I mentioned several days ago, that I was reading this great book by Max Gerson MD, called A Cancer Therapy.
He states:
“An explanation for the importance of the absorption
of these minerals was propounded by V. Bunge, who said that there
must be more K, or potassium in the organs in general than Na, sodium,
must be maintained.
K has to be predominant chiefly within the cells (called, therefore, intracellular) while Na has to stay outside the cells in serum, lymph, connective tissue (therefore called extra-cellular). Later observations led to the opinion that the minerals do not react singly but in groups. As a consequence, Dr. Rudolph Keller established the doctrine of the two mineral groups, the intracellular (potassium) or anodic group traveling to the anode, and the extra-cellular (sodium) or cathodic group traveling to the cathode under biological conditions. A further consequence was the discovery that hormones, vitamins and enzymes obey the same rule as the two mineral groups; this means that their function depends upon the prevalence of the K-group within the cells of the organs and tissues such as the liver, muscles, brain, heart, kidney cortex, etc., whereas the Na-group remains outside of them. The Na-group is stationed in the fluids and tissues; serum, lymph, connective tissue, thyroid, bile ducts, etc. Here are also the cathodic or negative vitamins and enzymes, of which the main functions, metabolism and storage are confined to this extra-cellular group.
To the K-group belong about 60 percent of the body tissues and to the Na-group 30 percent; 10 percent are on the borderline. All of them are kept in their proper place, probably by means of their electrical potential. During the day, some Na penetrates the potassium tissues, and this is followed by chloride and water, a process which brings about fatigue, a little heaviness or swelling. At night, it is reabsorbed and in the morning it is eliminated in urine, and the person feels refreshed.
Later in the book, One thing that caught my attention
was this paragraph:
“ In a normal body all is alive, especially the
basic substances built by the minerals, they have ionized or activated
potassium and minerals of the potassium group with a positive electrical
potentials.
In a sick body, mainly in cancer, potassium is inactive. Sodium and minerals of the sodium group are ionized with negative potentials. On this basis all other abnormal processes develop as consequences. For healing purposes the body must be detoxified- activated with ionized minerals, natural food so that the essential organs can function again.
For healing the body brings about a kind of inflammation. That is a tremendous transformation reaction. This renders the body hypersensitive or allergic to a high degree against abnormal or strange substances (including bacilli, cancer cells, scars, etc.,) Consequently the more malignant the cells are the more effective is the treatment. I think this is “the end effect or secret of the treatment”. The school of von Bergmann did reveal some of the features of the allergic reaction.” He states that in his cancer therapy, the ideal task is to restore the function of the oxidizing systems in the entire organism. This, of course, is difficult to accomplish. It involves the following:
This book’s ISBN # is 0-88268-203-2 It is really a great book. An educational read.
You know, I always thought that these no sodium diets were all fad’s, but I see that sodium ‘may’ in some extreme conditions, kind of take over and unbalance things, if potassium is not what it should be. I didn’t understand the positive and negative charges of the minerals, but this makes lots of sense. I am learning a lot!