Re: Metabolic diet/acid/alkaline etc.

[Guest guest]

you could be eating for your type and show alkaline urine but still be

acidic.

~If your urine PH was 7.5 or 8.0 you would think well gee I'm really

alkaline I must be doing good.... HOwever, even though your urine would be

alkaline because of the ammonia acid salt... the ammonia acid salt would

actually be there in the first place because of the excess protein/acid ash

etc.

As I mentioned in my previous post... lots of biochem here

there are no easy answers

jen

" And we have made of ourselves living cesspools, and driven doctors to

invent names for our diseases. " Plato

----- Original Message -----

From: " Wanita Sears " <wanitawa@...>

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Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 2:52 PM

Subject: Re: green supplements

> At 12:07 PM 1/31/03 -0800, you wrote:

> >,

> >

> >I thought I would throw something in here.

> >

> >Discounting Wilcox work with the Metabolic Diet, most

> > " authorities " that I have read agree that grains,

> >meats, and fats are acidic. Vegetables and fruits are

> >alkalizing (except for a few). They say from various

> >studies that an acidic terrain is disease causing and

> >an alkaline terrain is healing. They say that a body

> >that is more alkaline (except for the stomach, of

> >course), is healthier and fights illness better.

> >

> >If this is true, then it appears that a diet high in

> >grains, meats and fats will be a problem for that

> >person eventually; maybe even sooner.

> >

> >I know of a nutitionist that is a very dedicated

> >following of NT/WAP and does eat meat, fat and

> >proteins, but makes sure he is eating plenty of

> >vegetables, coral calcium/ mag. to alkalize his

> >system. He says that a Atkins type diet after the

> >weight loss is very detrimental to the body, because

> >it is so acid forming. So, whether or not calcium is

> >leached out of the bones is a mute point. What is

> >important is that the body stays in an alkaline state,

> >not an acidic state.

> >

> >, I take it you will disagree with this. But,

> >many practitioners consider the above points very

> >valid from a total health perspective.

> >

> >Any comments would be appreciated.

> >

> >

>

> What bothers me most about these blanket statements, that I've seen

in

> many places is are they saying the food outside the body tests alkaline or

> acidic, the blood tests acidic on a mainly protein diet, the blood tests

> alkaline on a high carb or vegetarian diet or is it the urine? How many of

all

> people of the same eating patterns fit the criteria? I've never seen the

exact

> basis stated. Metabolic typing's research has led Wolcott at least to

find

> that if you eat for your metabolic type (example: protein) that that body

type

> on its optimal nutritional ratio of protein/fat/carbohydrate is not

acidic.

> Eating SAD gave me awful acid problems and sluggishness. Eliminating the

> simple

> carbs and replacing them with more fruits and vegetables didn't improve

either

> much. More protein, fat and less carbs did. I've observed many people who

from

> their diets it would be thought they would be alkaline. They're more ill

and

> sluggish than I ever was.

>

> Wanita

>

>

[Guest guest]

At 07:36 PM 1/31/03 -0800, you wrote:

>you could be eating for your type and show alkaline urine but still be

>acidic.

>~If your urine PH was 7.5 or 8.0 you would think well gee I'm really

>alkaline I must be doing good.... HOwever, even though your urine would be

>alkaline because of the ammonia acid salt... the ammonia acid salt would

>actually be there in the first place because of the excess protein/acid ash

>etc.

>As I mentioned in my previous post... lots of biochem here

>there are no easy answers

>

>jen

Forgot to specify its blood PH with metabolic typing. The ranges of

acid/alkaline that have been found in over 40 years of research to specific

type, and the variables of reading high/low dependant upon your type. These

same high/low ranges are applicable to any medical test. Example: persons A, B

and C all are tested for osteoporosis. Person A falls midrange, person B is

high, person C is low. All are in the acceptable range so a supplement is

given

with calcium/magnesium. Person A improves, a mixed type. Persons B, protein

type & C, carbo type (am not sure I have these high/lows to type) either

experience no change or get worse. Due to body type natural homeostatic

controls B, protein is balanced with the calcium but the the magnesium

imbalances the homeostatic system. C, carbo the opposite. What I find

fascinating is that internal organ shapes and sizes are varied and not

standard

in all humans. The naturalness to our true, genetic or ancestral body vs. the

alterations done by modern food and environment is a question.

I don't know my blood ph but I do know how I feel when I eat the right amount

of protein/fat/carbs for me. I'm hunger free (one of the first signs was

when I

did get hungry it was a different hunger than I'd experienced in more years

than I can remember), have good digestion, a clear mind and energy for 4

hours.

Aches and pains after hard work are no where close to what they were and I'm

more limber. This all tells me that my former SAD with carbohydrate

adjustments only diets likely acidified my blood. Don't feel the need to know.

Blows blood type A, best as vegetarians out of the water too.

Wanita