Fell's Health and Wellness

This book is filled with great information - I am on my second read. I have read many books on pH, yet this is the first one that truly explains how the pH of the body truly works. Just read this one and throw the rest away. Very informative book and a must read not just about pH, but the body and how it works.

I found this book extremely eye opening. I had heard of the acid-alkaline balance before, and about monitoring your pH. But, I never really made the connection to protein. I had taken a Nutrition class at college, but beyond going over how most Americans get too much protein, we didn't speak much about the history of the USDA protein requirements, or how that history has changed based on increasing rates of chronic disease. This book will help you start to understand why it is imperative to cut down on protein. The book also helps you understand how important natural sodium and calcium are in your diet. Beside showing you how stomach acid really works, and why it doesn't in so many people, the book really scares you into wanting to eat more vegetables. With good reason. This book, although not the most informative as to why the problem of acid-alkaline balance exists today, Dr. Morter is very effective at helping us see the damage that the typical Standard American Diet has been causing our body in its effort to maintain homeostasis and high quality of life. Definitely a must read for all. Especially those with a chronic disease.

This book was recommended to me because I was very sick for a long time. By learning exactly how my body works, I have been able to heal a lot. I am not completely well, but I am so empowered now, because I know what my body needs. Eating more fruits and vegetables is not just something our mothers and our government tells us to do for no reason. It is essential to our bodies! And protein is not the good thing that the food industry wants you to think it is. This book explains it all. I highly recommend this book. It should be required reading in schools, and by all doctors. It can change your life.

The central theme of this book is that the acid-alkali balance in your body is extremely important to your health. If you ever used the self-cleaning cycle of an oven you noticed that any liquid that spilled in the oven was turned into an ash. Inside your body, the parts of food that went through the digestive process and were not digested were turned into an ash (not including fibers that just passed through undigested). The ash left behind after eating high protein food is strongly acidic. Strong acids can be tolerated in the stomach but they can't be tolerated in the urinary tract - they would cause severe burns there. So they must be neutralized. If you have reserves of sodium in your body you will be able to neutralize the acid easily. But if you don't, your body must take sodium or calcium from other duties and apply them to neutralizing acid. This loss of sodium or calcium hurts you in the long run. It is the author's contention that if you eat foods that produce an alkali ash and cut back on protein foods, you will be healthy. So eat those fruits and veggies, and don't load up on the biggest steak on the menu. To learn more, get the book.

Dr Morter tells the story of the body and how it works in very easy to real language. If you are in a health crisis or just want to learn more about how unique your body is then this is the read for you. I highly recommend this book.