This section was written for those who want to have a greater understanding of why we recommend raw fruits and vegetables. This information becomes particularly vital if you’re concerned about strokes or blood clotting.

Knowing the meaning of alkaline and acid, and their effects upon tissue, will help you achieve vibrant health.

The pH factor is the measure of a chemical solution’s acidity versus its alkalinity, on a scale of 0 (more acidic) to 14 (more alkaline). I recommend that you buy litmus (pH) papers, and use them to test your body’s pH factor on a daily basis. This will help you observe firsthand the reactions that foods have on your body’s chemistry, since the primary thesis of this book is that alkalization is the key to tissue regeneration.

To further understand the pH factors of foods and their relationship to health, let’s back up a little and examine the very basics of life. This will involve a little chemistry and physics, but will help you to better understand the nature of things, including the processes of the body and the foods that you eat.

First, everything in this universe is made from building materials. The basic building materials of this universe are atoms, whereas the basic building blocks of cells are amino acids. At first, an atom appears as a simple structure —a nucleus (or center), made up of a proton, which is positively charged, and, orbiting magnetically around this nucleus, a negatively-charged electron.

The number of electrons and protons that an element has will determine the type of element that it is. Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, etc., are the basic elements and building materials of life. Water, for example, without which life could not exist, is simply two hydrogen atoms combined with one oxygen atom (H20).

Creation consists of opposites, and the movement of these opposites in relationship to each other creates electromagnetic energy. Magnetism is where opposites attract and likes repel. (If you have ever played with two or more magnets, you know what fun it can be to move magnets with magnets, and attract various materials to them.) Whether you know it or not, you too are like a magnet, attracted to the opposite of yourself. This “magnetism” helps

you learn, and brings a balance to your experience in life.

Life in creation is controlled and expressed by two opposite forces, either positive or negative in nature. This type of polarization is essential for creation to exist. Without opposites like night and day, up and down, short or tall, everything would be the same—God undifferentiated. Creation depends upon these opposites to exist. You see this in your own life, as you have days that you call “good” or positive, and other days that you consider “bad” or negative. Yet, both of these aspects of life are essential to your experience of

growth and awareness.

An element can start out negatively charged, which is called alkaline, creating a cationic reaction (cationic means to disperse or break apart). Through the process of ionization (chemical magnetism) the same element can become positively charged or anionic (acidic). Anionic means to compound, saturate, or come together. An example of such a change from negative (alkaline) to positive (acid) can occur with the element calcium. Plant

calcium is alkaline, and works with magnesium, sodium and potassium to alkalize the fluids of the body. These elements are called electrolytes.

However, once in the bloodstream, they can become ionized— or attracted to —other elements, magnetically, joining with these other elements and creating an anionic or acidic complex. This is seen where calcium joins with phosphorus to create calcium phosphate to form or rebuild bones, and is a positive effect. However, this process can happen with free radicals, like oxalates, which can then form calcium oxalate stones. This type of anionic reaction causes inflammation and tissue damage. It is very important to understand the meaning of acid and alkaline and their effect upon tissue, as

this will give you an overview of disease.

ACIDS AND ALKALIES

Acids are chemical compounds that always have hydrogen as part of their make up. They have the ability to supply positively-charged hydrogen ions in a chemical reaction. The degree of acidity is determined by the number of hydrogen ions in the solution. Acids give protons to a substance creating a “bonding” effect, as in bone or stone formation.

Alkalies, or what we call “bases” in chemistry, are negatively charged and are attracted to protons. Alkalies neutralize acids. An example of this would be the toxic acids created from digestion (e.g., sulfuric acid and phosphoric acids), which are converted to non-toxic salts when combined with alkaline electrolytes. These non-toxic salts are then passed from the body through the

kidneys. This neutralizing effect is vital because of the highly toxic and damaging effects these acids have upon the tissues of your body.

The pH balance—the balance of alkalies to acids—within the body is vital, and should be approximately 80 percent alkaline to 20 percent acidic. If we become too acidic from diet and lifestyle, we create too much of an anionic condition in the body, causing stone formation and inflammation. To reverse this is to alkalize, which is cationic and anti-inflammatory. This will break apart and liquefy calcium deposits, cellulite and lipid stones. These deposits

can form or accumulate anywhere in the body, especially in the liver, gallbladder and kidneys. This alkalization and neutralization of acids requires the alkaline electrolytes. If you’re not eating a diet rich in raw fruits and vegetables, you’re not getting enough of these vital electrolytes. This compounds the over-acid condition within the body and creates dehydration.

Acids and Alkalies

Acids burn and inflame tissues causing tissue failure.

Alkalies are cool and are anti-inflammatory to tissues.

Acids can destroy tissues (cells).

Alkalies can heal tissues.

In an acid medium, nutrients become anionic (coagulate).

In an alkaline medium, nutrients become cationic (disperse).

Acidosis creates bonding of fats, minerals, and other constituents creating stones of all types, including liver, gallbladder and kidney stones. It also creates the adhesion of blood cells and platelets. All this causes cellular starvation (through lack of nutrient utilization), strokes, and the like.

Acidosis and congestion (toxicity and mucus) is the root cause of 99.9% of all diseases.

Some foods (carbohydrates) require alkaline digestive juices to be broken down; others (protein) require gastric acid juices.

ABOUT CATALYSTS

Nothing truly stands still. Creation is always in a state of flux. Atoms are always moving and changing. The question that should be asked is: “What makes things change?” First we could say our emotions, our desires, our likes and dislikes, even the primal need or desire of God to create. You could call this the original seed or desire of creation.

Secondly, you could say the mind, except the mind itself uses the past and present to create the future. One must think of something before he can experience or create it in this physical world. It is obvious that these two “bodies” (mind and emotions) of yours are the main creators of your experience. Without thought and emotions your physical body wouldn’t know where to go or what to do.

But what about the physical body? What occurs at the physical level to move, react, respond, grow, expand or decay something? The term we use in chemistry is “catalyst.” A catalyst is a vehicle, a transporter and an igniter. This is an element that changes elements, compounds or complexes into other elements, compounds or complexes. You could say that parasites are a catalyst as they take dying cells, putrid matter, and break these down into basic elements or compounds. Again, other elemental catalysts include enzymes (digestive, systemic, etc.), vitamins, minerals, oxygen and hydrogen, to name a few.

Let’s look at hydrogen, which is simply one proton at the nucleus and one orbiting electron. If this hydrogen atom comes into contact with another atom that pulls its electron away, the result is a hydrogen atom without an electron, which is now called a hydrogen ion. This creates more magnetic potential (or activity), which creates an acid. An acid would give you a sour taste in your mouth. Compounds that combine with protons are called alkalies

(or bases) and are, of course, alkaline. These atoms have an extra electron.

An alkali is sweet tasting. One could say that protons influence acids, and electrons influence alkalies. The result of this process of tearing down and coming together (oxidation and ionization) should result in homeostasis—balance within the system. Homeostasis is achieved when the body is more alkaline than acid. When this balance (or homeostasis) is upset, from toxicity and predominately acid food eating (acidosis), tissues (organs, glands, etc.) fail to do their jobs properly. Thus, disease is the result.

OXIDATION AND IONIZATION

Knowing about oxidation and ionization will help you to further understand the alkaline (cationic) and acid (anionic) processes in the body. Alkalization is the key to tissue regeneration, so understanding these processes is essential for you in the achievement of vibrant health.

Oxidation and ionization are just two of the ways that encourage the

breaking down and the building up, or changing, of matter from one form into another. Your bones are a great example of this as they are always being broken down and rebuilt to some degree. “Breakdown” and “buildup” keep life ever renewing itself, allowing for creation to eternally expand.

Oxidation is the process whereby elements combine with oxygen. In this combining, electrons get kicked out of the orbit of an atom’s nucleus, and this increases the positive or proton valence. Oxidation can be either beneficial to the body, assisting alkalization, or it can create free radicals, causing destruction to cells. This is most evident in acidosis where inflammation is present. A Superoxide radical is formed when oxygen compounds have not been completely broken down or utilized properly because of the inflammatory (acidosis) condition. This causes further cellular damage or destruction.

These oxygen compounds are less likely to be broken down properly when we are low on antioxidants or our immune system is underactive (hypoactive). When this breakdown and utilization of oxygen compounds is poorly functioning, free radicals are created, and without proper ionization or neutralization these free radicals join in creating more tissue damage. This is why there is so much current interest in antioxidants—like vitamin E, vitamin C, beta-carotene, pycnogenol, COQ10—and why they are such a hot

commodity in the health market today. Antioxidants are attracted to free radicals —bond with them and neutralize their damaging effects.

Oxidation leads to ionization, or the transmutation of elements or

compounds into simple ions. Water is one of the greatest catalysts for oxidation. You see this in action when water combines with metals to create rust. In our blood serum this oxidation creates electrolytes, which are conductors of energy.

Ionization creates both positive and negative ions. Ions are your catalysts, like enzymes, which create action and reaction, or building and destroying.

Positive ions are sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium, which are called cations. Negative ions include chloride, sulfates, phosphates and carbonates, and are called anions. It can become confusing, understanding how calcium, as we discussed earlier, can be alkaline at first, then charged or ionized and become acidic. However, nature must take an element and dispense it through the body, then make it useable. Calcium must first be dispersible in blood serum. Then it has to combine with other elements and

become a building material. Too much ionized calcium will cause stone formation, bone spurs, and the like. Excessive ionized calcium must be converted back by alkalization/oxidation to its original electrolyte form, or be converted into a salt for easy elimination.

ANABOLISM AND CATABOLISM

The body uses what you eat to create new tissue, or to break down (or change) existing tissue. You can begin to see through ingestion and digestion that the body takes more complex compounds and elements, and breaks them down into their simplest forms. Cells have very small pores that only allow simple structures to enter. Simple constituents become the catalysts of life, creating action and reaction throughout your body and the universe. This is true biological transmutation, or God changing itself, creating the new and destroying the old.

Alkalies create anabolism—the building, rebuilding, growing and creating aspects of life. (This cannot take place without catabolism).

Acids create catabolism—the tearing down, breaking apart, and the

destroying aspects of nature. (This cannot take place without anabolism).

Alkalinity disperses, moves and cleans the body; whereas acids

coagulate, form masses and stagnate the body. As stated earlier,

alkalization is the key to regeneration. The more anionic you become, the more acidic you become, causing acidosis. Acidosis causes malnutrition, inflammation, stone formation, pain, electrolyte depletion (dehydration), swelling, convulsions and death. On the other hand, most fruits, vegetables and herbs are alkaline-forming. Nature seems to favor alkaline (cationic) solutions. If your diet consists of 80 percent raw fruits and vegetables, and 20 percent nuts, seeds and cooked vegetables, you will experience tremendous health. If your diet consists of 100 percent raw fruits, vegetables,

nuts and seeds you will experience incredible vitality and robust health.