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Noted Food FoodAuthority AuthorityDescribes AuthorityDescribes Authority - Describes the ACID- ACID ACIDand - and ALKALINE- ALKALINE ALKALINEASH ALKALINEASH ALKALINE-ASH ALKALINE ASH - ASH FOODS and Explains Their TheirRole TheirRole TheirBole Role in Maintaining the ACID-BASE ACID BASE ACIDBASEBALANCE ACIDBASEBALANCE ACID-BASEBALANCE ACID BASEBALANCE - BALANCE BALANCEof of the Body * " * * " By C HOUSTON GOUDISSG GOUDISSC GOUDISS G C Bust E4St East S91h 39112 S lh Street Slreet New rork York CityACIDITY CUT City ACIDITY A CIDITY is the topic of the hour On every side we hear hearri hearA n ri npeople . people complaining complammg that they have too much acid m in theIr theIrsystems theirsystems theirsystems systems , that they suffer from acid stomach acid headaches headachesacid , aCid mouth , acidosis In fact , most adults fancy themselves themselvesvIctims themselvesvictims themselvesvictims vIctims of a great battle between acid and alkaline alkalme forces forceswith , with the acid having havmg the bet 0I o 0 p I ter ofit of ItThey itThey it itThey They confuse gastric gastnc aCIdItyWhICh aciditywhich acidity aciditywhich -WhICh WhICh - which is entirely normal normalfor , for the healthy stomach is al always always always ways strongly aCId-with aCId with acid - with the thepotential thepotential thepotential potential acidity of foodswhich foods foodswhich foodswhich which leave an acid residue fol followmg following following lowmg lowing digestion And many of ofthem ofthem ofthem them are convinced convmced that they theyshould theyshould theyshould should take drastic steps to over overcome overcome overcome come the danger of acidosis4 acidosis -4-- 4 _ - .J J . , - _ - " The Vogue of ACIdosIs AcidosisThere AcidosisThere There tre are : ; are fashions in 111 disease diseaseJust diseasejust diseasejust Just as in 111 dress home furmshmgs furnishings furmshmgsand furnishingsand furnishingsand and automobIles automobIlesTen automobilesTen automobilesTen Ten years ago we wehedrd wehedrd wei | hecird hedrd much aboutthe aboutI about aboutH ' I ' " I the evils of autol11toxlcatlon autointoxication auto ' H ; > f intoxication l11toxlcatlon and It Itwas itj | ( ( ' t ' was some time before bea before be beSfr fore people reahzed realized reahzedthat realizedY a $ > , -Sfr Sfr - ? * % ; - < * n that they had beenmisled beenr1 been r1 < / misled by the extreme cxe ex cx e % ' . fc fcs s treme claims ofthose ofthose of oft t ft ' those who hadsome hadsome had ' some sort of remedy remedy rem remedy edy to sell And Andnow Andnow Andnow now it is acidosis that is the most mosttalked mosttalked mosttalked talked of complaint complamt Friends cau cautlOn caution caution tlOn tion one another against agamst this or orthat orthat orthat that food with the mistaken Idea Ideathat ideathat ideathat that it causes or aggravates anacid an anaCid anacid aCid condition Food faddists have havefrightened havefrightened havefrightened frightened thousands by suggest suggestmg suggesting suggesting mg ing that acidosis is brought about aboutby aboutby aboutby by mixing ml'Cmg mlCmg mi'mg mimg ' ' ' various vanous kinds kmds of foodsI foods -I- I - ' - - --w- w - - wHealth - Health EndangeredIndeed EndangeredIndeed Endangered EndangeredIndeed Indeed we have come to a POll1t point POll1twhere pointwhere pointwhere where the tear fear of a so called aCId aCIdcondItIOn acidcondition acidcondition condItIOn is JS assuming assummg ' proportions proportionswhIch proportionswhich proportionswhich whIch indicate mdlcate the possibility of ofreal ofreal ofreal real trouble unless the Amencan American Amencanpeople Americanpeople Americanpeople people get the true facts ( acts and put putaSIde putaside putaside aSIde these foolish delusionsPhysiologists delusions Physiologists believe beheve that fear fearand fearand fearand and worry have d cl a detrimental ef effeet effeet fect feet on digestion and in m turn on onthe onthe onthe the general health Thus eatmg eating eatingmeals eatingmeals meals in ill constant fear of aCidity aciditymay aciditymay may upset the digestion and brmg bring brmgabout bringabout bringabout about the very symptoms that you youare youare youare are trying trymg to avoid One \ wellknown t \ el1 eli el1known eliknown known authority contends that thatperhaps thatperhaps thatperhaps perhaps 90 per cent of digestIve digestIvedistress digestivedistress digestivedistress distress attributed to the kind kmd or orcombmatlons orcombinations orcombinations combmatlons combinations of food eaten is ac actually actually actually tually due to unfavorable mental mentalor or emotional states and othercauses other othercauses othercauses causes such as over eating eatmg even evenwhen evenwhen evenwhen when fatigued or consuming consummg at atone atone atone one meal too many foods that are aredifficult aredifficult aredifficult difficult to digest It therefore thereforebecomes thereforebecomes thereforebecomes becomes apparent that thousands thousandsof of people are contributing contnbutlng to theIr theIrown theirown theirown own discomfort as a result of fe\r fe r fe-ar ar feirignorance ' \ - , Ignorance or a blind blmd belief in m mls mis mlsleadmg misleading misleading leadmg leading claims claimsihich \ihich ihich thich \ hlch are opposedo opposedto opposed to ( scientific factsAcidosis facts - * * - Acidosis UncommonThe UncommonThe Uncommon The danger is not from aCidosIS aCidosISbut acidosisbut acidosisbut but from the fear of this bugbear bugbearand bugbearand bugbearand and from self medication in m the be1 beI be 1 I ef that certain certam remed es are re reqUired required required qUired to overcome a fancied con condltlOn condition condition dltlOn dition For in 10 spite of the large largeamount largeamount largeamount amount of acid produced m in me . tabohsm tabol1sm tabolism the blood normally re remams remains remains mams mains remarkably constant and andshghtly andslightly andslightly shghtly slightly alkaline alkalme due to a highly highlyeffclent highlyeffcient highlyeffcient effclent effcient buffer systemPerhaps systemPerhaps system Perhaps you wonder it If this IS ISso isso isso so why doctors and dietitians talk talkso talkso talkso so much about the acid base balance balance bal ance -J'l- J'l Jl -5- 5 - J'lThe 5The ' ' - The Acid Base BalanceTo BalanceTo Balance BalanceTo To understand this phrase you youmust youmust youmust must know that every food leaves leavesan leavesan leavesan an ash when burned in 111 the boefy body boefyJust bodyjust bodyjust Just as ashes remain remam when coal or orwood orwood orwood wood is burned in m a furnace In Inthe Inthe Inthe the body the aoh a"h ah aah " consists of valu valuable valuable valuable able minerals mmerals which are required requiredm requiredin m in large amounts to maintain mamtam op optlmal optimal optimal tlmal timal healthSome healthSome health Some foods such as meat fish fisheggs fisheggs fisheggs eggs and cereals , leave an aCid aCidash acidash acidash ash because the predommatlng predominating predommatlngmmerals predominatingminerals predominatingminerals mmerals minerals are phosphorus , ehlor ehlorme ehlorinc chlorme me inc and sulphur Other foods foodschIefly foodschiefly foodschiefly chIefly milk and most fruits and andvegetables andvegetables andvegetables vegetables leave an alkaline ash ashbecause ashbecause ashbecause because the remaining remalIung mmerals minerals mmeralsI mmeralsare mineralsare mineralsare I are principally prll1clpally calcium , magne magneslum magneslum magnesium slum , potassium and sodIum sodIumThese sodiumThese sodiumThese These are the base forming formmg foodsI foodsBesides foodsBesides foods I Besides the alkaline aIkalme ash and andaCid andacid andacid aCid aCidash ash foods there is a group of offoods offoods offoods , foods including mcludmg sugar cornstarch cornstarchand cornstarchand cornstarchand and purified punfied fats which vhich " , , hlch are sohighly so sohIghly sohighly hIghly refined that no ml11erals minerals ml11eralsrem mineralsremain mineralsremain rem remain am after they are burned and andsome andsome andsome some other foods such as butter butterand butterand butterand and cream leave a balance of the thetwo thetwo thetwo two types of ash These are known knownas knownas as neutral foods - 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Trust Your Tongue TongueThe TongueThe TongueThe The sense of taste cannot be re relied relied relied lied upon as a guide in m determm determmIl1g determming determming Il1g ing which "wch wch sthich " foods are acid and andwhIch andwhich andwhich whIch alkaline alkahne For example ce cc cereals ccreals cereals reals which wlucb are bland to tbe the tbetaste thetaste thetaste taste have an acid reaction fol followmg following following lowmg lowing digestion Bread hkewlse likewise likewiseis hkewlseIS IS acid forming formmg although you youwould youwould youwould would not snspect suspect that fact from fromItS fromits fromits ItS taste On the other hand po- po p0- p0 potatoes p0tatoes po potatoes - - tatoes though somewhat similar similarto similarto similarto to bread in m flavor and food value valueare valueare valueare are one of our most valuable aIka alica aIkahne alicaline alkabne hne line foods and dried lima I1ma beans beansare beansare beansare are the most highly alkaline alkall11e of ofany ofany any food known knownIf If it seems curious that such suchbland suchbland bland foods should have an aCid acidash acidash ash you may find it even harderto harder harderto to believe bel1eve that oranges lemons lemonsgrapefruit lemonsgrapefruit lemonsgrapefruit grapefruit peaches and tomatoes tomatoeswhich tomatoeswhich tomatoeswhich which taste acid in lI1 the mouth mouthleave mouthleave mouthleave leave an alkaline alkalme ash following fOllowmg digestIOn " But - . - I the thefa fa bOdy performs lact k chemical chemicalengineer achemical chemicalengin51 engineer engin51 a ng ckl'tz ckltz ' effect on the blood bloodIS blo IS arj , - * . - - RA Homemaker 1jHomemaker HomemakeiiR s i R Re . . . 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