Alkaline VS Acidic. Your body pH affects everything!!

 Balancing the pH is a major step toward well-being and greater health.

                                                     The PH Scale is from 0 to 14

                                      0 1 2  3  4  5  6  7 healthy  8 9 10 11 12 13 14                       

Human blood pH should be slightly alkaline ( 7.35 - 7.45 ).  Below or above this range means symptoms and disease.  A pH of 7.0 is neutral.  A pH below 7.0 is acidic.  A pH above 7.0 is alkaline. 
 
An acidic pH can occur from, an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and/or immune reactions or any process that deprives the cells of oxygen and other nutrients.  The body will try to compensate for acidic pH by using alkaline minerals.  If the diet does not contain enough minerals to compensate, a build up of acids in the cells will occur.
An acidic balance will:  decrease the body's ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decrease the energy production in the cells, decrease it's ability to repair damaged cells, decrease it's ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumor cells thrive, and make it more susceptible to fatigue and illness.  A blood pH of 6.9, which is only slightly acidic, can induce coma and death. 
 
The reason acidosis is more common in our society is mostly due to the typical American diet, which is far too high in acid producing animal products like meat, eggs and dairy, and far too low in alkaline producing foods like fresh vegetables.  Additionally, we eat acid producing processed foods like white flour and sugar and drink acid producing beverages like coffee and soft drinks.  We use too many drugs, which are acid forming; and we use artificial chemical sweetners like NutraSweet, Spoonful, Sweet 'N Low, Equal, or Aspartame, which are poison and extremely acid forming.  One of the best things we can do to correct an overly acid body is to clean up the diet and lifestyle. 
 
To maintain health, the diet should consist of 60% alkaline forming foods and 40% acid forming foods.  To restore health, the diet should consist of 80% alkaline forming foods and 20% acid forming foods. 
 
Generally, alkaline forming foods include: most fruits, green vegetables, peas, beans, lentils, spices, herbs and seasonings, and seeds and nuts.
 
Generally, acid forming foods include: meat, fish, poultry, eggs, grains, and legumes. 
 

An acidic body is a sickness magnet. What you eat and drink will impact where your body's pH level falls. Balance is Key !!! 

A few tips on achieving the desired level of Alkalinity:

• Substitute Acidic Beverages (soda) for Alkaline Water (99% of bottled water is acidic)
• Add Organic Greens (you can buy this powder in any health food store, Tony Robbins swears by it). Add this to any water, it will make it alkaline
• Eat lots of FRESH fruits/vegetables

No bacteria/decease can live in an alkaline environment. Our bodies are amazing. Once your body is alkaline and healthy, it will repair itself!  

God Bless! See you in my next blog!