If you could only take one herb / supplement to increase your alkalinity, what would it be?

But, you can get dependent on it.Meaning, your body will adjust to the pH and actually NEED this to stay in the normal pH range.

My LLMD seems to think that it's better to try alkalizing foods and supplements rather than hydroxychloroquine.
I asked her about this, and she is a bit hesitant to try the drug on me, due to side effects.
She suggested more green foods in my diet as a start.

It seemed to make it more acidic.

It doesn't even taste bad, if you are ok with unsweetened iced tea, for example.

To my knowledge, none of the substances mentioned in the previous posts will accumulate in the cell and change the PH within the cell (if anyone's got data showing they do - then please post it).

One drop in your water tastes fantastic (not at all bitter like fresh squeezed lemon). Adding 10 drops to your water twice a day will bring you to ph neutral.

One bottle = 250 drops = $11.00

If anything, use it because it tastes great and it's a good kidney flush.

Alka-Seltzer Gold (no aspirin)

Pure Encapsulations Buffered Ascorbic Acid (has calcium, magnesium and potassium ascorbate)

If you read this page, there is a blurb about lemons and citrus being alkalizing. It's not as cut and dry as you would think.
http://www.phsciences.com/about_ph/food_chart.asp

Best way to learn about this stuff is by doing a Google search on alkalizing foods or alkalizing supplements.

"That fact that a food or food product is acidic or alkaline in and of itself... doesn't mean it creates acid or alkalinity in the body. It depends on how it is chemically metabolized in the body."

It goes on to say:

"Even citrus fruits such as lemons, which we think of as being acidic, are alkaline-producing in the body. They are rich in organic salts, like citrates, which are being converted into bicarbonates."

Lemons are acidic, and can sometimes feel acidic in the stomach because they have not been metabolized yet. Yet, once they are metabolized, they have an alkalyzing effect on the body.

In addition to lemon water, I would recommend any of the greens such as chlorella or spirulina.

Take care,
Ms. Myo

It is in the freezer section and you keep it in the freezer until you are ready to use it. Once in the fridge, you need to use it within 8 weeks. There is a place to put a date on the back.

Also, Alka Seltzer Gold if you really are suffering. I wouldn't use it daily.

Green food powders also work but some can cause allergies. They don't agree with me. Got to find the best that works - an expensive trial and error.

Eat well. No sugar.

"A list of Acid/Alkaline Forming Foods"
http://rense.com/l.mpicons/acidalka.htm

Normally...enzymes are present in 1/400,000th of a second to break it down. Catalase is normally very abundant.

Besides catalase, there is Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD) and Glutathione Peroxidase.

And yes...I'm wondering...see general.

BTW...the Epsom salt baths WITH the baking soda...work. Use the skin, the largest organ, to absorb, bypassing the GI (to a degree).

chroniclymie...

The acid and alkaline content of food is determined by the way it is metabolized rather than actual food chemistry.

Even though the lemon is an acid fruit, it becomes alkaline as it is digested and assimilated. It is, in fact, our best aid toward proper alkaline balance. There is no danger of "too much acid."

By the way, many people misunderstand "acid food, alkaline food." This word does not refer to the pH of the food itself but to the pH of the food when absorbed by the body. For example, let's talk about lemons. The lemon itself is is quite acidic. However, it is called an alkaline food.

Celery juice and carrot juice are alkaline. Lemon juice is metabolized in the body to an alkaline ash and should be used in place of vinegar - which is a low grade alcohol. Once inside the body all fruit becomes alkaline if it is tree ripened and consumed correctly.