Would love for you to spend some time with us going through our education on bicarb in detail – alkaseltzergold – this is huge for 2 approaches:
1) for patients that have immune deficiencies where the immune system is disrupted, and we are trying to activate the vagus nerve. Bicarb use with the change in PH how it affects the stimulation of of affecting the immune system in a positive way.
2) bicarb is essential for nitrogen loss in urine. Diet increases net acid load in our bodies. Western diet, our food groups incease net acid load – meaning a low grade acidic state. Simply put – if we’re not doing enough to balance proteins, which are acids (non carbonic). Overtime if we’re not matchingt that acid load with a good base with fruits and veggies to meet the acid load, we’re increasing net increase in acid – the kidney can’t continue to produce bicarb to meet the excess hydrogens which neutralizes acids.
Typically with a good diet the fruits and veggies form carbonic acid that dissolves into C02 and water that is expelled through pulmonary system and how it’s controlling acid based mechanism. When we are increasing acid load in the diet, what happens I the body starts to pull proteins creating ammonia and basically make ammoniam sulfate which needs to be excreted. So the body compensates by pulling muscle mass , going sarcopenic. Another way the body compensates is loss of bone mass b/c of the low grade acidosis which is how you’re going to deal with the alkali and how you’re going to lose minerals because of the disruption of bone.
This is a vicious cycle – low grade acidosis creates problems with glucose tolerance. These net acid loads causes significant problems. Low grade acidosis is a driver for insulin resistance and decreasing IGF1 and more. Bicarb is an excellent supplement that works on assumption that diet isn’t perfect.
We assume a lot with our patients and that is that diet isn’t perfect, so bicarb has a big part in the plan of care.
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