November/December 2006 Alternative Health
Acid-Alkaline Imbalance: A Toxic Human Wasteland
by Miriam Knight
The quest for a "theory of everything" has
been the Holy Grail of science for more than a century. John Ossipinsky
believes he has found a theory for the origins of disease.
Healthy Tips for an Acid-Alkaline Balanced Diet
- Follow
the 80/20 rule: try to eat 80 percent alkaline-forming foods and 20 percent
acid-forming foods. Measure your portion of acid-forming foods by eye. Then eat
four times this amount in fruit and vegetables.
- Make
meat, chicken, fish or pasta the side dish, not your main entree.
- Don’t
leave home without a nutritious snack, such as raw vegetables or fruit.
- Eat
some of your daily vegetables raw.
- Eat a salad shortly before your meal.
- Eat
fruit on an empty stomach.
- Keep
a supply of cut-up fruit and vegetables at the ready in the refrigerator.
- Eat
more nutritious brown rice instead of processed white rice.
- Grow
your own sprouts in a jar.
- Eat
sprouted or whole grain baked goods.
- Choose
whole grain pasta or one that includes multigrains or added legumes and flax.
- Eat
fewer processed foods.
- Eat
more fresh or frozen vegetables, which retain more of their nutrients than
canned vegetables.
- Add
greens and other vegetables to eggs, sandwiches and pasta. Similarly, add fresh
or dried fruit to cereals and salads.
- Eat
more potatoes.
- Give
emphasis to super-alkalinizing foods such as avocados, radishes, mangos, kiwis
and figs.
- Go
nuts with alkalinizing varieties such as almonds and Brazil nuts, along with
seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, flax).
- Drink
fresh fruit or vegetable juices and homemade fruit smoothies.
- Prepare
a concentrated vegetable broth as a base for soups, sauces, a flavoring agent,
or as a delicious alkalinizing hot drink.
- Drink
true herbal teas that are alkalinizing and herbal coffee made from herbs, nuts,
fruit and grains.
Top Acidifying Foods
- Beef, lamb, pork, game
- Fish, lobster, shellfish
- Processed white flour and white rice
- Peanuts, walnuts, pecans, cashews
- Coffee, soda, beer, wine, hard liquor
Ossipinsky believes there is just one state
underlying all disease: lymphatic congestion caused by acid-alkaline imbalance
in the body's tissues. There are other circumstances that may slow or stop your
lymph flow, such as dehydration, trauma, infection, bad posture or tight
clothing, but acidic food and emotional stress top the list.
As an LMT, CranioSacral and Certified
Lymphedema therapist, Ossipinsky had been studying the lymphatic system for
many years, but it was not until he made the connection with the role of the
body's acidity levels that he was able to overcome his own health challenges.
Within six weeks of bringing his body's pH to neutral, he lost 30 pounds and
his health problems.
He found that an acidic environment around the
cells causes stress and a build-up of waste products that clog the lymph
system, impairing its ability to move the waste out of the body. As the toxic
waste builds up, the body may try to isolate waste in fatty tissue or leach
minerals from the bone to neutralize it, but can easily be overwhelmed by the
toxic load. This build up of waste in your tissues is the basis of disease.
The acid-alkaline balance theory is outside
the current medical model. Accurate information about this undetected acid
imbalance and the effect on the lymphatic system seem to be the missing pieces to
diseases such as cancer, heart disease, obesity, MS, MD, ALS, cystic fibrosis, chronic
fatigue, fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety, autism and Alzheimer's disease. Interesting
new research has uncovered a missed lymph/brain connection that may play a
major role in diseases such as ADD, autism and mental illness. While the form
and location of the disease are specific to an individual's predispositions and
lifestyle, the treatment is the same.
Ossipinsky began routinely testing the pH of
his patients and found that 90 percent were acidic, with 43 percent highly
acidic. (Relative acidity or alkalinity is measured on a logarithmic scale from
1 to 14, with a pH of 7 being neutral -- pH stands for potential hydrogen.)
Ossipinsky did studies with large groups of
patients using a protocol developed at his wellness center in Arizona. His results
were promising, but his efforts have not been supported by the medical
establishment, presumably because no pharmaceuticals were needed. (Imagine the
cost to the drug companies when you can eliminate acid reflux in a few weeks.) To
get the word out, he has published a book whose title minces no words: WARNING: An Undetected Acid-Alkaline
Imbalance Is Slowly Killing You And Severely Hurting Your Children!
The book demystifies the science and
mechanisms underlying different disorders and dis-eases, and gives detailed
instructions on how to heal. His "cure" is not another magic bullet, but a
five-step approach, demonstrated with thousands of patients, that reverses
virtually any condition:
- Learn the warning
signs of toxicity.
Rashes, blemishes, beauty marks, skin growths or fluid filled cysts, tight
muscles, pain, migraines, insomnia, trouble thinking clearly, hyperactivity in
children.
- Adopt an acid-alkaline
balanced diet.
Green up your diet using the 80/20 Rule (see sidebar).
- Increase lymph
circulation with exercise, deep breathing and hydration. Daily exercise is a
must. Walking is not enough -- add two 40-second sprints every other day to
power your blood through the tissues. Take two deep breaths every half hour.
For water, use the proportion of half your body weight in ounces (if you weigh 150,
drink 75 ounces of water per day).
- Actively reduce and
manage stress in your daily life. When you are in fight or flight mode, your
body isn't functioning. Take a walk, get a massage or meditate.
- Manually detoxify by
draining your lymph system daily. Get a therapeutic massage, go to a cellular
detox therapist. Pump you own lymphatic system daily, using the well-illustrated
instructions in the book.
John Ossipinsky's An Undetected Acid-Alkaline
Imbalance is published by Vision
Publishing. Visit www.acid-imbalance.com.
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