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[log in to unmask] (Sandra Russell)
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27 May 1995 11:22:48 GMT
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| In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] (Henry
| Kelcinski) writes:

| >When acid stomach arises the body uses its reserves of alkalis. When these are
| >exhausted it robs itself of calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium and iron,
| >etc., from its bones in order to neutralize the acids. This results in
| >osteoporosis of the bones and teeth.

| It would be so nice if you would read a physiology book, like that Guyton you
| say you have.  Acid made by the stomach results in alkali made somewhere else
| in the body.  It does nothign to your urine or bones at all.


| >Meat eaters should be cautious because about 6% of meat is usually uric acid.
| >We have no enzymes to break down foreign uric acid, hence the body must draw
| >upon itself to neutralize this acid.  Unfortunately, much of this neutralized
| >uric acid ends up in joints causing what is call arthritis.

| Gouty arthritis (the kind here referred to) is a disease of men (10 to 1 over
| women) and is responsible for a relatively minor part of total arthritis in the
| world.  Get with it, Hank.


            Steve Harris, M.D.


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