[Andy©]

Thanks Dochand,



That website about the xanthine oxidase in homogenized milk and Bovine Growth Hormone and IGF-1 as used to increase lactation in cows was quite interesting and educational though not exactly the article that I mentioned above which I am looking for. It arouses a question in pursuit of the relationship between xanthine oxidase and oxidized cholesterol… Thank you!





You are making me put on my thinking cap in re to some other things as well. Let me share my point of view:



The buffering systems of our bodies are certainly most effective and wonderful indeed, aren't they! Only under very extreme circumstances of unhealth, e.g. diabetic ketoacidosis, severe hypo- or hyperventilation, will the pH change significantly in the blood. On the other hand, what is very normal and very common is that the pH will vary considerably in the body excretions, i.e. in the urine, body cavities, and sweatglands. There are several very effective buffering systems in our bodies that contribute to this situation, but perhaps the carbonic acid buffering system is the one most generally familiar?



Let’s look for a moment at the sodium salt which is in a way central to the carbonic acid buffering system, i.e. NaHCO3. This particular sodium salt, NaHCO3, has both acidic and alkaline properties in that it can both give and receive a proton, i.e. H+. If you add H+ to this salt you’ll get H2CO3, whereas if you remove H+ from NaHCO3 you’ll end up with Na2CO3, which is sodium bicarbonate. Thus, as you see NaHCO3 has both acidifying and alkalinizing properties. (Any reader who is not familiar with acid base systems is invited to study up on the basics of such buffering systems. It is fairly simple stuff and this subject should be covered in a textbook on biology or chemistry. Or, perhaps you could do a search for “acid base buffering systems,” “proton donor,” and/or “proton acceptor” on the web?)



My main point here is that the positive metal ions, e.g. Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, etc. though often present in buffering systems are not in themselves acidic or alkaline, and do not in and of themselves cause an acid or alkaline reaction in our bodies. Nevertheless, it has been my experience that some physicians speak of these minerals as alkaline, though if I am not mistaken, this is technically an error, which appears to be based upon an assumption that an alkalinizing salt, e.g. Na2CO3, CaCO3, or MgCO3, is being spoken of.



Suppose a patient is suffering from magnesium (Mg) deficiency and that the doctor wisely recommends an alkaline salt of magnesium for his patient thus causing alleviation of the malady of the patient. Suppose the doctor rationalizes this curative success in terms of having given his patient an alkalinizing agent, is he then correct or not? No, he isn’t, is he? Yet, he was successful in treating the patient to a cure, wasn’t he!?



Now, suppose the same patient next develops a yeast infection. Could this be due to a side effect from the recently given alkalinizing agent? It could, couldn’t it? Due to the alkalinizing agents – but not to any metal as such - alkali are being excreted out of the body, thus causing a more alkaline environment in the body cavities, e.g. in the bladder and genital systems, and on the skin. Such alkaline environments are beneficial for yeast growth and may be treated at times very quickly and effectively by applying an acidic solution, e.g. a mixture of one tablespoon of vinegar (from your own refrigerator) in one quart of regular faucet water.



Could it be that yeast infections, a most common and very familiar side effect of Penicillin, are due to an alkaline reaction in the body? We commonly see yeast infections in the body cavities, bladder, and skin, and isn’t it true that this happens as these organs are being exposed to alkaline excretions? Penicillin is most commonly prepared and sold as a potassium salt and as such it will most certainly serve as a H+ acceptor, which by definition makes Penicillin an alkalinizing agent. This is a likely scenario, is it not?!



Notably, the acidic reaction caused by acidifying foods is not generally measureable in the blood in terms of a change in pH, but it is measureable in the pH changes of the body excretions. And the reason for this is basically that the very effective buffering systems of the body are doing what they are designed to do, i.e. causing the excess of acid or base to be excreted out of the body system and thus maintaining a balanced pH.



Accordingly, I find that I do not fully agree with your “first” and “second” statements in your paragraph starting with “I totally agree…” within your last prior post (dated Tuesday, June 29 2004 @ 12:54 AM CDT.) Furthermore, I find that my own statement, "...acidification of the blood is essential for the reversal of cancer and other chronic illnesses…”, as quoted by you has been somewhat revised, modified, and/or expanded upon by my above thoughts. In fact, a cancer tumor may be considered a foci of infection by the PC organism that is being walled off by the body’s immune system, and, in so doing the inside of the tumor will be treated by the body’s buffering systems as exterior to the body/blood system and the pH of the bodily excretions will likely correspond to the inside of the tumors, won’t they? A similar situation will exist adjacent to any foreign body within the body system, e.g. root canals, orthopedic nails, plates, &c.. Thus the important lessons learnt from and taught by the Virginia Livingstone-Wheeler Clinic in San Diego re the removal of any and all root canals and foreign bodies ASAP in order to effect a cure for the diseased and dying.



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