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Here is some interesting info on the (fruit) juicing debate.

FRUIT JUICE VS THE WHOLE FRUIT by Melvin Page, D.D.S

One of the points about diet which seems to be difficult for most people to

understand

is why a person should not drink fruit juices when there is no

restriction of the amount of fruit eaten. There is a very definite

reason, and it is necessary to understand something about the workings

of the body, in other words, the physiology of the body, to understand

why this is true.

Normal blood is alkaline. It is measured on a pH scale which measures acidity

and alkalinity. The normal pH is 7.4. On the pH scale 7 is neutral which

means that the liquid being tested is neither acid or alkaline. But if

the liquid has a greater pH than 7 it is alkaline, and if less than 7 it

is acid. For instance: a pH of 4 is ten times as acid as a pH of 5,

whereas a pH of 9 is ten times as alkaline as a pH of 8.

Citrus fruits, although acid when eaten, are changed to alkaline in the body

as are certain other foods such as vegetables and most fruits; whereas

meats, grains, and the one fruit prunes are changed to acid in the body.

This pH of the blood of 7.4 is very essential to be maintained at that

point. There are millions of chemical reactions going on in the body at

all times, chemical reactions so wonderful and intricate that most of

them man has not learned to do in the best equipped laboratories with

electricity, heat and strong chemicals at his disposal. However, the

body creates these chemical reactions at body temperature, and without

the aid of these strong chemicals. It performs these miracles by means

of catalysts and enzymes all of which are found in natural foods, or

which the body itself makes for this purpose.

The correct pH of the blood is so essential that a slight rise in the pH has

a tendency to interfere with these chemical reactions, particularly

blood calcium retention. At 7.4 pH the calcium in the blood stays in

solution, but at some point slightly above (when it is more alkaline)

calcium begins to precipitate. It is believed that blood which is too

alkaline is responsible for precipitation of calcium in the eye,

producing cataracts, or in the kidneys producing what is known as kidney

stones, or in the arteries producing arteriosclerosis, or in the joints

producing spurs and deposits.

Some cancer researchers state that the blood’s pH of cancer patients

is higher than normal, as high as 7.60. It is not that excess alkalinity

causes cancer, rather the contrary. But it indicates that alkalosis

favors the development of the tumor, and that the acidification of the

blood may be an auxiliary in the treatment of cancer..

How does all of this come about? How do we maintain a pH of 7.4 in

the body? The explanation is quite simple. .All animals have taste and

appetite to tell the what foods to eat, when to eat, and when to stop

eating. They also have a thirst center in the brain which is quite

different from the hunger center. The thirst center is put there for man

to tell him when to drink water, and when he has had enough of it. That

is the only reason that the thirst center was put there, the same as for

every other animal. But man is different from other animals in that he

has fingers and an opposing thumb. With these fingers and thumbs he has

learned to do things that no other animal can do. This facility with his

fingers has given him great mechanical ability. He has learned to do

things to his environment which sometimes makes it more suitable for his

comfort and convenience. He has learned to do things to his food which

sometimes improves the flavor.

On the other hand because he has never been fully aware of the harm that

he can do with this ability, he very often produces things or alters

foods in ways that are harmful to him. For instance: when he drinks

orange juice he will take it when he shouldn’t have it, or he will take

more than he should have. This is because his hunger center has been

bypassed and his thirst center works on it as if it were water. As long

as it tastes good and he is still thirsty, he will drink the juice given

the opportunity. Whereas if he ate the fruit, his hunger center would

tell him when to eat it, how much of it to eat , and when to stop before

he changed the pH of his blood in a detrimental manner.