| Maintaining an Alkaline body is Important for so many reasons. Just 2 reasons are: #1: Disease needs an Acidic environment to thrive #2. Disease "hates" an alkaline environment So, how do you know if your alkaline? How do you get Alkaline? How do you stay Alkaline? |
| Getting Alkaline |
Of all the balances the human body strives to maintain -- the most crucial is the one between acid and alkaline... The body goes to great length trying
to maintain this nature of it's blood.. Unfortunately -- it is far to common for body tissues to become acidic and this imbalance sets the stage for all types of
illness..
Over-acidification is the underlying cause for ALL disease and for general dis--ease as well.. It is only when the body is acidic that it is vulnerable..
In short: good health requires a body in proper acid/alkaline balance. There is only one way to assure that balance -- Proper diet.
The relationship between acid and alkaline is known as pH... If they meet in specific ratio's they cancel each other out creating a neutral pH..
In the blood it takes about 20 times as much alkaline to neutralize any given amount of acid.. So it is better and easier to maintain than to try to
regain that balance.. Just as our body temperature must be maintained at 98.6 degrees -- our blood is ideally maintained at 7.365 pH.. (very mildly acid)..
Testing our pH can be easily done with saliva or urine. You can even ask your Doctor to do a blood pH test.
What's the big deal about pH imbalance?
IN the early stages the symptoms may not be very intense. They might be things like skin eruptions, headaches, allergies, colds, flu and sinus problems.. If it
should go further it gets more serious like weakened organs which you might not even be aware is happening or the more usual thing is you have some health
problems and see your Doctor who begins treatment for that specific problem.. It is a rare Doctor indeed who might consider your pH being off and even more
rare should they know it due to diet. That would hardly pay the bills since they don't sell food.
Then systems start to go bad resulting in dysfunctional thyroid glands, adrenals, liver and so on.. You still might not realize what is going on.. When pH levels go
to far to the acid side, oxygen levels decrease and cellular metabolism will stop. Cells die -- then you die.. Thus, a declining pH is a serious thing..
Your body tries to help...
When faced with a lot of incoming acid the blood will began to pull minerals out of the tissues of our bodies to compensate.. Some of these are much needed
minerals like Sodium, Potassium, Calcium and Magnesium... Normally, if our body is healthy it will maintain a reserve of these alkaline minerals in case of
emergency demand. However, if there is not enough in the reserves then the body goes looking for them elsewhere.. The body tries to prevent cellular
breakdown.. The bones and muscles are a prime candidate.. Calcium will be taken from our bones and magnesium will be taken from our muscles.. And they
are needed where they are at. We can't afford to have them sucked from where they are needed.. This leads to deficiencies.. We have read and heard enough
to have a basic understanding of the problems that occur with those deficiencies...
The body will try to throw off excess acid. It might do this through the skin causing things like acne, eczema, boils, headaches, muscle cramps, soreness,
swelling, irritation, inflammation and general aches and pains..
When acid waste builds up in the body and enters the bloodstream, the circulatory system will try to get rid of them in liquid form -- through the lungs and or
kidneys.. We all know someone who ended up in the hospital with fluid on the lungs.. Could it be??? Makes sense to me.. Or how about Kidney infection??
If there is to much waste to handle, the body will try to deposit it elsewhere such as in the organs, including the heart, pancreas, liver and colon and even stored
in fatty tissue such as the breasts, hips, thighs, belly and even the brain.. Having excess acid in any of these places is --- well -- just toxic and again causes for
all kinds of illness..
This process of acid waste breakdown and disposal can also be called the "aging process".... This imbalance leads to irritation and inflammation - thus, setting
the stage for sickness..
That is just the beginning... It gets worse.. There is a lot more to say about keeping out pH in balance and I am hardly going to try to put it all into this article.. In
reading the above we can easily see how this leads to so many other topics that have been discussed here on Health Tidbits.. We have read a lot about
inflammation and even about Dr. Weil's Inflammation Diet which is simply a diet to work at keeping the proper pH..
You can also be TO alkaline which causes problems as well. But not to worry. It is a rare person who will find themselves to alkaline. (if we test - we know)...
Everything is connected... Every health problem we have are all connected to each other.. One problem leads to another, then another.. The little things
we often look for quick fixes.. And they can be found everywhere... Take this for that.. Do that for this.. But we are simply putting a band aid on a wound that
needs stitches.. It might hold for awhile but eventually things will get worse.. and worse...
Even the big things we want a quick fix for.. Just cut it out (surgery) or just give me more drugs.. While these things, once again, might be a great fix it will still be
temporary in the grand scheme of things until we get to the CAUSE of the problem and do something about it..
If you want to start at the right place it all comes down to what it always comes down to.. Exactly what you stick in your mouth...
It is easy to find out what your pH (alkaline/acid) body balance is... Just get some pH test strips and test yourself daily. Cost-- a couple of
pennies a day... Time-- a couple of seconds a day.. Best money and time ever spent. I prefer the test strips over the paper rolls. The kind that can be used
with urine or saliva. And no, you cannot use soil or water test strips for an accurate human reading. Test for 5 to 7 days to begin with for your average. If you
find yourself below 7 you are acidic. Most people who eat the SAD (standard American diet) are acidic..
If you should ever feel you want some professional guidance, please feel free to contact me..
Click Here for more info.........
Source: (in part from the book: The pH Miracle by Robert O. Young, PhD)
to maintain this nature of it's blood.. Unfortunately -- it is far to common for body tissues to become acidic and this imbalance sets the stage for all types of
illness..
Over-acidification is the underlying cause for ALL disease and for general dis--ease as well.. It is only when the body is acidic that it is vulnerable..
In short: good health requires a body in proper acid/alkaline balance. There is only one way to assure that balance -- Proper diet.
The relationship between acid and alkaline is known as pH... If they meet in specific ratio's they cancel each other out creating a neutral pH..
In the blood it takes about 20 times as much alkaline to neutralize any given amount of acid.. So it is better and easier to maintain than to try to
regain that balance.. Just as our body temperature must be maintained at 98.6 degrees -- our blood is ideally maintained at 7.365 pH.. (very mildly acid)..
Testing our pH can be easily done with saliva or urine. You can even ask your Doctor to do a blood pH test.
What's the big deal about pH imbalance?
IN the early stages the symptoms may not be very intense. They might be things like skin eruptions, headaches, allergies, colds, flu and sinus problems.. If it
should go further it gets more serious like weakened organs which you might not even be aware is happening or the more usual thing is you have some health
problems and see your Doctor who begins treatment for that specific problem.. It is a rare Doctor indeed who might consider your pH being off and even more
rare should they know it due to diet. That would hardly pay the bills since they don't sell food.
Then systems start to go bad resulting in dysfunctional thyroid glands, adrenals, liver and so on.. You still might not realize what is going on.. When pH levels go
to far to the acid side, oxygen levels decrease and cellular metabolism will stop. Cells die -- then you die.. Thus, a declining pH is a serious thing..
Your body tries to help...
When faced with a lot of incoming acid the blood will began to pull minerals out of the tissues of our bodies to compensate.. Some of these are much needed
minerals like Sodium, Potassium, Calcium and Magnesium... Normally, if our body is healthy it will maintain a reserve of these alkaline minerals in case of
emergency demand. However, if there is not enough in the reserves then the body goes looking for them elsewhere.. The body tries to prevent cellular
breakdown.. The bones and muscles are a prime candidate.. Calcium will be taken from our bones and magnesium will be taken from our muscles.. And they
are needed where they are at. We can't afford to have them sucked from where they are needed.. This leads to deficiencies.. We have read and heard enough
to have a basic understanding of the problems that occur with those deficiencies...
The body will try to throw off excess acid. It might do this through the skin causing things like acne, eczema, boils, headaches, muscle cramps, soreness,
swelling, irritation, inflammation and general aches and pains..
When acid waste builds up in the body and enters the bloodstream, the circulatory system will try to get rid of them in liquid form -- through the lungs and or
kidneys.. We all know someone who ended up in the hospital with fluid on the lungs.. Could it be??? Makes sense to me.. Or how about Kidney infection??
If there is to much waste to handle, the body will try to deposit it elsewhere such as in the organs, including the heart, pancreas, liver and colon and even stored
in fatty tissue such as the breasts, hips, thighs, belly and even the brain.. Having excess acid in any of these places is --- well -- just toxic and again causes for
all kinds of illness..
This process of acid waste breakdown and disposal can also be called the "aging process".... This imbalance leads to irritation and inflammation - thus, setting
the stage for sickness..
That is just the beginning... It gets worse.. There is a lot more to say about keeping out pH in balance and I am hardly going to try to put it all into this article.. In
reading the above we can easily see how this leads to so many other topics that have been discussed here on Health Tidbits.. We have read a lot about
inflammation and even about Dr. Weil's Inflammation Diet which is simply a diet to work at keeping the proper pH..
You can also be TO alkaline which causes problems as well. But not to worry. It is a rare person who will find themselves to alkaline. (if we test - we know)...
Everything is connected... Every health problem we have are all connected to each other.. One problem leads to another, then another.. The little things
we often look for quick fixes.. And they can be found everywhere... Take this for that.. Do that for this.. But we are simply putting a band aid on a wound that
needs stitches.. It might hold for awhile but eventually things will get worse.. and worse...
Even the big things we want a quick fix for.. Just cut it out (surgery) or just give me more drugs.. While these things, once again, might be a great fix it will still be
temporary in the grand scheme of things until we get to the CAUSE of the problem and do something about it..
If you want to start at the right place it all comes down to what it always comes down to.. Exactly what you stick in your mouth...
It is easy to find out what your pH (alkaline/acid) body balance is... Just get some pH test strips and test yourself daily. Cost-- a couple of
pennies a day... Time-- a couple of seconds a day.. Best money and time ever spent. I prefer the test strips over the paper rolls. The kind that can be used
with urine or saliva. And no, you cannot use soil or water test strips for an accurate human reading. Test for 5 to 7 days to begin with for your average. If you
find yourself below 7 you are acidic. Most people who eat the SAD (standard American diet) are acidic..
If you should ever feel you want some professional guidance, please feel free to contact me..
Click Here for more info.........
Source: (in part from the book: The pH Miracle by Robert O. Young, PhD)
