YOUR BODY NEEDS IT: ACID ALKALINE BALANCE
Hello and thank you for visiting. One of the basic necessities for the body to function properly is maintaining the proper balance of acidity and alkalinity (pH) in the blood and other body fluids. We hear the term (pH)balance on the label of our deodorant and hygiene items at our grocery store. Our bodies like to be (pH)slightly alkaline balanced at around 7.0-7.5
The acid-alkaline theory of disease is an oversimplification, but it basically states that many diseases are caused by excess acid accumulation in the body. There is accumulating evidence that certain diseases, such as Osteoporosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, and many other diseases may be influenced by the dietary acid-alkaline balance.
Example: Osteoporosis, may be the result of a chronic intake of acid-forming foods that consistently outweigh the intake of alkaline foods, leading to the bones being constantly forced to give up their alkaline minerals, such as calcium and magnesium, in order to buffer the excess acid.
What To Eat! The dietary goal for good health is simple. just make sure that you consume more alkaline-producing foods than acid-producing foods.
Keep in mind that there is a difference between acidic foods and acid-forming foods. We get this wrong, just in basic thinking of what we have learned about food.
This is how pH balance works. Foods such as lemons and citrus fruits are acidic, they actually have an analyzing effect on the body! Who knew it? Not me before I started learning about the effects of food on our bodies. What determines the pH nature of the food in the body is the metabolic end products when food is digested! I love learning..and sharing..Here is a good example:
Citric acid in citrus fruit, is metabolized in the body to its alkaline form and may even be converted to bicarbonate, another alkaline compound.
Many nutritionists and myself believe that if an 80:20 alkaline acid proportion is followed in your daily diet, (don’t worry, you DO NOT have to study food chemistry or worry any further about what you eat, I am going to make it simple.
pH= measures how acid or how alkaline a substance.
pH Scale=scale of measurement for the acidity and alkalinity.
Classifying our food:
*Note-Food is either alkaline forming or acid forming.
Alkaline-forming foods include: vegetables, fruits, soybeans, almonds, most legumes, potatoes with the skin, bananas, millet, and buckwheat.
Acid-forming foods include: meat, fish, eggs, cheese, most grains and nuts, peanuts.
Neutral foods include: fats, and oils (this may sound crazy) but they contain neither acid nor alkaline chemical compounds.
How Do We Know? Litmus Paper!! It works and you can buy it at the local Pharmacy. The regular blue and red litmus will give an approximate reading of acidity or alkalinity. Blue will turn red if the urine or saliva is acidic and Red litmus will turn blue if alkaline.
Keep your body balanced in every way. Check out this website: greenopdia.com for list of foods.
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