Statistics for leading causes of death in America are deeply disturbing. The published paper "Death by Medicine" in 2001 presents compelling evidence that today's medical system frequently inflicts more harm on the afflicted, and has continued to be relevant to this day.

#3  Cancer:              553, 251.5
#2  Heart Disease:    699, 697
#1  Medical & Drugs: 783,936

Although the #1 cause of death is medically induced, when we look at #2 and #3, we can see all three are related and have in common a risk factor that is often overlooked. Obesity has been cited as a precursor to heart disease and cancer, and a chemical imbalance in body pH is common to both drugs and Obesity. The acidification of blood and cellular fluid predisposes free radical damage, and inflammation. Prescription drugs are thereby also implicated in the #1 and #2 cause of death, since people are also harmed by the treatment of cancer and heart disease as well as the malady itself (as we have seen recently in the California school system where young girls injected with anit-cancer drugs have succumbed to death and paralysis).

With Obesity estimated in 1 in 3 children for the first time in history, you have to wonder if the routine and legally enforced administration of drugs to discipline rowdy school children hasn't made the prognosis worse. All children having a normal childhood, mis-behave. Even more so without the alkalizing effect of pH balanced diet and exercise to support their emotional and physical development  In a social environment where 52 million school children (future customers) are routinely screened just because they're kids, the chances of avoiding drugs has been rather bleak. It's up to us to educate ourselves in self care and learn how to help them raise their IQ, EQ, and PQ without raising children docile on drugs.

It's our job to help the kidneys and lungs speed up restoration of normal body pH when the body is under acid stress, whether it's physical, emotional or mental stress doesn't matter, the effect is the same. It's the job of the kidneys and lungs to rectify pH acidity; however restoring acid base equilibrium necessary for efficient cellular metabolism requires oxygen water, salt, and potassium. In addition to the increased oxygen needs of metabolically active tissue, extra oxygen is required to convert the lactic acid produced by muscle contraction into glucose. When oxygen supply is shunted away from deep organs, potassium concentration inside and outside cells rises out of proportion, and the electrical response of the cells slows down.

The good news is that disease cannot thrive within a normal alkaline metabolic environment, and there's now an easy and accessible way to alkalize body pH quickly on a daily basis. Our lifestyle can be intrinsically alkalinizing or acidifying, it's our choice. When our priorities become fresh air, sunshine, clean water, and exercise, a healthy alternative to acid producing exercise becomes a logical first step. Working muscle typically pulls oxygen and electrolytes out of the body and therefore, despite the acidic conditions normally created by exercise, skeletal muscle tissue can maintain contractility. This is not so true in the case of heart muscle, where acidosis has been implicated in heart attack. However, studies show that even a moderate lack of oxygen can reduce contractility even in skeletal muscle due to the imbalance of sodium and potassium, and the reduced sensitivity of contractile proteins to calcium.

Prior to and immediately after walking, running, or any kind of sport or workout which shuts down circulation to the viscera, a warm-up and cool down with exercise that opens up circulation in the deep organs is essential. Reversing body acidity with pH-balancing full body dynamic stretching exercise like pHx when combined with alkalizing whole foods, recharges cells, and optimizes metabolism for faster weight loss. It's within our power to prevent untimely death from cancer, heart disease and medical causes. We can't say we didn't know better when we hand over our free will and default on our freedom of choice, as parents and citizens, instead of being self responsible and proactive.