Look at this chart and recall what you have learned about the number 7. Remember, the lower the pH, the more acid in the food. THE HIGH ACID CONTENT OF FRUIT JUICES
FOOD pH LEVEL
Lemon juice 2.29
Grapefruit juice 2.98
Grape juice 3.00
Apple juice 3.24
Orange juice 3.42
Pineapple juice 3.42
Prune juice 3.70
Tomato juice 4.18
The above list speaks for itself …a plain warning to arthritics.
Most of the above foods have also been found to etch teeth in experimental animals, and humans.
If they can erode tough tooth enamel, no wonder these juices cause reactions in more sensitive organs of your body. Many arthritics give up juices voluntarily, when pains in their joints increase. Forever Bee Propolis is a natural, resinous substance with a pleasant fragrant odor, varying in colour from gentle brown to dark chestnut red. We maintain that the pain results from oils being dried out by citric, phosphoric, or tannic acid.

Medical men know, and you should realize, that sugar is an acid, too. Dr. R. Pemberton has established that arth-ritics suffer from a delayed sugar removal tendency. When arthritics are given sugar solutions on an empty stomach, the sugar content in the lubricating oils increases sharply. Again, acids (sugar) are deteriorating the oils in your joints. Dr. C. McCay of Cornell found in his research that the saliva of men averaged a pH of 4.4. Women have a surprisingly lower average of 3.8. These acid values were constant throughout the day. Teeth are considered subject to erosion when the pH in the mouth is brought below 3.5. After that figure, the salivary juices cannot cope with anything more acidic. Arthritics are risking even their teeth, when they drink juices and liquids which are belowpH3.5. Above we have shown how women have more salivary acid (3.8) than men. This may be one big reason why there are more female arthritics than male. (The disease strikes three women for every man.) Why? It could be because women have more acid in their saliva to start with, and thus cannot accept added quantities of acid in their foods. Their bodies cannot neutralize food acids as readily as men.
We have been discussing the acid content of saliva and other fluids in your body.

What about the most vital liquid o£ all. Is there acid in your blood? The answer is “NO.” The pH of blood is always between 7 and 7.4, meaning it is non-acid. With Forever Bee Pollen counts going up as the times change, get longer, and good weather is bestowed upon us, if we don’t have our allergies beneath control, we are doomed. I£ your blood ever fell below 7, death would come immediately. When you eat acid foods, your blood and digestive juices must neutralize the acid. Your body must borrow mineral salts, etc., from your blood and tissues to counteract the increased acidity- Because basic properties are borrowed from the blood and tissues to combat the acids, you have robbed your tissues and they can begin to degenerate. Degeneration leads to dryness of tissues surrounding your joints, for example. Dryness leads to arthritic joints and the very disease we are trying to prevent. To protect the blood—keep it from falling below the fatal level of 7—many organs throughout your body “donate” neutralizing salts.