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funchy · 07-03-2009, 07:02 PM

Water is important... but this guy's theory is all wet.

My first issue is with his analogy of fish in a tank: how important the water quality, ph, etc. What he doesn't say (doesn't realize?) is that fish CANNOT control the pH or content in their water. There are also not proteins added to the aquarium by the fish to help control pH and ion balance. However this is NOT true in your body. Your blood has buffers in it to help keep ph constant. The simple act of respiration affects your blood pH. Your kidneys are always monitoring blood ph and ion balance and adjusting accordingly. We wouldn't have surived evolution in a world where food or drink may have high or low pH. I could be wrong but I get the idea maybe he doesn't understand exactly what pH is measuring. Does he understand WHY pH changes in the body matter?

He's freaking out of phosphate in trace amounts in city water (the water treatment plant description). Phosphate is a very common, natural, normal compound found in our cells. Why bring it up? I am confused.

Then he mentions calcium phosphate like it's some big scary thing. Its presence in our body is normal. Our bones are made up of Calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate.

I'll concede there is a big debate about fluoride, but not all water coming out of the tap is fluoridated. Mine isn't. If you really hate fluoride in your water, just run it through a water filter... or move away from a city & get a home with well water.

I clicked on another one of his videos, this one about breast cancer. His ideas are really out there..... woo woo land. He thinks doctors are all out to get us, that diagnostic imaging are the cause of breast cancer, and the medical profession is conspiring to keep us sick and dying. He also thinks breast cancer works just like bread mold
(not even close!)

I don't have a problem with someone who challenges existing ideas, but there needs to be science behind it. He doesn't even seem to understand basic bio and chemistry. Sorry to be a wet blanket, but he's doing more harm than good by disseminating wrong information.

07-03-2009, 07:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
funchy Family Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: east coast, USA Posts: 1,628	Water is important... but this guy's theory is all wet. My first issue is with his analogy of fish in a tank: how important the water quality, ph, etc. What he doesn't say (doesn't realize?) is that fish CANNOT control the pH or content in their water. There are also not proteins added to the aquarium by the fish to help control pH and ion balance. However this is NOT true in your body. Your blood has buffers in it to help keep ph constant. The simple act of respiration affects your blood pH. Your kidneys are always monitoring blood ph and ion balance and adjusting accordingly. We wouldn't have surived evolution in a world where food or drink may have high or low pH. I could be wrong but I get the idea maybe he doesn't understand exactly what pH is measuring. Does he understand WHY pH changes in the body matter? He's freaking out of phosphate in trace amounts in city water (the water treatment plant description). Phosphate is a very common, natural, normal compound found in our cells. Why bring it up? I am confused. Then he mentions calcium phosphate like it's some big scary thing. Its presence in our body is normal. Our bones are made up of Calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate. I'll concede there is a big debate about fluoride, but not all water coming out of the tap is fluoridated. Mine isn't. If you really hate fluoride in your water, just run it through a water filter... or move away from a city & get a home with well water. I clicked on another one of his videos, this one about breast cancer. His ideas are really out there..... woo woo land. He thinks doctors are all out to get us, that diagnostic imaging are the cause of breast cancer, and the medical profession is conspiring to keep us sick and dying. He also thinks breast cancer works just like bread mold (not even close!) I don't have a problem with someone who challenges existing ideas, but there needs to be science behind it. He doesn't even seem to understand basic bio and chemistry. Sorry to be a wet blanket, but he's doing more harm than good by disseminating wrong information.