Cancer survives in acidic body, cannot grow in an alkaline body.
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One of my friends is a die-hard vegan who has been extolling the values of eating an alkaline diet. The thresholds are so small I cannot really see any benefits if you already have a healthy lifestyle and decent diet. He barks on about epigenetics but I don't know. He's certainly not unhealthy, is fit and strong, but there's so much conflicting discussion that frankly it's more stressful discussing it than just getting on with it!
I don't know what your body been more 'alkaline' would be like but I can tell you that it being a tiny bit more acidic (well the blood anyway) is horrid. Of course that has nothing to do with food, in my case it was caused by lack of insulin.
The theory that Type I diabetes is often pre-dated by a virus isn't new. I'm unsure how good the evidence for it is but most doctors I've spoken to believe it is.
The theory that Type I diabetes is often pre-dated by a virus isn't new. I'm unsure how good the evidence for it is but most doctors I've spoken to believe it is.
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Nice try at making it sound like you know what you are on about though!
Thanks Man! Not bad for a monkey with the power of google and the intrawebs.
Is there no mechinism that uses minerals like calcium and magnesium to keep our pH balanced then?
I had considered stopping digging, but I keep clicking 'use shovel' with 'forum' combination.
Thanks Man! Not bad for a monkey with the power of google and the intrawebs.
Is there no mechinism that uses minerals like calcium and magnesium to keep our pH balanced then?
I had considered stopping digging, but I keep clicking 'use shovel' with 'forum' combination.
your lungs do it through CO2 and the kidneys also help regulate pH.
calcium and magnesium ions have nothing to do with acidity
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I thought for plants the ph is the rate at which the level of the ppm in the water will be taken up by the plant or animal, which each plant and animal having their own different optimal rates. I guess that a range of 6.5-7.5 would be ok for humans. What i think is more important is the chemical composition of the water rather than the ph as long as the ph is within the above range. You can have a high ppm but a low ph and a low ppm but a high ph, they are different completely.
I agree that nutrition is important but in the same way i would go to a hospital if i have a problem and not rely on a special diet.
I agree that nutrition is important but in the same way i would go to a hospital if i have a problem and not rely on a special diet.
none of that makes any sense.
and eating has no effect on the pH of your body, no effect at all.
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I don't think i mentioned eating with regards to the ph.
What i said was that for plants the PH is a level at which different nutrients are taken up by the plants. At certain PH levels different chemicals will be taken up at different rates. At the optimal ph level for a plant the chemicals in the water (measured in ppm) will either be taken up or not. For example a higher ph will see deficiencies in certain nutrients and a lower ph will deficiencies in certain nutrients. I was then sort of saying i wonder how much that relates to humans as well. I looked up some ph info on humans in the past and could not find much information on the optimal ph for water.
the eating thing wasn't directed at you
don't know about the plant stuff, although different pH's in the stomach will affect absorption of certain things - its pretty minor though and only really affects certain drugs afaik.
Certain cannabinoids can potentially aggravate cancer, but most studies seem to suggest an overall devastatingly positive effect.
But shush! its taboo, it's ILLEGAL!!! you'll never get a research grant for ILLEGAL NARCOTICS!
Eat decent food, not in silly amounts, do some exercise and most of all do things that make you happy.
Pretty much the key points to mind and body lol
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That's the way I look at it.
Well it depends on where you are talking about in the body but as a general rule the body keep blood levels between 7.35 and 7.45 bar in abnormality and crisis when it may occur outside of those levels although the body will be compensating to bring it back to that level.
That last statement is simply not true there is a wealth of research that has been funded into the links and the all broadly find the same thing:
Smoking cannabis increases the risk of cancer.
There is mixed evidence of the effect of THC (and other cannabinoids) on cancer cells with evidence showing antineoplastic action but also there is good evidence that they also impair the immune response to cancer cells.
That THC (etc) may be a useful adjunct to some of the complications that cancer suffers get eg decreased diet, neuropathic pain, etc.
So let's say take someone who smokes cannabis:
They will directly and profoundly increase their risk of developing lung cancer.
The cannabinoids in the cannabis will increase the LAK lysis rate on found cancer cells.
The notion that smoking cannabis protects from cancer is then plainly wrong. The cannabinoids will profoundly increase your risk to the very thing you are trying to stop.
Does that mean cannabinoids have no place in oncology. Then of course not there is abundance of evidence to demonstrate their actions will be useful and should be fully explored. There are a multitude of funded studies into this strongly disapproving your last point.
tl:dr - Smoking cancer increase your risk of cancer, some stuff in cannabis has benefits for people who already have cancer, stoners will mix the two up and justify their smoking for its alleged medicinal properties.
