On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 01:31:40 -0400, Aaron D. Wieland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>I didn't read anything that decomposition of purines or fat could
>>reduce the blood acidity- do you have references on this?
>
>Read the discussion section of George Watson's paper "Differences in
>Intermediary Metabolism in Mental Illness" (Psychological Reports, 1965? --
>sorry, I don't have an exact reference handy); it is reprinted in his book
>"Nutrition and Your Mind" (1972).
Thanks for your references.

Alas amazon.com, which is my only source on american books, doesn't list
it (anymore). Same thing for "The paleolithic prescription" :-( .

>... It explains how the metabo
lism of carbs,
>fats, and proteins can influence our pH;
>the paper doesn't mention purines,....

>....Whiley has also published a couple of papers which may give
>the information you want (I'm not sure since I haven't read them yet; I
>should be able to order one of them soon); see my previous post ("Re: The
>Steak Lover's Diet") for the references.
>
> You'll be hard pressed to find any information about the effect of
>purines, fat, and carbs on blood plasma pH, beyond what I've provided above,
>because few people have bothered to study the problem.  But that also means
>you'll have trouble finding studies that directly contradict my claim.
Aaron, unfortunately you don't tell us *how* to get a less acidy
blood, according to Whiley and Watson. What his test-persons did.
What *is* your claim?

I mentioned protein rich foods as an acidity source.

I've read also that several vegetables are acid-generating, for ex.
unripe tomatoes, eggplant, unripe banana, Brussel sprouts.
Also sugar is called to be very acid generating.
But indeed it's difficult to find some data on the resulting
acidity of foodstuffs.

Could you shortly outline what Watson/Whiley supposed to eat,
to get a proper blood acidity?
Did they call it important to have a balanced blood acidity?

>...
>This reference is clearly discussing urinary pH, not blood plasma pH.  I'm
>not saying that extremely acidic urine isn't a problem...
At least Cordaine mentioned that excretion in urine cannot go beyond ph 5
so you know that when your urine is in that area body makes
best efforts to get rid of acidity and possibly it's been not enough.

Well urine-test is an easy way to test our own acidity.
And test if the diet mentioned above by you works.
Just piss on a little
test-strip.
I myself seldom manage to get a ph above 7, but normally don't
have one below  6.2 . Still didn't test after my current protein increase.


regards

Amadeus