The acid-alkaline balance

Four years ago in Anaheim California, I met a researcher from the World Health Organization. He studies viruses (cancer, SARS, and AIDS) and explained how an acid blood Ph provides the environment for viruses to thrive.
Based on his research, he said that diets high in acid foods (processed foods, meds, high meat diets, etc) actually set the stage for viruses to take hold.

This researcher had been experimenting with various supplements (b-complex, ascorbic acid, vitamin E) and found that they contributed to an acid blood Ph. He speculated that this was due to the fact that most nutrients in supplements are synthetic. He said he stumbled upon some whole food supplements (containing nothing but nutrients from the whole food itself) and the blood Ph of his study group stayed in the normal range (7.42-7.45)

As a supplement formulator, this researcher's observations and experience with the acid-alkaline balance had a profound affect on me. I had already made the quantum leap to whole food for my own personal health and well-being. But I had not seriously questioned the synthetic nutrients and nutraceuticals that are a formulator's tools for creating supplements.

So began my journey down one of many rabbit holes that will be chronicled in this blog.