Diabetes – Acid Conditions and Treatment with Sodium Bicarbonate
A highly acidic pH level (created by all the above) puts the pancreas, liver, and all the body’s organs at risk. Because of the important role played by the liver in removing acid waste from the body, liver function is particularly at risk when acids accumulate. When acidity prevents the liver and pancreas from regulating blood sugar, the risk of diabetes will increase.
We already know that sodium bicarbonate dramatically slows the progress of chronic kidney disease but few have followed the logical conclusion that it would also be a front line defense against diabetes. From prevention to treatment and to part of a cure, common Baking Soda is an essential tool in working with diabetic and metabolic syndromes. Obviously it does not take the place of an alkaline diet and water but bicarbonate is a front line medicine that doctors and patients can employ orally and transdermally in baths.
Sodium bicarbonate injections are already 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 and severe primary lactic acidosis. But sodium bicarbonate can be used safely at home orally and transdermally (and should always be used with magnesium chloride for greatest effect) in all stages of diabetes.
Low grade chronic metabolic acidosis exists
normally in humans eating ordinary diets,
and that the degree of acidosis increases with age.
Dr Lynda Frassetto
According to Dr Lynda Frassetto, an acid – alkaline researcher from the University of California, “We have been forced to turn an evolutionary corner”. Our bodies are so overwhelmed with cellular acid-waste that “We simply do not handle acid waste the way we used to.” People as diverse as Edgar Cayce, Dr. William Howard Hay, MD and Dr. Theodore A. Baroody, ND, author of “Alkalinize or Die”, along with Dr. Robert O. Young, PhD, Dsc, ND are trying to alert us to what is actually killing us and causing untold needless suffering.
Dr. Young, states: “Excess acidity is a condition that weakens all body systems. Excess acidity forces the body to borrow minerals – including sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium – from vital organs and bones to buffer (neutralize) the acid and to safely remove it from the body. As a result, the body can suffer severe and prolonged ‘corrosion’ due to high acidity – a condition that may go undetected for years. Over-acidity affects virtually every person in Westernized society because of our dietary and lifestyle choices and ecological exposure – resulting in creating our own “internal environment where dis-ease can easily manifest, as opposed to a pH-balanced environment which allows for normal body functions – necessary for the body to resist dis-ease. The pancreas is one of our body’s organs charged with the awesome responsibility to “alkalinize” us … can you start to see how our serious acidosis has overwhelmed our pancreas’ ability to operate effectively, that then results in a state called “diabetes.”
Rather than focusing on the tissues or organ we concentrate
on the fluids that surround the tissues and organs. The cells or
organs are only as healthy as the fluids in which they are bathed in.
Dr. Robert O. Young
Not only does high acidity make you vulnerable to diabetes. The impact of diabetes on the body increases the level of acid waste. Therefore improper pH balance puts diabetics at greater risk for complications such as kidney failure, gangrene and blindness. A diabetic suffers from an excess of glucose in the bloodstream, glucose that cannot be delivered properly to the body’s cells due to lack of insulin. As the liver absorbs more and more of the excess glucose, its ability to remove toxins from the body becomes impaired. As the toxins multiply, the acid level in the body increases.
Because glucose is not delivered properly to the body’s cells, the cells start to malfunction. They expel increasing amounts of acid waste. Some of the excess acid filters through the kidneys, causing damage that can lead to kidney failure. Some of the acid accumulates in the liver, further damaging the liver’s ability to remove toxins. Acid that is not filtered out or stored can attach to and harden the cell walls, further preventing the cells from absorbing nutrients. Eventually the cells die, starting with the glucose-dependent eyes and the extremities where it’s more difficult for nutrients to reach. Blindness and gangrene can result.
Many different causes exist for the disease called Renal Tubular Acidosis which also causes the blood to become too acidic and leads to kidney failure if not treated early.[1] Without proper treatment, chronic acidity of the blood leads to growth retardation, kidney stones, bone disease, chronic kidney disease, and possibly total kidney failure. In all cases, the first goal of therapy is to neutralize acid in the blood, and this is done with IV and oral sodium bicarbonate, though different treatments may be needed to address the different underlying causes of acidosis.
Fortunately, a significant reduction of acids in your body can lead to organ regeneration and improved health. A diet that’s more alkaline can help you reverse the damage caused by acidity and diabetes. The right combination of fresh vegetable juices, for example, can help your body break down and destroy excessive acid waste. For a doubly positive impact, eliminate refined carbohydrates from your diet. Not only do refined carbohydrates make it difficult to control your blood sugar balance, but they also increase your body’s acidity. Vitamin and mineral supplements specially formulated to balance pH are an important part of your strategy with spirulina, wheatgrass and barley juice on top of the list in this regard. These are actually the best full spectrum vitamin and mineral supplements. Real food, not synthetic supplements, are hugely more effective.
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How can one test their pH level at home and what should a safe pH be? Also what amount of sodium bicarbonate is needed to lower pH levels per one unit, for example from pH 6 to pH 7?
Thanks, Windell, mrducks54@yahoo.com
Brilliant analysis, Dr.Mark.
-many thanks
I have been trying to address this issue of acid waste by using sodium bicarb as you have suggested. I have also started to use the edible earth as you suggested. My question is about the clay if I may. The bottle indicates that there is 165mg. of Iron. Seems like a dangerous amount of Iron for anyone, man or woman. I know you would not suggest it’s use if there was any danger. Is this form of Iron processed differently then other forms? Please inform on this. Thank you, John.
Dear Dr. Sircus
My mom has diabetes and high blood pressure. Doctors normally ask her to reduce her salt intake to control the blood pressure. Any risk for her hypertension if she uses oral sodium bicarbonate for diabetes, since it is a kind of salt (if I am not wrong)?
Antonio
Although it is true that a natural food source is best for any particular nutrient, there are many cases in which the therapeutic doses needed cannot possibly be eaten in food. For example, in diabetes, vitamin E has been used to save feet from amputation and has recently been found to restore retinal blood flow to normal levels. A minimum of 800 IU is needed, and really more than that. Vitamin C in doses of 10 grams (or 40 oranges!) is very helpful in combating sorbitol buildup in cells and has many other positive effects.
It’s possible that Mark’s protocol covers these things also, but the use of vitamins C and E at these levels should be added, and other supplements as well, according to individual needs.
Antonio, though most allopathic doctors caution everyone about watching sodium intake with hypertension, they really refer to sodium chloride, of the refined type that we ingest at far too high an amount.
Studies have shown that sodium bicarbonate does not elevate blood pressures, but please monitor your blood pressure while using it and report any changes up or down, to your health care provider.
Also, its very important to change to a more alkalinizing diet.
John,
The minerals in the edible clay are not absorbed at 100% by the body. The body will basically take what it needs and excretes the rest. Please contact LL’s Magnetic Clay: info@magneticclay.com
if you have more questions about this, but it need not be a concern. This is a wonderful clay for ingestion.
I have been a diabetic for 27 years. I am doing okay but I now have leakage at the back of my eyes. It is called a venous leak which is a leaking of the gel. My doctor said it should get better. What would be the dose of benfotiamine which I read in the Book, New Paradigms in Diabetic Care which I downloaded and enjoy immensely. I take 500 mg of ALA a day. I also heard that Pine Bark Extract is good for blood vessel capillaries and diabetes. My eye surgeon is not too concerned right now as the pressure at the back of my eyes is still okay. The leaking started when I fell on the ice and hit my head really hard.
Thank you.
Hi Frank,
Benfotiamin is taken in a range from 150 mg/day to upwards of 600 mg/day for severe peripheral neuropathy. The dosage depends on what you are treating and your individual response , but there is a wide range.
Could you tell me what causes tinnitus and if it is common in diabetics. I have a severe sinus infection but was treated for a month on antibiotics for an ear infection. The tidal waves in my ears is driving me insane. Is this anything to do with being diabetic and are there any treatments.
http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_fruit_vitamin_c.htm
says that an orange has 70 mg on average so to get 10 grams of Vit C that would be 143 oranges. Happy eating!
Much better is to try supplementing with ascorbic acid to bowel tolerance (gas, bloating, diarrhea).
Dr Dickens NMD
IMVA believes its even better to supplement with whole food Vitamin C which is vastly more effecient that ascorbic acid as it contains all the co-factors necessary for absorption and delivery to needed sites. You can find more information on this in Dr. Sircus” Survival Medicine e-book.
Sincerely,
Claudia French RN, LPHA
Assistant Director, IMVA
I have Diabetes 2,(on metformin & glyburide); Atrial fib.,(on coumadin) and am on levothyroxin to maintain proper thyroid level. I also have Bronchial Asthma – no Rx taken for that. I spray Mag.Chloride on my legs and feet to stop cramps & started taking Magnisium Chloride, only 1/2 tsp. daily and baking soda to maintain a PH of 7+. The baking/bicarb. soda keeps me from shortness of breath and wheezing at night, but at times I have to sleep on 3 pillows.
My question is could either the Magnesium or the Baking Soda be causing me to have violent loose bowel movements? Up to 5 or 6 daily and recently some undigested food was passed. I’m scared to go out for the threat thereof.
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