This idea is based on the discovery that cancer is anaerobic, as discussed
in the following
Can Calcium Cure Cancer?
In 1932 Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery
that cancer was anaerobic: cancer occurs in the absence of free oxygen
As innocuous as this discovery might seem, it is actually a startling
and significant finding worthy of a Nobel Prize. What it basically
means is that cancer is caused by a lack of free oxygen in the body
and therefore, whatever causes this to occur is the cause of all cancers.
In chemistry, alkali solutions (pH over 7.0) tend to absorb oxygen,
while acids (pH under 7.0) tend to expel oxygen. For example, a mild
alkali can absorb over 100 times as much oxygen as a mild acid. Therefore,
when the body becomes acidic by dropping below pH 7.0 (note: all body
fluids, except for stomach and urine, are supposed to be mildly alkaline
at pH 7.4), oxygen is driven out of the body thereby, according to
Nobel Prize winner Otto Warburg, inducing cancer. Stomach fluids must
remain acidic to digest food and urine must remain acidic to remove
wastes from the body. Blood is the exception. Blood must always remain
at an alkaline pH 7.4 so that it can retain its oxygen. When adequate
mineral consumption is in the diet, the blood is supplied the crucial
minerals required to maintain an alkaline pH of 7.4. However when
insufficient mineral consumption is in the diet, the body is forced
to rob Peter (other body fluids) to pay Paul (the blood). In doing
so, it removes crucial minerals, such as calcium, from the saliva,
spinal fluids, kidneys, liver, etc., in order to maintain the blood
at pH 7.4. This causes the demineralized fluids and organs to become
acidic and therefore anaerobic, thus inducing not only cancer, but
a host of other degenerative diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes,
arthritis, lupus, etc.
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