The Use of Bicarbonates in the Treatment of All Cancers, Kidney Disease, Liver Disease, Type I & Type II Diabetes, Heart Disease, Pharmacological Toxicosis, Vascular Surgery Operations, Tonsillar Herniation Due To Cerebral Edema, Lactic Acid Toxicosis, and Hyponatremia or Low Salt or Loss of Salts Due To Excessive or Over-Exercise!

Sodium bicarbonate is an excellent agent for a natural alkaline approach in the treatment for all sickness and disease, including cancer. Sodium bicarbonate is the universal mainstream treatment of acidosis. It is used every day by oncologists to neutralize the heavy acidic nature of their chemical and chemotherapeutic agents which are often quite toxic. Sodium bicarbonate is also used routinely in many clinical situations as herein noted including many peer--reviewed journals: 1) Severe diabetic ketoacidosis (1) 2) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2) 3) Pregnancy (3) 4) Hemodialysis (4) 5) Peritoneal dialysis (5) 6) Pharmacological toxicosis (6) 7) Hepatopathy (7) 8) Vascular surgery operations (8) Medics and emergency room medical doctors are accustomed to participating in a flurry of activity when trying to save a persons live after a cardiac arrest--inserting IVs and breathing tubes, performing defibrillation to restart the heart, etc. Sodium bicarbonate is a constant performer under such conditions and is more commonly used than magnesium injections, which is traditionally at the top of every doctor's protocol for cardiac arrest. Mainstream oncologists recognize the routine involvement of late stage infections which I refer to as outfections in all cancerous conditions. Medical savants also recognize that bacteria, yeast and mold is present in over forty percent of all cancerous conditions. (9) The most recent research in this area demonstrates how even viruses, which I describe as crystallized acid, is present in fifty percent of certain types of cancerous conditions. (10) Sodium Bicarbonate increases the hydroxyl ions or electron levels through increased alkalinity to the cells buffering the metabolic acids that can cause cancer.(20)  It is also one of the most basic medicines in allopathic and alternative medicine we have for the treatment of kidney disease. New research by British scientists at the Royal London Hospital shows that sodium bicarbonate can dramatically slow the progress of chronic kidney disease.(11) We don’t need a thousand years of scientific tests to understand something as simple and essential as water and it is quite the same with sodium bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is always present in the best alkaline drinking waters and organic raw green foods and is constantly being produced by the cover cells of the stomach to alkalize the acidic foods and liquids we ingest, including buffering metabolic and respiratory acids in order to maintain the alkaline design of the blood and tissues at a delicate pH of 7.365.(20) What is Latent Tissue Acidosis? Medical doctors and savants are not taught in medical school and therefore do not understand or recognize latent tissue acidosis. They understand and recognize compensated acidosis and decompensated acidosis. In compensated acidosis, breathing increases in order to blow off more carbonic acid which decreases PCO2 because of the lowered carbonate or HCO3. When the breathing rate can no longer get any faster and when the kidneys can no longer increase its' function to keep up with the acid load, then the blood pH starts to change from a pH of 7.365 to 7.3 then to 7.2. At a blood pH of 6.95 the heart relaxes and the client goes into a coma or dies. Latent "acidosis" is a condition that exists when there are not enough bases in the alkalophile glands because they have been used up in the process of neutralizing the acids adsorbed to the collagen fibers. This leads to compensated "acidosis." This means the blood pH has not changed but other body systems have changed. This can then lead to decompensated "acidosis" where the alkaline reserves of the blood are used up and the pH of the blood is altered. Decompensated "acidosis" can be determined by testing the blood pH, urine pH and the saliva pH. The decrease in the alkaline reserves in the body  can occur because of hyper-proteinization, (eating meat and cheese!) or too much protein, and hyper-carbonization, or too much sugar or from excessive or over-excercise. This is why young athletes fall over dead or why 80 to 90 year old folks are all shrunk up and look like prunes. They have very little or no alkaline reserves in their alkalophile glands. When all the alkaline minerals are gone, so are you and your battery runs out of charge. The charge of your cellular battery can be measured by testing the ORP or the oxidative reduction potential of the blood, urine or saliva using an ORP meter. As you become more acidic this energy potential or ORP increases. How Is Sodium Bicarbonate Created In The Body? The parietal or cover cells of the stomach split the sodium chloride of the blood. The sodium ion is used to bind with water and carbon dioxide to form the alkaline salt, sodium bicarbonate or NaHCO3. The biochemistry is: H20 + CO2 + NaCl = NaHCO3 + HCL. This is why I call the stomach an alkalizing organ NOT an organ of digestion. The stomach DOES NOT digest the food or liquids we ingest but it alkalizes the foods and liquids we ingest.  We have one instrument in the human body to digest food and it is NOT the stomach it is your teeth.  Once we swallow our food or drink the stomach begins to prepare the food by alkalizing it in a bath of sodium bicarbonate. For each molecule of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) made, a molecule of hydrochloric acid (HCL) is made and secreted into the so-called digestive system - specifically, the stomach (the gastric pits in the stomach) - to be eliminated via the blood. Therefore HCL is an acidic waste product of sodium bicarbonate created by the stomach to alkalize the food and liquids ingested. Exercise Creates Metabolic Acidic Waste Products Which Are Harmful To The Blood and Tissues When one exercises or over-exercises the body needs additional alkaline bicarbonate salts to buffer lactic acids.  The additional bicarbonate is created in the stomach lining to buffer the increased amounts of lactic acids produced as a waste product of metabolism.  The production of sodium bicarbonate will always leave an acidic waste product of hydrochloric acid in the gastric pits of the stomach leading to nausea, light headedness, dizziness, muddle thingking, and poor circulation.  If the excessive exercise continues this can then lead to a dificiency of mineral and bicarbonate salts (electrolytes lost through perspiration or urination) which may lead to latent tissue acidosis, pain, edema, hyponatrenia and death. But how does something like sodium and/or potassium bicarbonate, so seemingly innocuous have such a dramatic effect? During prolonged or intense exercise muscles produce large amounts of acidic waste products, such as lactic acid, that lead to soreness, stiffness, fatigue and possible edema if these acids are not buffered and eliminated through urination or perspiration. Because sodium and potassium bicarbonate naturally reduces metabolic acids, it acts as a buffer against these performance-limiting by-products. Current research suggests that supplemental sodium bicarbonate, like the pH Miracle pHour Salts (contains sodium and potassium bicarbonate) is particularly helpful in speed-based events, including sprints, football and other fast-moving games, and middle-distance (up to 10km) running, swimming and cycling. "Essentially, sodium bicarbonate is an alkaline substance that increases the pH of the blood," Dr Folland says. "This seems to reduce and offset the acidity produced in the muscles during intense, anaerobic exercise that produces lactic acid most quickly, such as fast running or swimming." In Dr Folland's study, swimmers who took the sodium bicarbonate knocked 1.5 seconds off their time for 200m, a difference that may seem insignificant to recreational swimmers but which is substantial at elite level. "At the last Olympics, the top four swimmers in the men's 200m freestyle were separated by just 1.4 seconds," Dr Folland says. "So, in theory, it could be the difference between winning a medal and not." Anyone can try it, he says, but only those who are serious enough to monitor their times and progress in sports such as running, swimming or cycling may notice the few seconds advantage it might provide. "The increments of improvement are relatively small to the average person, although significant to someone who competes," Dr Folland says. Athletes for years have sworn that taking a spoonful of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) helps them to keep going for longer. For years, experts doubted that there was anything other than a placebo effect to these claims until they subjected the substance to rigorous examination. Most exercise scientists investigating the trend for "soda-doping" among athletes and gym-goers have shown that it offers significant benefits for endurance and speed." At Loughborough University, for instance, physiologists reporting in the June issue of the International Journal of Sports Medicine showed that swimmers who took baking soda about one hour before a 200m event were able to shave a significant time off their usual performances. Dr Jonathan Folland, who led the study, says that it is not uncommon for top swimmers to take sodium bicarbonate (another name for the substance) before a competition to give them an edge. Indeed, he showed that of nine swimmers tested, eight recorded their fastest times after ingesting a supplement of the common baking ingredient - sodium bicarbonate. Where is Sodium Bicarbonate Created In The Human Body and Why? The chloride ion from the sodium chloride (salt) binds to an acid or proton forming HCL as a waste product of sodium bicarbonate production. HCL has a pH of 1 and is highly toxic to the blood and tissues and the cause of indigestion, acid reflux, ulcers, diabetes, cancer, hyponatremia, edema, tonsilar herniation and death.  When large amounts of acids, including HCL, enter the stomach from a rich animal protein or dairy product meal, such as meat and cheese, or from starchy foods from root vegetables like potatoes or during extreme exercise, acid is withdrawn from the acid-base household. The organism would die if the resulting alkalosis - or NaHCO3 (base flood) or base surplus - created by the stomach was not taken up by the alkalophile glands (salivary glands, pancreas, kidney, pylorus glands, Brunner's glands, Lieberkuhn glands and liver) that need these quick bases in order to build up their strong sodium bicarbonate secretions. These alkalizing glands and organs are the stomach, pancreas, Brunner's glands (between the pylorus and the junctions of the bile and pancreatic ducts), Lieberkuhn's glands in the liver and its bile with its strong acid binding capabilities which it has to release on the highly acidic meat, cheese, potato, acid water or metabolic and/or respiratory acids from over-exercise to buffer its strong acids of nitric, sulphuric, phosphoric, uric and lactic acids in daily metabolism, respiration and excessive or over-exercise. Bicarbonate acts to stimulate the ATPase by acting directly on it.(12) The simple household product used for baking, cleaning, bee stings, treating asthma, cancer and acid indigestion is so effective in treating disease that it prevents patients from having to be put on kidney dialysis. The findings have been published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Bicarbonate is a truly strong universal concentrated nutritional medicine that works effectively in many clinical situations that we would not normally think of. Bicarbonates of sodium and potassium are a prime emergency room and intensive care medicine that can save a person’s life in a heartbeat and it is also a supermarket item that you can take right off the shelf and use for more things than one can imagine – including diaper rash. Dr. SK Hariachar, a nephrologist who oversees the Renal Hypertension Unit in Tampa, Florida stated, upon seeing the research on sodium bicarbonate and kidney disease, "I am glad to see confirmation of what we have known for so long.  I have been treating my patients with bicarbonate for many years in attempts to delay the need for dialysis, and now we finally have a legitimate study to back us up. Not only that, we have the added information that some people already on dialysis can reverse their condition with the use of sodium bicarbonate". A dialysis technician at the same center as Dr. Hariachar, who used to be on dialysis himself for 2 years as a result of kidney failure, had his kidneys miraculously start functioning to the point where dialysis was no longer needed. He states that he was prescribed oral doses of sodium bicarbonate throughout his treatment, and still takes it daily to prevent recurrences of kidney failure. Dr. Hariachar maintains though, that not everyone will be helped by taking bicarbonate. He says that those patients who have difficulty excreting acids, even with dialysis using a bicarbonate dialysate bath, that, “oral bicarbonate makes all the difference.” The Stomach, Pancreas and Kidneys Naturally Produce Sodium Bicarbonate Every Day       The exocrine section of sodium bicarbonate from the stomach and the pancreas have been greatly ignored in the treatment of diabetes and cancer even though its impairment is a well documented condition. The stomach and the pancreas is primarily responsible for the production of sodium bicarbonate necessary for normal alkalization of food and liquids ingested. Sodium bicarbonate is so important for protecting the kidney's that even the kidneys get into the act of producing sodium bicarbonate.  We now know the common denominator between hyponatremia, inflammation, edema, diabetes, kidney disease, and cancer is the lack of sodium bicarbonate or the body's inability to produce sodium bicarbonate because of a lack of mineral salts in the diet. When the body is hit with reductions in sodium bicarbonate output by these three organs,’ acid conditions build up and then the entire body physiology begins to change from a state of oxygenation to fermentation. Likewise when acid build-up outstrips these organs normal sodium bicarbonate capacity, cellular, tissue, glandular and organ deterioration begins. The stomach, pancreas and the kidneys alone produce about five hundred  grams (about one pound) of sodium bicarbonate  per day in an attempt to neutralize dietary and/or metabolic acid in the blood and tissues. The stomach, pancreas and the kidneys monitor and control the acidity or "acid-base" (pH) balance of the blood and tissues. If the blood and tissues are too acidic, the stomach and/or the kidney's make sodium bicarbonate to restore the blood and tissue pH back to a delicate pH balance of 7.365. If the blood or tissues are too alkaline, then the kidney excretes sodium bicarbonate into the urine to restore the 7.365 alkaline balance. Acid-base balance is the net result of two processes, first, the removal of sodium bicarbonate subsequent to hydrogen ion production from the metabolism or dietary constituents; second, the synthesis of "new" sodium bicarbonate by the stomach and/or the  kidney's.(13)  The stomach and kidneys pull salt, water and carbon dioxide from the blood to make sodium bicarbonate to maintain the alkaline design of the body during all functions of the body from the ingestion of food or drink to exercise.  The chemical formula is as follows:  NaCl + H2O + CO2 = NaHCO3 + HCL.  The waste product of sodium bicarbonate is hydrochloric acid which is eliminated by kidneys as an acidic excretion of the urine. It is considered that normal adults eating ordinary Western diets have chronic, low-grade acidosis which increases with age. This excess acid, or acidosis, is considered to contribute to many diseases and to contribute to the aging or rotting process. Acidosis occurs often when the body cannot produce enough sodium bicarbonate ions (or other alkaline compounds) to neutralize the acids in the body formed from metabolism and eating and drinking highly acid foods and drinks like chicken, pork, beef, dairy products, coffee, tea, alcohol, chocolate, soft drinks, just to name a few.  We are also testing bottled mineral water and finding that these waters are acidic and may contribute to overall tissue acidosis.  Acid-buffering by means of base supplementation (The pH Miracle pHour Salts) of sodium bicarbonate is one of the major roles of dialysis. Sodium bicarbonate concentration in the dialysate (solution containing water and chemicals (electrolytes) that passes through the artificial kidney to remove excess fluids and wastes from the blood, also called “bath.”) should be personalized in order to reach a midweek pre-dialysis serum sodium bicarbonate concentration of 22 mmol/l.(14)  Use of sodium bicarbonate in dialysate has been shown in studies to better control some metabolic aspects and to improve both treatment tolerance and patients' life quality.  Sodium bicarbonate dialysis, unlike acetate-free biofiltration, triggers mediators of inflammation and apoptosis.(15) One of the main reasons we become over-acid is from over-consumption of animal protein, dairy products, high sugar fruit, grains, alcohol, coffee, tea, chocolate, soft drinks and over-exercise or under-exercise. Eating meat and dairy products may increase the risk of prostate cancer, research suggests.(16) We would find the same for breast and other cancers as well metastatic cancers.(17) Conversely mineral deficiencies are another reason and when you combine high protein intake with decreasing intake of alkaline minerals you have a dis-ease in the making through lowering of pH into highly acidic conditions. When protein breaks down in our bodies they break into strong acids, such as, nitric, uric, sulphuric and phosphoric acid. Unless a treatment actually removes acidic toxins  from the body and increases oxygen, water, and  nutrients most medical interventions come to naught. These metabolic and dietary acids must be excreted by the kidney's because they contain sulfur, phosphorus, and/or nitrogen which cannot break down into water and carbon dioxide to be eliminated as weak acids. In their passage through the kidney's these strong acids of ntric, sulphuric, phosphoric and uric acid must take a basic mineral with them because in this way they are converted into their neutral salts and don't burn or destroy the kidney's on their way out. This would happen if these strong acids were excreted in their free acidic form. Substituting a sodium bicarbonate solution for saline infusion prior to administration of radiocontrast  material seems to reduce the incidence of nephropathy.(18)                                                                          Dr. Thomas P. Kennedy                                                                            American Medical Association Sodium Bicarbonate ions neutralize the acids that cause chronic inflammatory reactions. Hence, sodium bicarbonate is of benefit in the treatment of a range of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Sodium bicarbonate is a well studied and used medicine with known effects. Sodium bicarbonate is effective in treating poisonings or overdoses from many chemicals and pharmaceutical drugs by negating their cardiotoxic and neurotoxic effects.(19)  It is the main reason it is used by orthodox oncology – to mitigate the highly toxic effects of chemotherapy. Sodium bicarbonate possesses the property of absorbing heavy  metals, dioxins and furans. Comparison of cancer tissue with  healthy tissue from the same person shows that the cancer tissue  has a much higher concentration of toxic chemicals, pesticides, etc. Sodium bicarbonate intravenous infusion is indicated in the treatment of metabolic acidosis, which may occur in severe renal disease, uncontrolled diabetes, and circulatory insufficiency due to shock or severe dehydration, extracorporeal circulation of blood, cardiac arrest, tonsillar herniation due to cerebral edema, severe primary lactic acidosis and hyponatremia due to excessive or over-exercise.  During heavy exercise, if the the resulting lactic acid is not adsorbed by the collagen fibers, the specific acid catchers of the body, the blood pH will drop and the body will go into a coma and the person will die.  The total collection of these fibers is the largest organ of the body called SCHADE, the colloidal connective tissue organ. NO liquid exchange occurs between the blood and the parenchyma cells, or in reverse, unless it passes through this connective tissue organ. This organ connects and holds everything in our bodies in place. This organ is composed of ligaments, tendons, sinew, and the finer fibers that become the scaffolding that holds every single cell in our bodies in place. When acids are stored in this organ, which includes the muscles, inflammation or edema and pain develop. The production of lactic acid is increased with excessive exercise and the ingestion of milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, ice cream, high sugar fruit and starchy root vegetables like potatoes.  That is why I have stated, "acid is pain and pain is acid or acid is edema and edema is pain".  You cannot have one without the other. This is the beginning of latent tissue acidosis leading to irritation, inflammation, edema and degeneration of the cells, tissues and organs and eventual or sudden death.  It is why we are seeing so many amateur and professional atheletes pass out and die on the playing fields.  Metabolic, respiratory and gastrointestinal acids can and do kill and death can be overted by simply maintaining the alkaline design of the body fluids with protective hydration of alkaine sodium bicarbonate fluids.   The acid/alkaline balance is one of the most overlooked aspects of diagnostic medicine. In general, the world population is heavily acidic, excepting alkalarian vegans (those who ingest raw, organic green fruit, vegetables, mineral salts, alkaline water and unsaturated seed and nut oils), and even their bodies have to face increasing levels of environmental toxic exposure, which may contribute to an acidic pH condition of the blood and then tissues. With over 30 years of research and testing over 100,000 individual samples of blood and over 100,000 samples of urine and saliva, I have come to the conclusion that the human body is an acid producing organism by function - yet, it is an alkaline organism by design. Eating animal protein, especially meat and cheese, sugar, fermented foods, starchy foods like potatoes, acidic water, alcohol, coffee, tea, chocolate,  and excessive exercise or under-exercise, obsessive behaviors, lack of rest, lack of sunshine, and emotional stress are deadly acidic lifestyle choices. All enervation, under-performance, sensitivity, irritation, inflammation, edema, catarrh, induration, ulcerations, degeneration, aging and cancerous conditions are caused by a four letter word - ACID, which is an acronym which stands for: A = acidic food and drink, attitudes and activities, C = compromised internal acidic environment, I = illness and dis-ease, and, D = desire for more acidic foods, drinks, attitudes and activities, and the cycle repeats itself.  We ingest acidic medicines to lessen the symptoms of our illness. We stimulate the body with unhealthy forms of energy providing quick, often temporary relief from our symptoms which begins the cycle all over again creating a very powerful pattern of poor health and dis-ease. Bottom line - the pH Miracle Lifestyle and Diet is a low acid producing diet and lifestyle that focuses on the foundational principal that the body is alkaline by design and yet acidic by function. This make this program the ultimate program for preventing and reversing aging and the onset of sickness and dis-ease. I would say that the pH Miracle Lifestyle and Diet is the perfect diet and lifestyle for a longer healthier life.(20)

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Preventing or Restoring Hair Loss

A History of Hair

An Egyptian papyrus scroll dating back over 3000 years prescribes an ointment for restoring lost hair consisting of equal parts of crocodile fat and hippopotamus dung. The Egyptian Pharaoh's were never seen with out a wig and the sons of Pharaoh wore their hair in a distinctive bun on the right side of their head just behind the ear.

Remember the Biblical tale of Sampson who had the strength to destroy the Philistines as long as his hair remained. Delilah gave him the most famous haircut in history that left him a '97 pound weakling.' Hippocrates recognized a connection between sexual organs and baldness. His prescription for preventing hair loss was the application of cumin, pigeon droppings, horseradish, and nettles to the scalp.

The Roman rulers were called 'Caesar' which means 'Head of Hair.'

King Louie XV made elaborate wigs fashionable to cover his baldness. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence covered their baldness with wigs. Today hair continues to be an important symbol of attitudes, culture, religion and sex appeal.

For a woman, it is her 'Crowning Glory'!

For a man, as it was to Julius Caesar, it is his wreath of honor, his symbol of virile manhood!

The human skin (the largest organ) has more hair follicles per unit of surface area than any other primate. People with black hair have 100,000 follicles present in the scalp whereas blondes have 10% more and redheads 10% less. You lose 100 hairs a day.If hair is left uncut it will grow to 40 inches in length in the anagen phase or growing phase.

According to Dr. Young, 'hair loss is not a hair problem but a location problem.'

What is Hair?

Hair is composed of a protein called Keratin. Human hair is classified into two groups: vellus and terminal hair. Hair has a nerve fiber going to the bulb. There is a separate, tiny muscle, called the erector pili, which connects the underside of the skin to the hair shaft. When you are frightened, cold or angry the muscle contracts and your hair stands on end. Each time the erector pili contracts, it puts pressure on the sebaceous gland, next to the hair shaft, which then secretes sebum to lubricate the hair. An overactive sebaceous gland causes oily skin and hair. Each hair, muscle and gland comprises a pilo-sebaceous unit.

The Long and Short of Hair Growth Rapunzel let her hair down from the tower to let the prince climb up. She had no idea that she was missing a growth factor that controls the length of hair.

In 1994, the University of California, San Francisco revealed that the presence of a growth factor contrary to its name limits the length that hair will grow. It is called, Fibroblast Growth Factor 5 and is a chemical messenger that controls the growth of hair. When missing this factor, the hair will not stop growing and will eventually fall out. Fibroblast Growth Factor 5 is the first chemical signal discovered for the hair cycle.

The Hair Growth Cycle First, a hair follicle develops. Deep inside it lays a bud of mesodermal tissue which causes the bud to divide and sprout a new hair. Eventually, as expected, it stops growing due to Fibroblast Growth Factor 5. The follicle becomes quiescent and the hair falls out ending the cycle only to begin again.

Hair consists of the highly insoluble substance of protein-like keratin, containing a fixed portion of the amino acids arginine, histidine, and lysine, but variable proportions of cystene. Hair is 15% keratin. Hair is a cylinder of impacted keratinized cells comprising three major structures: the outside layer called the cuticle, the next layer the cortex, and the central-most layer known as the medulla.

The Anatomy of Hair and its Follicles

The medulla contains melanin pigment granules and is present in only thick terminal hair. It is the least important part of the hair as it pertains to a hair product which nourishes or stimulates hair growth. The cortex, the thickened part of the hair shaft, is a site at which most of the hair changes of texture, porosity, brittleness, color and thickness occurs. The cuticle, consisting of flattened cells arranged like shingles on a roof, maintains the integrity of the hair shaft. The overlapping is extremely tight, preventing damage to the underlying cortex. When the cuticle is intact, the scales are smooth, reflect light, and provide the hair with a shiny, healthy look. This healthy appearance is a manifestation of the hair's porosity, elasticity, and texture.

There Are 39 Forms of Baldness

The medical profession calls hair loss alopecia. Hair loss can be due to any one or a combination of genetics, systemic acidosis, excess of acidic hormones, drug side effects, aging, chemotherapy, radiation, skin disorder or other symptoms due to systemic acidosis that localizes at the weakest point of the body.

The Six Main Types of Alopecia or Hair Loss

Alopecia areata is well-defined bald patches often round or oval. They present themselves on the head, beard, and other hairy parts of the body.

Alopecia universalis is complete hair loss on the entire body.

Patchy alopecia hair loss develops on the parietal and occipital regions of scalp.

Alopecia totalis is complete hair loss on the scalp.

Alopecia disseminata hair loss around the whole scalp or other parts of the body.

Alopecia androgenetica male and female pattern baldness.

Breakdown and Loss of the Hair Anagen Phase: Ana in Greek means 'growing up' and gen indicates 'life.' During this phase the hair shaft is firmly embedded and a hair strand is growing. Catagen Phase: Cata in Greek means 'growing down.' The club structure has formed as the outer hair root sheath collapses and withdraws up the follicular sheath. The hair is breaking down. Telogen Phase: Tele means in Greek 'the End.' The follicle is shrinking the sheath retracts and trails in the dermal layer of the scalp. The hair strand is ready to fall out.

Male Androgenic Alopecia or Male Pattern Baldness 66 % of all men in westernized countries experience hair thinning and 40% develop baldness.

There are eight typical patterns of andro (hormone) genetic

Type I before puberty
Type II teenager
Type III adulthood early stages of hair loss, spot balding at the vertex
Type IV thru VIII progressively more severe

What Causes the Incredible Shrinking Hair

Loss Blood circulation follows energy--no energy, no circulation. Blood circulation to the bulb of the hair pulls away or 'disconnects' because the electrical charge or electrical energy which was flowing to the nerves that are attached to the bulbs are destroyed due to excess acidity from, in essence, a simply wrong and bodily-incompatible form of living, eating and thinking. Nerves providing the electrical energy for blood differentiation also pull away from the hair bulb due to poor blood circulation.

Without blood for de-differentiation (the transformation of blood into new hair cells) and nerves to provide the proper energy fields for de-differentiation and re-differentiation, no new hair follicles will grow and the hair shrinks and falls out.

Theoretical Causes of Alopecia

1) Systemic acids that localize at the bulb of the hair follicle.
2) Increased biological transformations of body cells into bacteria and yeast.
3) Mineral deficiency, especially zinc, magnesium and manganese that are chelating or buffering metabolic acids.
4) Physical and emotional stress that increase acidity and biological transformations.
5) Endocrine imbalances due to physical and/or emotional stress leading to increased acidic hormones, especially the increase of the acidic hormone testosterone.

Female Androgenic Alopecia or Female Pattern Baldness

1) 22% of the World's women have hair thinning and hair loss. Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3 hair loss can manifest at anytime after puberty.
2) Increased amounts of the acid testosterone come from eating acidic meats.
3) Increased amounts of acids due to physical and emotional stress.
4) Increased amounts of bacteria and yeast due to increased amounts of endogenous acids.

Acidic hormonal waste products from glandular funciton and Alopecia Hair loss has been associated with too much of the aicid waste product testosterone. Testosterone interacts with another acid, 5-alpha reductase, which is concentrated in the skin and genitals. 5-alpha reductase converts testosterone into another acid called dihydrotetosterone (DHT). DHT has been associated with male external genital development such as the formation of the penis, scrotum, and prostate. In the scalp, each follicle reacts to the over-production of DHT. Men and women in male or female pattern baldness have DHT-sensitive follicles at the front and top of the head. Excess DHT is created through diets that are high in carbohydrate and protein that increase bacteria, yeast and the subsequent endogenous acids.

Genetics and Alopecia

According to dermatologists, hair loss is supposedly a result of triggers that can activate a variant or non-active gene, the Fibroblast Growth Factor 5 which is called the Angora Gene.

The Angora Gene, when activated, causes the hair follicle to rapidly progress to the Tologen Phase or end stage of the form and function of the hair follicle. This gene is inherited from the fathers and occasionally from mothers.

The Russian Roulette Metaphor

The Angora gene is activated by lifestyle triggers such as physical and emotional stress, chemicals from hair products, chemotherapy, antibiotics, increased endogenous acids, increased microforms and parasites, just to name a few.

Solutions to Prevent Onset Baldness Due to DHT and other Acids

1) The production of testosterone would be halted as a result of castration, but balding or baldness would clearly be the lesser of two evils by a factor of, say.....a million to one?
2) Stop the increased production of testosterone that results in excess DHT and thereby causing the hair follicle to shrink by introducing an alkaline lifestyle and diet. This diet is described as part of the pH Miracle lifestyle described in depth in The pH Miracle book by Dr. Robert and Shelley Young. This dietary approach can work by blocking the DHT before it gets to the follicles. The block occurs by diluting the blood plasma of DHT with alkalizing fluids from green foods and drink, including green drink.
3) Strengthen the hair follicles so they are not sensitive to DHT by introducing green foods, green drinks, minerals that bind acids such as DHT, and the use of shampoos and conditioners that strengthen the hair follicle and keep excess sebum from building up in and around the hair follicle as a result of excess acidity.
4) Finally, support the white blood cells responsible for picking up and clearing out broken cortex, matrix cells, and hair fibers by keeping the environment around the hair bulb alkalized and energized with alkalizing shampoos and conditioners. This supports the white blood cells, your blood system's garbage collector, to take unwanted material away from the area and eventually escorting it out of the body via urination, defecation, perspiration or respiration.

Solutions to Reverse Male and Female Alopecia Androgentica The prevention and regeneration of new hair is determined by five factors:

1) The quality of the blood from alkaline living, eating and thinking.
2) The quality of the alkaline context that surrounds the blood.
3) The quality of the alkaline context that surrounds the hair bulb.
4) The condition of circulation of blood going into the existing hair bulb.
5) And the alkaline context of the scalp.

Acid, Yeast and Alopecia

Yeast ferments blood glucose causing an increase of acid. You don't want yeast and you don't need increased acids. Acids are chelated (heavy metal removal) by cholesterol causing poor blood circulation to the bulb of the follicular papilla. Healthy blood is needed to provide the anatomical elements in the production of biological fibers known as hair. Acids break down blood and cause the breakdown of the nerves going up into the follicular papilla that provides the energy fields for the biological transformation of the blood into biological fibers. Acids break down the capillaries that feed nutrients into the hair bulb causing the hair to stop growing and fall out.

Solutions to Reverse Male and Female Alopecia Androgenetica

1) Alkalarian lifestyle and diet - pH Miracle Living
2) Increase green foods and green drinks
3) Supplement extra vitamins and minerals, especially zinc that chelates the acid DHT that causes hair shrinkage and Prostate gland enlargement or inflammation.
4) Use stimulating and alkalizing shampoos, conditioners, and hair tonics that clean the scalp naturally and remove cellular debris, sebum, bacteria, yeast, mold and parasites.
5) Protect the hair shaft with good oils contained in an alkalizing conditioner.
6) Clean and provide nutrients to the scalp and hair twice daily.

T-Cells and Thymosin

The job of the lymphocytes is to locate, collect and dump acids and morbid microforms from the body. The T-lymphocyte migrates from the thymus gland and is created out of the red blood cells. T-lymphocytes activate B-lymphocytes that mediate morbid microforms or antigens and their associated acids. A thymus glandular extract can be massaged into the scalp in shampoos, conditioners, hair tonics, hair thickeners and/or ingesting as a nutritional supplement, to help in the re-growth of hair.

Research Indicates Thymus Microzymas Prevent and Regenerate Hair

Two clinical studies in 1991 and 1992 at the Darmstadt City Hospital Dermatology Department enrolled 20 patients suffering from alopecia areata totalis et universalis. The study participants used thymus glandular extract shampoo and conditioner for 24 months and this was the result:

1) 65% or 12 patients had new hair growth on the scalp and/or other parts of the body.
2) 40% of these or 5 patients had complete remission of their alopecia.
3) Baldness went away within an average of sixteen months and upon follow-up had not returned in any form.
4) Other Scientific Studies of Thymus Dr. M. Hagedorn, in a third published paper from the Dermatological Department of the Municipal Hospital in Darmstadt, Germany, had this to say, 'It has been proven that hair loss can be stopped and hair growth reactivated if the roots are still intact. Clinical studies on patients who were losing hair caused by alopecia androgentica showed the thymus extract treatment was successful in 94 percent of women and 67 percent of men.

Therapeutic success ratios increase with longer periods of treatment.

Therapeutic Successes Against Alopecia Androgenetica & Alopecia Areata Research results by Dr. Moessler and Prof. Dr. Hageorn are as follows:

1) 51 patients with Alopecia androgenetica and 16 patients with Alopecia areata were treated with Thymus extract over 12 months.
2) 67% of the men and 100% of the women with Alopecia androgenetica benefited with new hair growth.
3) 85% with Alopecia areata resulted in partial or full re-growth of scalp hair Cytotoxic Hair Loss Study Dr. Claus O. Keohler, former Chief of the Department of Medical and Biological Informatics at the German Center Research in Heidelberg, Germany, conducted aninvestigation on 251 cancer patients treated with cytotoxic agents.

The Professor Keohler used thymus extract as a means to prevent chemical baldness. These were the results:

1) There was no hair loss for 68.5 percent of patients over age 60 and 58.9 percent for patients under age 60.

Dr. Young has been researching hair loss and hair regeneration for over 30 years. He has applied his alkaline lifestyle and diet and a special alkalizing hair shampoo and hair conditioner to clean and heal the scalp, regenerate new hair, preserve existing hair and to keep new and existing hair healthy and strong. The Reversal of Baldness has been a Personal Journey for over 30 Years for Dr. Robert O. Young!

The reversal for male and/or female pattern baldness is not an event but a process of months and even years of alkalizing and energizing the body with:

1) An alkalizing lifestyle and diet
2) Alkalizing nutritional supplements
3) The pH Miracle Young pHorever Head pHirst Shampoo, and
4) The pH Miracle Young pHorever Top pHinish Conditioner

Possible Mode of Action from the pH Miracle Young pHorever Head pHirst Shampoo and Top pHinish Conditioner

As a result of the increased efficiency of the white blood cells in chelating and removing morbid cellular matter and acids from the absorption of the thymus extract, the client's follicles are stimulated to give rise to tiny hairs which will eventually grow into terminal hairs. The follicles become excited into functioning again.

The main active ingredients in the pH Miracle Shampoo, Conditioner and Hair Thickener are tiny short-chained peptides formulated with vitamins, minerals and herbs which are highly penetrating into the integument of the scalp, nourishing the hair follicle and root of the hair. The following are the major excellent and very healthy ingredients that are found in the first all-Natural alkalizing pH Miracle hair/scalp and conditioner. These two products help prevent and reverse hair loss.

The products have been named Head pHirst Shampoo and Top pHinish Conditioner!

Deionized water occurs when you remove ions from water or a solution by using an ion-exchange process, it makes the shampoo easy to lather. De-ionization is the process which removes the positive ions from water, thus decreasing its acidity.

Soapbark is a gentle cleanser from the tree bark of a Chilean evergreen tree.

Lavender is an ingredient that helps relax scalp and muscles.

Chamomile is taken from the leaves of the English chamomile plant which is historically used for its soothing and calming properties. Chamomile accentuates natural highlights and leaves a healthy sheen. It is considered excellent for sensitive skin. Chamomile has also been used topically to reduce inflammation of the skin and is soothing and healing for irritated skin and scalp.

Rosemary provides a cooling sensation. It is a purifying and toning agent with anti-microbial activity. It is believed to stimulate new hair growth. Rosemary is good as a hair conditioner.

You will experience its strong, clean and refreshing scent. It has been used for centuries to promote healthy hair and skin.

Burdock is considered by herbalists to be a primary herb for purifying the blood. It is alsohelpful in alleviating soreness and swelling caused by rheumatism and arthritis, as well as treating rashes and skin irritations such as psoriasis.

Aloe Vera, or the leaves of the aloe plant, has been known far back in history for its natural and remarkable healing and soothing properties. In fact legend has it that Cleopatra massaged fresh aloe gel into her skin and hair every day to preserve her beauty. Some also believed it prevented hair loss and rubbed it into their scalps. Aloe Vera conditions, moisturizes and softens dry hair and scalp as it calms and refreshes.

Wheat Germ oil comes from the heart of the wheat berry, the embryo of the new plant. This oil is unique among dietary supplements and foods because it is unusually rich (65% by weight) in the most biologically active forms of vitamin E. Vitamin E acts as an inhibitor of oxidation processes in body tissues. It protects unsaturated fats in the body from oxidation by peroxides and other acids. In fact, the tocopherols are used commercially as anti-acids to retard the spoiling of fats, especially other vegetable oils.

Vitamin A is a skin healer and acts as an anti-acid.

Allantoin promotes wound healing, speeds up cell regeneration, and has a keratolytic or skin-softening effect. It is a water-soluble crystal known for its ability to help heal wounds and skin ulcers and stimulate the growth of healthy tissue. Allantoin is a conditioning humectant that increases the water binding capacity of proteins. It naturally soothes scalp irritations. It is said to clean away necrotic tissue, hastening the growth, healing the creation of epithelial cells that may then take place. Allantoin has been also termed a counter irritant that helps alleviate the untoward skin irritation effects of certain cosmetic ingredients such as shampoo.

Inositol protects against hair loss and helps maintain healthy hair. Inositol functions very closely with another B-complex vitamin, choline. Because it is not essential in the human diet, it cannot be considered a vitamin. It is a fundamental ingredient of cell membranes and is necessary for proper nerve, brain, and muscle function. Inositol is lipotropic, and works in conjunction with folacin, vitamins B-6 and B-12, choline, betaine, and methinonine to help prevent the accumulation of fats in the liver. This fundamental cell ingredient can also be taken internally.

Biotin is a coenzyme, essential for the normal metabolism of fats and protein. It maintains healthy skin and is especially good for the health of hair follicles. The best natural sources are nuts, fruits, brewer's yeast and unpolished rice. This vitamin will rejuvenate hair follicles when taken by mouth or rubbed directly on the skin in a cream base. It may even re-grow a few hairs, which have gone into early retirement. Hair will stand up straighter and recover a healthy sheen. This enzyme can be taken internally.

Folic Acid Health starts with the individual cells of our body. If our cells are healthy so are we. Healthy cells, in turn, depend on the continued, faultless replication of our DNA. DNA can be seriously damaged through attacks by free radicals so an adequate antioxidant status is essential to cell health. It is now becoming clear, however, that antioxidants alone are not enough to protect our DNA; more and more research points to the B- vitamin folic acid as being equally or perhaps even more important in ensuring proper DNA replication. Folic acid (folinic acid, folacin, pteroylglutamic acid) was first isolated from spinach leaves (its name derives from the Latin folium meaning 'leaf') in 1964 and early on was found to be essential in the prevention of anemia in animals. Later it was discovered that ensuring that mothers had adequate folic acid levels could prevent neural tube defects in human babies. Therefore, eat lots of spinach. Folic acid supplements are often taken internally.

Germaben Oil is a natural preservative that contains grape seed extract.

Colloidal Silver is used as a natural preservative and consists of this all natural mineral supplement. It characteristics:

a) Unparalleled germ fighter, transforms bacteria, fungus and viral outfections.
b) True colloidal silver. Colloid means silver particles in water.
c) No potentially dangerous protein additives.
d) Made using the highest purity, sterile reagent grade deionized water.
e) 0.001-0.005 microns non-toxic (high voltage process, gives longer shelf life)
f) 15 ppm (ideal size of silver particles) Yucca is a natural soap for hair and body and helps prevent baldness.

Avocado Oil is high in proteins, amino acids and vitamins A, D, and E. Avocado is very moisturizing and healing. It is a very rich, somewhat waxy oil and regenerates and softens skin tissue. Avocado is ideal for extremely dry and sensitive skin but has a limited shelf life. It protects hair against environmental stress. In ancient times, avocados were thought to stimulate hair and cell growth. Avocados contain high levels of Vitamins B2, D, A, E, K and potassium which makes them an excellent source of nutrients. It is also known for its revitalizing and healing properties.

Glycerine is a natural emollient and humectant derived from vegetable oils. It is a valuable skin nourishing ingredient in quality soaps and lotions. Glycerine is often removed by the soap industry and sold as a valuable bi-product. Handmade soaps retain all its glycerin with additional glycerin often used in hand-milled soaps for greater nourishing properties.

Cellulose Gum is used as a thickening agent and significantly enhances the quality by acting as a stabilizer. It also controls crystallization and moisture retention.

Panthenol helps thicken each hair shaft naturally with vegetable-source protein. It is a member of the Vitamin B complex family used as a hair thickener and conditioning agent. During oxidation, it is converted to vitamin B 5 or pantheonic acid.

Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein is wheat which increases hair's flexibility and elasticity. It holds water in the hair shaft at increased levels. It builds body while it moisturizes and conditions dry and brittle hair. It is a foam builder and anti-irritant. It is naturally derived from wheat protein. Improves hair shine, volume, manageability, eliminates split ends, and builds protective & moisturizing film on skin.

Hydrolyzed human hair protein is real human hair broken down and added via small powderized molecules in weight and size which takes the actual protein from hair.

Vitamin E is used for its healing and anti-oxidant properties. It conditions, moisturizes and protects. Vitamin E is a great source for many different reasons including heart protection, prevention of cancer, immunity booster, and brain preserver. It has also been known to help in the aid of bodily wound healing, internally and externally. It is thought to be an anti-aging nutrient and more. Vitamin E is the main antioxidant that protects all cells from damage. It is therefore one of the most important nutrient supplements you can use to keep your whole body healthy and protected against disease.

Keratin Protein is an all protein vegetable source, and is made form a combination of amino acids. Hair and skin are actually just billions of these tiny little amino acids all chained together in a special way. When hair becomes damaged by bleaching, coloring, perming or styling abuse, some of these amino acids get stripped away. To make the hair look healthier and be stronger you have to replace the lost amino acids.

Olive Oil is a good moisturizing oil with healing properties. It attracts external moisture, holds moisture close to skin and forms a breathable film to prevent loss of internal moisture. The skin can continue to sweat, releasing sebum and shed dry skin cells.

Sesame Oil contains proteins and is high in vitamin E. It is ideal for its high sesame content and is very good for moisturizing.

Nettle, often used in hair care products, helps stimulate hair follicles and regulate scalp oil buildup.

Peppermint works as a local anesthetic to alleviate scalp tension while stimulating circulation, cleansing, cooling, and clarifying.

Comfrey speeds the healing of wounds and many skin conditions such as psoriasis.

pH Miracle's Young pHorever Hair Loss Prevention and Reversing Hair Loss Pack Young pHorever Head pHirst Hair Loss ShampooYoung pHorever Top pHinish Hair Loss Conditioner

There are four major ingredients in the Young pHorever Head pHirst Shampoo and/or the Top pHinish conditioner:

1) The thymus petides at a very extremely small length at 300 angstroms makes them biodermal or appropriate for the stimulation of new hair growth.
2) Bio tin is a foundational element in the formation of new hair.
3) Avocado oil helps to regulate and balance an over-active sebaceous gland.
4) Peppermint oil is for stimulating blood circulation to the scalp leading to nerve regeneration in activating hair growth.

Young pHorever pH Miracle Head pHirst Hair Loss Prevention and Regenerating Hair Shampoo

A fundamental principal of the shampoo is to cleanse and nourish the scalp with tiny penetrating thymus peptides, vitamins, minerals and herbs. The thymus peptides and avocado oil diffuse into the hair follicles and clean out each follicle of accumulated oil, dirt, morbid matter, and acids. They prepare the scalp for receiving a dose treatment of the conditioner. The bio available tin helps to bind with the blood in biological transmutations of new hair. Young pHorever pH Miracle Top pHinish Hair Loss Prevention and Regenerating Hair Conditioner Helps to make the hair strands soft and silky to touch. Contains thymus peptides and avocado oils which help to regulate fat metabolism of the scalp. One should leave it on the scalp for up to 15 minutes with a shower cap to protect and nourish the hair and scalp.

How Often Should I Apply?

You should apply the Head pHirst Shampoo and the Top pHinish Conditioner twice daily. In the morning, upon waking, and in the evening, before going to bed. Only a small amount of shampoo and conditioner needs to be used because of the heavy concentration which makes a bottle last a long time.

What Can I expect?

For hair thinning or balding, within 5 years you should see new hair growth and thickening within 2 to 3 months. For hair thinning or balding over 5 years you should see new hair growth and thickening within 18 to 24 months.

Use the Young pHorever Head pHirst Shampoo and the Young pHorever Top pHinish Conditioner as a prophylactic for the avoidance of hair thinning and loss.

1) To prevent moderate and heavy hair loss.
2) To diminish thinning during menopause.
3) To quickly restore hair loss during cancer chemotherapy.
4) To stop dandruff formation following hormonal treatment.
5) To relieve generalized dandruff and itching scalp.
6) To stimulate new hair growth if the hair roots are still intact.
7) To replace weak hair strands with strong healthy hair.

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Lutein from Avocados and Lycopene from Tomatoes Can Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

New findings from UCLA indicate that Lutein -- a carotenoid recently discovered in California avocados and found in green vegetables -- can help protect against prostate cancer. This study was presented at the American Institute of Cancer Research (AICR) meeting in July 2001 in Washington D.C.

In recent studies, Lycopene -- a carotenoid found in tomatoes -- was associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer, but lutein had not been linked to prostate cancer prevention until now.

According to Dr. David Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition and author of "What Color Is Your Diet," the study initially focused on a rural area of China, which had a low incidence of prostate cancer despite a diet virtually free of lycopene (due to lack of tomato intake) but rich in lutein (due to a high consumption of green vegetables). The study was then expanded to include Chinese American men and Caucasian men.

UCLA lab tests showed that lutein reduced prostate cancer cell growth by 25 percent while lycopene reduced cell growth by 20 percent. When lutein and lycopene were combined, prostate cancer cell growth was reduced by 32 percent. Thus indicating that both nutrients together help protect against prostate cancer better than either nutrient alone.

The studies have shown that unless vegetables are consumed along with healthy fats—such as avocado oil, for example—the body can barely absorb the lycopene and get them into the bloodstream where they work their magic.

"Lutein and lycopene in combination appear to have additive or synergistic effects against prostate cancer," said Heber. "Our results suggest that further studies should be done to investigate the nutrient-nutrient interactions of lutein and lycopene at a subcellular and molecular level."

Traditionally, lutein has been found in green vegetables such as parsley, celery and spinach but was recently discovered in the avocado fruit. In fact, research shows that avocados are the highest fruit source of lutein among the 20 most frequently consumed fruits.

In addition to the new prostate cancer findings, lutein is also known to protect against eye disease such as cataracts and macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly. Studies from around the world sponsored by the AICR have shown that individuals eating 400 to 600 grams per day (more than one pound) of fruits and vegetables reduce their risk of certain cancers by 50 percent.

Food scientist Steven Schwartz at Ohio State University and his team wanted to see if avocado, a great source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fat, could match the antioxidant-boosting properties of salad dressing. They gave 11 volunteers salsa or salad with or without avocado, and then tested their blood periodically for 9 1⁄2 hours. They found that when volunteers ate avocado, concentrations of lycopene, beta carotene and alpha carotene in their blood ranged from 2 to 15 times higher than when the dishes were eaten without avocado. They also found that the fat in the fruit was indeed behind the increased absorption.

“The responses were really dramatic. We found that half of an avocado fruit (about 2 1⁄2 ounces) with a typical salad is sufficient” to increase carotenoid absorption, says Schwartz. There are also added benefits to consuming avocados—dietary fiber and other nutrients like folate and vitamin K.

California avocados fall in the green-yellow group and contain such vital nutrients as vitamin E, which helps "mop up" free radicals that can damage cells and lead to disease; glutathione, which functions as an antioxidant like vitamin E; beta-sitosterol, which helps lower blood cholesterol; and the recently discovered lutein, now linked to prostate cancer and eye disease prevention.
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• American Institute of Cancer Research (AICR) meeting - July 2001
• Robert O. Young D.Sc., Ph.D: Articles of Health: Preventing and Reversing Cancer with Fruit and Vegetables High in Lycopene & Lutein – November 20, 2012
• USDA Nutrient Database: Lutein
• "Journal of the American College of Nutrition"; Lutein and Zeaxanthin and Their Potential Roles in Disease Prevention; Judy D. Ribaya-Mercado, ScD; 2004
• The World Cancer Fund and The American Institute for Cancer Research, Diet and Cancer Report - http://www.dietandcancerreport.org/cancer_resource_center/er_graphics.php?-skip=175&-max=25

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