The saying: “someone’s really acid”, contains more substance than one might think.
It’s not only a result of being jacked off about something/someone, but can actually have a physiological cause. Those bad moods and snide remarks could be the result of an acidic physical make-up.
Being interested in good health and exercise, I’m always on the look-out for new ways, means and cheats, which will (1) make me younger (not just look it), (2) get rid of that orange peel, (3) give me flawless skin, (4) magically turn me into Angelina.
So, turns out some of these are a little improbable if not downright impossible. In this search, I recently discovered sevenpointfive.
The concept behind sevenpointfive is that the body’s optimum functioning of organs and overall well-being occurs at a pH of 7,5. For those with some recollection of chemistry, this is a slightly alkaline pH (seven being neutral). PH is a measure of the activity of free hydrogen ions (H+) and acids have more free hydrogen ions than hydroxide (OH-) ions. This is where the chemistry lesson ends.
Fact is, modern diets, consisting of unhealthy fats and processed foods coupled with modern living conditions in polluted cities in stressed environments (which lead to smoking and overindulgence in alcohol and other substances) all collaborate to ensure that the body’s pH drops below seven, an acidic composition.
This in itself is not a train smash, although it could contribute to the flaring up of inherited disease and ailments, such as diabetes, cancer and other nuisances, including mental afflictions. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying this is the single cause, but it is a contributing factor. On the lighter end of the scale, it shows first in things like the skin, kidneys and liver, with these organs stressing to break down and eliminate toxins from the body.
I have suffered from various nuisance skin conditions in my adult life (since moving to the city, I might add) and decided that it was time to find out what my blood was up to in order to figure out what my skin is having to deal with.
The tests work as follows: do not eat or drink anything but water for an hour before seeing the sevenpointfive consultant. You will have to slime a little indicator paper (with saliva of course) and then have your finger pricked with a tiny jabbing needle. The indicator paper is compared to a pH scale and the blood drop is smudged onto a microscope slide. By this time you will have had a reading of your specific pH level and realised that you seem to have been eating limes for the past three days. This is where the fun starts!
I don’t know many people who have had a first hand look at their own blood, with someone explaining to them exactly what the little USOs (unidentified swimming objects) are and whether they should be there or not. This was my first time. Low and behold, there were my red blood cells, a little bit too overlapping to absorb oxygen freely and make work of proteins and fats (note one: fix reds).
Also in there were a few reds that had strange little black spots on them, free radical damage I am told (note two: fix reds).
Suddenly a white blood cell comes into view (there are much fewer of these than the reds, about 10% or less), but they are smaller than they should be, which means that they are either straining to fight of nasty viruses and disease or just not recuperating properly (note three: fix whites).
Another thing swims into view, and I mean swims … apparently a rod-shaped bacteria, which can further support the break-down of my threatened cells (note four: kill bacteria).
So, this begs the question: “What do I do now?”.
I eat rather healthy (so the odd glass of red wine and chocolate is in there, but really, a girl’s gotta have fun). I exercise regularly (and quite vigorously), I take supplements (vitamins, minerals, omegas and more), so where did I go wrong? I am told that this may have something to do with too much refined foods (hmm, white rice is even in there!), too much exposure to pollution (perhaps I should move to the country?) and general stress and unhealthy environments (so, more massages required!)
In order to address these issues I need to raise my pH to 7,5 and take the right nutrients in the right quantities. Only the good stuff I am told — don’t go for cheap imitations.
Well, after having told myself I would not purchase anything during this visit, I faltered very quickly. It’s amazing what the sight of your own living blood can do to pre-convictions. So far, so good. It’s been almost 10 days with a steady intake of coral calcium and some new vitamins and minerals and it seems that my skin is healing itself> I’m not sure if my pH is right yet, but we’ll find that out in the next few days.
I have wondered a few times though: “is this the new fad, or is there substance to this 7,5 concept?”
I will give it a chance. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I’m pretty sure there’s some truth in “you are what you eat” too. Wow, the amazing learning that’s out there — all this knowledge for healing ourselves and our planet, all we have to do is do.
Apart from the junk Chemistry and psychology, I always thought that my cynicism came from my Grandfather who had a well developed sense of the absurd.
So I must remember that the next time I am told by the High Court in England that they haven’t told the police of perjury, because they destroyed evidence after the Head of Customer Service of Her Majesty’s Court Service sent the investigation to the wrong court for seven years running (allegedly because he was paid to lose it), then all my hysterical sarcasm at this farce can be solved by a large glass of red wine to balance my acid levels.
Get real.
*laugh*, Word of caution: red wine will definitely increase the acidity, but I think you may be way ahead of the pack Mr Budd. For some external irritants there just is no alleviating cure. Good luck
Or you could just swallow your toothpaste…nice base I think and it costs nothing
Then there is the old soap lick to work out those acids but somehow that treatment never caught on…
Hi Sandy,
When you aspire to metamorphosis into ‘Angelina’, I hope you’re not referring to the genus Jolie. That woman is ugly! (ask Donald Trump ) She could definitely benefit from surgery to correct mild maxillary hypoplasia. If your thumbnail is anything to go by, you have a far better bone structure.
Seriously
Blood ph is tightly regulated within a very small range (7.35 – 7.45)
It has to be to sustain life.
A drop of a single point, for example during sustained heavy exercise, will make you feel very ill (lactic acidosis) and anything approaching 7.1 will kill you.
The blood is a ‘buffer solution’ in itself (which resists change in ph) and temporary disturbances are, and must be rapidly brought back into line by homeostasis. If this process stops working properly, for instance through the onset of renal failure, you will know it.
The notion of chronically ‘acidic’ blood induced by junk food or a ‘refined’ diet is just that, a notion, but one which is nevertheless exploited by the ‘detox’ franchises.
‘Toxins’ in the blood, such as ethanol from that sumptuous red wine are either rapidly broken down into some harmless metabolites, or if they should linger too long, will cause organ damage, morbidity and death. Point being, you’ll know if your blood is ‘toxic’; you won’t be feeling too good.
Bacteria in your blood?
The bloodstream is a bacteriologically sterile environment.
It has to be to sustain life.
An abstract from the department of clinical chemistry in the Netherlands.
Bacteria in Blood Smears: Overwhelming Sepsis or Trivial Contamination
W. van der Meera, J.M.M. Verwielb, C.E.M. Giddingc, M. de Metzd, M.H. de Keijzera
It is unusual to find microorganisms in peripheral blood smears, and their presence is frequently associated with overwhelming sepsis and consequently a poor prognosis. In this report, we demonstrate 4 cases with bacteria in blood smears. Two of them had a fatal outcome, but the other 2 were caused by a contamination either via the central venous catheter or in vitro, both without dramatic outcome.
Point being, if you had germs in your sample, you are either developing toxemia (a clinical emergency) or they got there from the prick needle, the slide, surrounding air or whatever else.
I’m all for ‘Health Hydros’ where the ‘patient’, (I’d rather use the term ‘patron’) is deservedly pampered and spoilt. We get far too little touching and stroking in this crazy rat race we have created for ourselves.
My blood boils (another clinically fatal condition) when the ‘alternative’ health sector resort to pseudo scientific mumbo jumbo to gouge clients, hence my comments.
Sarcasm is used to prick the delusions of the pompous.
Perhaps you’d like to write a diet book, and the rest of us can get on with writing annoying letters to our MPs, taking direct action about a pretend doctor forging medical files in child abuse cases, and trying to get money to the Street Children in Harare without the ZRB stealing the foreign currency.
And as to annoying irritants that have no known cure I refer you to Winston Churchill and his comments on Gandhi:
It is alarming and also nauseating to see Mr Gandhi, a seditious Middle-Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well-known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Vice-regal palace…to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King-Emperor.”
What stereotypes, do you have to conquer? With Junk Chemistry and a glass of red wine.
Thanks Perry, really appreciate the learned input! I’ll take it all with a pinch of salt then and relax. I was rather impressed with the change in results though – had the second blood sample under the microscope and the difference was significant. No more overlapping red blood cells, they were rather gliding past each other, with much more available surface area on each cell. What does this signify and are there any benefits? Also, seems all the other baddies had magically disappeared.
Acidic Body hmmm… Se this site.
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/DSH/coral2.html
My aunt recommended converting too alkaline water instead of tap water. Something aboutalkalizing or something along thos lines is supposed to much more health for you.