PH

Maintaining the body’s proper alkalinity is essential for life, health, and vitality. Simply put, an imbalance in alkalinity creates a condition favorable to the growth of bacteria, yeast, and other unwanted organisms. All leading biochemists and medical physiologists have recognized pH as the most important aspect of a balanced and healthy body. They have long known that the maintenance of an alkaline pH in our tissues and cells is critical to cellular health.

The pH scale ranges from 1 to14. The highest acid level possible is a pH of 1. The most alkaline level possible is a pH of 14. The chemistry of the human body has a delicate range between 6.8 and 7.4 pH for proper maintenance of physical, emotional, and mental health.

All the cells (billions of them) that make up the human body are slightly alkaline, and must maintain that alkalinity in order to function and remain healthy. As each alkaline cell performs its task of respiration, it secretes metabolic wastes, and these end products of cellular metabolism are acidic in nature.

The body will go to great lengths to neutralize and detoxify these acids before they act as poisons in and around the cell.

There are five alkaline-forming minerals present in the body, and in the food we eat. These minerals are: calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and iron. Each are important for creating a healthy alkaline environment. Consuming more alkaline foods naturally reduces inflammation and helps to keep mucus (which is acidic) production at healthy levels. This means no sinus congestion, chronic lymphatic congestion or swelling, fluid accumulation in the lungs, joint calcification, calcium deficiency, or other similar conditions.

Acidity, by its nature, breaks down bodily tissue. The minerals which are acid-forming are: phosphorous, chlorine, sulfur, silicon, iodine, and bromine. Even though acids are a natural byproduct of metabolic respiration, a build-up of them is highly irritating to delicate internal tissue. An acidic body chemistry will promote tissue disease and symptomatic side-effects. Cells can adapt to an unnaturally acidic environment, but that adaptation may end up as abnormal cell growth, also called tumors or cancers.

Research has shown that a major component in the development of disease is acidic buildup and an anaerobic internal environment. An acidic pH is often created by a disruption in the balance of the three main alkaline minerals, sodium, calcium, and magnesium.

When the dietary alkaline minerals aren't sufficient to neutralize the acids in the body, and the body has used up its natural reserves of free alkaline minerals, the body will take calcium from the bones. As a result of scavenging calcium from the bones, people will often suffer from calcium deposits, tissue inflammation, joint and bone deterioration, swollen joints, body aches, tumors, lymph congestion, excess mucus production, skin problems, allergies, colds, flu, swollen tonsils, loss of eyesight, and yeast or parasitic infections.

A person with a properly balanced pH is more likely to be happy, content, free of body aches, and muscle cramps. He or she is more likely to be emotionally stable and clear thinking. The results of re-establishing a healthy pH are often extraordinary, as metabolic pathways that have been shut down from improper pH open back up again.

Fortunately, the body is a miraculous machine. Given the nutrients it needs to maintain its biochemical functions, it will heal itself quickly.

The major alkaline and acid minerals work within a particular ratio, so it is important to have an accurate baseline by which to judge current imbalances. Once this is done, we can move forward responsibly to bring the system back into balance.