The “calcium man” says cancers thrive in a high Ph (acid) and the calcium will help keep the Ph base.
Under that principle I guess baking soda may do the same.
I’m no expert, either.
“The “calcium man” says cancers thrive in a high Ph (acid) and the calcium will help keep the Ph base”
It’s a little difficult to determine where, in the body, one might benefit from a change in pH. I doubt that taking baking soda is going to change your blood pH, as that would be the best indication that the pH in your body was changing systemically. Normally, the blood pH stays between 7.35-7.45. If you really want to see what it is like to shift it towards the basic side, you need merely to start hyperventilating. That’s right, just start breathing hard. Blowing off your CO2 through your lungs is all it takes. Kids do it all the time, and at 7500’, where I live, you have to watch your flatlander house guests as well.
All it takes is a very slight shift towards the alkaline side in your blood pH and you’ll start feeling like crap quite quickly (really!). No problem though, all you have to do is stop blowing off your CO2 and it will build back up again returning your pH to the normal range. That’s why breathing into a paper bag assists in alleviating hyperventilation based alkalosis. It all has to do with the loss of CO2, and the attendant loss of carbonic acid in your blood. Pretty simple concept, but pretty important in keeping your alive as well.
Understand that the pH does not have to shift very much before things start unraveling in a human. If the pH shifts outside of the 7.35-7.45 pH range things start going downhill quickly. If the blood pH shifts outside of the 6.8-7.8 range, it is not compatible with life, ie. death is likely to occur. Understand, these shifts are logarithmic, so it is a big shift. Changing your blood pH is not all it is cracked up to be, from a physiological standpoint. I’m not sure what this “physician” is basing his treatment upon, but I have a feeling that shifting your whole body pH with baking soda is not only improbable, but if it was actually accomplished you might have a lot more to worry about than whether your cancer was going to kill you first.
Just sayin’.
Acid is *low* pH. Base is *high* pH. The body has to maintain its pH in a VERY narrow range around 7.4 or you will simply die -- much faster than any cancer could kill you. As for the calcium theory, it doesn't make any sense -- if blood pH starts to tip in the basic direction, ionized calcium (the only kind that matters) will quickly disappear from the bloodstream by binding to proteins -- abnormally low blood calcium can be deadly, quickly. The baking soda theory doesn't make sense either, at least as far as pH is concerned.