Acid-alkaline balance and chronic pancreatitis
What is the relationship between acid-alkaline balance and pancreatitis? There is a direct link between these conditions. To say more, heartburn throughout the body can cause pancreatitis.
Everything we eat goes to the stomach and then the semi-digested food goes to the duodenum; first part of the small intestine. Here, the pancreatic enzymes digest most of the proteins and carbohydrates and 90% of the fats.
Pancreatic enzymes can digest food only if the pH in the duodenum is above 7.0, therefore alkaline. You can eat the healthiest foods in the world, but if you do not have an alkaline environment within the duodenum, the pancreatic enzymes cannot do their job and indigestion occurs.
Undigested food accumulates in the small intestine, fermented by bacteria and yeast that cause gas, bloating, heartburn, and cramps. During fermentation, innumerable toxic substances are produced that cause irritation and internal toxicity. Our body tries to get rid of this waste, but it only has two directions to do it: towards the mouth or towards the anus. If undigested toxic food rises, it causes nausea, vomiting, heartburn, upper abdominal pain, which is very similar to the symptoms of chronic pancreatitis. If this undigested poisonous mass descends, it causes irritation, diarrhea, constipation, intestinal inflammation and lower abdominal pain, which is very similar to the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in people with chronic pancreatitis.
Acidic changes in the acid-alkaline balance of the body also produce significant changes in the biochemistry of the bile. Bile is known to be produced by the liver and bile helps digest fats. Also through the bile, the liver removes fat-soluble toxins such as heavy metals, cholesterol, alcohol, drugs, medications, etc. from the body.
If the bile is becoming acidic, the body cannot properly digest fats, so fatty foods cause discomfort, fullness, pain, and nausea. Furthermore, acid bile turns into an extremely aggressive toxic liquid that irritates the walls of the intestine, causes ulcers and bile traffic in the opposite direction; Reflux.
An aggressive mixture of acid bile and acid pancreatic juice mixed with undigested toxic food, due to spasmodic contractions of the walls of the intestine, is released into the stomach and esophagus. It is accompanied by severe and persistent heartburn. This is a true picture of what happens in the gastrointestinal tract if the body becomes acidic, and so does the pancreatic juice and bile.
What happens inside the pancreas in case of excess acidity and how is it related to pancreatitis? It is particularly important to know about some problems about the pancreas. First problem, the pancreas is an alkaline gland; Pancreatic juice is the most alkaline solution in the body with a pH of 8.3 to 8.5.
To make pancreatic juice alkaline, the pancreas takes bicarbonate and some minerals from the blood. If the acidity of the whole body occurs, the amount of bicarbonate and alkaline minerals in the blood decreases, so the pancreas cannot take them and produce the normal alkaline pancreatic juice. As a result, the pH of the pancreatic juice falls below 7.0; it’s getting acidic.
Second problem, the pancreas is the only organ in our body. There is no such organ in our body, like the pancreas, that can create self-destruction. The pancreas is just one organ that can destroy itself. Normally, the pancreas produces very strong digestive pancreatic enzymes in an inactive form. In case of heartburn, digestive and pancreatic enzymes begin to activate within the pancreas, causing self-digestion; pancreatitis
Self-digestion leads to inflammation of the pancreatic tissue; destroys the structure and kills the pancreatic cells. By analogy, it is remarkably similar to the disaster in the atomic reactor when it begins to melt and destroy itself. The disasters at Fukushima in Japan and Chernobyl in Ukraine are examples of self-destruction. Heartburn kills the pancreas in many ways, which I have described in books and articles. Therefore, curative actions in case of chronic pancreatitis should focus on the acid-alkaline balance.
Much research and medical articles claim that in chronic pancreatitis, the pancreatic juice becomes acidic; therefore, it produces an acidic environment in the duodenum. Acidity in the duodenum means poor digestion. What is there to do? Restoring the normal acid-alkaline balance in the body is crucial for everyone with indigestion, specifically for those with chronic pancreatitis.
It is known from school chemistry that alkaline minerals and bicarbonate are needed to neutralize acidity. Our body cannot produce these substances; therefore, we need to obtain them naturally from alkaline foods, healing mineral water, magnesium and potassium cellular supplements.
European doctors have known this for hundreds of years. Across Europe, there are many healthy mineral spas where people drink healing mineral water for various digestive disorders. The most researched is healing mineral water from the famous Karlovy Vary thermal spring in the Czech Republic. 500 years people use this unique gift from the earth.
250 years ago Karlovy Vary doctors proposed to vaporize the water to produce genuine Karlovy Vary thermal spring salt for use at home. European doctors proved that mineral water, prepared from Karlovy Vary thermal spring salt, has healing properties similar to spring water. According to medical research, Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water is very beneficial for people with chronic pancreatitis, digestive and liver disorders.
How to get an idea, the organism is acidic or alkaline? If the body is too acidic, try to eliminate acidic substances through body fluids, such as saliva and urine. Litmus paper measurement of the pH of saliva and urine can open a window into the acid-alkaline balance of the body. If the pH of your saliva and urine is less than 6.6, your body is likely acidic. In my practice, I can see many positive changes in people’s digestive health after normalizing the acid-alkaline balance in the body.
The natural alkaline diet is healthy, especially for a person with chronic pancreatitis. I described this in detail, in the book. The worst enemy of the inflamed pancreas is alcohol. Please don’t prove it yourself. There are no good and safe doses of alcohol for people with chronic pancreatitis.
Seventy percent of pancreatitis is related to alcohol consumption because alcohol is an acidic and toxic substance that activates digestive enzymes within the pancreas. Every upper abdominal pain, especially after drinking alcohol, can be very suspicious of a mild attack of pancreatitis; therefore, you need a medical evaluation. After pancreatitis is diagnosed, maintaining the correct and slightly alkaline acid-alkaline balance is not a luxury. It is vital.
The information in this article is presented for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for the diagnosis, treatment and advice of a licensed and qualified professional.