Acidosis,abnormalconditioninwhichtheacid-basebalanceofthebloodisupset,
withthebloodbecomingtooacidic(pHbelow7).Maybecausedbykidneymal-
function, diabetes, or other diseases. Symptoms include weakness and malaise. 211
Itisimportanttonotethatwhereasorthodoxmedicinedescribesacidosisasbeing
causedbyvariousdiseases,wholistichealthpractitionersrecognizeitasthecauseof
metabolic“disease”conditions.Perhapsthisisbecausetraditionalorthodoxmedi-
cinedoesnotpayattentiontobloodpHasameasureofhealth(denotingthelevelof
toxicityinthebody),screeningforitthewaytheyscreenpatientsforhighcholester-
ol or anemia, etc., as a part of a routine health exam.
Thegreendiet,aswellasthesupplementsgivenearlier,alongwiththedisciplines
formindandsoul,arethemeanstorestorethebodytotheproperinternalpH.When
thisisdone,thebodywillbeabletorestoreandmaintainhealthonceagain.So
acidosisistheprimaryproblem.Itiscausedbymalnutritionandatoxiclifestyle.
Acidosiscausesthebodytoreactbyproducinganexcessofmucus,whichthebody
usestomoveandexcretethetoxinsintroducedthroughimproperfoods,drugs,etc.,
aswellasthosereleasedbyfungiandbacteria(s)thathaveproliferatedwithinthe
body due to the imbalance of the body’s chemistry.
Bacteriaandfungithriveinanacidicbloodenvironment,sotheanswertotheprob-
lemofbacteria,virusesandfungiisnottoproducevaccines,antibioticsandahost
ofpharmaceuticaldrugs,withalloftheattendantsideeffects,withwhichtobom-
bardthem,buttorestoretheproperhygieneofthebodythatwilleliminateorpre-
venttheconditionsunderwhichtheycansurviveandmultiply.Focusingonmi-
croorganisms,asthecauseofdiseaseistheequivalentofsayingthatsewagecauses
flies.Sewagedoesnotcreateflies,butratherattractsflies.Andwhilethefliescan
furtherthespreaddiseasesthatmaybepresentinthesewage,theyarenotthe
primaryproblem.Thus,nomatterwhatisusedtokilltheflies,andhowmanyflies
arekilled,flieswillcontinuallybepresentaroundthesewageforaslongasitre-
mainsthere,anddiseasewillcontinuetobespread,untilproperhygienicmeasures
aretakentoremovethesewage.Whilethefliescanbecitedasacomplicatingfactor
inthespreadofdisease,theycannotbeconsideredasthecauseofthedisease.Like-
wise,theconditionofacidosiscreatesanunhealthyinternalenvironmentwithinthe
body(whichweakenstheimmunesystem)thatattractsopportunisticfungi,bacteri-
asandviruseswhichareeverabundantlypresentwithinus,onusandinour