Acidity The Cause Of All Diseases
WHAT IS pH?
A certain percentage of water molecules always dissociate into H and OH ions in every body of water. This ration of H ion and OH ions is expressed as pH scale ranging from 0-14 and is very critical to health. Normal level is slightly over 7.0
What
is Acidosis?
Chronically
low pH is called ACIDOSIS and is very destructive to health. Most degenerative
diseases result from this condition caused by acidic dietary, habits and
lifestyles.
Interestingly,
our body naturally loves and needs alkalinity boost both internally and
externally, so alkalize or die.
Do
you know that the body is made up of 70% of water, the higher the pH reading
the more Alkaline and Oxygen rich the fluid is, the lower the pH reading the
more Acidic and Oxygen deprived the fluid is.
According
to scientific studies, over 98% of germs that lives in the body survive in the
acidic environment, meaning the alkaline zone in the body is a dead zone for
diseases. The human body is design in a way that it can manage alkaline but
cannot manage acidity, sickness is a result of accumulation of acidity in the
body. The stomach is the only part of the body that is designed to be acidic
because of digestion. Human blood pH
should be slightly Alkaline (7.4).
Acidity
can be a result of:
i.
Acidic
dietary: Modern diet has proven that life is sweet so the eat sweet things,
e.g. Junk foods, lack of vegetables in
diets, excess cholesterol intake, orthodox drugs etc.
ii.
Habits:
some habits that we exhibit are acidic habits e.g. smoking, alcoholism, lack of
exercise etc.
iii.
Lifestyle:
Some lifestyle are acidic e.g. anger, hate, quarrelsome etc.
Acid
is for Your Car Battery..…Not Your Body!
The
principle of acid/alkalinity helped me regain my health. Doing this one simple thing will solve many
of your nutritional worries.
Read
about the dangers of being too acid and how you can find that balance by
changing your diet.
10
Benefits of Having a Balanced Body pH:
Skin more elastic, youthful
Deeper more restful sleep
Abundant physical energy
Suffer from fewer colds, headaches, flu viruses
Good digestion
Less arthritis
Reduction of Candida (yeast) overgrowth
Won’t support osteoporosis
Increased mental acuity, mental alertness
Legal natural high
Did
you know that the water fish swim in needs to be in the correct pH for it to
live? Also, plants flourish when the soil is at the right pH level. Life only
exists where there’s balance, and your body is totally regulated by pH!
Are you too acidic?
Check
Out This List of Symptoms of Being Too Acidic
1.
Digestive
issues:
Excess
stomach acid
Acid
reflux
Gastritis
Ulcers
Saliva
acidic
2.
Unhealthy
Skin, Nails and Hair:
Nails
are thin and break easily
Dry
skin
Cracks
at the corners of the lips
Hair
is dull with split ends, and falls out
Hives
Very
pale face
3.
Teeth and
Mouth Issues:
Loose
teeth
Teeth
sensitive to hot, cold, or acidic foods
Teeth
have a tendency to crack or chip
Sensitive
gums
Mouth
ulcers
Infections
in throat and tonsils
Tooth
nerve pain
4.
Eyes, Head
and General Body:
Headaches
Low
body temperature (feels cold)
Tendency
to get infections
Leg
cramps and spasms
Eyes
tear easily, conjunctivitis, inflammation of the eyelids and corneas
5.
Nerves and Emotions:
Low
energy; constant fatigue
Being
continually depressed with a loss of joy and enthusiasm
Excessive
nervousness
Research
and Experts Say:
•
A seven-year study conducted at the University of California, San Francisco, on
9,000 women showed that those who have chronic acidosis are at greater risk for
bone loss than those who have normal pH levels. Many of the hip fractures
among middle-aged women are connected to high acidity caused by a diet rich in
animal foods and low in vegetables. - American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition
•
“The countless names of illnesses do not really matter. What does matter is
that they all come from the same root cause…too much tissue acid waste in the
body!” – Dr. Theodore A. Baroody in his remarkable book Alkalize or
Die
•
“Immune cells that are too acid or too alkaline do not produce antibodies or
cytokines (chemical messengers to regulate other immune cells), and they have
impaired phagocytosis (the ability to engulf and destroy microbes). As a
result, the affected individual becomes susceptible to viral, bacterial, fungal
and other infectious microbes as well as cancer,” says Dr. William Lee Cowden.
Acid/alkaline imbalance causing disease is not a new
concept. In 1933, Dr. William Howard Hay from New York published A New
Health Era in which he maintains that all disease is caused by
“self-poisoning” due to acid accumulation in the body.
An overly acidic condition weakens the body and can become
dangerous. Our body requires a slightly alkaline condition to function well.
Blood, for example, needs to be 7.4 pH. A shift in blood pH of just 0.2
could result in death. Obviously, the body does not want to die so it is
forced to borrow minerals (calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium) from vital
organs and bones to neutralize the acid. A condition of high acidity may
go undetected for years, causing the body to suffer prolonged damage.
How
Do We Balance Our pH?
Our
typical diet consists mostly of acidifying foods (proteins, cereals, sugars).
Alkaline foods such as fruits and vegetables are often eaten in much smaller quantities; not enough to
neutralize the excess of acidifying foods we consume. Common habits like
tobacco, coffee, tea and alcohol are extremely acidifying.
Our
body is approximately 20 percent acidic and 80 percent alkaline; it is
recommended that we consume approximately 20 percent acidic foods and 80
percent alkaline foods.
The
acid in the acid/alkaline balance is not the same as stomach acid. A healthy
stomach pH is acidic, which is necessary for digesting food. What we are
discussing here is the pH of the body’s fluids, cells and tissues.
Alkalinity is also more about what happens AFTER digestions. For example,
lemons and oranges are considered acidic but after digestion they supply
alkaline minerals to the body. Foods are either acidifying or alkalizing.
The
diet needs to be fairly alkaline – to be energized and get all the benefits
mentioned above.
Diet
is the safest way to balance. If your diet is not what it should be you
can also add alkaline water.
