pH---Your Potential Health

by Dr. Regan Golob

If you remember back to your high school chemistry, you know that "pH" stands for "potential of hydrogen". The scale of pH ranges from 0.00 which is completely acid to 14.00 which is completely alkaline. Distilled water which is neutral, has a pH of 7.0. If you add alkalizing minerals such as sodium, calcium or potassium to an acid solution, those minerals buffer the acid. Or, you can make an alkaline solution more acid by adding acid-producing substances.

With the exception of stomach fluids which should be very acid (around 2.0), all of your body fluids need to be either slightly alkaline or slightly acid, either slightly above or slightly below 7.00. For example, the blood needs to stay at a pH of 7.35 to 7.45, and a slight deviation either way means death. In practical terms, this means that if you are not taking in enough available calcium, the body will rob calcium from the bones to buffer the blood and keep it from becoming too acid. Obviously, the body places a higher priority on keeping your heart beating than on keeping your bones strong. So by eating a highly acid diet (meats, grains, dairy, coffee, pop, etc.) you are setting yourself up for arthritis and osteoporosis.

Alkalizing minerals come from fresh fruits and vegetables, and from chelated (bioavailable) minerals in supplements like Dynamite Plus™, Dynamite® Tri-Mins Plus™, Dynamite® Izmine™ and Dynamite® Herbal Green™, as well as Dynamite® Cell Mend™.  Cucumbers, celery and zucchini are great sources of organic sodium, and broccoli contains lots of calcium. Even the "acid" fruits like oranges and lemons leave an alkaline ash residue in the body, and contribute to the alkaline reserve of the body. You should eat vegetables every day, and if you are currently following the "standard" American diet of burgers, fries, pasta, chicken etc., you should start getting healthier by adding one piece of fruit and one serving of vegetables a day. Aim for the ideal of 75% fruits and veggies in your daily diet. Don't try for "instant health" by switching abruptly to salads and veggies -- I guarantee you won't like the results. Interestingly, even the stomach needs to be bathed in an alkaline medium to operate properly. If you ever have heartburn or indigestion, it means you have too little stomach acid, not too much. Take a teaspoon of Dynamite's Super ACV apple cider vinegar or Dynamite® Elixir™, and you will feel better quickly. Symptoms of improper digestion of food caused by insufficient stomach acid include diarrhea, constipation, food allergies, depression, etc.

To Order or for more Information:

You can determine the pH of your body by testing your morning saliva or urine with a pH strip you can purchase at a drug store. If you are truly healthy, both saliva and urine should test about 7.0 first thing in the morning after at least five hours of sleep. Even if you currently feel good, if your morning urine is as low as 5.0, or as high as 8.0, you need to seriously address your diet because your body has gone into emergency mode with adaptations that eventually lead to serious disease like osteoporosis, emphysema or even cancer. You can order testing paper from Morter Health Systems at 1-800-874-1478. Better yet, order Dr. Morter's book "Your Health Your Choice" from Dynamite®.

Your health really is your choice, and pH testing is a valuable tool to guide you to wellness.

Alkaline Ash / Acid Ash Foods

In order to maintain the natural body balance of 80% alkalinity / 20% acidity (the ratio of planet Earth) we must consume at least 80% alkaline-ash producing foods.

Foods are listed in diminishing order of their positive effect (green) in replacing alkaline reserves based upon a typical serving, i.e. raw spinach at 556 per 4c is approximately 100 times more effective than green peas at 5 per 3/4c.

Negative numbers (red) denote a depletion effect upon alkaline reserves.

Raw spinach* 4 cups +556

Beet greens 1 cup +478

Molasses 1 tablespoon +360

Celery 5 stalks +341

Dried figs 5 each +297

Carrots 3 each +282

Sprouted beans (2") 1/2 cup +282

Chard leaves 1-1/2 cup +214

Water cress 2-1/2 cup +192

Sauerkraut 2/3 cup +176

Lettuce 1/2 head +170

Green limas 2/3 cup +142

Dried limas 2/3 cup +123

Rhubarb** 1 cup +117

Cabbage 1-1/3 cup +111

Broccoli 1 cup +101

Beets 2/3 cup +98

Brussel sprouts 6 +95

Green soy beans 2/3 cup +85

Cucumber 10 slices +71

Parsnip 1/2 large +67

Radishes 7 +64

Rutabagas 3/4 cup +62

Dried peas 1/2 cup +57

Mushrooms 7 +50

Cauliflower 1 cup +50

Pineapple 1 cup +44

Avocado 1/2 cup +44

Raisins 1/2 cup +42

Dried dates 7 +40

Green beans 1 cup +39

Muskmelon 1/4 +38

Limes 1/2 cup +33

Sour cherries 18 +30

Tangerines 2 +29

Strawberries 12 +28

White potato 1 +26

Sweet potato 1 +26

Grapefruit 1/2 cup +25

Apricot 2 +25

Lemon 1/2 cup +24

Blackberries 1 cup +22

Orange 1/2 cup +22

Tomato 1 +21

Peach 1 large +21

Raspberries 1 cup +19

Banana 1 small +18

Onion 1 small +14

Grapes 1/2 cup +10

Pear 1 +10

Blueberries 2/3 cup +5

Apple 1 +5

Watermelon 1/2 slice +5

Green peas 3/4 cup +5

Olive oil 0

Corn oil** 0

Sugar** 0

Fresh corn 1/2 cup -2

Shrimp 1/2 cup -4

Honey 4 Tablespoons -4

Pork chops 1 -6

Whole wheat bread** 2 slices -8

Eggs 2 -9

Bacon 2 slices -10

Lamb chop 1 -10

English walnuts 10 -10

Wheat bran 1 tablespoon -10

White bread** 2 spices -15

Lamb 1/4 pound -17

Veal chops 1 -21

Barley 5/8 cup -21

Turkey 1/4 pound -23

Beef steak 1/4 pound -24

Salmon 1 cup -26

White flour** 5/8 cup -26

Whole wheat flour** 5/8 cup -26

Brown rice 5/8 cup -29

Wheat germ 1 tablespoon -38

Pike 1/4 pound -39

Chicken 1/4 pound -43

Peanut butter 3 tablespoons -49

Macaroni**, spaghetti** 7/8 cup -50

Codfish 1/4 pound -51

Soda crackers 8 -52

Haddock 1/4 pound -78

Peanuts 114 -78

Lobster 1/4 pound -78

Corned beef 1/4 pound -80

Oatmeal 1 cup -95

Sardines 8 -160

Sausage 6 links -160

Dried lentils 1/2 cup -171

Oysters 5 -209

Scallops 1/4 cup -226

(note - dairy products are acid-forming, too)

* Best eaten raw

** Not recommended for human consumption