Amazoniac
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Not really, the situation doesn't need to be critical for it to become an issue and it's beyond eletrolyte balance. There are serious complications in alkalosis, but have you ever compared its causes to those of acidosis? Because if so, it's easy to realize how chronic degenerative conditions might pass through alkalosis but tend to eventually lead to acidosis.I think I gave the wrong impression. The general rule is that the body does strictly control pH and this is true for most. Of course, if one's electrolyte intake was severely lopsided on one side or high in one mineral and low in another etc. problems do arise. Calcium deficiency is an obvious example of this of course. I mean you could easily say a deficiency of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, chlorine, or potassium will cause and acid/alkaline imbalance and thats probably right but one's electrolyte intake or vitamin D status has to be horrid to start causing problems. Even with poor intakes the body secretes hormones to maintain minimal levels and can do that for some time. Acidosis and alkalosis are real medical conditions but the proponents of the acidity/alkalinity theory paint a reality where we are all too acidic when this is almost never the case. I never heard these pH folk say there is such as thing as too alkaline, its always about acid, and "acid-forming foods" like meat, milk, and eggs.
Gershom Zajicek has his classic disease progression graph in various presentations, and regardless if people are reversing their problems or not, it's probable that most are under control below the detection threshold. Just because you don't feel it, doesn't mean it's not there. No need to be in frank acidosis or alkalosis.
Raj's concept of reductive stress with incomplete oxidation gives you an idea of its prevalence. Have you ever considered how many people benefit from the orange juice with sodium bicarbonate combination? It's high in the alkaline minerals, bicarbonate and citrate as a precursor: brutal alkalinization.
So you use an inaccurate remark to discard their whole theory by writing that 'it's all baking soda'?And vinegar, which is supposed to magically become alkaline in the body. I never got them to explain that one.
By the way, when Raj warns against citrate, it must be the acid form, as when you can taste the sourness in citrus fruits; in these cases it can rob you of minerals. This is not a reason to avoid calcium citrate for example, you can search for a comparison between this form and carbonate, and you'll confirm that it not only reaches at least similar blood concentrations after ingestion (good adsorption) and lowering of paratyphoid hormone level, but it often does it better than the carbonate form.
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