More and more people are subject to constant irritability which causes them to explode at the slightest provocation, so that even our de-escalation methods prove ineffective.
In order to neutralise acids, a pine-tree will take the emergency measure of drawing potassium, calcium or magnesium from its old needles.
When the human body is over-acidified it must obtain vital basic minerals such as calcium from somewhere, even if this means drawing it from its own bones with the consequent risk of osteoporosis (fragile bones).
It is a fact that most people (especially those who eat large quantities of meat, take part in sports and are stressed) suffer from a condition known as acidosis.
Over-acidification not only makes the body ill, however. One of its many side-effects is also irritability, for as a result of high acid levels the sympathetic nerve is permanently over-stimulated, causing too much adrenaline and thyroxin to be released without any real reason and possibly leading to uncontrolled behaviour and aggression.
Regular de-acidification is able to change the general mood within just a few days, making us more relaxed, calm and sociable, with a significant improvement in quality of life.
Moreover, hardly any other action is as effective in increasing our life expectation, as de-acidification also helps to prevent cancer, strokes, heart attacks, impotence, menstrual pain,
tooth decay, hay-fever, haemorrhoids, hair loss, gout, rheumatism, arthritis, diabetes, bronchitis, slipped discs etc. – to name just a few of the ailments which can only occur in an acidic environment, or whose occurrence is accompanied by over-acidification.

So what makes out levels too high?

• Most of the foods eaten by modern form acids within the body.
• Stress, fear or a bad mood lead to acid reactions.
• Lack of exercise leads to over-acidification, as toxic waste is not carried away but accumulates in certain areas, e.g. in the ends of the tendons where it causes so-called ”tennis elbow”.

Although Prof. Dr. Petra Bracht had given me the necessary capsules to combat acidosis long before, it was only prolonged suffering and a second impulse by my friend Prof.
Tepperwein in Tenerife at the beginning of 2002 that finally revealed the benefits of de-acidification to me: the stubborn tennis elbow which had kept me from my strength training exercises for more than a year was suddenly gone just two days after I restored my basic acid balance to its proper level with a mixture specially formulated for my needs. Since then I have been a convert on the basis of my own experience, and I now take Petra’s alkaline capsules several times a day, and in a higher dose than prescribed.
I have no doubt that there are many nutrition or health experts among my readers who have completely different opinions on this matter. They are entitled to them of course, but I follow the motto that the person who actually cures the ailment is right!
Nothing is worth anything without your health, and every real self-defence must begin with defending your own health!
And I would be a very poor self-defence teacher if I did not pass my own, subjective experience on to my students.

Keith R. Kernspecht