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pH Balancing
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Understanding pH and why many people have disease:
disease begins when our bodies turn acidic.
Being too
acidic creates a condition favorable to the growth of bacteria,
yeast, and other unwanted organisms. Scientists have found over
200 degenerative diseases linked to low acidic pH levels --
including cancer, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, gall and
kidney stones, and many more.
Two factors that are always present
with cancer no matter what else may be present, acid pH and a lack
of oxygen. Cancer could very well be our bodies trying to survive
the conditions we’ve allowed them to deteriorate to. Perhaps a
better way of putting this is: cancer is the result of your
cells trying to survive a condition that you won't.
A person
with an acid imbalance will generally have a resting respiratory
rate of 19 or more and if they take a deep breath will only be
able to hold it for 40 seconds or less. Why? Because carbon
dioxide is used by the body to regulate pH. If the body is
highly acidic, the brain tells the body to breathe faster to get
rid of the acidic carbon dioxide.
Now, it is important to note that
acid means lack of oxygen and that bacteria and germs and fungus
all survive without oxygen. When we are acidic we lose our
oxygen and our negative charge, our bodies clean-up crew goes to
work.
Candida is part of the cleanup crew. As this yeast turns into a
fungus, it spreads its thin mycelia throughout our bodies
attacking other organs. The clean-up crew produces wastes called
mycotoxins. One of the wastes is uric acid, another is alcohol,
and yet another is aflatoxin, one of the most potent carcinogens
known.
Once our system is acidic, and once the clean-up crew kicks in,
we start to get diseased tissues. Once we have diseased tissues,
outside germs can find a favorable environment in which to grow.
They produce the secondary illnesses we, in this modern culture,
call illness or disease. As amazing as it can seem, germs are
attracted to the diseased tissues, they are not the primary
cause of it.
The symptoms of the
first stage of acidosis are so common that most people simply
take a pain killer or some over the counter medication to mask
the symptoms: headaches, food allergies, bloating, acne, panic
attacks, lack of energy, lack of sex drive, cold hands and feet,
agitation, hard to sleep, hard to get up, sinus headaches, and
an increased susceptibility to colds and flu and whatever's
going around.
The symptoms in phase two might bring you to a doctor, but
still, some just self-medicate: cold sores, hives, depression,
migraines, asthma, urinary tract infections, fungal infections,
yeast infections, swelling, colitis, tingling, excessive falling
hair, osteoarthritis, and atherosclerosis.
If you have toenail fungus, then take note that this fungal
infection goes much further than just under your toenails. It is
all over your body. And no drug (diflucan) will end it, though
it might clear up symptoms for a while.
The final stages of acidosis are chronic, debilitating diseases:
Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, leukemia, all cancers,
Hodgkin's disease, schizophrenia, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis,
and tuberculosis just to name a few.
As an acidic body ages, the walls of the blood vessels
abnormally thicken – with muscle
– calcium and
cholesterol deposits. In
addition, collagen fibers in the artery walls experience
cross-linking, which stiffens the walls of the blood vessels.
Mild acidosis can
cause such problems as:
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Cardiovascular
damage, including the constriction of blood vessels and the
reduction of oxygen.
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Weight gain,
obesity and diabetes.
Bladder and kidney conditions, including kidney stones.
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Immune deficiency.
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Acceleration of
free radical damage, possibly contributing to cancerous
mutations.
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Hormone concerns.
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Premature aging.
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Osteoporosis;
weak, brittle bones, hip fractures and bone spurs.
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Joint pain, aching
muscles and lactic acid buildup.
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Low energy and
chronic fatigue.
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Slow digestion and
elimination.
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Yeast/fungal
overgrowth.
The first steps in
maintaining health is to pH balance the body. This is one of the
most important aspects of homeostasis. Changes in pH alter
virtually all body functions.
The cells of a healthy body are alkaline while the cells of a
diseased body are below a pH of 7.0. The more acidic the cell,
the sicker we become. If the body cannot alkalize the cells they
will become acidic and thus, disease sets in. Our bodies produce
acid as a by product of normal metabolism. Since our bodies do
not manufacture alkalinity, we must supply the alkalinity from
an outside source to keep us from becoming acidic and dying.
Maintaining
proper pH is essential for life, health, and
vitality. If your body’s pH is not balanced, you cannot
effectively assimilate vitamins, minerals, and food supplements.
An alkalinizing diet reduces cravings and addictions; it also
helps with detoxification. Body pH affects over all health.
Although it
is somewhat controversial, many people agree that your urinary pH
should fluctuate between 6.5 to 6.8, and that your saliva pH
should fluctuate and always be be above 7.2. When urine pH is 6.5 and below for extended
periods, it is an indication that the body’s fluids elsewhere are
too acid, and it is working overtime to rid itself of an acid
medium. The pH of urine indicates the efforts of the body via the
kidneys, adrenals, lungs, and gonads to regulate pH through the
buffer salts and hormones. Urine can provide a fairly accurate
picture of body chemistry. Urine pH can vary from around 4.5 to
9.0 for its extremes, but the ideal pH range for the urine is
between 6.5 and 6.8.
There are five
alkaline-forming minerals, also known as acid-binding minerals.
These minerals are: calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and
iron. Each of these are important for creating a healthy
alkaline environment. These minerals bind with acid minerals and
evacuate those acidic and toxic substances. Consuming more
alkaline foods allows for a mucus free body.
Urine
testing can indicate how well your body is assimilating minerals,
especially calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium. These are
called the “acid buffers” because they are used by the body to
control the acid level. If acid levels are too high, the body
will not be able to excrete acid. It must either store the acid
in body tissues (autotoxication) or buffer it—that is, borrow
minerals from organs, bones, etc. in order to neutralize acidity.
There are many false
pH readings. The urine pH may be acid. But if the acidosis is
caused by excess potassium in the system, the kidneys will dump
potassium and retain hydrogen. Here the urine is alkaline while
the body fluids are acid. Furthermore, a person who has a highly
acidic diet and their urinary pH is 6.8 or higher, it is highly
probable that that the body may be in the ammonia cycle of the
liver to help deal with the acid. This situation denotes that
there are depleted mineral, alkaline, and enzyme reserves.
It is almost
impossible to balance the urinary pH of people consuming water
loaded with carbonic acid.
Saliva
testing can indicate the activity of digestive enzymes in your
body, especially the activity of the liver and stomach. This
reveals the flow of enzymes running through your body and shows
their effect on all the body systems.
You can
test your pH at home using litmus paper strips (available at your
local pharmacy, health food store, or on-line). Test your urine
when you first get up and test the saliva before putting anything
in the mouth. (Do not put the test paper directly on your
tongue). Testing during the day results in testing what you ate
in the previous meal and its temporary effect on the body.
Because PH fluctuates you need to test yourself regularly to get
an over all accurate reading.
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