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Originally Posted by escapee  It's very important to not get fixated with the idea that "alkaline" food is somehow more superior than "Acidic" food. You need the best of both worlds for optimal health.
One of the misconceptions about PH is that lower value predipose us to cancer.The truth is cancerous cells produce enormous amount of lactic acid as a by product , this is why a cancereous patient will always have lower PH value but bare in mind that it's a symptom of the disease, not a cause. Trying to "alkalize" your blood would not fix the underlying cause of the problem. CAT.INIST - tumor acidity |
I would think since a cancer cell makes lactic acid and makes you even more acidic - all the more reason to try to be more alkaline. Compare a renegade cell in an acidic environment versus an alkaline one - in which environment would the cell turn into cancer versus just dieing? It would have a better chance of dieing in the alkaline environment. The alkaline environment would neutralize the acidic nature of cancer cells, making it harder for the cancer cells to continue.
The article does not say acidic conditions don't cause cancer - it says latic acid acidity doesn't cause cancer (but I would say the extra latic acid of a cancer cell could make other neighboring healthy cells suffer and not have access to oxygen). Acidic conditions means less oxygen, low pH is also low oxygen. Once a cell can't breathe (have oxygen) it starts to try to stay alive by, instead of burning (oxidizing) glucose, frementing it and producing the lactic acid. That lactic acid causes the environment and cell to have even less oxygen because the pH goes down with more acid elements.