How to Do
the Saliva pH Test
A pH Saliva Test is simple test you
can do to measure your susceptibility to cancer, heart disease,
osteoporosis, arthritis, and man other degenerative diseases.
Wait at least 2 hours
after eating. Fill your mouth with saliva and then swallow it. Do this again
to help ensure that the saliva is clean. Then the third time, put some
saliva onto pH paper.
The pH paper should turn
blue. This indicates that your saliva is slightly alkaline at a healthy pH
of 7.4. If it is not blue, compare the color with the chart that comes with
the pH paper. If your saliva is acid (below pH of 7.0) wait two hours and
repeat the test.
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Saliva pH and Cancer
"When healthy, the pH of
blood is 7.4, the pH of spinal fluid is 7.4, and the pH of saliva is 7.4.
Thus the pH of saliva parallels the extra cellular fluid...pH test of saliva
represents the most consistent and most definitive physical sign of the
ionic calcium deficiency syndrome...The pH of the non-deficient and healthy
person is in the 7.5 (dark blue) to 7.1 (blue) slightly alkaline range. The
range from 6.5 (blue-green) which is weakly acidic to 4.5 (light yellow)
which is strongly acidic represents states from mildly deficient to strongly
deficient, respectively. Most children are dark blue, a pH of 7.5. Over half
of adults are green-yellow, a pH of 6.5 or lower, reflecting the calcium
deficiency of aging and lifestyle defects. Cancer patients are usually a
bright yellow, a pH of 4.5, especially when terminal."
The Calcium Factor: The Scientific Secret of Health and Youth, by
Robert R. Barefoot and Carl J. Reich, M.D., Gilliland Printing Inc.,
Arkansas City, Kansas, 1996.

The Importance of Acid
and Alkaline Balance for Health
Virtually all degenerative
diseases including cancer, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, kidney
and gall stones, and tooth decay are associated with excess acidity in the
body. While the body has a homeostatic mechanism that maintains a constant
pH 7.4 in the blood, this mechanism works by depositing and withdrawing acid
and alkaline minerals from other locations including the bones, soft
tissues, body fluids and saliva. Therefore, the pH of these other tissues
can fluctuate greatly. The pH of saliva offers a window through which you
can see the overall pH balance in your body.
Cancer cannot exist in an
alkaline environment. All forms of arthritis are associated with excess
acidity. Acid in the body dissolves both teeth and bones. Whatever health
situation you are faced with, you can monitor your progress toward a proper
acid/alkaline balance by testing your saliva pH.
What are Acid and
Alkaline?
Water (H2O)
ionizes into hydrogen (H+) and hydroxyl (OH-) ions. When these ions are in
equal proportions, the pH is a neutral 7. When there are more H+ ions than
OH- ions then the water is said to be acid. If OH- ions outnumber the H+
ions then the water is alkaline. The pH scale goes from 0 to 14 and is
logarithmic, which means that each step is ten times the previous. In other
words, a pH of 4.5 is 10 times more acid than 5.5, 100 times more acid than
6.5 and 1,000 times more acid than 7.5.
Acid and Alkaline
Minerals and Foods
Minerals with a negative
electrical charge are attracted to the H+ ion. These are called acid
minerals. Acid minerals include: chlorine (Cl-), sulfur (S-), phosphorus
(P-), and they form hydrochloric acid (HCl), sulfuric acid (H2SO4),
and phosphoric acid (H3PO4). Minerals with a positive
electrical charge are attracted to the negatively charged OH- ion. These are
called alkaline minerals. Nutritionally important alkaline minerals include
calcium (Ca+), potassium (K+), magnesium (Mg+), and sodium (Na+). (Cancer
patients tend to have an excess of sodium. -
Gerson page 97). Also important for cancer treatment and prevention are
the alkaline trace minerals rubidium and cesium.
To determine if a food is
acid or alkaline, it is burned and the ash is mixed with water. If the
solution is acid or alkaline then the food is called acid or alkaline. Ash
is the mineral content of the food. This method removes organic acids and
bases. It seems surprising that a lemon or grapefruit would be considered
alkaline, but It is the effect of the food on the physiology AFTER it has
been digested and metabolized that we are interested in. The residual effect
of food on the acid/alkaline balance in the body is determined by the
mineral content of the food.
Four Ways to Restore
Acid/Alkaline Balance in Your Body
If your saliva is too acid
you may wish to increase the alkalinity of your body. Ways to do this
include:
1. Eat mostly alkaline
foods. The general "rule of thumb" is to eat 20% acid foods and 80% alkaline
foods. Minimize the "strongly acid" foods.
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Strongly Acid
(minimize) |
Mild Acid
20% |
Mild Alkaline
80% |
Strongly Alkaline
(supplement) |
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meat |
grains |
fruits |
calcium |
|
fish |
legumes |
vegetables |
magnesium
|
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eggs |
nuts |
berries |
potassium |
|
hard cheese |
milk, yoghurt,
kefir, soft curds |
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cesium |
It is the Sulfur in the
concentrated protein of meat, fish, eggs and hard cheese, and phosphorous in
meat and soft drinks that makes these foods so acidic. Supplement the Sulfur
the body requires with MSM.
Fats and oils have a neutral pH, neither
acid nor alkaline. Plant-based beverages (tea, coffee, cocoa, herbal teas,
beer, wine, juices of fruits and vegetables) are generally mildly alkaline.
I will send you a different Email regarding the pH content of different
foods on request.
The healthiest dairy
products to consume have never been pasteurized or homogenized. Look for
"raw" milk, and cheese made from raw milk. The healthiest way to consume
grains and legumes is in the form of sprouts.
2. Supplement your diet
with alkaline minerals. The main alkaline minerals in the body are
calcium (SeaCal), magnesium, sodium and potassium.
These minerals complement each other. For example, calcium is needed to
contract a muscle and magnesium is needed to relax it. At a cellular level,
your cells maintain a balance of potassium inside and sodium outside, but
this pumping of potassium and sodium requires magnesium. The
calcium concentration in cells is controlled by sodium.
All four of these minerals work together in
the body. Problems arise in the body when one or more of the
minerals are deficient or when
the minerals are out of balance
with each other.
People in North America
tend to consume too much calcium and sodium in proportion to
insufficient magnesium and potassium.
This is often reflected in urine tests which show calcium and sodium being
excreted while magnesium and potassium are being retained. (This is why we
are not interested in urine pH. An alkaline urine simply shows that some
alkaline minerals are being discarded by the body. Of much greater interest
is the pH of saliva, which reflects your success in creating an alkaline
condition within your body.)
In the North American
diet, excess calcium is coming primarily from dairy products, and excess
sodium is coming from "prepared foods" that are loaded with salt. Largely
missing from the diet are magnesium and potassium that would come from
eating fruits and vegetables. A diet
based on fruits and vegetables, grains and legumes, with a small amount of
dairy, would give the body all four of the alkaline minerals in better
balance. This is the diet we recommend in point number 1 above.
Given that the kidneys will excrete excess minerals and retain what the body
needs, it is not necessary to be overly concerned about consuming "right"
amounts of calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium. Just make sure that
your diet contains all four of
the alkaline minerals in reasonable balance.
Bones and teeth are made from calcium
phosphate. SeaCal (Formor International) is superior Calcium
suplement. To
preserve your bones and teeth it is good to consume at least one gram of
calcium. Vitamin D is needed for absorption and utilization of calcium, and doctors
are recommending more (the Canadian Cancer Society recommends at least 1,000 IU daily for all Canadians) as the benefits of vitamin D become known. Teeth
are held in the gums by connective tissue, and formation of connective
tissue needs vitamin C. About 3 or 4 grams of vitamin C daily is required to
prevent receding gums and the formation of pockets between the teeth and
gums.
Tooth enamel is rebuilt
both from within and without by an enzyme called adenosine diphosphatase.
This enzyme is one of dozens of enzymes in the body that are inactivated by
fluoride. It is best to avoid all sources of fluoride.
The positively charged H+
ion in acid saliva will pull the negatively charged phosphate ion right out
of the tooth. Alkaline saliva is necessary to preserve and rebuild tooth
enamel.
Calcium supplements
generally contain some magnesium, but it seems that more is needed.
Magnesium supplements (Cardio Crusaders offers a top Quality
Magnesium Supplement) are available inexpensively. There is
evidence that magnesium helps to prevent cancer.
After nine months, women on magnesium
supplements increased bone density by about 11%.
- Journal of Nutritional Medicine,
1991; 2:165-178.
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"A mass
spectrographic analysis of cancer cells showed that the cell
membrane readily attached cesium, rubidium and potassium, and
transmitted these elements with their associated molecules into the
cancer cell. In contrast cancer membranes did not transmit sodium,
magnesium, and calcium into the cell: the amount of calcium within a
cancer cell is only about 1% of that for normal cells. Potassium
transports glucose into the cell. Calcium and magnesium transport
oxygen into the cell. As a consequence of the above, oxygen cannot
enter cancer cells so the glucose which is normally burned to carbon
dioxide and water undergoes fermentation to form lactic acid within
the cell. This anaerobic condition was pointed out by Warburg, as
early as 1924.
Potassium, and
especially rubidium and cesium are the most basic of the elements.
When they are taken up by the cancer cells they will thus raise the
pH of the cells. Since they are very strong bases as compared to the
weak lactic acid it is possible that the pH will be raised to values
in the 8.5 to 9 range. In this range the life of the cancer cell is
short, being a matter of days at the most. The dead cancer cells are
then absorbed by the body fluids and eventually eliminated from the
system." -
Dr. Brewer,
High pH Cancer Therapy With Cesium, page 5. |
While it is well known
that calcium needs vitamin D in order to be absorbed and utilized, most
people in northern climates tend to be deficient in vitamin D, particularly
in winter. Even in summer, recent advice from the medical profession to
avoid the sun and to block ultraviolet light from reaching the skin through
the use of sunscreens leads to vitamin D deficiency. Better advice is to
experience the sun in moderation in all seasons. Stay out of the sun during
the hottest part of a summer day, but otherwise utilize the sunlight to
maximize your vitamin D production. Plus, consume vitamin D dietary
supplements in all seasons. There is
evidence that vitamin D helps prevent cancer.
A good source
of vitamin D is fish oil. Fish oil also contains vitamin A, and there is
evidence that vitamin A helps cure
leukemia. Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer,
affecting children as young as two or three years of age. Why not give your
children a spoonful of cod liver oil each day?
While it is commonly
understood that the body needs calcium to build bones, what is not generally
known is bones are a complex matrix of many different minerals and if all
the required minerals are not present then strong bones cannot be built.
There are at least 18 key bone-building nutrients essential for optimum bone
health. The implication is that it is easier to destroy bone through excess
acidity in the body than it is to rebuild bone. Furthermore, as farm soils
become depleted of many trace minerals the foods grown on these soils
contain less and less of the required nutrients. At last count, the human
body requires 90 different nutrients for optimum health, and the list is
growing year by year. A good
nutritional supplement is
no longer optional. Cardio Cocktail coupled with His (or Hers) Vitamins
combine to provide a superior supplemental choice.
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Healthy Joints
Magnesium
is a precursor to an important substance in the body called
hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid levels in the body are higher
in people whose diet contains an abundance of magnesium.
Hyaluronic acid is necessary for connective tissue formation and
helps maintain healthy joints, prevent skin wrinkles, prevent
hernias, and promote the healing of wounds and surgical
incisions.
An abundance
of B vitamins, is
also necessary for healthy joints. Absorption of B vitamins is
facilitated by beneficial bacteria in the intestines. Many drugs
interfere with these beneficial bacteria. For more information
see Dr. David Williams
Alternatives October 2006. (Editor's
note: The use of niacinamide (the amide form of
vitamin B3) to reverse arthritis and joint pain, and rebuild
damaged cartilage was discovered by Dr. William Kaufman in the
1930's. Dr. Kaufman divided the total daily dose into ten small
doses to be taken periodically through the waking hours in order
to maintain a constant level of the vitamin in the blood. For
more information do an Internet search for "niacinamide
arthritis kaufman".) Niacinamide supplementation may also help
prevent type 1 diabetes.
Dietary
supplementation with DMG
(Dimethylglycine) improves oxygen utilization
throughout the body, and is particularly useful in areas such as
joints which receive little oxygen. People with many different
joint problems are found to respond favorably to DMG.
Dietary
supplementation with SAMe
(S-adenosylmethionine) and B vitamins (folic acid,
vitamin B6, and vitamin B12) helps reduce pain and inflammation
while rebuilding cartilage.
This
combination of B vitamins, DMG, and SAMe works magic in many
areas of the body, helping to
prevent cancer and metastases,
heal the arteries, cleanse the liver, strengthen the immune
system, reverse the damaging effects of aging and much more.
Many people may already have sufficient DMG and SAMe in their
body, with their utilization hindered only by insufficient B
vitamins (folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12). We would
suggest starting with B vitamin supplementation, followed if
needed by DMG supplementation because it is inexpensive. Some of
the DMG will be converted by the body into SAMe. Save the more
costly SAMe supplementation for last and only if necessary.
Folic acid is
the synthetic form of folate. Folate gets its name from the
Latin word "folium" because it is found in leafy greens
(foliage), which are also a good source of
magnesium.
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3. Supplement your diet
with freshly made
fruit and vegetable juices.
As a treatment for cancer, some doctors recommend one 8 oz glass per hour
for every waking hour of the day. We could never eat the amount of nutrition
we drink with these juices. Use high quality supplements with strong
bioavailability to get the proper nutrition. This is especially essential
for people that are over 50.
4. Learn and practice
Transcendental Meditation (TM).
TM is a non-dietary way to increase the alkalinity of your body. TM gives a
level of rest twice as deep as sleep and is an effective antidote to stress.
Stress is insidious because it affects us 24 hours each day. Stress causes
the heart to beat too fast, the muscles to be too tense, the entire
metabolism to be too fast. Metabolic waste products are acids (lactic acid,
uric acid, etc., which is one reason why dissolving stress increases the
alkalinity of the body. The effectiveness of TM is evidenced by a 53%
reduction in overall health care costs and a 55% reduction in cancer (Psychosomatic
Medicine 49 (1987): 493-507,
American Journal of Managed Care Volume 3, Number 1, (1997):
135-144).
The above 4 ways to
increase the alkalinity of your body should be effective for most people.
Contact us regarding other supplementation that can enhance the body's
functions. This is especially important as you get older.