Sodium Bicarbonate by Dr  Mark Sircus

"The reduction of bicarbonates in the blood is the cause of aging, not the result of aging." (page 17).

"Carbonation can occur naturally in spring water that picks up carbon dioxide stored in rocks, or it can be forced in by the manufacturer or by you at home with an inexpensive seltzer maker." (page 21).

"According to a study in the American Journal of Medicine, the perfect water would have more than 48 mg of magnesium and 85 mg of calcium per liter and fewer than 195 mg of sodium per liter." (page 22).

"In a healthy human, carbonation of water does not lead to ill health effects. In fact it is quite healthy and can be made even more so by adding more bicarbonate and magnesium to the mixture." (page 22).

“Most modern diets give rise to unhealthy acidic pH conditions.” (page 23).

"On the pH scale, 7 is neutral, 0 to 7 is acidic, and 7 to 14 is alkaline…The normal pH inside a cell is 7.4…The blood is different. While most of the body can still operate outside of the optimum pH zone, blood cannot…Your blood operates between 7.3 and 7.5 pH… (page 24).

“By using pH test strips, you can determine your pH…To test the saliva, wait at least two hours after eating.” (page 24). 

“When urinary pH is continuously between 6.5 in the morning and 7.5 by evening, you are functioning in the healthy range.” (page 25).

“Oral dosing of sodium bicarbonate is used to jump start the return of the body to a more healthy alkaline condition, followed by proper dietary intake of alkalinizing food for maintenance.” (page 25).

“The recommendation is up to 1/8 teaspoon per 8 ounce glass with a quarter slice of lemon (to balance the sodium with potassium) and nor more than 1½ to 2 teaspoons per 24-hour period.” (page 25).

“The pH of solid tumors is acidic due to increased fermentative metabolism and poor perfusion. It has been hypothesized that acid pH promotes local invasive growth and metastasis. The hypothesis that acid mediates invasion proposes that H+ diffuses from the proximal tumor microenvironment into adjacent normal tissues where it causes tissue remodeling that permits local invasion.” (page 35).

"Drinking the wrong type of water, water lacking in bicarbonates and magnesium will contribute to the onset of many diseases). (page 37).

“Allergies generally start with the body's inability to produce a certain enzyme, or to produce enough enzymes for the digestive process to work effectively.” (page 38).

“Once there is an inhibition of pancreatic function and pancreatic bicarbonate flow there naturally follows a chain reaction of inflammatory reactions throughout the body.” (page 39).

“Magnesium, bicarbonate, and iodine all protect us from the constant assault of noxious chemicals and radiation exposure we are subjected to everyday in our water, food, and air.” (page 40).

“The kidneys alone produce about two hundred and fifty grams (about ½ pound) of bicarbonate per day in an attempt to neutralize acid in the body.” (page 43).

“Acidosis occurs often when the body cannot produce enough bicarbonate ions (or other alkaline compounds) to neutralize the acids in the body formed from metabolism and drinking highly acid drinks like Coke, Pepsi, and all the rest of them. High protein diets are a problem in this regard." (page 44).

“The bicarbonate treatment goes for a maximum of two weeks and does not seek to maintain such high pH values for a long period of time, though after a week to ten days off of intensive bicarbonate therapy one can do the protocol again.” (page 45).

“Sodium bicarbonate-medicated baths have been one of the first lines of treatment for psoriasis.” (page 47).

“Recommended dosages from the Arm & Hammer Company for colds and influenza back in 1925 were: During the first day, take six doses of half teaspoonful of sodium bicarbonate in a glass of cool water, at about two-hour intervals. During the second day, take four doses of half teaspoonful of sodium bicarbonate in a glass of cool water at about two-hour intervals. During the third day, take two doses of half teaspoonful of sodium bicarbonate in a glass of cool water, morning and evening, and thereafter half teaspoonful in glass of cool water each morning until cold is cured.” (page 48).

“The stomach is protected by the epithelial cells, which produce and secrete a bicarbonate-rich solution that coats the mucosa.” (page 51).

“Often what a person has to do to resolve certain digestive and general health problems is to take hydrochloric acid pills to increase stomach acid. Such supplementation can be given with meals if a patient is not capable of reducing heavy protein consumption.” (page 51).

“Most people's problem is stomach acid being excreted at the wrong time, like when there's no food present to use it up.” (page 52).

“When we drink bicarbonate water on an empty stomach it mostly bypasses the stomach acid mechanism because when we drink water or liquids it goes right through the stomach with most liquids be absorbed along he intestinal tract.” (page 53).

“All cancer has a lower pH, meaning it is more acidic than surrounding tissue.” (page 67).

“It is not oxygen, but carbon dioxide that is the substance responsible for the main improvement in oxygenation of tissues. Dissolved baking soda has only one effect on composition of arterial blood; it increases its CO2 content. CO2 is a powerful vasodilator.” (page 81).

“Sodium bicarbonate plus stomach acid yields salt plus water and carbon dioxide. This is the physiological reason why bicarbonate is such an effective medicine: it instantly offers a return to more normal CO2 levels which drives more oxygen into the tissues.” (page 95).

“At a pH slightly above 7.4 cancer cells become dormant, and at pH 8.0 cancer cells will die while healthy cells will live.”

“Oxygen cannot stick to blood cells if the pH of the blood is too acidic.” (page 102).

“One of the main reasons we become acidic is from over-consumption of protein.” (page 102).

“Alcohol is a mycotoxin… Mycotoxins do cause cancer.” (page 116).

“While cooking will kill fungi, their mycotoxins remain unaffected by heat.” (page120).

“The list of recommended foods to avoid, and are likely to contain fungi or mycotoxins includes - alcoholic beverages, corn, wheat, barley, peanuts, rye, hard cheeses.” (page 123).

“Going et all found that calcium oxalate crystals are present in calcifications found in the breast tissue of patients with breast cancer." (page 123).