A relative increase in phosphorous results in a sympathetic dominance. Their characteristic diseases are inflammatory in nature, including infections, allergies, arthritis, digestive dysfunctions, diabetes and cancer. Their disease involve calcium deposits in tissue, such as hardening of the arteries, cataracts, stiff joints and fused joints. Another situation occurs which I call the metabolic yo-yo. People flip back and forth between the two states.
Arthritis is a prime example.
There is an acute, inflammatory state of the joint when the phosphorous is high. This alternates with a state where the joint is stiff and the calcium is high. Over time, the joint deforms. The explanation for this phenomena is that this balance can be shifted by various factors, particularly, concentrated sugar consumption, relative amounts of meats, diary, grains, and vegetables in diet , stress, exercise, caffeine, and drugs. Changes in these influences can shift the balance from one side to the other, then back again as these influence are removed.