pH Balance Kit

Archive for the ‘acid alkaline balance’ Category

I learned in pharmacology class that drinking milk to recover from the temporary effects of spicy food is actually not recommended. Physiologically, the body naturally secretes acid to balance alkaline intake.

So I can understand how dairy would not be a good idea due to the increase acid from the spicy food and compensation from the dairy.

I’ve searched online for tips on how to overcome extremely spicy food, particularly for hot wings, and all sites have people suggesting MILK.

Let me know what you guys think. Insight from anyone will be appreciated. Thanks!

Hmmm, I’ve never heard that "pharmacology" analysis, but I know for sure that milk and milk products DO cut the heat from spicy/hot foods, and they do it immediately. (I like a bit of sour cream or yogurt mixed into spicy foods if I don’t drink milk afterwards).
"Milk contains casein, a lipophilic (fat-loving) protein that surrounds and washes away the fatty capsaicin molecules (which cause the burn) in much the same way that soap surrounds grease and allows to be rinsed away)."

In the experiments I’ve seen and heard of, the main things that seem to help are:

…milk products: milk, yogurt, sour cream, cream, ice cream, creamy sauces, etc… (cold ones like cold milk even better)
…bread
…beer, etc. (alcohol and alcoholic beverages/ethanol are solvents for capsaicin so can help dissolve/wash it away, but may need a lot… cold ones even better)
…fatty, oily foods, cheese (oils are solvents for capsaicin)
…sugar directly on the tongue (…or only a distraction?)

(there’s loads of info on those things online and why they work –and why others won’t work)

HTH,
Diane B.

P.S. Maybe you should order a small side of ice cream with your hot wings! …and have dessert-with-appetizer.

.

Please explain, my health is getting compromised by this alkaline- acid diet which tells you acid is bad and for me alkaline is equally bad. Tell me what you know.

A balanced diet is usually a diet comprising the following ratios:

50% carbohydrates
30% fats, preferably monounsaturated fats
20% Protein.

For diabetics, however, they should adhere to a low carb, low fat diet high in protein.

If you google "Food Pyramid" You can see how many servings of each you need per day.
If you are diabetic, then you google "Diabetic Food Pyramid"

Read here about the alkaline diet:
http://altmedicine.about.com/od/popularhealthdiets/a/alkalinediet.htm

An acid diet is anything that is not part of the alkaline diet (AKA typical western diet).

An alkaline diet is actually a good thing. It is comprised of veggies and healthy items.
An acid diet is full of dairy, meats, coffee, sugar, and many other things that are bad for you.

Stick to salads, fresh vegetables and healthy nuts and oils. Try to consume plenty of raw foods and at least 2-3 quarts (liters) of clean, pure water daily. Steer clear of fatty meats, dairy, cheese, sweets, chocolates, alcohol and tobacco. Packaged foods are often full of hidden offenders and microwave meals are full of sugars and salts. Over cooking also removes all of the nutrition from a meal.

Shows the variation in volume of gas produced over a period of time when lumps of calcium carbonate react with dilute hydrochloric acid.

a) Write a balanced equation for the reaction that is taking place.
Include state symbols

e)At the end of the reaction, some lumps of calcium are left over.
Would you expect the solution left behind to be acidic, alkaline or neutral?
Give a reason for your answer.

f) State and explain the effect of using the same mass of powdered calcium carbonate
instead of lumps on

(i) The overall rate of the reaction
(ii) The volume of gas produced.

a)
2 HCl (aq) + 2 CaCO3 (s) -> 2 CaCl (aq) + H2O (g) + CO2 (g)

e)
neutral since all the HCl has been reacted with and there is no acid left. There is only a pretty much neutral salt left in solution.

f)

i)
rate of reaction will be much faster since surface area has increased. This means that CaCOe particles have a higher chance of finding HCl particles.

ii)
the volume of gas produced is the same since you are adding the amounts of the reactants are still the same.

Acid reflux.
Coming out of acid reflux. My story may be able to help some of you.
They say that acid reflux is caused by poor eating habits and or bacteria in your stomach.
Right before my episode with acid reflux I was eating healthy, in perfect shape and had my perfect work hard.

Once day, I stared having all the symptom of acid reflux and no one knew what I had. This went on for months. I forced my doctor to check for Helicobacter pylori. which I ended up testing positive.

I got omeprazole (Prilosex) plus 2 antibiotics. 4 pills a day for 14 days.
After the treatment my stomach was hitching and I still had a hard time eating. I was still creating too much acid so my doctor give me again omeprazole (Prilosex). I refused to be on any drug and I knew that the omeprazole (Prilosex) was not the answer it was just a bandage without dealing with the root of the problem.

This is what I did:
I knew the Key out of this was: I need to keep the body alkaline, the bad bacteria don’t like an alkaline environment.
I stop take the omeprazole (Prilosex) and starting taking a of Jarro Dophilus EPS (can find it in health store). The 3rd day I started to feel the difference. I was able to eat more verity of food.
Aloe vera juice before every meal
Eating every 3 hrs small meal. No row vegetable – fresh steam vegetable only and protein. No oily or greasy food at all, not black chocolate , not alcohol, no caffeine, no soda and not spices in your food. Avoid hot water, somehow my system does quite down with colder drink and food.
I eat protein and green 3 time a day and a lot of low fat low sugar organic yogurt as snack and all day.
I take 4 pills a day of Jarro Dophilus EPS . One pill 45 min before every meal to help my stomach and intestines get their natural bacteria back while controlling the excess of acid the stomach is creating. Drink the pills with hot water It makes swallowing the pills easier.
I drink Apple Cider Vinegar (2 table spoons in 0.5l drink of water) throughout the day with a lot of water.
I don’t mix the protein & green vegetable with fruits.
Sugar create more acid so I am very careful with the fruits I eat (low sugar index fruits only) and I don’t eat any carbohydrate for the same reason.
I recommend: Cranberry juice-Prune juice (the sugar free type mix with H2O)
2 tea spoons of honey mix with water before eating.
Avocado-apples-banana-melon-walnuts-almonds-tofu-sweet potato-fish-Grilled chicken (legs grilled) easier on your stomach. Not red meat at the beginning it is too hard on the stomach. Camomile tea help digestion process.
Stop eating 3hrs before bedtime. I sleep with your upper body higher than the bed level almost in a semi sitting position.
I don’t lift weight or jog because I was creating too much acid and it was giving me some palpitation. (yes, the doctor said that the palpitation have nothing to do with acid reflux-there not connected-well doctor have news for you everything is connected and how can a super athlete with no hard problem get some palpitation every time his stomach create too much acid).
To avoid the palpitation, I ride my bike slowly without too much effort, and also walk. I make sure I space out my workout throughout the day.
Now I am getting better and I know you can be acid reflux free..it take time and patience.
I am almost certain that a lot of us will test negative for every test on the planet regarding stomach bacteria but small bacteria such as Escherichia coli-E-coli and other don’t really have a test for them and you could have something in your system putting your stomach out of balance. So fight back by drinking Apple Cider Vinegar to clean your system and work on increasing the growth of the good bacteria your body need. Mediation is a must in the healing process
Good luck to you all.

I think this thing that cured my brother’s GERD is much easier but happy to hear you got yours cured

What my brother who very severe gerd did is found here…much cheaper and easier

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1391353#i read all the posts by knowledge seeker in that thread

Dr Wallick of dead doctors don’t lie talked about the Helicobacter pylori way before this became mainstream and recommended this to fix it

see Number 1 at this link

http://www.kingmaker.net/DeadDoctorstxt.html#1.%20Ulcers,%20caused%20by%20stress?

Perhaps it was fixed by the apple cider vinegar which is what Kevin trudeau who wrote the book natural cures they do not want you to know says to use for this

If someone is trying that, be aware that pasteurized vinegar is not safe to consume and only use raw apple cider vinegar which contain the "mother" In the us this is found at health food stores and sections of the supermarket..the most common brand names are braggs and spectrum

I definitely agree that one needs to be alkaline and moist foods are not alkaline but acid except for most fruits and veggies but eating them raw is key not cooked. Cooked foods may be at the root of many of our heath problems , I am lately discovering having been exposed to a number of books, films and websites on it and its miraculous healing power as well as my own recent experiments on myself is showing me that most of our problems can be helped by switching to a 85% or better raw food, whole food, vegan diet although 100% raw is optimal as a goal. We are the only species that eats our food cooked and suffer from all these disease except for the animals that we feed.

I feel some of this is poor advice like eating only cooked produce and no fruits as we need these in the form of raw fruits and veggies which are carbs and he said no carbs. Optimally one should only take whole grains in raw form as in sprouting them or soaking oats,spelt flakes, millet, or using raw muscli cereal but we need complex carbs in the form of raw produce, and grains as described above.

Also we need healthy fats as found in things like flax seeds, flax seed oils, cold pressed oils (raw), chia seeds (very high in omega three fats) avocados, raw walnuts, purslane, greens etc

For optimal health and to prevent deficiencies) , with your mainly raw food vegan diet, have lots of green smoothies (1 or more quarts a day), algaes and seaweeds and grasses (wheat and barley grass juice/powders), and lots of fresh juices ( including the cabbage mentioned at the link for this problem)..take no pulp or food for 15-20 minutes while drinking the juice which must be drank right away so it goes to healing and repair and not to digestion..done this way it is assimilated within 10-15 minutes

Some of the other raw foods in addition to produce, raw nuts and seeds and their butters, cold pressed oils and extra virgin olive oils and seaweeds, and sprouted whole grains and raw cereals already mentioned, one can also consume sprouted legumes, fermented foods like kimchee and raw sauerkraut, nut cheeses, frozen fresh fruit sorbets, freshly made almond milk, dried produce and dehydrated crackers, breads, chips etc as long as the not heated above about 110 degrees. One can have raw dressings and soups and one can heat the soup slightly to warm finger touch and it is still raw.

If one is doing 15% cooked one can have things like beans, whole grains, vegan cheeses and milks, homemade soups, cooked veggies and fruits, baked potatoes, and natural sweeteners if using them such as agave nectar (which can be raw), raw honey, real maple syrup, rice and barley malt, stevia, date sugar and other natural sweeteners used very sparingly. :

One can also try natural herbs/foods that kill viruses, bacteria, fungus and protozoa such as raw garlic, oil of oregano, organic olive leaf tincture/extract, grapefruit seed oil and/or colloidal silver.

________________________________

22. Which statement is NOT true about the elements fluorine, chlorine, and iodine? (1 point)
They are all halogens.
They react easily with metals.
They are similar to noble gases.
They are all nonmetals.
23. Which of the following Group 1A elements is the most reactive? (1 point)
Cs (cesium)
Li (lithium)
K (potassium)
Na (sodium)
24. Typically, atoms gain or lose electrons to achieve _____. (1 point)
an exchange of energy
ionization
a stable electron configuration
vaporization

26. When two atoms of the same nonmetal react, they often form a(an) _____. (1 point)
ionic bond
polyatomic ion
diatomic molecule
polar molecule
27. Alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and aluminum all form ions with positive charges equal to the _____. (1 point)
atomic number
group number
period
atomic mass
28. Which of the following does NOT state what the arrow means in a chemical equation? (1 point)
forms
produces
conserves
yields
29. Methane, CH4, burns in oxygen gas to form water and carbon dioxide. What is the correct balanced chemical equation for this reaction? (1 point)
CH4 + O ? H2O + CO2
CH4 + 4O ? 2H2O + CO2
CH4 + O2 ? H2O + CO2
CH4 + 2O2 ? 2H2O + CO2
30. Which of the following takes place during a redox reaction? (1 point)
Electrons are gained only.
Electrons are lost only.
Electrons are both gained and lost.
Electrons are neither gained nor lost.
31. In terms of energy, how would you classify the following chemical reaction?

2Cu + O2 ? 2CuO + 315 kJ (1 point)
endothermic
exothermic
both endothermic and exothermic
neither endothermic nor exothermic
32. The equation 2NO2 ? N2O4 shows a system _____. (1 point)
in chemical equilibrium
in physical equilibrium
that does not reach equilibrium
that does not change
33. A salt is dissolved in water, which has a boiling point of 100°C. The boiling point of the solution will be _____. (1 point)
greater than 100°C
less than 100°C
exactly equal to 100°C
exactly equal to 0°C
34. In an exothermic reaction, the amount of energy required to break the attractions among the solute particles and among the solvent particles is _____. (1 point)
greater than the energy released as attractions form between solute and solvent particles
less than the energy released as attractions form between solute and solvent particles
equal to the energy released as attractions form between solute and solvent particles
equal to the heat of solution
35. One way to determine the degree of saturation of a solid-liquid solution is to drop a crystal of the solute into the solution. If the crystal sits at the bottom of the container, the solution is _____. (1 point)
saturated
unsaturated
supersaturated
concentrated
36. Ammonia, NH3, can be classified as a base because in a chemical reaction with an acid, ammonia will _____. (1 point)
produce hydroxide ions in solution
produce hydronium ions in solution
donate a proton and become NH2–
accept a proton and become NH4+
37. A small amount of acid is added to a buffer solution. The pH of the solution will _____. (1 point)
increase
decrease
stay about the same
become neutral

An opportunity to learn is a terrible thing to waste.