Today, the AIMSIB (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE AND CARING)
is rekindling an old passion for organic chemistry in general, and Vincent’s bioelectronics in particular (*). These subjects remain fundamental for anyone wishing to understand the fascinating enigma posed by living organisms. Luckily Sylvie Réant, a member of the AIMSIB Scientific Advisory Board and the Marc Henry Institute, knows these complex subjects inside out. We would like to thank her for sharing her enormous knowledge of the subject with us. From acidosis to oxidation, via antimicrobial disinfection and the morning shower, a subject that ultimately leads us to anti-cancer treatments banned in France, who would have thought? Enjoy your reading.
Source: The AIMSIB editorial team, 01 February 2026
Introduction
In many naturopathic circles, the social disease presented as the cause of all other ills is “acidosis”. What does this name hide?
Tell an academic doctor about acidosis, and he’ll laugh out loud! What kind of acidosis? Blood and the internal environment (lymph) are never acidic! Their pH varies between 7.35 and 7.45. If it reaches 7.2 (which is still slightly alkaline), we’re dead!
Notion of acidosis
Lactic acidosis disease (the only acidosis recognized by medicine) is a rare genetic disorder. Sufferers carry two defective genes which act on the mitochondria (the cell’s energy suppliers), causing them to lose a large part of their production capacity. The additional energy required is then provided by the breakdown of glucose in anaerobic mode, with the production of large quantities of lactic acid. Normally, the liver and kidneys eliminate it. But in the event of an illness, even a mild one such as diarrhea or a cold, or of vaccination, children with this genetic anomaly are unable to mobilize the energy needed to deal with the problem and die.
Acidosis, as seen by naturopaths, is something quite different. It is a degraded physiological state caused by, among other things, an unsuitable diet (in terms of quality or quantity), a lack of physical activity or stress. Stress can have any number of causes: chemical or electromagnetic pollution, disharmony in relationships, whether internal (i.e. with oneself) or external (i.e. with the environment, whether physical or relational). Age is an aggravating factor.
On the Internet, naturopaths explain how to diagnose acidosis by measuring the pH of the urine, assuming that this reflects the pH of the tissue. However, this is not the case. If the kidneys are working properly, an acidic urine pH shows that this physiological excess acidity is being properly evacuated and that your tissues are healthy!
Normal” urine is acidic in the morning and less acidic or even slightly alkaline (pH <7.5) in the evening, depending on the day’s experience and diet. Alkaline urine in the morning may indicate renal weakness and acidity of the interstitial fluids, since this acidity has not been evacuated!
Measuring pH
Acidity is measured in pH units (see Appendix 1), a dimensionless number that varies between 0 and 14. At pH = 7 the medium is neither acidic nor basic: this is equilibrium. Below 7, the medium is acidic. Above it is basic. For example, the measured pH of alcohol or wine vinegar marked 6° on the bottle is around 2.3 – 2.6. The pH of lemon juice is of the same order of magnitude. As this vinegar is very concentrated, if you dilute it 5 times the pH will hardly change. The pH of a healthy stomach in the midst of protein digestion can reach 1, and that’s healthy! The pH of sweat is between 5 and 6.8, always a little acidic.
While the pH value obtained by measuring a very dilute substance in water makes sense, talking about cellular pH is highly problematic, if not meaningless (see appendix 1).
The fact remains, however , that there are lifestyle-related illnesses that can be treated with often (but not always) satisfactory results, using so-called ‘alkalizing’ diets. Strangely enough, lemons, the acid par excellence, often feature prominently in these diets. Many naturopaths claim that it becomes a base in the body… which is totally false. Lemon has never been a base, and will always remain an acid. On the other hand, it is an antioxidant. Lemon is an antidote to excessive oxidation.
Diseases attributed to acidosis are most often linked to excess oxidation.
And why should we be over-oxidized?
The energy we need to live, transported into the cell via ATP, is produced by oxidizing the breakdown products of sugar or fat. This synthesis takes place in the mitochondria, where cellular respiration takes place. During this process, more powerful and much more dangerous oxidants than oxygen, free radicals, are produced “by accident”, fortunately in very small quantities. Healthy cells are able to neutralize them thanks to their antioxidant capacities. Unfortunately, these are overwhelmed when there are too many external sources of free radicals. The phenomenon becomes more acute with age. These radicals then cause damage to the cells. They malfunction and even die. The resulting illnesses are, curiously enough, attributed to acidosis!
In reality, it’s not acidosis, but excessive oxidation. And that’s why lemons are such an interesting food: they are anti-oxidant (= reductive). External sources of non-physiological oxidation include all the disinfection systems that our civilization uses and abuses. In a highly oxidizing environment, bacteria, whether pathogenic or not, die. Disinfection is almost always synonymous with over-oxidation. Bleach, chlorine, hydrogen peroxide and ozone, which are most often used, are very powerful oxidants. Admittedly, these products are naturally present in the body, which uses them sparingly and in a targeted manner to neutralize infections. This does not, however, prevent physiological collateral damage, and the need to repair tissues affected after an infection. What’s more, in summer, during ozone alerts, the body undergoes over-oxidation…
Chemical drugs, with rare exceptions, also cause oxidation. If they are not oxidants themselves, and if they are toxic in any way, they are destroyed by the liver. This metabolic process generates free radicals. Anti-cancer drugs are at the top of the list of highly oxidizing drugs.
Non-oxidizing remedies include homeopathic granules, magnesium chloride (rarely prescribed) and vitamins, which are more reductive (= antioxidant)…
Alcohol is a mild oxidant and, above all, its neutralization by the liver generates free radicals.
To sum up: the symptoms attributed to acidosis are in fact linked to an oxidation-reduction imbalance, further amplified if acidity is poorly managed due to kidney problems.
Vincent’s bio-electronics
Characterizing a medium in terms of acid-base and oxidant-anti-oxidant: Vincent’s bio-electronics (1) (2)
In the 1930s-1950s, Louis-Claude Vincent observed that different categories of beings developed best according to the quality of the water in which they were immersed, as summarized in the figure below.
The acid/base and redox properties of water define 4 sectors: acid-oxidizing, basic-oxidizing, basic-reducing and acid-reducing.
Each family of living beings has its own preferred environment in which to flourish. Viruses, for example, prefer a basic-oxidizing environment. Of course, this diagram is “in principle”, and the position of the word “virus” on the diagram does not correspond to the exact values required, which vary according to the species. In any case, extremely basic and extremely oxidizing water will destroy viruses.
Vincent’s bio-electronics are currently being used with great success in aquaculture farming (3). Each species has its own favorable parameters in terms of pH and Red-Ox and, if these are respected in the environment, it thrives magnificently. It’s a way of producing shrimp and fish organically, and with incredible yields (3)!
For us, healthy humans, what are these parameters? They can only be measured in the body’s fluids: blood, lymph, urine and saliva. As far as lymph is concerned, it’s very difficult because taking a sample is very complicated. The characteristics of the other fluids :
– Saliva: neutral or slightly acidic, reducing to the same level as blood;
– Blood: barely basic, medium reducing, with variations depending on whether it is arterial or venous;
– urine: slightly more reducing than blood, acidic or slightly basic depending on the time of day.
Vincent’s bio-electronics recommends healthy pH-rH2 values for the body’s fluids. What is also very important are the relationships between the values of the three fluids: each fluid may be within the norms for good health, but the relationship between the values of these fluids may indicate pathology (4).
At the moment, I don’t know anyone capable of taking good measurements of biological fluids, Laurence Gallais (4) having turned to training and measurements in agriculture, the job of specialist naturopath being too complicated to manage.
Disinfection: a panacea for protecting against viruses and bacteria?
Life is built around the flow of protons and electrons (appendix 1). Disinfectants are basic and oxidizing: they block or destroy these flows in organisms that die on contact with them. Viruses that develop in an oxidized basic environment are in fact the entities that are most resistant to the low mobility of protons and electrons. They resist these difficult conditions that weaken other forms of life. This resistance enables them to use weakened organisms to reproduce.
Disinfection used to get rid of bacteria therefore favors viruses, which can use weakened organisms to reproduce, whether bacteria or animal cells brought into contact with disinfectants.
To destroy a virus, the basic and oxidizing medium must be extremely basic and oxidizing, which is the case with our disinfectants. That’s why a new hydro-alcoholic gel contains a significant dose of hydrogen peroxide. Without this hydrogen peroxide, it would be ineffective against viruses, although it remains active against bacteria, which have a very poor tolerance of ethanol. An active hydro-alcoholic gel, on the other hand, is harmful to the skin. If you use it 10 times a day, you’re asking for trouble!
Under attack from oxidants, the skin cells call on the body’s antioxidant reserves to repair themselves. And for a time, the skin will operate at a rather disabling level of oxidation. Transiently, it becomes a more favorable culture medium for viruses. So, to avoid disinfectant gels, use soap and water instead.
But there’s a real problem here too: mainly water has become a disinfectant with an enormous degree of oxidation!
Vincent’s bioelectronics quantifies the degree of oxidation of water on a scale of 0 to 42, with equilibrium at 28. At rH2 = 0, water is very anti-oxidizing (= reducing). At rH2 = 42, water is at its most oxidizing. The rH2 of body fluids is between 22 and 26.
During training courses in quantum biology, I measured rH2 values of around 38 in 3 major cities: Neuilly sur Seine(2018-2019), Brussels (2020) and the Lille community of municipalities (2017).
At these values, it’s no longer water, it’s disinfectant.
Of course, if the water is left in the open air for 2 hours, it is rebalanced with the air, and the rH2 drops to 35-36, which is still far too high for drinking water.
What about the shower?
The skin suffers a direct oxidative shock. But the lungs also (and above all?) inhale the fumes.
This kind of water, so oxidizing, weakens the lungs and puts them in good condition for an infection, viral to start with, and bacterial to continue… People who shower in the morning before going out are much more vulnerable to viruses because, unlike those who shower in the evening before going to bed, they haven’t had time to recover from oxidative stress.
Until mid-May 2020, here in Saverne I thought we were lucky, as our water was moderately oxidized with rH2s between 30 and 32. But a routine measurement on 10 June 2020, at 5.30pm, showed an rH2 of 37.3. Our little town is no longer spared. I was moved by this discovery. As we age, our bodies oxidize. This is normal. To function, it draws energy from sugars and fats through oxidation.
It is therefore important for the body to be able to replenish its stock of antioxidants, by eating freshly-picked plants, to counteract oxidation.
Yes, but what if they are washed in highly oxidizing water? Inevitably, they lose some of their quality. And if our washing is done with water so treated that it becomes a disinfectant, all the degenerative diseases associated with age, including cancer, are encouraged, in addition to virus problems.
Water and cancer
What about cancer? Let’s talk about it. A recent publication (5) by R. Attal and L Schwartz et al. shows the accuracy of Vincent’s bio-electronics model. It turns out that in a cancer cell the water is much freer (and therefore less ‘gelled’) and more basic than in a healthy cell. What do you know! More basic water on average in a cancer cell?
On the other hand, the cancer cell functions at a higher oxidation level than the healthy cell, while regulating itself at this dysfunctional oxidation level. One more over-oxidation and the cancer cell dies.
As a result, there are 2 basic medical strategies for regulating cancer: over-oxidation, which is currently compulsory in France, or the use of anti-oxidants (such as vitamin C) to enable these cells to return to their original low-oxidation state.
In France, for administrative reasons, this 2nd method is prohibited, whereas in Europe (Germany (6) , Belgium etc.), combined with other treatments, it is possible with excellent results. However, the various administrative obstacles and penalties mean that setting up a genuine assessment remains complicated in France.
Conclusion
So what can we do? In the interests of prevention, how can we boost the body’s anti-oxidation system?
Here are a few tips:
– know how to manage stress
– eat a balanced diet based on fresh, organic produce (avoid additives and pesticides),
– if necessary, use anti-oxidant food supplements without excess.
– Drinking water that is balanced in terms of Red-Ox or slightly reducing is also a good idea.
The reducer (antioxidant) par excellence is di-hydrogen: H2. It stimulates the body’s natural defenses against free radicals, promotes cell regeneration and enables the physiological oxidation that is essential in the mitochondria (7) (8) (9). There are more or less expensive devices on the market (costing between €500 and €3,000) that produce water containing H2. If the retailer claims that the water is basic (alkaline), the appliance should be avoided. If the water produced retains the pH of the original water, it’s OK.
This H2 can also be produced using a magnesium dynamiser (10). When you soak a blasting stick in water for 1 to 3 minutes, hydrogen and magnesium hydroxide are formed. For those who like symbols: Mg (metal) + 2 H2O Mg(OH)2 + H2.
Tap water, which, with rare exceptions, is alkaline (basic) and oxidized, is rebalanced by contact with magnesium, if one or 2 drops of lemon per glass are added to rebalance the pH. Vinegar, which is an oxidizing agent, should be avoided. Over time, the magnesium hydroxide, which dissolves very little or not at all, ends up covering the stick. It no longer reacts. That’s why you need to scrape it from time to time to reactivate it.
1- Définir le rH2-Orszagh Article « Concepts de base de la bio-électronique » paru dans la revue Sciences du Vivant, Éditions Arys, Paris, vol.5, p.77-87, 1994.sur https://www.eautarcie.org/09d.html#fr
2- Bio-électronique de Vincent : https://medecine-integree.com/la-bioelectronique-de-vincent/
3- Application de la bio-électronique en aquaculture : savoir faire de IDEE Aquaculture : http://www.ideeaquaculture.com/
4 – Redresser un terrain, lire un bio-électronigramme : Laurence Gallais – Manuel pratique de bio-électronique, 2016
5- Attal, R. et al. From electrons to cancer: Redox shift as a driving force of tumorigenesis. Advances in Redox Research 10, 100087 (2024).
6- Traitement alternatif du cancer à Kehl à 500 m de Strasbourg : https://www.vitamin-c-cancer-treatment.com/fr/
7- Henry, Marc et Chambron, Jacques « Les risques d’une libre consommation d’eau réductrice alcaline produite par électrolyse », s. d., 11.
8- Henry, Marc et Chambron, Jacques « Physico-Chemical, Biological and Therapeutic Characteristics of Electrolyzed Reduced Alkaline Water (ERAW) ». Water 5, no 4 (16 décembre 2013) : 2094‐2115. https://doi.org/10.3390/w5042094.
9- Zheng, Xing-Feng, Xue-Jun Sun, et Zhao-Fan Xia. « Hydrogen Resuscitation, a New Cytoprotective Approach : Hydrogen Resuscitation ». Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 38, no 3 (mars 2011) : 155‐63. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.2011.05479.x.
10- Info at*****@******tl.com Acidose, inflammation et oxydo-réduction – S. Réant- Aton-atl page 1/7
