Get Rid of Your Acids - They are Killing You
Yee-Wing Tong, M.D.
Acid and health.
The human body is 75% water in the form of acid (H+) and alkaline (OH-) ions. A healthy body is alkaline (pH >7) inside, with an abundance of OH- ions, which provide the oxygen we need. However, modern lifestyle generates too much acid, from emotional stress and from what we put into our body: the food, drinks, pollution and most prescription drugs, many of which are preserved with hydrochloric acid. Metabolism, cellular destruction and exercise also produce acids.
Since excessive acids, or acidosis, can cause death, the body neutralizes them with alkaline minerals, or eliminates them through urine, feces, perspiration and breathing. These mechanisms are adequate to sustain balance with a normal lifestyle and a diet that provides ample minerals from fruits and vegetables. When abnormal living factors generate acids faster than the body can handle, it must convert them to less corrosive solids, such as cholesterol, fatty acids, triglycerides, various stones, urate crystals, etc. to avoid acute injuries. However, these adjustments result in chronic complications by themselves.
For example, when foods are broken down into glucose, which is burned to generate energy, acetic acid is produced. Acetic acid is the raw material for making cholesterol and other fatty materials. Thus, excessive food, especially acid-forming foods and refined sugar, result in excess acetic acid, forcing the body to convert it into cholesterol and greasy fats. These greasy materials cause atherosclerosis, the narrowing of arteries, thickening of blood, making it harder for the heart to pump, leading to hypertension, and build up of mucous congestion associated with allergies, sinusitis and other respiratory problems. Too many sweets may also cause acidic damage of the pancreas, resulting in diabetes. Too much fat may also cause liver/gallbladder complications.
Moreover, acidic blood clots easily, resulting in embolus and stroke if the brain is affected. The body also draws calcium and magnesium from bone, teeth, and hair to neutralize the acids, resulting in osteoporosis, tooth decay, and hair loss. Kidney stones, gallstones and cataract may also precipitate. In addition, uric, phosphoric and sulfuric acids from meats, grains and eggs can cause gout and other arthritis. Fat is used to protect vital structures from acidic damage, thus contributing to obesity.
When acidic toxins are not adequately neutralized or disposed through urine, bowel movements and respiration, skin itching, rashes, acne, psoriasis, vitiligo, shingles, dermatitis and abscesses may occur. Dietary culprits are spicy/hot foods such as garlic, lamb and chili peppers. Pungent body odor is another symptom of acidic damage of subcutaneous tissues. Liver and kidney disease occurs if the acid load is more than these organs can handle. The combination of kidney weakness and hypertension can lead to congestive heart failure. Acid also causes muscle tension, nervous energy, hyperactivity, insomnia, and depression. Hyperacidity is the cause of heartburn, GERD, gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, Crohns disease, diverticulitis… The list is endless. I treat all kinds of chronic disorders. My experience is that 95% of Americans are too acidic!
In the most serious cases, acids destroy blood vessels, reducing oxygen supply to tissues, resulting in cellular mutation, or in other words, cancer. Nobel laureate Otto Warburg found that cancer cells are normal cells, which, under oxygen depravation, mutate to ferment glucose rather than burning oxygen for energy. Hence, cancer cells cannot survive in an oxygenated area. The best treatment for cancer is to improve circulation to the cancer area, and alkalinize the blood to provide more oxygen to cure the cancer and prevent its metastasis!
In other words, abnormal living factors are the root causes, and the resulting hyperacidity is the physiological cause of various chronic symptoms. The following chart summarizes the cause vs. symptom relationship of different ailments.
Living factors Physio. abnormalities Symptoms
Stress cholesterol (narrow arteries – heart and other organic diseases)
Food/drinks fatty acids, triglycerides (thick stagnant bloodExcessive foods -- high blood pressure)
Refined sugar, starch blood clots (stroke, pulmonary embolism)
High protein diet tissue calcium loss (osteoporosis, tooth decay,
Fatty foods hair loss)
Acid-forming foods gout and other arthritis
Coffee, soft drinks heartburn, ulcer, colitis, diverticulitis, etc.
Alcohol hyperacidity kidney & gallstones, cataract
Chem. Preservatives destruction of asthma, allergies, sinusitis
Artificial foods cells and obesity
blood circulation Skin rashes, acne, psoriasis, shingles,
Chemicals abscess, cellulites, age spots, wrinkles
Most drugs liver and kidney diseases
Pollution hyperactivity, muscle tension
Insomnia, anxiety, depression
Exercise, tissue trauma cancer
Treating symptom vs. cause
Symptoms, such as high cholesterol, hypertension and cancer, are merely signals indicating what you are doing wrong with your lifestyle. Suppressing a symptom with drugs will only cover up your mistakes and exacerbate the underlying acidity problem. Even though conversion of acids to cholesterol can be suppressed with drugs, more acid will accumulate, resulting in greater likelihood to develop hypertension, osteoporosis, cancer, etc. Hence, drug therapy may “improve” one symptom, but will harm the body as a whole.
In addition to the harm of ignoring the underlying disease, drug side effects add to the injury. Common cholesterol drugs (statins) cause destruction of muscle (rhabdomyolysis) and liver, which creates more acids and deepens the acidic problem! Baycol was banned in 2001 due to dozens of death from rhabdomyolysis. The FDA may recall another statin drug, Crestor, for similar problems. Furthermore, normal cholesterol does not mean clean arteries. I know of cases where the serum cholesterols are normal due to the use of drugs, yet the patients have chest pain and severe coronary arterial blockages confirmed by angiogram!
The use of aspirin, acetyl salicylic acid, to thin out blood is similarly ridiculous. Aspirin interferes with normal platelets aggregation, thus reduce clotting (but it also causes abnormal bleeding). However, the thick blood is due to too much acid, not the aggregation of platelets. None of the trials on aspirin show any benefit in preventing heart attack, such as the two trials reported in the British Medical Journal in 1974 i p 436 and in The Lancet in 1979 ii p 1313. A big study costing $16,000,000 by our National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, reported in JAMA (2/15/80), again showed no heart benefit. Another US trial, called the Physicians’ health Study, used Bufferin. The results, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (1/28/88), showed no improvement for fatal heart attacks or survival rate. However, non-fatal heart attacks were reduced by 40%, which is most likely due to the neutralization of acids by the magnesium contained in Bufferin. Better results will be achieved if magnesium were used alone.
Another example is the use of Fosamax for osteoporosis. Fosamax belongs to the class phosphonate, the chemicals poison used to remove soap scum from bathtubs. It kills osteoclasts, special bone cells that dispose dead bone cells so new ones can be formed. When dead cells are not disposed of, the bone will appear denser on X-ray, but there is less room for new cells while calcium continues to be leeched out to neutralize the acids. The denser bone is actually weaker with more dead cells and less new cells and calcium. This is like a society that increases its population by prohibiting the burial of the dead. This weakens rather than strengthens the society. In addition Fosamax has many toxic effects: stomach ulcer, blurred vision, liver damage, pain and swelling.
The same can be said for other drugs, as all drugs have side effects. Furthermore, multiple drug therapies sharply increase risk. Professor B. Starfield of Johns Hopkins demonstrates in a study (JAMA, 7/26/00) that conventional drug and surgical therapies kill over 250,000 people a year—they’re the 3rd leading cause of death in the US! Another comprehensive study by Null, et al. (Death by Medicine, I and II, mercola.com 11/26/03 & 11/29/03) shows the death rate caused by physicians to be higher at 738,000, making conventional medicine the #1 killer in the US!! * All of these studies are based only on hospital records. If we include data from private practice, clinics, nursing homes and hospice, the actual death by mainstream medicine would be much higher!Unfortunately, most Americans have been misled by “scientific” medicine into using drugs to cover up their symptoms, forgetting that the real reason they see a doctor is to have their health restored. To restore health, the physician must use natural means to re-establish physiological functions by restoring energy and blood flow, and to eliminate acids and other toxins. To obtain a permanent cure, the patient must learn to avoid the abnormal living factors that initially caused the symptoms.
Alkalinizing the body for health
The root causes of chronic disorders are stress, bad diet, pollution, and prescription drugs. The patient’s responsibility is firstly dietary: reduce food intake, eat more alkaline-forming foods (fruits and vegetables), and avoid acid-forming foods and drinks such as meat, grains, eggs, nuts, refined sugar, high protein diet, coffee, soft drinks, alcohol, and prescription drugs, as most drugs contribute to the acidic problem.
Next we must help the body neutralize its acids. One can alkalinize drinking water with expense devices. I recommend the products from Master’s Miracle. Its Neutralizer (N) is energized oxygenated water with alkaline minerals calcium, magnesium and potassium. Its soap (S) contains similar but less concentrated ingredients and no chemicals. The gel (G) is a much stronger (N) for topical use. Below are instructions to alkalinize your body:
- Test your urine and saliva pH first thing in the morning with litmus paper. Your goal is to increase the pH of both the saliva and urine to 7.
- Mix 8-12 cups of water with 2-8 oz of (N). Vary the amount according to your pH. Drink this daily. Most people are chronically dehydrated, and drinking a lot of water is very important.
- Put 2 oz of (N) and 1 oz of (S) in a bathtub of hot water and soak for 30-40 minutes daily. This effectively eliminates your acids through the skin, the biggest organ of the body.
- Use the (G) topically for pain, itching, inflammation and infections anywhere on the body.
I have found amazing results for various symptoms: skin rash, itching, respiratory problems, pain, insomnia, muscle tension, loose teeth, hair loss, phlegm, and more. In my own case, I have had dramatic improvement of muscle tension, back stiffness, insomnia, facial complexion, wrinkles, age spots, and even significant hair growth in bald areas! Many people obtain dramatic improvement on facial complexion using the (G) alone, but long-term results must involve clearing the internal acids using the method outlined above.
The key to optimal results is persistent use of the above method to increase the pH. You may feel worse initially as toxins are being eliminated. If symptoms are intolerable, reduce the (N) to a few drops daily. Be patient. It may take several months to raise your pH, depending on how long your body has been in a weakened condition. Raising the pH in any amount will improve health, as the oxygen content in your body is increased.
Finally, balancing your pH may not relieve those symptoms that are severe. In this case, you may need to improve the energy/blood flow with natural therapies such as acupuncture and Chinese medicine. However, most natural therapies are not very effective in serious cases. Fortunately my East/West therapy called Neuro-BioEnergetics (NBE), can effectively reverse even the most severe ailments. Verify this by examining the ample case histories on www.drtong.com, or call (714) 556-8664 for more information.
Contact the person who introduced you the Master’s Miracle products on how to obtain them.
* I have posted the Null studies on my web site www.drtong.com under the Misc. column of Facts and Myth. Another great article is Medical control, medical corruption in the same column.