Re: The Acid question

"alan jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I live my kidneys.
>
> You may even love your kidneys, but  to say an healthy kidney nurtralises
> the effect of a food's pH, is to totally miss the point. Foodstuff still
place a
> "dietary hydrogen (H+) load" upon the kidneys. What happens when through
> a faulty life style and poor information the bulk of that load is acid
forming?
>
>   "  The liver and kidneys have a limited capability to neutralise and
>      eliminate a certain about of acids. "

True. However, humans evolved with a variety of diets in a variety of areas
of the world. Limited does not mean that we come anywhere near the limites
without normal diets.

>   " It is estimated that the liver and kidneys can clean up about 8 units
>     a day.  One pound of meat can generate as much as 18 units of uric
>     acid.  If the liver and kidneys can only handle 8 of the 18 units of
uric
>     acid, who or what does the rest?  The answer, minerals.  "

Actaully, the anwer is urine. Uric acid, urea and other wastes is why we
pee.

>
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=681f8n%24du0%40bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net&output=gplain
>
> http://www.healthlibrary.com/reading/ncure/chap11.htm

This site is totally stupid. I already mentioned, the kidneys get rid of
excess acid in urine.

you need to provide real evidence this diet works, like peer-reviewed
journal articles, not stupid web sites.

> The kidney works well enough until it doesn't. The old adage 'prevention
> is better than cure' comes readily to mind. Prevention lies with the
information
> about us and our willingness to take heed.

Can you provide evidence that in people without known kidney disease, too
much meat leads to kidney or liver damage? In people with kidney disease, it
is known that limiting protein prolongs the life of the kidneys.

Jeff