Basic Necessities for the Body to Function Properly..
One of the basic necessities for the body to function properly is maintaining the properbalance of acidity and alkalinity (pH) in the blood and other body fluids.
Disease and Effects:
+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 disease states, such as Osteoporosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, and many others, may be influenced by the dietary acid-alkaline balance.
The Reason Why:
+ Example: Osteoporosis, may be the result of a chronic intake of Acid-forming foods, consistently outweighing the intake of alkaline foods, leading to the bones being constantly forced to give up their Alkaline minerals; Calcium and Magnesium, in order to buffer the excess acid.
What to Eat:
+ The dietary goal for good health is simple. Make sure that you consume more Alkaline producing foods than Acid producing foods. http://www.courts.ca.gov
+ Keep in mind that there is a difference between Acidic foods and Acid forming foods.
How pH Balance Works:
+ Example: Foods such as lemons and citrus fruits are Acidic, they actually have an alkalizing effect on the body. What determines the pH nature of the food in the body is the metabolic end products when it is digested.
+ Citric acid in citrus fruit is metabolized in the body to its alkaline form and may even be converted to bicarbonate, an other alkaline compound.
Acid Alkaline Balance, how to get it:
+ Many nutritionists believe that if an 80:20 alkaline acid proportion is followed in the daily diet, you need not worry any further about what you eat.
+ pH = measures how acid or how alkaline a substance is.
+ pH scale = scale of measurement for acidity and alkalinity.
Body pH:
+ The classification of our food is either Alkaline forming or acid forming. Alkaline forming foods include:
Vegetables, fruits, soybeans, almonds, most legumes, potatoes with skin, bananas, millet, and buckwheat
+ Acid forming foods include:
. Meat, fish, eggs, cheese, most grains, and peanuts.
+ Neutral foods include:
Fats, and oils as they contain neither acid or alkaline chemical compounds.
Testing your body’s acidity
+ The normal pH of saliva is neutral or slightly alkaline in the range of 7.0-7.5.
+ The normal pH of urine is neutral or acid in ranges from 4.5-7.0.
+ These tests can be gauged by using pH or litmus paper. The regular blue and red litmus will give an approximate reading for acidity or alkalinity.
+ Blue litmus will turn red if the urine or saliva is acidic.
+ Red litmus will turn blue if alkaline.
Our bodies function best at 7.0 should consume 75-80% of Alkalizing foods.
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