> : After following a raw foods diet following the acid/alkaline
> : principles of people like David Wolfe, Robert Young and Alex
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> berries) in addition to vegetables. In countless studies the ingestion of
> fruits is associated with a lower insidence of diseases and mortality.
But, I have these neat things called kidneys. Whatever acid/base imbalances
are created by whatever I eat, they will take care of them. I just pee out
the excess acid or base.
> In addition, the guys promoting the pH Balance diet are obsessed with the
> purification aspect of the diet and overlooking the building aspect (i.e.
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> which are sold by dubious triangle marketing. This gives the drive to
> promote the diet and the supplements.
True. And my kidneys do their work free, except for the energy they use.
Jeff
Juhana Harju - 09 Oct 2006 14:28 GMT
::: After following a raw foods diet following the acid/alkaline
::: principles of people like David Wolfe, Robert Young and Alex
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: imbalances are created by whatever I eat, they will take care of
: them. I just pee out the excess acid or base.
The skeleton is a buffer in the delicate acid-alkaline balance. If the diet
is too acid forming calcium is leached from the bones to balance the
metabolic acidicity. That is the problem.
:: In addition, the guys promoting the pH Balance diet are obsessed
:: with the purification aspect of the diet and overlooking the
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: True. And my kidneys do their work free, except for the energy they
: use.
It is not enough that kidneys do their work.

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