Biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg, one of the twentieth century's
leading cell biologists, discovered that the root cause of cancer is
too much acidity in the body, meaning that the pH, potential hydrogen,
in the body is below the normal level of 7.365, which constitutes an
"acidic" state. Warburg investigated the metabolism of tumors and the
respiration of cells and discovered that cancer cells maintain and
thrive in a lower pH, as low as 6.0, due to lactic acid production and
elevated C02. He firmly believed that there was a direct relationship
between pH and oxygen. Higher pH, which is Alkaline, means higher
concentration of oxygen molecules, while lower pH, which is acidic,
means lower concentrations of oxygen...the same oxygen that is needed
to maintain healthy cells.
In 1931 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this important
discovery. Dr. Warburg was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
(now Max Planck Institute) for cell physiology at Berlin. He
investigated the metabolism of tumors and the respiration of cells,
particularly cancer cells. Below are some direct quotes by Dr. Warburg
during medical lectures where he was the keynote speaker:
"Cancerous tissues are acidic, whereas healthy tissues are alkaline.
Water splits into H+ and OH- ions, if there is an excess of H+, it is
acidic; if there is an excess of OH- ions, then it is alkaline."
In his work The Metabolism of Tumours Warburg demonstrated that all
forms of cancer are characterized by two basic conditions: acidosis and
hypoxia (lack of oxygen).
"Lack of oxygen and acidosis are two sides of
the same coin: where you have one, you have the other.
"All normal cells have an absolute requirement for oxygen, but cancer cells can live without oxygen - a rule without exception."
"Deprive a cell 35% of its oxygen for 48 hours and it may become cancerous."
Dr. Warburg has made it clear that the root cause of cancer is oxygen
deficiency, which creates an acidic state in the human body. Dr.
Warburg also discovered that cancer cells are anaerobic (do not breathe
oxygen) and cannot survive in the presence of high levels of oxygen, as
found in an alkaline state.
