Alkaline is the English synonym for basic, since Bronsted Lowry acid - base theory of 1923 the term alkali in chemistry was restricted to those salts containing alkali earth metal elements especially for soluble bases. Alkalis are known to have pH (potential of hydrogen) greater than 7 that dissolve in water such as bicarbonate. Alkali comes from the Arabic al-qalyan meaning base, this term was often used with pharmaceuticals by the Moors (Aboriginal Africans) who early occupation of the Iberien Peninsula, around 711A.D. by the Great General Tariq ibn Ziyad who lead a troop of 6,700 aboriginal Africans and 300 Arabs crossed the straits and disembarked near a rock promontory which from that day since has borne his name from the Arabic Djabal Tariq which means the mountain of Tariq or Gibraltar. You can visit the oldest pharmacy in Europe which is now a museum, located in Penaranda de Duero Spain which was established by the Moors, using ground coral which is highly alkaline for its beneficial effects on the heart and brain. Alkalinity measure the ability of a solution to neutralize acids. Dr. A. Szent-Gyorgy stated, "The body is alkaline by design but acidic by function". Every living cell within our body creates metabolized waste which is acid. The nutrients from our food are delivered to each cell and they burn with oxygen to provide energy for us to live. The burned nutrients are called metabolized waste. Whether you eat the best of foods or the worst, all foods generate metabolized waste. Foods are classified as alkaline or acid, based on the oxidized remains of our food and the amount and quality of the waste products it produces. Alkaline Foods produces very little waste and acidic foods produces large amounts of waste, the more acid the more metabolic waste. Most of our cells go through metabolism and these old dead cells also become waste products.
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