Acid Alkaline Balance

Blood Analysis

mathurin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:19:03 GMT

Hi I was looking for someone in northern VA that would be able to do a blood analysis for me. Does anyone know of someone? I'd really appreciate any help! Thanks!

alkaline water

summertonmadison — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:50:10 GMT

I have heard many benefits of "kangen" alkaline drinking water at a ph 9.5. Is this recommended for a mixed type? Also can water actually reduce our bodies acidity? Also as a side thought if I made water filtered decaf coffee with alkaline water and raw milk ....would that be a healthy choice :) ?

Is there a link between autism and raw milk?

Marissavarga — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:44:08 GMT

My son is almost 3 years old, and we are questioning whether he's on the autistic spectrum or has a sensory processing disorder. We have been getting raw milk from a local Mennonite farmer and he has had no allergy reactions and has been more regular on it. We have been advised by a nutritionist/homeopathic healer that he should absolutely not be drinking raw milk. She says that in general we cannot digest the large proteins in cows milk (nobody can, she said). We have also read that it is not good to give children with autism casein. We would like to keep using raw milk for our son (and ourselves). Do you think it is okay?

I am a big fan of Krill Oil

RiseCaron — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:17:19 GMT

Hi all

I am new to the Mercola community but have been a loyal reader for years. I have a wonderful Krill oil story.

I have Cystic Fibrosis and because of this illness, I needed a double lung transplant. I am now breathing with healthy lungs and grateful to my organ donor and his family.

I believe that one reason why I stay healthy is because of my healthy diet. Before I started supplementing with Krill Oil, I had an increase in my Pulmonary Function test scores by ten percent using Fish oil and Cod liver oil (one teaspoon daily). Several months later, I added Krill Oil (two pills daily). After a few weeks my PFT score increased another twenty percent. When I went off the krill Oil, my numbers fell twenty percent on the nose. Went back on Krill and they increased back to twenty percent.

I am going to stay on all my oils and see if my numbers will increase over time. I am at 100 percent lung function in one area. I have never known of any drug to increase lung function scores.

I have convinced several medical people to look into Krill. Just had to share.

Transplant patients need to be careful when taking immune boosting supplements. Since I know how to muscle test (aka energy test) I test very strong to Krill. there are many supplments that I test weak too. Thankfully, Krill works wonders for me.

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Wellness vs Pure and Clear Water Filters

benjaminw — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:08:12 GMT

Dear Mercola,

I work in the Health industry as a Personal Trainer and Nutrition / Lifestyle consultant and recently watched your video on the Pure & Clear water filtration system.

I am looking for filters to recommend to clients and also purchase for myself at home and have also had many people recommend to me the "Wellness" water filter - I could not find any articles on Mercola.com about this system and was wondering if you could comment about you opinion of this system?

I understand the Pure & Clear is much more cost effective but was wondering if you believe the Wellness system to be superior if the element of cost was taken out of the equation?

Many thanks in advance,

Benjamin, Australia.

Balance the body

drinkingvinegar — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:52:00 GMT

An unbalanced diet is normally responsible for the change in body pH, almost sure to be a lack of the 8 essential amino acids.

One needs to understand metabolism and the need for protein amino acids, that are essential to life, a lack of amino's will see the body swing one way or the other....

Drinking Vinegar beverages is a ideal neutraliser of acids and alkaline...The stomach acid being approximately pH 2 and drinking vinegars being around pH 3.5, when you consume vinegar, the stomache acid will rise above pH2 , so vinegar does have an alkaline effect on stomache acid, if one is alkaline above pH 7.5 then drinking vinegar will reduce it...

The 8 essential acids are the most important to reduce pH and sugar in the blood, so always drink vinegars just after a meal for best results.

health problem

stanislaus — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:23:19 GMT

I am 77 all medical tests show no big problems whatsoever, however i have two small problems, excessive gass and a PERMANENT mild head cold, tried everything I can think of nothing works, very annoying because I exercise often and am very fit, any suggestions would be very much appreciated

Does acidity cause yeast infections?

chunkylove — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:22:55 GMT

Does acidity cause yeast infections?

Protein Type with high uric nitrogen and cholesterol

Fernando — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:16:13 GMT

I have been on the protein type diet for over a month and just had a blood test done which showed that my urea nitrogen levels were higher than normal which could due to eating too much protein/fat. Is this indicative that a protein type diet is not optimal for me?

Do Hydrogen Sticks work?

coachchili — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:15:16 GMT

http://hydrogenfriends.com/?gclid=CIjKltKa6JoCFRMhnAodGnZnBw

Is this a scam?

Alkaline Balance

Survey Questions — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:01:22 GMT

The comprehensive Metabolic Typing test classifies me as a Slow Oxidative Carbo Type. Having had a Potts fracture (right ankle) 30 years ago, I have maintained most of my life a fairly vigorous daily exercise regime of running and aerobics. Now, at age 65 I have developed the classic symptoms of arthritis in the ankle, i.e. stiffness, soreness and limping after exercise (no swelling). I had understood an alkaline balance would favor my condition; would the eating plan help rather more? I have found that juice "fasting" did give an enormous temporary stamina boost and some relief. For that I used the Paavo Airola suggestions based on carrots and celery, the latter being excluded from your plan. I look forward to your suggestions. Many thanks and regards, Ary Kleiberg - Lake Macquarie- Australia

Alkaline Water

susanomare — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:17:41 GMT

Hi Dr. Mercola:

I would like to know your opinion about alkaline water filters. I current use a reverse osmosis water system and lately found out that the water it produces is acidity.

How does your water filter compare with any of the top alkline filters such as Tyent, Kangan and Jupiter?

Your input is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Susan Omare

Alkaline Acid Connection and our Health

AwakenedHeart — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:10:13 GMT

In the past couple of years I have discovered why I could never get my system to become alkaline. My acupuncturist worked with me for a long time--actually several years...still acidic. Now I am alkaline, my skin has transformed, weight has dropped, and my uterine cancer---also result from acid in the body---shrunk to nothing and was removed easily. I didn't realize that my stress was making me acidic, my bottled water was adding acidity to my system--and flattening my wallet, my love for Gatoraid was putting acid to the tune of 50.000 times more acidic that neutral water, and my RO Reverse Osmosis water was also acid. Amazing at my ignorance. Now I am seeing that my health has restored, my skin has come back to supple and youthful and I realize that most of the illness is due to the body being acid based, unbeknownst to us. Food even raw, works but rarely has enough water to make the system remain alkaline. Dr. Otto Warburg proved in the 20s or 30s that ALL HBP, MS, Immune issues, Diabetes, and so much more, as well as most cancer was due to acidity, and it can be reversed like most acid based maladies. There is SUCH a connection and I use whole life water now, for this is what turned it around for me. For more information see.. UltimateHealthWater and see what we all need to know, for the connection IS real.

Acidity

Lesli — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:29:22 GMT

I'm a protein type and am concerned about becoming very acidic, which I tend to do, on the protein type diet. What do you suggest?

Alkalosis

Pat K — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:54:16 GMT

I have used PH strips several times now and each one indicates a ph level of 9.0 or 9.5. Is such a PH level acceptable? I mostly eat foods from the high alkaline group every day. I drink Eaters Digest Tea several time each day. I have yeast free sour dough toasted bread with grapefruit juice every morning. I am on a very good multiple supplement (Master Formula) and take extra calcium, Omegas, C, B Complex. For many years I have fought sinus problems, toenail fungus, osteophytes, and arthritis. I followed the Phase I (Dave Kaufman) and then moved into Phase II. My health did improve. I do not eat microwave food, nor typical junk food. No sodas nor coffee.

I had not checked my PH level for a couple of years when it was 7.0. This is a new roll of PH strips. I cannot seem to find much information about high alkalinity.

Acid/alkaline strips

ArizonaSharona — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:30:48 GMT

I use the ph urine strips to test my alkaline/acid. What are the best times to day to do the testing?

Sharon

Whey Protein's effect on Insulin Production

cveit — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:27:11 GMT

According to the J. of Clin Nutrition's article posted by Dr. Mercola, Whey protein, when added to a high glycemic meal, increases the production of insulin. For HYPERglycemic people, this would seem to be an advantage because it would decrease the overall blood glucose level. However, it seems to me that it would pose an additional risk for HYPOglycemic people. The increase in insulin production would result in a greater dip below the normal blood-sugar level, producing an even greater low-blood-sugar reaction than would have been produced by the high glycemic meal alone. This would imply that hypoglycemic people should not add Whey protein to a high glycemic meal (which they shouldn't eat in the first place).

What is the glycemic index of Whey protein alone?

Free testosterone

Kevin S — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:16:19 GMT

Hi, Could you tell me how to increase free testosterone. I have checked and it shows i have most in as binded testosterone. Thanx.

Cholestrol levels

ArizonaSharona — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:55:55 GMT

Hi Glen,

Sorry to be the hopeless neurotic, but I would like to know what to do if my cholestrol levels go up after doing this food plan.

I know that we should not listen to the "numbers" scams and the whole cholestrol game that is out there to sell us Lipitor, but I'm concerned that all the fat and meat could raise levels. Should I not be worried? If the numbers are high..should I pay attention?

Sharon

HIgh Cholesterol & Protein Diet

Restored — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:14:43 GMT

Hello,

My 62 yr old husband for years has had high LDL & total cholesterol, low HDL, & elevated triglycerides. High risk category. No symptoms.

He has never been on any meds for this, only dietary measures that have worked very quickly when he fully implements them!

We've discovered he is a protein type, so can he have the protein diet as suggested (i.e. some cheese, some butter)? Or should be stay off any saturated fat, and just have lean meat and have no fat dairy until he is in the normal range again? (Is there any cheese that is OK? I've only found full fat). He was on a high carb diet previously, with a reasonable amount of protein.

He is currently on full supplements, but finds it difficult to get on and stay on an exercise program, because of his work. (Long hours trucking)

Thanks very much!

hair loss

Kevin S — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:12:17 GMT

Hi Glen, I dont know if u recieved the last post... Since eating alkaline ive suffered hairloss. This has continued til now... I was wondering if the low carbs caused it cause it seems to be a common thing. Im asian and all my friends have good thick hair even when eating all the noodles and rice... i seem to be putting all this effort and this area has not rectified. Maybe im barking up the wrong tree, cause i see mercola suffered from the same program. Could this diet be the cause of it? Do u have thick hair?

accutane

Kevin S — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 03:46:05 GMT

Hi Glen,
I dont know if you got my last msg about accutane? I have since done some searches on google groups and alot of people say that after taking accutane, people suffer from hypervitaminosis A and become very sensitive to vit A in all forms... this seems true because I have stopped my multivitmain and noticed an improvement... also when i ate liver I didnt feel very good.

How would you or Mercola deal with patients with long term effects of accutane side effects? How does one clear their systems of this drug and heal the ravages that it leaves?

Kevin

acid or alkaline water for mixed type?

Jethiessen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:03:05 GMT

I have several questions, I haven't got my test results yet, but from the tips I've recieved, I'm sure I'm a mixed type. I would like to know, how does a mixed type become alkaline? Is iononized water better, which is alkaline, or reverse osmosis, which is acid? As a mixed type, which foods are alkalizing, the protiens or the carbs? I have candida, and my digestion is not that good. If I combine a high and low purine such as steak and egg in one meal, I get mucus in my nose and throat. Would it be better to eat every other meal as a carb and every other meal as a protien type, or should I mix both at one meal? Also, is raw cultured dairy OK for someone who has candida? I am underwieght, is it OK to eat some starches and grains to keep mt wieght up? I lose wieght very quickly when I totally eliminate grains, and I cannot afford to lose any more. I have been gluten free for almost 2 years. I would appreciate any advice on how to overcome candida. I've been following some version of the candida diet for almost 2 years. But there are so many opinions on what to eat or not. Some say fruit is OK, some say no fruit, only quinoa and buckwheat. Have you had success with treating candida?Please, I need something that works.

Green Food for Protein Type

SlayTom — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:11:50 GMT

I take the following supplements usually in a raw milk smoothie or in supplement form. I know they are not in the list of foods for Protein Types but I wanted to verify with you before I gave them up (just starting diet)

1. Barley Grass

2. Spirulina

3. Chorella

4. Kelp

As you can tell I like Chlorophyll and have noticed some great changes when I take them.

Whole Food Vitamins

SlayTom — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:06:57 GMT

I am a protein type just startig the diet. I take a whole food supplement which obviously has many fruits in it. Should I stop doing this?