secretion in distal tubules and collecting ducts. This can manifest as gradient limited defect where urine pH is always greater than 5.5 .
The kidney does not lower the urine pH either because the collecting permits excessive back diffusion of H ion from lumen to blood or because they fail to transport H ion against a steep pH gradient.
Chronic acidosis lowers tubular reabsorption of calcium causing renal tubular hypercalciuria. The hypercalciuria, alkaline urine and low level of urine citrate cause calcium phosphate stones and nephrocalcinosis. This was observed in our first patient. The stunted growth in this case may be due to acidosis induced loss of bone minerals and inadequate production of 1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol. In both children and in adults, since the kidney does not conserve potassium, hypokalemia occurs with the stress of an intercurrent illness. Acidosis and hypokalemia can be life threatening which was observed in both these cases.
These patients need intravenous sodium bicarbonate therapy. Use of oral or intravenous potassium alone will mot ameliorate the condition. Address for correspondence
Dr SK Mishra, MD Joint Director & Head Dept of Internal Medicine, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela -769005, INDIA Email: sarojrkl@gmail.com References
1. Gombar S, Mathew PJ, Gombar KK, D'Cruz S, Goyal G. Acute respiratory failure due to hypokalaemic muscular paralysis from renal tubular acidosis. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2005 ;33:656-8.
2. Poux JM, Peyronnet P, Le Meur Y, Favereau JP, Charmes JP, Leroux-Robert C. Hypokalemic quadriplegia and respiratory arrest revealing primary Sjogren's syndrome. Clin Nephrol 1992 ;37:189-91.
3. Haddad S, Arabi Y, Shimemeri AA. Hypokalemic paralysis mimicking Guillain-Barre syndrome and causing acute respiratory failure. Middle East J Anesthesiol. 2004;17:891-7.
4. Le Corre A, Veber B, Dureuil B.An unusual cause of acute respiratory distress Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2000;19: 549-51 "
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pH LEVELS
11/05/2007: Scott writes: "Ted, If you could add a comment or two about my PH level in your next email answering the questions I asked it would be greatly appreciated (whenever you get a chance)... I just took my PH for the first time ever using a digital PH meter.... My Urinary PH was 6.55 My Syliva PH was 7.00 Any suggestions/comments on this reading, is this good or bad? Does it perhaps represent a mineral deficiency? I had my doctor order me a "hair analysis" test to send to Genova Labs (very accurate, widely used lab here) to test for minerals because I am curious to know how it will turn out... Thanks Again."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "When using pH meter be sure to calibrate. Generally if you are not well, higher standard of getting urinary pH to near 7, would be preferred such as 6.9 to 7.5 because it is the pH in which my experience have taught me it causes the body to heal and rest. Interestingly people with hair problems often have manganese, lithium, magnesium, zinc, iodine and sometimes copper. Although this list is no means complete. One case is quite interesting, the hair has high uranium which led to the hair loss. I sure would like to know how come more and more Americans are getting so much uranium in hair samples. I thought all those uranium were just confined to the war with Iraq in which depleted Uranium is used by U.S. soldiers."
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WATER IONIZING MACHINE
11/02/2007: John writes: "Hi Ted, I just read an amazing article you wrote regarding alkalinity and various meters to check various stats. I am contemplating the purchase of a Kangen water machine ($4K). When I test my ph with urine strips I always tested more acidic (5.0) and had gum bleeding and soreness from time to time. Three years ago I started juicing green vegetables (kale, spinach, parsley, dandelion, garlic, cucumber, celery, etc.) and noticed my skin improve and my gum irritation improve significantly. I believe this because I am now less acidic and also consuming an excellent source of vitamins. By the way, I also take supplements. I have had challenges with absorption of proteins and minerals and started including a broad based digestive enzyme with meals. MY QUESTIONS ARE: 1) Although I am still acidic (maybe 5.5 aver. now), should I not go to the more extreme and purchase an expensive water ionizing machine? 2) Where can I purchase the body test equipment you mentioned? Thank you so very much"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear John:
1) Although I am still acidic (maybe 5.5 aver. now), should I not go to the more extreme and purchase an expensive water ionizing machine?
How well the ionizing machine works depends mostly on the amount of bicarbonates and salt is available in your local tap water. Basically the ionizing machine works by displacing mostly, the salt NaCl (in your tap) with the water molecules to form Sodium Hydroxide on the antioxidant end, and the Hydrochloric Acid on the oxidizing end, where chemical equations, basically is H2O2 + NaCl - NaOH + HCl
However, electrolytes also forms and react with trace Hydrogen to form a hydride metal compound, which is a negative form of hydrogen on one end, while the positive hydrogen reacts with another halogen on the oxidizing end. Assuming there is a presence of Magnesium, in a more simplest possible explaination (it actually reacts with magnesium carbonate and magnesium bicarbonate but this is an oversimplified version:
Mg++ + H2O - MgH2 + O
Ca++ + H2O - CaH2 + O Zn++ + H2O - ZnH2 + O
... etc.
The antioxidant end will have ppb to ppm (parts per billion to parts per million) levels of hydride on the Kangen water. In healing water, or sacred water that exists throughout the world having an amazing healing properties are attributable to mostly to the hydride form of hydrogen. In fact using a small amount of hydrogen gas in areas of open wound can have an accelerate healing quite quickly too.
As is well known in hydrogen fuel cells a hydride metal of any kind, where boron hydride and magnesium hydride is quite stable in water solution, it is mostly stable whenever the body is in alkaline state. This means on the antioxidant end, the NaOH (sodium hydroxide) plus MgH2, CaH2, and ZnH2, for example are stable in water solution and allows the body to utilized them as an antioxidant products namely because of their very low ORP.
But this negative ORP can easily be challenged with just an alkaline form of vitamin C such as sodium ascorbate, where its measurement, of a consumable 7-8.5 solution of vitamin C (or ascorbic acid with plenty of added baking soda) are just as or more so than an antixoxidant drinking solution such as Kangen water.
Hence, I would buy a Kangen water, if I am rich and have a lot of money to throw around. Realistically, I will probably never buy a Kangen water since I believe other methods are just as effective and the price are simply astronomical, at least for me. So I have to consider other options just as effective.
Therefore, I would prefer to take more CITRATES to effectively get the pH to more alkaline. Citrates decomposes to bicarbonates, so I can consider the citrate to be the most effective form of alkalizing available to raise the urinary pH to 7. In fact, the effect of Kangen water to effect an alkaline urine pH is minimal if you compare side to side with a citrate. A citrate is simply a resulting reaction between a lemon or lime with a baking soda. Mostly you will get a sodium citrate, at a pH of about 8. If one half teaspoon to one teaspoon of sodium citrates were taken for example, regardless of how low the urinary pH, assuming a man of average weight and height. The urinary pH will jump from 5.5 to 7 within an hour. But a Kangen water can't do this, and it won't have the sufficient buffers needed to stabilize the body pH. You might wonder HOW am I going to compare Kangen water, if I cannot afford a Kangen water. This is because I know how to make Kangen water chemically, by either posibbly bubbling a hydrogen gas in an alkaline very diluted sodium hydroxide solution where the pH is between 8 to 10, in presence of calcium and magnesium bicarbonate. Or if I am lazy, I might add sodium borohydride (which degrades to negative hydrogen). A microhydrin product uses the similar technology, but it is poorly explained, to confuse the masses from making their own by claming "silica hydride". Actually it is more like an alkaline solution with a hydride compound dried in parts per million), totally untraceable and marketed as a Hunza water, under various names as Megahydrin, Microhydrin, etc. Technically speaking magnesium hydride, silica hydride can form in parts per billion in presence of a strong alkaline. Unfortunately many products out in the market causes the body to retain a "hydride" is very much limited because of insufficient amount of citrates was added. The MLM companies finally found that out much later and have added some citrates to it, and perhaps some bentonite compound to pull out the heavy metals from reacting directly with a negative hydrogen. Of course, this is a long story.
However, a simple way to do it, at least a poor man's way is to take 2 tablespoons of lemon juice plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, then add the water with a hydride compound.
A hydride compound can be done quite easily or negative hydrogen rich water (as seen on ORP negative millivolts readings) adding a small pinch of sodium carbonate plus adding a small amount magnesium carbonate or even better, 1/8 teaspoon milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) in a glass of water and bubbling using a CLEAN carbon rod, and bubble it, without the need to separate the electrodes. The compounds on hydrogen will form in an alkaline solution to form a hydride compounds and this can be mixed with the lemon and baking soda solution. Of course a much more easier way is just bubbling hydrogen gas in a milk of magnesia solution without the unnecessary complications for adding the sodium carbonate!
In summary, I would consider alkalizing my body first with a lemon and baking soda and take it as often as possible to raise to the uinary pH to 7. What is missing is the hydride or negative hydrogen components, which might be supplemented with just bubbling milk of magnesia in hydrogen, or just keep it simple and buy microhydrin (or megahydrin) from some MLM distributors. For me, what I actually did was buy any stable hydride compound added in an alkaline solution, and I am done -simply because Kangen water is too expensive and besides you can make a simple hydrogen water using a new shoe laces too!
Here is how to do a hydrogen water using the shoe lace: Get two glass of water and get two carbon rods. A nine volt battery connected to one carbon electrode on one end in one glass, and another carbon electrode is connected on another end in another glass. A new shoelace is used as a "salt bridge" between two glasses full of water. I will power up the water for a couple of minutes using a 9 volt battery. I might add some sea salt to help stabilize the hydrogen and cause the solution on one side to be alkaline and other side to be acidic. The key is the sodium chloride. I need not worry about unnecessary metals as I am using the carbon rod.
Whichever side is bubbling most of the gasses is seen as hydrogen gas, as hydrogen is two parts and oxygen is only one part. This way I need not remember whether it was the cathode or the anode, that was creating the hydrogen gas. In fact silver hydride might actually be possible in a colloidal silver solution if the silver was reacted in an alkaline solution just the same, and perhaps this was why certain silver colloids had such an amazing health benefits that others have not yet reported.
It is also possible to check which side is antioxidant just by measuring the ORP meter (negative readings is the negative hydrogen), or just even check using the pH. The alkaline side will be the antioxidant end. However, acid/base depends a lot on the presence of Sodium chloride (salt) to dissociate them into NaOH and HCl on the other oxidizing side.
2) Where can I purchase the body test equipment you mentioned?
Most school supply store will have a simple pH meter, ORP meter and litmus paper. I sometimes purchase these from either a chemical supplier house or a school supply store, science section when buying them. The internet will make it easier to search. I prefer a cheap electronic pocket pH meter and ORP meter, since litmus paper readings seems to lean more on the alkaline side for some reason or another, then it should be."
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LEMON AND WATER CAUSED ACIDITY
10/17/2007: Jenny writes: "Here is my question: How can drinking a glass of Warm (distilled) water with the juice of one lemon cause my pH test to register "more acidic"? I bought a pH tester kit. Today is the first day I've used it. Here are my results: Urine test upon rising (pH 6.5) Saliva test upon rising (pH 7.0) Drank 1 glass of lemon water 2nd urine test (pH 4.5) Saliva test 1 hour after breakfast (pH 6.25) Can you shed some light on this? I thought lemon was a great alkalizer. Thank you,Jenny"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Jenny: In practice the fact that lemon and apple cider vinegar are a good alkalizer is disinformation. You drink acid, the urine becomes acid. This is also true of vitamin C ascorbic acid. It is only that if a person has sufficient bicarbonate reserves in his body that the lemon becomes "alkaline" somehow. I haven't seen this phenomenon yet, but it does happen, if the person's body is really sick and the serum calcium levels are dangerious high. Just to set the record straight, scientists now agree that the best measure of the food's effect on whether it is acid or alkaline is how the resultant pH of the urine. The old definition over 100 years ago is to determine the acid or alkaline by burning the lemon to ashes. The resulting lemon ash is a strong alkaline solution. Unfortunately the body doesn't burn food into ashes, it processes them chemically and the resultant pH is hence different. You are free to try vitamin C ascorbic acid or apple cider vinegar alone, in most cases it causes the urine pH to become more acid. It is just as true as drinking coke, cola, and anything that tastes sour or taste sweet. There may be some exceptions to some people, but my own experience, the truth is always contrary to what we were taught. Fact is stranger than fiction. "
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ORP AND PH METER READINGS
09/06/2007: ST writes: "Dear TED: upon your recommendation, I purchased a PH meter, ORP meter and a refractometer. I have been playing with the PH and ORP meters as of now. Here are some reading which I calculated: TAP WATER - 9.2 (PH) ; 273 (ORP) FILTERED WATER - 7.0 (PH) ; 375 (ORP) 1/2 tsp Sod. Ascorbate+ glass of water - 7.2 (PH) ; -140 (ORP) 1/4 tsp Mag. Citrate + glass of water - 4.0 (PH) ; 500 (ORP) My urine was 6.8 (PH) and -80 (ORP) -- I did not wait too long. Sodium Ascorbate had a remarkably negative ORP, which was impressive! But I was confused abt Magnesium Citrate. I found it to be ACIDIC and have a very high ORP. Can you explain this? How come tap water is so alkaline. Does this mean, tap water is better than my filtered water. This is a BRITA filter ( activated charcoal filter). One more question.? Is there any way I can test the presence/concentration of FLUORIDE in water. thanks. You are awesome...."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "But I was confused abt Magnesium Citrate. I found it to be ACIDIC and have a very high ORP. Can you explain this?
It might be some additives in the sample, however, the common mixture is to take magnesium citrate, together with baking soda plus sodium ascorbate to get the desirable pH an ORP.
How come tap water is so alkaline. Does this mean, tap water is better than my filtered water. This is a BRITA filter ( activated charcoal filter).
The alkalinity of the water might be high calcium carbonates and magnesium carbonates. This means the drinking water is hard.
One more question.? Is there any way I can test the presence/concentration of FLUORIDE in water.
A home tests is difficult however, you can always have a good estimate on tap water by calling the water utilities company that supply you the water. In any event a small amount of borax will chelate the fluoride out of the drinking water and thereby reducing the toxicity. "
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QUESTIONS ABOUT BUYING AN ORP METER
09/04/2007: ST writes: "HI TED: I want to buy a ORP meter. Should I buy one which measures both PH and ORP or just one which measures ORP would suffice? I read that PH is inversly proportional to ORP. Low PH (acidic) would mean high ORP and high PH(alkaline) would mean low(-ve) ORP. "
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "I would get both pH and ORP being better. In general, the pH is most important, ORP basically does go inverse but not everytime whenever the body's antioxidant level is low from long distance car travel, submarine, truck driving, and flying which leads the jet lag, where the cure is obviously you need to manipulate the ORP to a stronger negative level. Working night shifts can really destroy negative ORP since people are working in direct opposite of the body's circadium rhythms also. The ORP is serious whenever deep vein thrombosis, economy class syndrome occurs also. This is where vitamin C sodium ascorbate, apple cider vinegar and baking soda, or even the lemon and baking soda come in. Of course, the airline people aren't aware of this fact, but then neither do people who travels in ships, submarines, planes, trains or automobiles as they tend to acquire a large amount of positive charges. Ted"
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pH DRINK
07/21/2007: Debbie writes: "Hi Ted!! Thanks so much for all your feedback on Earthclinic! You are helping a lot of people out! Where in Thailand are you? We were there OCT 2006....via Bangkok 2 nights to Phuket for 5 days...LOVED IT.. SO I followed your instruction at: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/celiac_disease.html The key issue appears to be iodine and baking soda.
However the best ones that is most helpful appears to be a formula that removes metals, neutralize the acid, and provides alkalizing mineral to the body. That formula that works best for this besides the gluten issue is apple cider vinegar + baking soda + lime juice. To mix a right quantity, therefore 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar + one whole lime + add enough baking soda until the fizz stops, then add water to 1/2 glass at least, or preferably 1 whole glass.
I know from being in Thailand they call lemons there limes....did you mean American lemon or lime? I used lime. And about HOW much baking soda??? I think i must've poured like 1 tsp??? It tastes AWFUL though...can barely get it down?!! ugh! its hard to tell when it stop fizzing though.I don't have Celiac...but found it for hemorrhoids. I just got my first one... You never said it would act like a laxative though?? Although i read your Ringer's?? solution about constipation taking salt and b.soda....i think in the edema page?? so i guess this is similar?? Can i just do ACV w/just 1/4 tsp b.soda? Will that make me alkaline? THe one above i cannot drink it?!"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "A baking and iodine might be used for mouthwash. But for general remedy mentioned the lemon and baking soda or the ACV and baking soda will work better. In Thailand lemons are never sold, there is only lime and are called lemon. As a result, I had to be more specific since the lemon in U.S. are quite large.
Therefore, a whole lime or lemon as they are called here in Thailand I have narrowed the meaning to be either lemon or lime, provided that it is 8 teaspoon of the juice, preferably lime (as it has more vitamin c). Now in Thailand a whole lime has approximately 8 teaspoon of juice and the addition of baking soda is 1/2 teaspoon only. A whole teaspoon is too much and may cause diarrhea. If taken the second time it is too alkalzing for the body since sometimes it can't process that much.
A vitamin C increases the body's ability to utilize copper and helps manganese absorption. Vitamin B is used along with the remedy also. But at the time I was taking it most of the effects of disappearing gray hair came from vitamin C. I should know since some people here followed this suggestion and worked. It helps to add vitamin B complex and in Thailand, most of the water contaminants is high in copper so vitamin C were helpful. Black strap molasses works too because it is high in manganese and copper as well. Other more well known remedies for darkening the hair through vitamin Bs such as PABA (paraminobenzoic acid) is what may have helped. The reason I knew it was the vitamin C when I had gray hair (and I'm now 48 and had white and gray hair when 36) I knew that part of the problem of gray hair is due to the body's lack of nitric oxide, which vitamin C can increase. I also observed that old dogs, hardly have gray hairs, and it's their liver that can produce vitamin C. Based on a couple of those observations I began taking vitamin C 1000 mg (ascorbic + ascorbate) for 3 months. My barber first mentioned a huge amount of gray hair during my early 40s and I decided to do this experiment on myself for 3 months since this idea was in the back drawer since my early 20s about this idea. So on the third month, I came to the same barber and was surprised to noticed that I don't have any gray and white hairs left. That's how I knew vitamin C was important for the body to utilize copper, manganese absorption, reduce free radicals, that may have resulted in my white hair and a couple of people here. However, some modification of those remedy is needed to increase copper and manganese may be needed, not just the vitamin B complex.
The reason in why in your second dose that caused a loose stool is simple. Once the body has too much alkalinity the body will dump the excess of those by the intestines, resulting in a loose stool. Apparently the body (at least for some) cannot process 2 teaspoon of alkalinity. My own experience is the maximum amount of bicarbonates (non-exercisiing, non athletic) for normal people is about 1 teaspoon per day broken down into two time frames of 1/2 teaspoon twice a day. However, some more sensitive people, that would be about 1/4 teaspoon.
There is a trick on preventing diarrhea by increasing the dilutions with water if more bicarbonates are taken. So if it was in 1 liter of water (2 teaspoon), such diarrhea would not happen since the bicarbonates is fed over slowly over the course of a day. However this is not the kind of remedy I recommend but only for some whose body needs to detoxify might be more ideal."
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ACIDIC STATE IN BODY UNHEALTHY
03/03/2007: Stefan writes: "I am amazed that a Doctor can promote creating an acidic state in the body. It has been proven unequivically that you should maintain a PH balance of 7.35/6/7 To deviate from this is extremely dangerous, your body is far more susceptible to germs and disease. Did anyone actually read and research these statements before publishing."
Earth Clinic replies: "Stefan, there are no doctors on this site, only readers and an independent health contributor from Bangkok (Ted), who is NOT a doctor! "
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Stefan: Biological terrain is an old field but is quite well accepted in Europe and there are many practitioners, but it is basically unknown in U.S. except quite possibly at www.biomedx.com, located in Chicago, Illinois, which is a firm specializing in selling equipments related to biological terrain field.
Many biochemicals become a free radicals whenever the blood or urine is not within the range near the values of blood pH. For example, a vitamin C can be a prooxidant, or an antioxidant depending on the pH.
A sodium nitrite compound produced by the brain's cells called glial cells becomes possibly unstable to form a powerful free radical peroxynitrite, or its half life gets shortened in presence of acidity, and therefore causes high blood pressure due to reduced half life of sodium nitrite compound in blood acidity.
The sheer number of biological chemicals that goes against you in presence of acidity are many it is beyond this small email I can answer.
It is best that the body's blood operates in pH of 7.35 or quite narrow area. If it is off by only 0.5 pH you just die almost instantly.
Whenever urinary pH is below 7, basically, to an extreme acidity such as 4-5 for example, basically the kidneys get digested in presence of high acid.
So even if you don't think pH is worthwile, at least it is a good measure that the kidney be protected from extreme acidity.
I used this alkalinity basically to restore normal blood pressure by extending or at least preventing degradation of the body's natural sodium nitrite (which controls pH) by the use of buffers so that the sodium nitrite once it is not degraded as quickly allow for more stable and more normal blood pressure as it increases the body's nitric oxide efficiency in use in your body.
At least, in presence of alkalinity buffer that peroxynitrite does not form is even one area of anti aging research which shows potential, at least they do found this presence to be high in cataract individuals.
Therefore, alkalinity is one of the many ways one can reduce free radical either coming from a simple vitamin C (prooxidant in acidity) or peroxynitrite, as well as others.
I was one of the few to use alkalinity to help the body's resistance against disease in early 1970s, but today, at least in the late 1980s to 1990s that many researchers have finally caught on that acidity is an important issue for normal biochemical processes and disease.
As to what pH values is best for you the simplest answer would be, what works for you the best. The range are just simple ballpark figures that you can try to see if it works for you or not.
You can refer to many present researchers such as Dr. Carey Reams, or websites such as www.biomedx.com, forum discussion groups on Biological Terrain, RBTI and many more. One of the earliest proponents of alkalizing is actually Edgar Cayce, who treated thousands of patients psychically and many of his holistic therapy approach is now quite well known.
There is even a best selling research books on treatment of diabetes, weight loss, and other topics by Dr. Robert O. Young, and other researchers in the field that supports various alkalization, such as the use of potassium bicarbonate among others, and even a handbook guide on what foods to eat to get pH alkalization. The list of references and bibliography is by the thousands and this website only deals with remedies that you are best to do further research of this work at www.pubmed.org or other similar website that deals in much greater details in the field of biochemistry than Earth Clinic can ever deal with. "
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BEST WAY TO TAKE VITAMIN C
12/29/2006: David writes: "Hello Ted, Just wanted to tell you I've been following your advice, and my health is improving. Thanks. I am also taking a lot of vitamin C (about 8 grams a day) and I buffer it with baking soda. I was wondering if you have any insights on the best way to take Vitamin C, and keep body-pH in the healthy range."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Yes, vitamin C, if in sodium ascorbate form is 500 mg PLUS sodium bicarbonate 1/4 teaspoon twice a day is the minimum on an empty stomach. Take plenty of water. My dosage is alas, is often on the low side, but still quite effective, but will have a minimum of problems. This is not taken everyday, but usually the range is between 3 days to 5 days out of a week.
It MUST BE NOTED that people taking oil pulling who have "healing crisis" is often due to several issues such as the need to add peppermint oil, the need to alkalize more and the need for lecithin in the diet. If those who DO NOT HAVE such healing crisis it means his bodily functions on bicarbonate level, ability to rid of fats, and bacterial/viral toxin overload are minimal. One way to test whether this is a problem is to do oil pulling WITHOUT the sodium ascorbate and baking soda (or lemon + baking soda, or acv + baking soda).
There are exceptions such as extreme sickness, as in cancer, for example, which must be taken at least 21 days straight needed to reverse the cancer.
There is a story of the late Carey Reams who cured 10,000 people of cancer just using lemon juice only. Of course, I hate to disagree with him on that since I have the ORP (oxidation reduction potential) and lemon MUST be added to the baking soda. Of course, Dr. Carey Reams did experience a lot of people with side effects from his remedy, since he called for more stringent fasting as well as pure lemon. This can take a toll on cancer patients during the healing crisis. Mine has almost none, mine can also use apple cider vinegar and baking soda too.
Dr. Carey Reams did make several mistakes in his treatment also such as the use of calcium for alkalization, instead of baking soda, and the use of magnesium. The importance of mammalian solution or ringer's solution and other technical things that is beyond this discussion."
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WHAT MAKES BODY HIGH ALKALINE
12/16/2006: Cindy writes: "What makes the body high alkaline? Could this be the lack of bicaronate to balance things out?"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Cindy: It is either too much or too little of certain minerals. Ascorbic acid, phosphates, iodine, for example will help. Taking some baking soda will help buffer things out, but it is necessary that the dose for this issue be 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid. It will at least remove certain offending metals. It is the lack of stomach acids, lack of chlorides, lack of iodine, phosphates, and sulfates. It is too much of certain alkaline forming heavy metals such as rubidium, cesium, calcium, magnesium, barium, beryllium, strontium, potassium, sodium, lithium, for example.
The easiest way is to get some hair mineral analysis and find the offending metals, or get urine mineral analysis to see what the body is dumping. In certain instance heavy metal toxicity can bought about very high alkaline conditions or very high acid conditions. In which case if that is true, oral disodium EDTA, where 1/8 teaspoon is mixed in 1 liter of water should help remove whatever free radical metals that are present in some instances.
Usually eating bread and meats will often quickly raise the pH. However, I cannot answer more than this since I have no idea at all what is your dietary habits, which I cannot conclude much. It must be noted that taking certain doctors meds can also cause very high alkaline or even acid conditions too."
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HIGH ALKALINE pH
12/02/2006: Michelle writes: "I have been experiencing very high alkaline ph (8.0) Can you tell me the best way to treat this. It seems that my muscles get very achy when I am too alkaline. I have tried taking 1-2 tsp. of ascorbic acid and that helps."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Michelle: Yes ascorbic acid helps increase the body's acidity as it is acid forming, while sodium ascorbate is alkaline forming. Y
ou seem to have a very unusual diet or contaminant. Basically the food is lacking in acid forming food, such as lack of chloride, iodine, bromine, sulfates, for example. While your diet may be too much of the alkaline forming food very high in sodium, magnesium, calcium and other similar metals. In some cases certain heavy metals of alkaline forming metals are involved, so it could also be a contaminant.
So the easiest thing I can imagine in your case is to eat bread, do iodine painting, and eat sulfur rich foods. Iodine and bromine for example are generally acid forming. Taking chlorides, such as salt are generally acid forming especially the common table salt. Assuming of course that the urinary pH is alkaline. But if it is too much phosphates the opposite might occur to cause alkaline mouth conditions. This is why the need to check both figures. Some minerals that may stabilize the pH includes molybdenum which may help.
But before jumping to conclusions it is best to get an electronic pH meter just to be sure and check both urinary pH and salivary pH. The pH paper is quite often off and tends to go on the alkaline. Generally for muscles and aches, eating sunflower seeds might do it and maybe just the pH paper is off. So trying a simple sunflower seeds is one easy way to test."
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TED'S VIEWS ON JAPANESE CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE
11/20/2006: David writes: "Hello Ted, I have been working with my pH, and following your advice, I am really getting better! A few questions have come to mind I have not, as yet, seen addressed: 1) What do you think of that new Japanese Calcium called 3A Calcium, with is a combination of Calcium hydroxide and Calcium Oxide? 2) What do you think of Magnesium Hydroxide vs other kinds of magnesium for helping supply magnesium, and to adjust pH, and with the least amount of stomach troubles? Hope you find these questions of value, and thanks for your time."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear David:
1) What do you think of that new Japanese Calcium called 3A Calcium, with is a combination of Calcium hydroxide and Calcium Oxide?
A good product should have some calcium and some magnesium, but the preferred form is those that buffers your pH against extremes. This seemed to be too alkaline and does not buffer.
A better form is actually in the form of bicarbonates, such as magnesium bicarbonate, calcium bicarbonate, or potassium bicarbonate. It helps your pH to be stable enough within a narrow range instead of going between too low or too high of a pH.
If we really want to be fair, mineral compounds should closely resemble that of the body's electrolyte solution which is made up of mostly salt, bicarbonate, magnesium, calcium, and phosphate. The ideal ratio is about 1:1 for magnesium and calcium, but our diets are already too high in calcium as it is, so I never really recommend them at all, so magnesium would be something to consider.
2) What do you think of Magnesium Hydroxide vs other kinds of magnesium for helping supply magnesium, and to adjust pH, and with the least amount of stomach troubles?
Usually they cause stomach troubles because you are taking far too much. If you follow the instructions as per directions, they were designed to cause stomach troubles at that dosage to solve constipation. If I take a magnesium with the least stomach trouble, then magnesium citrate would case the least. Magnesium chloride is quite fine, if you take in small amounts, but this also applies to other form. However, I would prefer magnesium citrate, or magnesium chloride. Taken at only 100-250 mg, and taken not necessarily everyday either, but usually once or twice a week.
To adjust the pH, ideally 90% of the solution must be baking soda and 9% is potassium bicarbonate with only a pinch 1% of disodium phosphate. However in practice, this is not possible, so a simpler solution would be to just get a freshly squeezed lemon juice and add baking soda until the fizzing stops, then add water to 1/2 glass of water. The lemon has both potassium, phosphates, calcium, and vitamin C. Best of all lemon is the only formula when alkalized causes the ORP (oxidation reduction potential) to be in the antioxidation of at least less than -100 millivolts to -300 millivolt, depending on the mix. This is quite healthy as nearly all foods are of positive charge, while this formula is the only one that has a negative charge and helps the body recover."
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QUESTION ON CITRIC ACID AND BAKING SODA
11/20/2006: Teri writes: "Hello Ted, I tried citric acid and baking soda for about a week before I stopped because I felt weaker and exhausted. But I am not sure if they are related or just a coincidence. I am forty years old and feeling mostly tired for about 15 years. I did master cleanse ( maple & lemonade fast) for 10 days in 2001. After the fast my health deteriorated and I never recovered. I started to have leg pains at night since. I am taking multi-vit/mineral ( NSI Synergy Basic Multi-Vitamin), it is helping a little. But if I don't take them for about a week, I feel so much worse, feeling drained during the day, unable to sleep at night. Recently I started to have problems with my arms too. Two three hours after I sleep, I wake up because of heavy dull feeling /pain in my legs and arms, sometmes feel as if my blood gets thicker and expands and hardly move thru the veins. I ve seen several doctors with no help. Two years ago I used ACV and felt worse after a week and stopped it. This time after reading the ph balance issue on Earth Clinic website, I tried baking soda and citric acid hoping it would help, it helped first, I slept better for about a week and started to think it was working, but did not last long. My blood pressure is normal (low side). I don't know what is causing all these, is it poor circulation or acidity or electrolyte imbalance? I tried so many things to improve my health and nothing worked. I must be doing it wrong. I appreciate your suggestions. Thanks."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Teri: You did the right thing, only you did it too long. The body needs a rest period. For some people they do report ups and downs using baking soda or even baking soda plus citric acid. The body needs time to adjust itself.
Therefore, try this:
Take the citric acid + baking soda for only two days and stop for two days and do it again for two days.
The other issue is you need to measure your urinary pH and stop guessing at your condition. Check an prove to yourself that your urine is either too alkaline or too acid. Just measure the urinary pH. It should be about 6.5 - 7.3. If your urinary pH is below 6, then continue to do so.
To get your blood moving try another formula which should work better as it has higher antioxidant level. Get one whole lime (lime has better antioxidants then lemon) and keep adding the baking soda until the fizz stops. Measure your urinary pH after 1 hour of consumption. If you are acid, the pH should rise after 1 hour. If it is still not normal keep taking it more.
Since the body has so much ups and downs, then just take it for only two day and stop for two days. The body needs some time to readjust itself. If two days is too much for you then try to take it one day and two days of not taking it.
Whatever you do, you need to prove yourself of both urinary pH and salivary pH, where the former is pH 6.5 - 7.3 and the latter is about pH 6.8 to 7.5. If they are both acid, you will know what to do. If they are alkaline then just take apple cider vinegar alone.
The fact the blood rarely moves means the blood platelets are glued to each other. This can be lessened by drinking plenty of water and take some magnesium supplements and especially vitamin E 400 IU. The vitamin E is anti platelet sticking and should help with blood flow. A simple aspirin is also helpful too."
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WHERE TO BUY SODIUM BICARBONATE IN CA
11/09/2006: David writes: "Hi Ted, Thanks for the great answers to my questions. I was wondering if you happend to know of any chemical supply houses in theUS (hopefully in CA) that sell Potassium Bicarbonate to individuals? Thanks again for your time!"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear David: Most drug stores will have some potassium, but they are often mixed in Oral Rehydration packs, in the form of potassium chloride, potassium citrate, and sometimes potassium bicarbonate. Citrates and bicarbonates are quite closely related and can be used with each other. I must warn you, that when using potassium make sure it is 9 parts sodium and 1 parts potasssium. That means 9 parts sodium bicarbonates and 1 part potassium bicarbonate (or potassium citrate). You can go to a drug store and ask them the following brand: K+Care ET, K-Effervescent, K-Vescent. Large drug stores should carry them. In the even you get nauseated from accidental dosage of taking too much potassium, the cure is extremely simple: take 1/2 teaspoon - 1 teaspoon of sea salt or salt, should that happen. The nauseation will be gone in a matter of minutes."
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NAUSEA AFTER POTASSIUM BICARBONATE
11/08/2006: Vince writes: "Great program! But, I do get a lot of nausea after taking potassiumbicarbonate - even mixed with baking soda first - that lasts about twohours. Any substitutes, or other things to try?"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Vince: Very true. Some people can have problems about potassium in general. Usually in a human body fluids, it works something like, 90% Sodium, 10% potassium. The best way to deal with this is to try two options:
One way is use potassium chloride instead, such as 9 parts sodium bicarbonate, and 1 part potassium chloride (or potassium citrate).
The second way is to try 9 parts sodium bicarbonate and 1 part potassium bicarbonate.
If potassium is not working out at all under this two options you might as well not use it at all. Perhaps your body has gotten accustomed to taking sodium and this does happen more than most people realized.
This is a very important point, because I have seen people actually get very sick on a Hallelujah diet. The cure I very very simple. Add sea salt to the food.
This diet in my opinion is way too high on potassium as it is, and most people in general, including livestock pigs do get used to high sodium diet.
In my personal opinion a diet should resemble closely to the Ringer's solution or mammalian solution (to keep tissue alive in a petri dish) where the sodium to potassium ratio is about 9: 1. This is entirely my opinion based on direct observations of human who tried to consume more potassium, or livestock pigs and even in human tissue culture solution.
It is also true that ancient people did take a very high potassium diet such as where potassium is as high as 10 times of sodium. This does not necessarily mean they are healthy either! Suppose I send you to go back in a time machine where potassium diets were high and you have this side effect. Then it is quite possible that salt was a very valuable commodity indeed because of that!
Therefore it DOES NOT mean, ancient people at optimum diet or does it mean we eat optimum diet. It does mean that we need to take whatever ratios that have the least issues of health and a higher sodium to potassium ratio is in practice generally safer.
The issue of sodium retention have more to do with dietary problems, adrenal issues, heavy metals suppressing glandular functions, or possibly no potassium at all, but it does not necessarily mean an excessive dietary sodium is the problem.
If I take only just 2-3 mg. of lithium supplements a day, the sodium retention will be reduced. Most of the sodium retention issue I do witness have very much to do with the EXCESSIVE use of sugar.
By reducing sugar in the diets, especially NEVER mix sugar and salt together, the issue of sodium retention should generally be a thing of the past."
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BICARBONATES IN THE U.S
11/08/2006: David writes: "Firstly, I would like to say a big "Thank You" to Ted for the wonderful work he offers the world of health. I have tried 'pH' adjusting in the past, and it did not work. Ted's approach is so much more complete, and opened my eyes to what is really going on in the human body. I would like to know if Ted has any mail-order sources he can share for bicarbonates in the U.S.? Also, is it better to take the bicarbonates with, or between high-protein meals? My concern is that meats need a bit of acid to digest, and large amounts of bicarbonates could buffer those acids. Thank you for your time."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear David: Happy to hear of a positive feedback.
Also, is it better to take the bicarbonates with, or between high-protein meals?
With high protein meals, I seen people needing larger than normal dose of bicarbonates with high protein meals as they are acid forming. I am not saying high protein is bad for you. High protein don't really kill you it is excess fats that clogs it. And then there is good fats and bad fats, as much as good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. Good protein without the bad fats are obviously fish.
In my opinion you need twice more dose for bicarbonates on high protein meals than low protein meal.
When you take it, how you take it helps too. If the bicarbonates is taken between meals, the food you take along with bicarbonates should be small enough that it doesn't upset your digestive system.
So try 1/4 teaspoon of bicarbonates on one liter of water being the drinks you take while you eat. How much water you take while you eat depends very much on your urinary color control that I have mentioned in some of the other postings I made regarding controlling how much water you should drink.
With this measurement, you can take as much as you like without too much bicarbonate, but just enough to harmonized the pH of the food you eat with the bicarbonates that neutralizes the acid/base shocks from the food you eat.
My concern is that meats need a bit of acid to digest, and large amounts of bicarbonates could buffer those acids.
Most buffers will not bother with your stomach, the stomach will squeeze (drain) out most of the liquids beore it begins to acid digest it and the bicarbonates are go directly to buffer in the intestines where it is needed to neutralized the acid created by the stomach.
The problem about the stomach is the body does not have enough water needed to harmonized the food so that the acid can reach everywhere with the food and bicarbonates does hurt that much. The key to proper digestion is two fold: you need to chew the food enough and you need the water to cover all surface area of the dried food. This is where water will help speed up the process of thorough digestion.
You need far more acid to digest the food of 300 grams then you do trying to neutralize a mere 1/8 teaspoon of bicarbonates, assuming you are drinking one whole liter of water!
Even with that amount at least 90% will be drained away by the stomach anyway to be kept in storage space of the 20 plus foot intestines that do need to neutralized the stomach acid whenever the stomach has finished its work.
It is not just the stomach that you need to consider, why is the intestines so large? If by the length, or volume, the intestines is seemingly more important part of your body we tend to ignore. Too much emphasis is placed on a the stomach when you need to get a balanced consideration between the alkaline intestines of 20+ feet and a stomach only a mere 6 (approx) inches, unstretched."
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ASKING FOR COMMENT ON ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
11/06/2006: Don writes: "Hi Ted, thanks for your many interesting and informative comments. I've been teaching myself slowly about the difficult subject of antioxidant and hydrogen-rich water, and your ideas on that have helped me a lot. I'm trying to avoid the need for electrolysis, you see. The hydrogen bubbling method looks really promising, but Vinny Pinto on his website says that such hydrogen bubbled water, while it does have a high negative ORP, does not have any antioxidant activity. Could you comment on this, please? I've looked into ways of testing antioxidant activity of water but it seems to be complex and beyond kitchen chemistry. Thanks for your work and time, regards"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Don Smith: Hydrogen rich does have antioxidant power. Many people assume hydrogen is H2 which has no charge. But in practice H2 in electrolysis actually have unbound charged negative electricity. This is shown when you have an ORP meter. In fact in agriculture we manipulate ORP values by adding hydrogen or oxygen to optimized plant growth by manipulating the water properties needed to kill aerobic bacteria.
This real fact is lost. In a science high school projects students were asked to measure antioxidant power of an aromatherapy oil. The project is simple, they just added them to a food and see how it would spoil.
The spoiling occurs because the food takes up oxygen (an hence oxidation) and this can be measured too. So in hydrogen rich water, the hydrogen will react with an unbound oxygen to form a hydroxyl compound, thus reducing the amount of oxygen, or dissolve oxygen.
If a dead animal is placed in a hydrogen rich water, it will spoil much slower than a dead animal placed in normal water, due to the lack of oxygen. We are just measuring aerobic bacteria here, so therefore the less the free radical or dissolved oxygen the better the antioxidation.
A more complicated means of stopping oxidation, is to use hydrogen rich compounds in hot water heater, which we refer to hydrazine hydrate. This too is an antioxidant and will protect the hot water boiler heater against rust, and hence prevent such explosion. While hydrazine hydrate are more like a super active form of ammonia, while it is a hydrogen rich compound is also toxic, because of the ammonium components. Some antioxidants are relatively safe such as hydrogen gas dissolved in water, but people don't like to believe in this because of its simplicity and it hurts the sales of the more expensive devices. Therefore a lot of misinformation is abound, whatever you say, it is a well known fact that wound healing is greatly accelerated in presence of hydrogen gas or hydrogen rich water."
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BENEFITS OF HOT TUBBING WITH H202
10/08/2006: Johanna writes: "I am not a chemist, and I have a problem that my hot tub dealer cannot help me with. It seems that the alkalinity and PH of the water is not correct in the hot tub - we use Peroxide to sterilize it. I just love the peroxide, because I feel much much better (skin) than with Bromene and Chlorine. I am really excited about the possible benefits of hot tubing with H2O2. I cannot find any info on the internet about it though. The problems manifests by having "unclean" water - greasy bubbles and scum on the surface of the water - even though the test strip indicates safe water. Can you advise as to whether we can add boosters of alklyde or Ph to correct the water balance? and will the water be safe? Can you recommend a contact for such info? Thank you - if you reply"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Johanna:
It seems that the alkalinity and PH of the water is not correct in the hot tub - we use Peroxide to sterilize it.
You need to prepare your hot tub like it was sea water, being the most ideal environment. Almost a century ago, a biologist by the name of Rene Quinton, found that our blood and seawater are about the same. The macro minerals of the oceans are quite constant and hardly a variations. As a result he prepared a seawater to inject in thousands of patients of various conditions, curing them in the process.
http://oceanplasma.org/documents/cases.htmlBasically, prepare your hot tub with added seawater to a concentration of isotonic solution. The formula calls for approximately 9 grams of sea salt per 991 ml of pure water.
The pH of seawater can be about 7.35. You can vary your pH by making more acid or more alkaline, depending on the measurements of your pool. If too alkaline prepare to make it more acid, using acid chemicals. Most pool suppliers will have this to correct the acid and alkaline. Common acids include Hydrochloric acid, or weak acid, if you wish such as citric acid. If the water is too acid, then you may need to alkalize such as baking soda, or a more stronger one Sodium Hydroxide, in very very small amounts. Again your pool suppliers could help you with this also.
Most sea salts do have a good ratios of everything anyway, so all you do is correct the pH. All the microminerals will be handled for you. There are many ways you can sterilized your water, ozone, hydrogen peroxide, ultrasounds (they heat up water and kill by the heat generated from ultrasounds), silver - copper rods, zinc - copper rods, all of them quite safe without the use of dangerous halogens.
Can you advise as to whether we can add boosters of alklyde or Ph to correct the water balance? and will the water be safe?
THe correcting of pH and buffers is mentioned in your first question. It is safe, if it falls within the acceptable range of a good seawater. Usually between pH 7 - 7.5.
Can you recommend a contact for such info?
Most swimming pool suppliers have all the raw materials to manipulate the pH. You just need maybe the sodium thiosulfate to reduce the chlorine. Get your own heavy metals test since Canada is known to have a lot of heavy metals in the drinking water, especially from food source. One best way to detect them is not from your swimming pool, it is from your own urine. If it is heavy metals are present, you need to find the source, is it from your drinking water, the hot tub, or is it from your food?"
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QUESTION ON GOUT ACID
09/26/2006: Ben writes: "Hallo Ted. First Que: If I can balance my ph level, currently on 6.4, the Gout will be gone or at least much better. Second Que: My reasoning is that purine acid cannot be excreted out of my body because it is not alkaline enough. Third Que: If the body is too acid u can drink 1000 litre water a day without any benefit - it will not excrete the uric acid. Thanks"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "I have seen gout reduced when baking soda is taken twice a day at 1/4 teaspoon in 1/2 glass of water on an empty stomach. Most of the uric acid will be reduced, but it takes about a month.
Second Que:My reasoning is that purine acid cannot be excreted out of my body because it is not alkaline enough.
Yes. Get enough alkalinity and yet drink plenty of water.
Third Que: If the body is too acid u can drink 1000 litre water a day without any benefit - it will not excrete the uric acid.The body needs to be alkaline enough and drink water enough. Both are important."
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QUESTION ON ACV
09/21/2006: Tim writes: "For the past week I have been using 2 tablespoons of ACV and 8oz of water 3 times a day. I stop using my PPI medication about 4 days earlier. I started taking a multi-vitamin (Foodbound) and coral calcium that I bought at a health food store in order to adjust my PH at the sametime I stopped the PPIs. Is it alright to take the vitamins and coral calcium with the ACV? I know it has only been a week with the ACV and my symptoms come and go but I have no intention on giving up. At times I feel better then I have in years. I just order some PH test strips to see why my PH is. I know that too much of a good thing can be bad so I figured I would ask here. Any help would be very much appreciated."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Is it alright to take the vitamins and coral calcium with the ACV?
Yes. As in nature the issue is about balance. Take magnesium to balance out with calcium. Take baking soda to balance out with your ACV.
I know it has only been a week with the ACV and my symptoms come and go but I have no intention on giving up. At times I feel better then I have in years.
You can continue, but don't forget to take baking soda and magnesium. They are necessary for the body's balance. Sometimes the body needs a rest, so you don't have to take ACV everyday. Everything is and should be taken in moderation as always."
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pH LEVEL HIGH NEED TO LOWER IT
09/20/2006: Rita writes: "Ph Level High, Need to lower it -- very nervous. My husband died 3 Aug 06. Very stress out, trying to maintain health need direction of how to keep a normal ph balance urine, also taking primrose oil for skin problems, 55 years of age weight 110, need to take the correct dosage of vitamins. I feel like the vitamins and distilled water reccomended by health food places made my ph level acidic. Help"
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Rita: Drink regular water or mineral water. Drinking distilled water will quickly deplete him of the needed pH buffer. So take some baking soda plus citric acid (1/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid) Take once in morning, and once in evening. The pH should be in an acceptable range. Try to avoid coral calcium, as the older you are the more you need the magnesium. Therefore take magnesium citrate and zinc acetate supplements. Other forms of magnesium is magnesium gluconate and magnesium chloride are acceptable."
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pH INDICATOR STRIPS OK FOR ACV AND BAKING SODA SOLUTION
09/14/2006: Khatija writes: "Hello Ted, I could not find a PH meter in any pharmacies in my country. Instead. they have PH indicators (in strip form). Is it OK for me to use PH indicators for the ACV and baking soda solution? Thks Best Regards."
Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Yes. You need not be accurate for these applications. A simple pH strip will do. "
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TED'S OPINION ON WATER ALKALIZERS
09/13/2006: Darrel writes: "Balance pH Levels, Before i found this site, i went on the master cleanser fast to alkanize the body lemon juice cayenne pepper maple syrup and water What's your opinion on fasts like these. Also I went and bought a water alkanizer and am drinking the water at a p.h of 10. What your opinion on water alkanizers and do you think i would still need the baking soda to alkanize? thanks'"