OK ... SO HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO YOU ?
When food is digested and metabolized, the end result is a food ash which will have either an acid or alkaline residue.
Unfortunately the common diet of processed ready to eat foods is extremely Acid forming.
Blood PH ranges between 7.35 -7.45. Should blood PH fall outside this range then serious sickness or death is likely to occur.
When this happens the condition is referred to as acidosis or alkalosis.
The lucky thing is our body is very good at maintaining these blood PH levels and will do everything it can to maintain that range.
The problem lies with a diet based on acid forming foods which over time can become a problem.
The blood PH range must be maintained for a healthy life so when the bodies alkaline reserves become depleted, the body has no choice but to call on the reserves it has, for example from bones and teeth. These are a great source of calcium, a highly alkalizing mineral. It also will use up the other alkalizing minerals found throughout the body needed for healthy function like magnesium, sodium, potassium, iron and manganese.
When acid forming diets outweigh your alkalizing nutrient intake, over time poor health is likely to occur.
An example:
After many years of borrowing from the bones and teeth, bone density can be reduced to the point where it could lead to osteoporosis, arthritis and various other diseases. Ever wondered why people shrink with age?
DID YOU KNOW?
One pound of body fat is equal to approximately 3500 calories. That means, to lose one pound per week, you might decrease your required calories by 500 per day.
(-500 calories X 7 days per week = -3500 calories)
The American College of Sports Medicine recommends a minimum of 1200 calories per day for females and 1800 calories per day for males.
(Always consult your physician before starting a diet or fitness regimen.)
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BALANCE BODY PH WITH ALKALINE FOOD
So what is PH?
PH stands for Potential for Hydrogen. It is a way to measure the degree of acidity or alkalinity in a solution.
It is based on a scale of 0-14
0 being very acid, like hydrochloric acid.
14 being very alkaline, like caustic soda.
7 is the mid way point being neutral, like water.
So, what other diseases are related to an imbalance in PH ?
A lot....far too many to list here, but one of the main ones of concern is Cancer.
When you consume a very acidifying diet, although your blood PH is tightly regulated by your body, your other organs and cells throughout your body aren't so lucky. As PH levels fall so does the oxygen holding ability of those cells.
Cancer thrives in a acid environment where there is little available oxygen.
Cancer cells have abnormalities in the genetic code often caused by free radical damage due to pollutants together with a lack of antioxidants.
These abnormalities in the genetic code can cause them to divide at an aggressive rate and in a lot of cases these cancer cells can survive completely without oxygen in a highly acidic environment when normal cells can't.
It is well known that Cancer cannot thrive in an alkaline environment where there are excellent oxygen levels present.
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Energy levels are also hugely related to PH, due to oxygen availability at the cellular level. Oxygen levels within cells fall proportionally with PH.
An acid forming diet could be very closely related to tiredness and fatigue.
So what foods produce an acid residue and which foods produce an alkaline residue once metabolized?
It is also important to note that an acid food can actually metabolize as an alkalized ash. For example a lemon is an acid food yet will form an alkaline ash once metabolized, therefore it is a alkalizing food....
It is recommended by many experts to try to maintain a 80/20 food balance, 80% alkalizing food and 20% acid foods. This ratio will balance out close to a PH of 7.4 after the acidifying effect of normal metabolism and digestion.
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