katy Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 if we are more acidic than alkaline ,all kinds of diseases surround us.any suggestions.we eat 80percent stuff acidic while we should eat alkaline more.imbalance of PH caus of many diseases in our body.any takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaRufina Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Where are you getting this information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Chicken Little screamed "the sky is falling," didn't make it so. Why always scream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nalgas Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I'm going to assume/hope based on the date this was posted that this is an April Fool's joke or the result of taking one seriously. Otherwise, I don't even know where to begin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Wow, yes, of course. Everybody back into the pool. No better environment for us anywhere on earth. Er... there's really no way to say this gracefully, sorry, but do you know what the terms acidic and alkaline mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technogiggle Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Wow, yes, of course. Everybody [link=http://books.google.com/books?id=FtSzl4iastsC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=alkaline+hydrothermal+ocean&source=web&ots=xOsmLkZTYT&sig=G0L-fsKDRoGdXJfswVRrJGm0bZY&hl=en" target="_blank]back into the pool.[/link] No better environment for us anywhere on earth. Er... there's really no way to say this gracefully, sorry, but do you know what the terms acidic and alkaline mean? something about turning pink strips of paper blue/ sorry. being a bit base* *7 a: lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit : ignoble b: lacking higher values : degrading <a drab base way of life> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Now, now, no need to be caustic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirMarshall Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Why is it that every restaurant has Vinegrette salad dressings, but no Raspberry Alkaline salad dressings? I don't know of any animal that subsists on alkaline foods or minerals. Alkalines tast BAD to mammals, because they are BAD for us. In any case, the body automatically regulates the acidity/alkalinity balance of the blood, and thereby the tissues, through mechanisms evolved over millions of years. You can't go screwing around with that without significant risk, and deliberate application of chemicals. a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technogiggle Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Anyone remember the book / movie "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain perhaps this PH concern involves an alien infection: "...The only two survivors found at the beginning of the movie both had abnormal blood pH-the baby's pH was too high due to crying much of the time (respiratory alkalosis) and the old man's pH was too low because he drank sterno (ketoacidosis)..." http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/dat...aris/index.html tg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirMarshall Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Awright, where's my camping gear? STERNO for all my friends! a.m. "Good 'ole "Squeeze"" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technogiggle Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Clearly, humor is the LITMUS test of this thread... (double-f*cking-sigh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 .any suggestions Trust your body to fight infections. Eat a healthy, blanced diet. Lots of fruits and veggies are natural anti-oxidants. Don't worry about the pH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Katy, why not explain what you're point is in detail, rather than posting a screaming headline with no explanation. No one knows what you are trying to say with a minimal post like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Note: Wearing women's deodorant won't kill a guy. It just makes your pits smell like flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Note: Wearing women's deodorant won't kill a guy. It just makes your pits smell like flowers. Sometimes I wish it would. My boyfriend keeps stealing my Vanilla Secret when his runs out and that shit is damned expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit37 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Oh. I steal my husband's when I run out, and I smell like a locker room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddog Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 ah, i see this thread has got way off-base. i'm just tickled pink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Well, at least no one is making mountains out of mole hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 You know, perhaps I was unfair and the original post was written in a state of dissociation. So feel completely free to give me grief in return. I promise - when I hassle someone, I don't mind the Hasselbalch. eta: formatting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemisia Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Indeed, our bodies maintain a very specific pH level in the blood. (I'm going to have nightmares about conjugate acids, conjugate bases, and pKa's tonight. Please, make it stop!) But even if you started drinking concentrated sulfuric acid, it wouldn't matter (or rather you'd experience some immediate problems which didn't have anything directly to do with the pH of your blood). Your kidneys and lungs (and maybe other organs that I'm forgetting) can perform some real pH magic! Actually, the recent pH-related health food fad seems to be "alkaline water." I have no idea what the rationale behind it is, but the health food stores in my area carry no other water (or at least they didn't last time I checked, which was a few months ago). But I doubt that "alkaline water" stands up to all the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, though I suppose you could get a few minerals out of it. But then you might just as well drink hard tap water... P.S. We're also negatively charged because of all the DNA we contain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null0trooper Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Actually, the recent pH-related health food fad seems to be "alkaline water." I have no idea what the rationale behind it is, but the health food stores in my area carry no other water (or at least they didn't last time I checked, which was a few months ago). People are paying extra for that? Just pull nonpolluted water from a limestone aquifer. As long as the water has sat around long enough to equilibrate with the rock, you'll get pH > 7 and some trace mineral content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withing Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Indeed, our bodies maintain a very specific pH level in the blood. (I'm going to have nightmares about conjugate acids, conjugate bases, and pKa's tonight. Please, make it stop!) But even if you started drinking concentrated sulfuric acid, it wouldn't matter (or rather you'd experience some immediate problems which didn't have anything directly to do with the pH of your blood). Your kidneys and lungs (and maybe other organs that I'm forgetting) can perform some real pH magic! Actually, the recent pH-related health food fad seems to be "alkaline water." I have no idea what the rationale behind it is, but the health food stores in my area carry no other water (or at least they didn't last time I checked, which was a few months ago). But I doubt that "alkaline water" stands up to all the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, though I suppose you could get a few minerals out of it. But then you might just as well drink hard tap water... P.S. We're also negatively charged because of all the DNA we contain. This all reminds me of me chemistry class. We're just learning about pH levels. I'm having trouble retaining it all. I don't think I'd buy "alkaline water". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I don't think I'd buy "alkaline water". It's just hard water, but I wouldn't pay for it. Oops! I think I mispoke about it being hard water. But, I still don't want to pay for alkaline water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withing Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I don't think I'd buy "alkaline water". It's just hard water, but I wouldn't pay for it. Yeah, I'm not sure what hard water is either. Doesn't that have lime in it or something? Like I said, these things escape me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 http://www.dhmo.org/ Be careful with Dihydrogen Monoxide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit37 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hmmm, funny, I *like* hard water. It has a crisp taste to it. We have a Brita filter in a large container (I know there a better word for that), and it tastes, er, "mushy" to me. I *hate* soft water. It was weird, in Mississippi, the water actually had a bit of sweetness in it. ETA: when I say hard water, I mean just what comes out of the tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olga Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 In this neck of the woods, "hard water" refers to well water that has minerals dissolved in it. Some people have enough iron in the water to make rust stains in their sinks. Sulfur water smells like rotten eggs. (My sister has sulfur water....couldn't happen to a nicer person. snicker) The aquifer in my region seems to be lovely limestone. It appears to filter out a lot of bad stuff, but you do get some scale in the tea kettle and mineral deposits on the shower walls. It tastes great, though. I would never buy bottled water---my well water is superior to any bottled stuff I've ever tasted. And I read a study somewhere that people who drink hard water had a lower rate of heart attacks. Or was it strokes? I'll have to look that up. I see no point in drinking alkaline water. blecch. olga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 And I read a study somewhere that people who drink hard water had a lower rate of heart attacks. Or was it strokes? I'll have to look that up. olga I did a quick google and found one article on hard water and lower rate of heart attacks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3396141.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 it's limestone bedrock everywhere where I come from. There are more urologists per capita than almost anywhere else in the country. It's major kidney stone country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nalgas Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hard water makes me sad. It makes my soap and shampoo not work right, and it leaves crap on stuff that needs to be cleaned off, and it doesn't taste quite right. Luckily there is none to be had around here. I never used to like drinking plain water anyway, no matter where it was from, hard or not, because I expect water to taste like nothing, and a lot of it doesn't. I <3 my Brita filter for solving that problem. Now I can just sit here and quaff as much as I want/as much as I'm medically supposed to without worrying about it tasting funny. What we really need instead of hard water, though, is heavy water. Heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddog Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Bad PH BAD FOR HEALTH no biscuit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
december_brigette Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 hi, this whole thread has me thinking i'd prefer to start licking batteries. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_b Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 hi, this whole thread has me thinking i'd prefer to start licking batteries. db Thank god I am not the only one having visions of people sucking batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nalgas Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 This is what happens when alkaline batteries leak, and the crap inside gets out. People still say "battery acid", but regular batteries have been alkaline for a while now, and the stuff they use is disturbingly caustic. You really don't want to touch it with your bare hands. That picture is after I'd (very carefully) cleaned up all the crusty, flaky stuff that formed and is just the damaged metal/wood, not all the potentially sketchy byproducts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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