What is the relationship between acid-alkaline balance and pancreatitis? There is a direct link between these conditions. To say more, the acidity of the whole 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, 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 greater than 7.0, therefore alkaline. You can eat the healthiest foods in the world, but if you don’t have an alkaline environment inside your duodenum, pancreatic enzymes can’t do their job and indigestion results.
Undigested food accumulates in the small intestine, fermented by bacteria and yeast that cause gas, bloating, heartburn, and cramps. Myriad toxic substances are produced during fermentation 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, pain in the upper abdomen, which is very similar to the symptoms of chronic pancreatitis. If this undigested poisonous mass goes down, 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 bile. It is known, bile is produced by the liver and bile helps to digest fats. Also through bile, the liver removes fat-soluble toxins from the body such as heavy metals, cholesterol, alcohol, drugs, medicines, etc.
If the bile becomes acidic, the body cannot properly digest fats, so fatty foods cause discomfort, satiety, pain, and nausea. In addition, acidic bile becomes an extremely aggressive and toxic liquid that irritates the walls of the intestine, causes ulcers and bile transit in the opposite direction; Reflux.
The aggressive mixture of acidic bile and acidic pancreatic juice mixed with undigested toxic food, due to spasmodic contractions of the intestinal walls, is thrown into the stomach and esophagus. It is accompanied by severe and persistent heartburn. This is a true picture of what happens in the GI 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 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 acidity occurs throughout the body, the amount of bicarbonate and alkaline minerals in the blood decreases, so the pancreas cannot take them up and produce the normal alkaline pancreatic juice. As a result, the pH of the pancreatic juice drops below 7.0; it’s turning sour.
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 an organ that can destroy itself. Normally, the pancreas produces very strong digestive pancreatic enzymes in an inactive form. In case of acidity, digestive pancreatic enzymes begin to activate within the pancreas, causing self-digestion; pancreatitis
Self-digestion leads to inflammation of the pancreatic tissue; it destroys the structure and kills the pancreatic cells. By analogy, it is remarkably similar to the disaster at the atomic reactor when it begins to melt down and destroys itself. The disasters at Fukushima in Japan and Chernobyl in the Ukraine are the example 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.
Many researches and medical articles state that in chronic pancreatitis, the pancreatic juice becomes acidic; therefore, it makes an acid medium 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 all people with indigestion, specifically for people with chronic pancreatitis.
From school chemistry it is known that alkaline minerals and bicarbonate are needed to neutralize acidity. Our body cannot produce these substances; therefore we need to get them naturally from alkaline foods, healing mineral water, magnesium and potassium cell supplements.
European doctors have known this for hundreds of years. Throughout Europe, there are many healthy mineral spas where people drink healing mineral water for various digestive disorders. The most researched is the healing mineral water from the famous Karlovy Vary thermal spring in the Czech Republic. 500 years people have used this unique gift from the earth.
250 years ago, Karlovy Vary doctors proposed to vaporize the water to make authentic Karlovy Vary Thermal Salt for use at home. European doctors proved that mineral water, prepared with genuine Karlovy Vary thermal salt, has healing properties similar to spring water. According to medical research, Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water is greatly beneficial for people with chronic pancreatitis and digestive and liver disorders.
How to get an idea, is the body acid or alkaline? If the body is too acidic, it tries to get rid of the acidic substances through bodily fluids, such as saliva and urine. Measuring the pH of saliva and urine with litmus paper 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 naturally alkaline diet is healthy, particularly 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, safe doses of alcohol for people with chronic pancreatitis.
Seventy percent of pancreatitis is related to alcohol use because alcohol is a toxic acid substance that activates digestive enzymes within the pancreas. Any upper abdominal pain, especially after drinking alcohol, can be very suspicious of a mild attack of pancreatitis; therefore, it needs medical evaluation. After a diagnosis of pancreatitis, maintaining the correct acid-alkaline and slightly 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 to be a substitute for the diagnosis, treatment and advice of a qualified licensed professional.
