The pH Picture

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The pH Picture

• A pH snapshot presented by
• Bill Downs - Nutritional Biochemist

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The pH Picture

• Maintaining a healthy pH is one of the most
  important functions in the body
• If your pH moves 3/10 of a pointLifes game is
  over!
• The pH numbers actually represent exponents i.e.
  the difference between a pH of 6 and 7 is a 10
  fold difference.
• If the pH of critical body fluids is threatened,
  the body will go to excessive lengths to correct
  potential imbalances by steeling buffers from non
  critical tissues that offer readily available and
  easy-to-acquire buffers.
• Eventually, the body gets to the bone...the LAST
  resort. The following is an oversimplified but
  informative primer on pH maintenance issues.

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The pH Picture
No O H 7.0 7.4 OH
Acid The concentration of H Alkaline The
concentration of OH
ANAEROBIC (DYSAEROBIC) AEROBIC (with oxygen)
(Inefficient Metabolism) (Efficient
Metabolism)
(Without oxygen) (Oxygen
burns glucose for energy)
O2GLUCOSE ? ENERGY OXYGEN
GLUCOSE? ENERGY
(GLYCOLYSIS MECHANICAL)
(OXIDATIVE RESPIRATION)
1 GLUCOSE ? 2 ATP MOLECULES 1 GLUCOSE
? 38 ATP MOLECULES 19 Xs More Sugar
Needed
(ATP ENERGY MOLECULES)
(1Glucose? 2 Lactic Acid Molecules)
Buffers Are Needed to Maintain Alkaline pH
Balance in critical body fluids like bloodbut
What Buffers?
Lactic acid promotes cell damage.
Sugar is acid promoting !
? Anaerobes include Yeast, fungus, molds,
parasites, worms, bacteria, cancer, etcCreatures
of Decay
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Two Types of Buffers

• Outside Cells (Extra cellular)
• Air H20gtgtgtgt CO2 and HCO3 (bicarbonate)
• Inside cells (Intra cellular)
• Hemoglobin up to 20 of Cell Buffering Capacity
• Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride,
  and Phosphate are the main buffers
• Mineral deficiencies strain buffering capacities,
  promote acidosis and impaired glucose metabolism
• Homeostatic Compensation Deficiencies promote
  mineral theft from other compartments to maintain
  pH (Rob the Tissues to Pay the Blood)

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Signs of Mineral Deficiency

• Muscle Cramps
• Charley Horses
• Nighttime Leg Shakes
• Muscle Twitching
• Muscle Tremors
• Muscle Wasting
• Bone Spurs
• Calcium Deposits

• Osteoporosis
• Osteopenia
• Periodontal Disease
• Depression
• Abnormal Fat Metabolism
• Sensory Numbness
• ETC!!!