Arthritis:
Recent Theories And The Affects of Imbalanced pH
Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis
have lower cellular potassium content than normal and high plasma
copper content. Reports have shown low potassium being the only
consistent difference in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Although
there has not been a clinical study proving this theory, rheumatoid
arthritis should not be present in people who eat vegetables instead
of grains. The reason why potassium is often overlooked is probably
because potassium is present in almost all foods grown in large
quantities.
As most have come to realize, what you eat strongly affects your
body. When food is digested, it leaves certain residues that yield
either alkaline or acidic potentials of pH. Our body is at a constant
struggle to keep our pH balanced. If balance is not achieved through
diet then the body will take over by leaching away key minerals
such as, calcium, potassium, and sodium from the bones, teeth, and
important organs. An imbalanced pH can lead to serious health problems
such as weight gain, poor athletic performance, low energy levels,
Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, and premature aging if continuously
too acidic or alkaline.
A recent theory assesses the possibility of potassium deficiency
contributing to Rheumatoid arthritis. The Dead Sea water has a reputation
for healing arthritis. The Dead Sea is also known to have two and
a half to ten times as potassium chloride than sodium chloride and
an even greater ratio of magnesium chloride. The first person to
introduce this theory was DeCoti-Marsh in a book published in England
in which he claimed numerous case histories that potassium attributed
magical properties.
An acidic pH leaches away key minerals, which increases the risk
of bone diseases. A lack of alkaline calcium ions in the blood can
lead to a disease known as "acidosis." More Americans
develop acidosis through the intake of acidifying foods (pasta,
chocolate, coffee, tea, beef, poultry, seafood, rice, bread, eggs),
drinks, smoking, air pollution, anger, and stress than before. This
is reflected in an increase of nearly double the number of hip fractures
in the last 50 years.
