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How is Body pH Controlled?
Electrolytes (the minerals sodium, potassium, chloride and to some extent calcium and magnesium) affect a person's acid-base balance. Eating a diet rich in the World's Healthiest Foods will ensure that you have plenty of electrolytes-and your body takes care of the rest. Diseases that interfere with kidney and lung function can alter the blood pH, causing acidosis or alkalosis. When this happens, medical attention may be necessary to remove the primary cause of the problem and then to support the lungs and kidneys. Diabetes complications and starvation can also affect pH, causing an acidic condition which can eventually lead to coma and death if not corrected.
Why Might the Phosphorus Content and pH Value of a Food be Important?
In the mouth, pH plays a role in tooth decay. Bacteria in the mouth feed upon sugars and starch residue, producing acid in the process. The acid destroys tooth enamel, dissolving the calcium and phosphorus, which over time can cause cavities. To stop this from happening, the pH level in the mouth needs to be 5.5 or higher. Brushing your teeth can help achieve the proper pH. Eating a bit of cheese can also raise the pH favourably, although we don't recommend substituting cheese for your toothbrush-cheese does other things besides alter pH.
Kidney stone formation can be affected by the pH of urine in people who have a history of forming stones. If you've had kidney stones that contained phosphorus, a low-phosphorus diet may have been recommended, as well as a diet that produces "acid ash." Foods that produce "acid ash" include cheese as well as whole grains, meat, eggs, cranberries, prunes and plums. Struvite stones (those that contain the compound called magnesium ammonium phosphate) also call for a diet low in phosphorus and one that produces an acid ash.
Sometimes urinary urgency can be caused by acidic foods, in which case your health care provider may suggest that you avoid foods that are low in acid-therefore you would choose ones with a higher pH level.
For More Information?
It's worthwhile to note that pH values of a food are determined in a laboratory, rather than after you eat them. What may be more important than the food's laboratory pH value is whether the food, once inside your body, creates more of an acidic or alkaline state; this is difficult to predict because of individual variablity, and it is also a complicated issue that is controversial in scientific research. If you would like to read more about this issue, from a perspective that considers both western science and eastern philosophy, you might be interested in reading Herman Aihara's Acid and Alkaline, (published by the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation in Oroville, California in 1980) which is part of the macrobiotic diet literature published by the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation. Phosphorus and pH Values in Some Types of Cheese
Source: Food Processor for Windows, Version 7.60, Database Version December 2000, ESHA Research, Salem, OR.
References:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/lacf-phs.html
www.dairyconsultant.co.uk
(~~~ Interruption from the Editor of Your Health And Food Friend Magazine: Nancy Koncilja Gurish:
Today... it is a very rare occasion that I eat any cheese product, or dairy. I'll eat sugar; donuts, cookies, chocolate. However, I will rarely if at all, touch cheese. ~~~Nancy)
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Blood test shows
The most common were ice cream, yogurts, cheese, full-fat lattes and hot chocolates.
The scientists found that those who ate just one portion of one of these products a day were 50 per cent more likely to die from the illness within 12 years. Scientists suspect that the hormone oestrogen found in milk and other dairy foods such as ice cream encourages tumour growth
Scientists
They point out that most milk consumed in Britain and the U.S. comes from pregnant cows and is rich in the hormone oestrogen.
In fact women who ate one portion of full-fat dairy a day were 64 per cent more likely to die from any cause - not just breast cancer.
Dr Bette Caan, who led the research said: 'High-fat dairy is generally not recommended as part of a healthy diet.
'Switching to low-fat dairy is an easy thing to modify.'
Many women who have just been diagnosed with breast cancer ask their doctor whether they should change their diet.
Susan Kutner, chair Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional Breast Care Task Force, said: 'Women have been clamouring for this type of information.
about recommending low-fat dairy products.'
Sally Greenbrook, Senior Policy Officer at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: 'This study specifically looks at women who have already been diagnosed with breast cancer and how low or high fat dairy products may affect them.
'Any women who have had breast cancer and are concerned about their diet should discuss this with their doctors.
'For a number of health reasons it's advisable that all women should follow a healthy balanced diet. It helps you to maintain a healthy weight which, together with good practices such as lower alcohol intake and regular physical activity, can help to reduce your breast cancer risk and improve overall well-being.
"Eating one portion of a product containing full-fat milk each day could hinder survival chances The hormone oestrogen found in milk and other dairy foods may encourage tumour growth, say researchers This is the first study to show such a strong link between dairy products and breast cancer..."
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Reason: this range only applies to arterial blood. For some fluids, like urine, the pH ranges from 4.5-8.0. The body works hard to keep the pH in this tight range for optimum health.
Electrolytes (the minerals sodium, potassium, chloride and to some extent calcium and magnesium) affect a person's acid-base balance. Eating a diet rich in the World's Healthiest Foods will ensure that you have plenty of electrolytes-and your body takes care of the rest. Diseases that interfere with kidney and lung function can alter the blood pH, causing acidosis or alkalosis. When this happens, medical attention may be necessary to remove the primary cause of the problem and then to support the lungs and kidneys. Diabetes complications and starvation can also affect pH, causing an acidic condition which can eventually lead to coma and death if not corrected.
Why Might the Phosphorus Content and pH Value of a Food be Important?
In the mouth, pH plays a role in tooth decay. Bacteria in the mouth feed upon sugars and starch residue, producing acid in the process. The acid destroys tooth enamel, dissolving the calcium and phosphorus, which over time can cause cavities. To stop this from happening, the pH level in the mouth needs to be 5.5 or higher. Brushing your teeth can help achieve the proper pH. Eating a bit of cheese can also raise the pH favourably, although we don't recommend substituting cheese for your toothbrush-cheese does other things besides alter pH.
Kidney stone formation can be affected by the pH of urine in people who have a history of forming stones. If you've had kidney stones that contained phosphorus, a low-phosphorus diet may have been recommended, as well as a diet that produces "acid ash"; Foods that produce "acid ash" include cheese as well as whole grains, meat, eggs, cranberries, prunes and plums. Struvite stones (those that contain the compound called magnesium ammonium phosphate) also call for a diet low in phosphorus and one that produces an acid ash.
Sometimes urinary urgency can be caused by acidic foods, in which case your health care provider may suggest that you avoid foods that are low in acid-therefore you would choose ones with a higher pH level.
For More Information?
It's worthwhile to note that pH values of a food are determined in a laboratory, rather than after you eat them. What may be more important than the food's laboratory pH value is whether the food, once inside your body, creates more of an acidic or alkaline state; this is difficult to predict because of individual variablity, and it is also a complicated issue that is controversial in scientific research. If you would like to read more about this issue, from a perspective that considers both western science and eastern philosophy, you might be interested in reading Herman Aihara's Acid and Alkaline, (published by the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation in Oroville, California in 1980) which is part of the macrobiotic diet literature published by the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation. Phosphorus and pH Values in Some Types of Cheese</span></p>
Source: Food Processor for Windows, Version 7.60, Database Version December 2000, ESHA Research, Salem, OR.
References:<br />
U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/lacf-phs.html
www.dairyconsultant.co.uk
Blood test shows
The most common were ice cream, yogurts, cheese, full-fat lattes and hot chocolates.
The scientists found that those who ate just one portion of one of these products a day were 50 per cent more likely to die from the illness within 12 years. Scientists suspect that the hormone oestrogen found in milk and other dairy foods such as ice cream encourages tumour growth
Scientists
They point out that most milk consumed in Britain and the U.S. comes from pregnant cows and is rich in the hormone oestrogen.
In fact women who ate one portion of full-fat dairy a day were 64 per cent more likely to die from any cause - not just breast cancer.
Dr Bette Caan, who led the research said: 'High-fat dairy is generally not recommended as part of a healthy diet.
'Switching to low-fat dairy is an easy thing to modify.'
Many women who have just been diagnosed with breast cancer ask their doctor whether they should change their diet.
Susan Kutner, chair Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional Breast Care Task Force, said: 'Women have been clamouring for this type of information.
about recommending low-fat dairy products.'
Sally Greenbrook, Senior Policy Officer at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: 'This study specifically looks at women who have already been diagnosed with breast cancer and how low or high fat dairy products may affect them.
'Any women who have had breast cancer and are concerned about their diet should discuss this with their doctors.
'For a number of health reasons it's advisable that all women should follow a healthy balanced diet. It helps you to maintain a healthy weight which, together with good practices such as lower alcohol intake and regular physical activity, can help to reduce your breast cancer risk and improve overall well-being.
Eating one portion of a product containing full-fat milk each day could hinder survival chances The hormone oestrogen found in milk and other dairy foods may encourage tumour growth, say researchers This is the first study to show such a strong link between dairy products and breast cancer...&quot; ... finish this text below ..