Soda

[busyhands94]

Good idea! I love root beer!

 

[thesmokindragon]

Good single malt or Booker's bourbon is my evening drink with my smoke
AM is a pot of coffee with a smoke to start my day

 

[pipeinhand]

God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.

 

[steyrshrek]

I think his intentions are good, but remember the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

 

[grizzly86]

Good one pipeinhand.

 

[lukester]

I find this all fascinating,. no real answer. Look at it this way. A man can sword fight with another man and spread a deadly disease called AIDS move to NY and get married, but It is bad if I have a soda and my pipe?

Please explain!!!!

 

[jwp159]

Yuengling,

+1 :mrgreen:

 

[kennerth]

I gave up soda, in particular cola, about a month ago after a three day dance with food poisoning. I have noticed two things: First, I want a soda, particularly a cola, often! Second, my ankles, which were swollen often, are now not swollen often.
Meech, If you can find Bulldog Root Beer from Fresno, you'll never regret trying it! An occasional root beer is still ok in my life!

 

[jchaplick]

I love soda

 

[brewshooter]

Home made root beer, whether from extract or actual herbs, is awesome!! Also, I make a molasses switchel every once in a while that is fantastic. Does a drink containing molasses, vinegar and ginger sound good to you...no, probably not, but, trust me, it's excellent!!!

 

[viceroy]

An ice cold Barq's Root Beer best thing and under 21 year old can have with a pipe legally.

 

[rigmedic1]

Having to resort to Coke Zero with my Crown. It's all good.

 

[hobie1dog]

It was recently found that 80% of all cancer patients have a body ph level of 5 or below. The ph scale goes from 0-14 with water being 7. Batttery acid is 1.0 Most all soft drinks range from 2.4-3.8,
http://quittingsoda.com/post/the-acidity-ph-of-soda-pop
pH of Common Fluids
pH
Fluid
1.0
Hydrochloric Acid
2.2
Phosphoric Acid, Lactic Acid
2.8
Citric, Tartaric Acid
2.8 - 3.5
Wine
3
Coke
3.3 - 3.7
Wheat Beer
4.4 - 4.7
Lager Beer
5.5
Unfermented Beer
7 to 8
Tap Water
8.5
Sodium Carbonate
13
Caustic Soda
The normal body ph level should be maintained around 7.0 to 7.4 , any less than this is where your body is in the acidic range, and disease can/will spread. Just my 2 cents worth, no flames please. :wink:

 

[meech]

I gave up soda, in particular cola, about a month ago after a three day dance with food poisoning. I have noticed two things: First, I want a soda, particularly a cola, often! Second, my ankles, which were swollen often, are now not swollen often.
Meech, If you can find Bulldog Root Beer from Fresno, you'll never regret trying it! An occasional root beer is still ok in my life!

I too cut back drastically on my soda intake. I'm pretty plump so I need to cut back lol. It's rough! I went to one soda a week at the max, and lost 6 pounds in a month.. I did also start dieting, but no additional exercise yet, so it goes to show soda will mess you up! And I'll have to keep an eye out for that Bulldog. I can't wait for the fair. A gentleman sets up a booth with homemade sodas and I always get a nice frosty sarsaparilla from him. Lookin forward to tryn' it with a pipe!.
And @hobie1dog, holy cow brother.. That's nuts!

 

[steyrshrek]

What's a "body pH", different components of the body have different pH values?

 

[baronsamedi]

It's just in general that the human body is 7.3 or 7.4. Different organs may be slightly more acidic than that. A small variance can affect the body quite a bit. I used to drink a shit ton of Mt. Dew every day and it caused me to break out in cold sores. I drink maybe one 12oz Coke a day now and it's no big deal. Really the only thing your body needs you to drink is water. Kinda boring that way though.

 

[brian64]

Baking soda is a cheap, easy way to elevate your pH level:

Health Benefits of Baking Soda
http://www.alternativehealthzone.com/nutrition-tips/health-benefits-of-baking-soda
And for anyone who wants a cola with cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup, AND in glass bottles instead of plastic or aluminum:
Red Rock Cola
http://pipelinebrandsusa.com/soda_brands/red_rock_cola.html

 

[lankfordjl]

@ hobie1dog

Your blood pH averages around 7.4. It is mantained at this level constantly by the monitoring activity of the brain, various hormones, and the kidneys. Most of the foods we eat are acidic - they really have to be since stomach acid is around a pH of 2; foods that are bases would neutralize stomach acid thus slowing digestive enzymes and slowing overall digestion. No one will have a blood pH of 5 - unless they have been dead for some time. A blood pH as high as 8.5 or low as 6.5 could mean death to an individual unless immediate action is taken.
@brain64

Breathing in your own exhaled air (rich in C02) will lower your blood pH sightly and taking in a high dosage of "Tums" will lower blood pH slightly - but any excess of these can result in death.
...everyone

Homoeostasis (i.e. the body's chemical balance) is fine tuned. Be careful of websites giving health information, especially if they are selling a product. Websites that sell "Detox" supplements are almost all bogus. Soda - like smoking - only becomes harmful to your health if abused! When Soda is abused by over consumption, it is either the caffeine or sugar that results in health problems.
-Jason-

I teach A&P to nurses.

 

[mtpipe]

"Everything in moderation" - Aristotle
I think we are losing many of our freedoms due to big government liberalism.

 

[hobie1dog]

@ hobie1dog

Your blood pH averages around 7.4. It is mantained at this level constantly by the monitoring activity of the brain, various hormones, and the kidneys. Most of the foods we eat are acidic - they really have to be since stomach acid is around a pH of 2; foods that are bases would neutralize stomach acid thus slowing digestive enzymes and slowing overall digestion. No one will have a blood pH of 5 - unless they have been dead for some time. A blood pH as high as 8.5 or low as 6.5 could mean death to an individual unless immediate action is taken.

Then this doctor is confusing me? :crazy:
According to the research of the world famous Dr. Enderlein, total healing of chronic illness ONLY takes place when and if the blood is restored to a normal, slightly alkaline pH.
"pH: what does it mean? pH is the abbreviation for Potential Hydrogen or the measurement of hydrogen-ion concentration of any solution. The higher the pH reading, the more alkaline and oxygen rich the fluid is. The lower the reading, the more acidic and oxygen deprived the fluid is. The pH scale is from 0 to 14 with 7.0 being neutral. Anything above 7.0 is alkaline; anything below 7.0 is acid.
To be considered healthy, human blood must maintain a narrow pH range of 7.365. Any slight variation means symptoms and disease. If blood pH drops below 6.8 or increases above 7.8, cells stop functioning and the patient dies. Blood pH is difficult to test, but home test kits are available to test urine and saliva pH. Optimum urine and saliva pH is 7.0 to 7.4. Test you pH each morning before food, drink or exercise.
If you have health problems, this is a sign that you are acidic. When the body goes into extreme acidosis, the kidneys start producing ammonia, which may cause the pH to test too alkaline. This condition is frequently found in older people and is the cause of the unpleasant odor in old folks homes. Treating for acidosis will help the kidneys to stop producing ammonia.
In 1964, only 1 person in 214 contracted Cancer. Today it is 1 in 3 females and 1 in 2 males. The determining factor between health and disease is pH. It is not uncommon for the average American to test between 4 pH to 5 pH. Oxygen levels in the body are directly related to pH. Increasing pH from 4 pH to 5 pH increases oxygen to the cells by ten fold. From a 4 to a 6 increases oxygen by 100 times and raising pH from 4 pH to 7 pH increases oxygen levels by 1,000 times.
Research shows that unless the body’s pH level is slightly alkaline, the body cannot heal itself. So, no matter what type of modality you use to take care of your health problem, it won’t be effective until the pH level is up. All drugs, medications and toxic chemicals have the effect of lowering the pH of the body. That is why there are side effects to every drug and none of them effect a cure.
When body pH drops below 6.4, enzymes are deactivated, digestion does not work properly; vitamins, minerals and food supplements cannot effectively assimilate. Acid decreases energy production in the cells, the ability to repair damaged cells, the ability to detoxify heavy metals and makes the body more susceptible to fatigue and illness. Your body pH affects everything.
Research has proven that disease cannot survive in an alkaline state, however, viruses, bacteria, yeast, mold, fungus, Candida and Cancer cells thrive in a low oxygen, / low pH environment. An acid pH can result from an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and/or immune reactions or any process that deprives the cells of oxygen and other nutrients. The body will try to compensate for acid by using alkaline minerals, like sodium from the stomach and calcium from the bones. This is the cause of Osteoporosis and a number of other diseases. If there are not enough minerals in the diet to compensate, a build up of acids in the cells will occur, resulting in symptoms like pain, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, MS, Lupus, etc.
There are two factors that are ALWAYS present with Cancer no matter what else may be present. Those two factors are Acid pH and Lack of Oxygen. Can we manipulate those two factors that always have to be present for Cancer to develop and by doing so will that help reverse the Cancer? If so, we need to learn how to manipulate pH and Oxygen.
Remember that the pH number is an exponent number of 10; therefore, a small difference in pH translates to a BIG difference in the number of oxygen or OH-ions. In other words, blood with a pH value of 7.45 contains 64.9% more oxygen than blood with a pH value of 7.3. Cancer needs an acid / low oxygen environment to survive and flourish. Terminal Cancer patients are about 1000 times more acidic than they should be. This equates to dangerously low amounts of oxygen at the cellular level.
In the absence of oxygen, glucose undergoes fermentation to lactic acid. This causes the pH of the cell to drop even lower. Urine and saliva pH of Terminal Cancer patients almost always runs between 4.0 and 5.5. When the cancer goes into metastases the pH drops even lower. Our bodies simply cannot fight disease if our body pH is not properly balanced. In other words, it’s either alkalize or die. It’s that important! "