Body pH, the modern diet and cancer

So last time I got to publish something, I wrote about body pH (you can check that here: https://read.cash/@Hanzell/ph-and-the-body-intro-5b053a6b )

There, I mostly gave a brief discussion about the pH in different parts of the body and how the body protects itself from pH changes. Now I'd like to briefly discuss what causes these abrupt pH changes?

So far, there’s 2 main factors for this. The first being respiratory acidosis and alkalosis. This which I mentioned is when you hyperventilate or hypoventilate. Yes, the way you breath can affect your body's pH that much. But thennn, there’s the case of your exposure to certain environments. Like in my case, I handle chemicals, both acids and bases so I have fair potential to become either acidic or alkaline. Yet environmental exposure does not always fall under the respiratory factor, but instead, it has a tendency to shift to a more metabolic factor when the lungs alone cannot handle it.

In terms of metabolic factors… There are several to consider here. First is environmental exposure. Just a fun trivia but did you know that the air in the tropics is usually acidic because of higher humidity in the air?

Back to the main topic XD Other factors to be considered are nutritional imbalances. Like skipping meals, those increase your stomach acid and it’s actually the biggest factor as to why the younger and working groups become acidic. A lot of people usually skip breakfast, especially when they’re running late for class or for work. To make things worse, the food they immediately consume when they get the chance to eat would be food that promotes stomach acidity. But then, it's not only acidity you should be careful of.

There's also your increased risk of cancer. Based on the works of Dr. Otto Warburg (the chemical constitution of respiration and fermentation, 1928), An acidic body is a magnet for cancer. It was in his published works that he discussed the metabolism difference between a normal healthy cell and a cancer cell. You see, for normal cells, oxygen is heavily involved in energy metabolism, thus making our cells obligate anaerobes. But when a cancer cell metabolizes, it doesn’t need oxygen, they just split glucose into lactic acid through the process of fermentation, similar to how yeast turns fruits into wine. This is how cancer cells metabolize, and through this metabolic pathway, your body pH slowly turns acidic.

Apart from that, there’s also the food that we consume in these modern days which are full of sugar, preservatives, and/or genetically modified organisms (gmo), these so heavily contribute to the body’s acidity.

Back in my undergraduate years, my biochemistry professor always said "cancer is normal, your body makes dysfunctional cells at times, but acidity is your fault" and I couldn't agree more after going through some papers about this. Because no matter what you do, your body will produce cancer cells and it's usually destroyed as fast as it's created. But with an acidic body and an increased absorbance of toxins in the body, it becomes almost impossible for a body to destroy the cancer cells it ends up creating.

It would be helpful to increase your produce intake though, like more vegetable, fruits, grains, nuts and alkaline water since studies have shown that cancer cells often do not thrive in alkaline environments so it’s best to keep your body pH closer to the alkaline range of the pH chart.