Posted on 01/30/2011 3:37:52 PM PST by truthnomatterwhat
Competitive, elite athletes and sports trainers know that subtle changes in pH can have profound effects on the overall health, feeling of wellness, level of fatigue, pain, weight, ability to train and athletic performance. Muscles work best in a narrow range of Ph. At rest, muscle pH is about 6.9, while arterial blood is about 7.4.
When we exercise, the increased use of muscle glycogen for energy produces lactic acid, pyruvic acid, and CO2, which decreases muscle pH. The harder you exercise the quicker your muscles become acidic which leads to fatigue. Accumulation of acid also limits the production of ATP, the energy molecule, and disrupts enzyme activity that produces energy.
For example, the enzyme phosphofructokinase is the rate-limiting step in muscle use of glycogen. When muscle pH falls below 6.5 it stops working altogether. Acidity also reduces muscle power directly by inhibiting the contractile action of muscle fibers.
“Endurance and elite sports athletes should be concerned about maintaining a healthy pH balance,” says Robert Burns, PhD. He notes that lactic acid build-up or hydrogen ion excess is of most concern. As the body metabolizes food, acid waste is created which must be removed or neutralized through the lungs, kidneys (urine) and skin. “pH balance and acid buffering are crucial to human health and
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Baking soda in water is what I take. Helps cut down on acid reflux. Also apple cider vinegar works to.
good.
i do that when i do stairs.
um ... vinegar is acetic acid solution. I doubt it is alkaline.
Wasn’t that the basis for a L&O:CI episode?
Their objections seem to be valid, although I haven't read of one of them actually testing what is in the water that comes out of these "alkaline water" generators.
I brush my teeth with baking soda.
True but I know the litmus paper reading is not the same as the biological effect once down the hatch. Orange juice is a good example. Acidic but has an alkaline effect once inside.
+1 on ACV. I nip it when working in the Texas heat.
Pickle juice as well...
This chemist thinks it is a scam.
Consider that your stomach juices contain hydrochloric acid and has a pH of about 2.
Any base you drink will be neutralized immediately.
Apple cider vinegar is an exception: unlike almost every other vinegar, it has an alkaline ash and improves pH by making the body less acidic.
That is because it’s acidity is less than that of stomach acid. If anything you dilute the stomach acid slightly with a less powerful acid. You don’t neutralize it though.
Weird.
Tap water is genarly delivered at a rate of 6.9 to 7.2 acidity.
The article basically the claim that drinking water with those PPM’s is optimal.
But, Whatever, they are already receiving that same water from a tap.
Me too. I love it. I also love the taste of the polish the dentist uses after I get my teeth cleaned.
Did you know that the bacteria that cause cavities produce an acid? It is true so baking soda helps neutralize that.
with Harvey Kueen in the fifties
Most people won’t know that’s Al Kaline.
If I remember my high school and college chemistry correctly, apple cider vinegar is mainly acetic acid.
Baking soda is an amphoteric hydroxide.
Don't those just cancel each other out?
The old tried and true organic apple cider vinegar. Old hippie remedy for good health. I use it in cooking all the time as well as a spoonfull hear and there. Home made Kefir is another way to keep the bod on track.
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