pH of minerals

[Maff]

Hi,

I have been suffering from chronic illness since age 12, I am now 26. I have been variously diagnosed as having chronic fatigue syndrome, allergies, IBS, chemical sensitivities etc....you get the picture!

I have been interested in the role pH plays in health for a while and after testing myself for a month have found that my urine has a pH of 5.30-6.00 and my saliva has a pH of 6.00-6.95.

I am now changing my diet to try to restore normal pH values and have recently bought concentrated electrolyte formula's for the same purpose.

Out of curiosity I decided to test the pH of the electrolyte solutions to see what change they made to the water. My water from my filter is around 6.8 but when I add the electrolyte solution this drops to around 5.00. I've just tested the electrolyte solution neat and it reads 4.10.

I would have expected the pH to go the other way so now I am quite confused! I've tried electrolyte solutions from 2 different professional quality manufacturers and they have similar pH.

One servings contains the following:

Magnesium: 130mg
Chloride: 556mg
Sodium: 178mg
Potassium: 374mg

Plus phosphate, carbonate and bicarbonate in purified water.

Could anyone explain why the electrolyte solutions appear to be quite acidic, I would have expected them to be alkaline by as much as they are acid.

Thanks,

Confused

[Jayne]

I don't know the specific answer to your question, but I know of someone who will and that is Dr. Gary Tunsky.

Gary Tunsky, N.D., is a nationally recognized health expert, public speaker/lecturer and teacher to a diverse audience of doctors, health practitioners and scientists on the cutting edge of healing sciences. Gary's gifted ability as a diagnostician to treat virtually every dis-Ease label known to man in a non-toxic non-invasive manner is fully utilized as a traditional naturopathic doctor at the Whole Body Healing Center in Lewisville, Texas where he treats patients along side Dr. Shawn, N.D. and his staff of practitioners. Gary Tunsky has been interviewed on a variety of nationally syndicated radio and television programs utilizing his 20 years of clinical expertise in arenas of Integrative and Biological medicine. Gary has published a vast array of newsletters for grassroots publications including "The Health Crusador" and is presently near completion of his new book entitled, "What in the Cell is Going on?" You can contact him at: [e-mail]

In the meantime, your best bet for improving your health is to get on a 90% plant-based diet of which 70% is consumed raw. Variety is the key. Also, if you are drinking distilled or R/O water, realize that these waters have no minerals and will therefore drain other minerals from your body, so switching to filtered water can also help. After making these changes, most people see significant improvement in their health.

Keep me posted!