| Do you know your ph? By getting ph strips at a | | | | be looked at if you are experiencing an imbalance in |
| pharmacy, pool store or lab you can test your urine | | | | your body. Decades ago Dr. Otto Warburg, the only |
| in the moring and see it's range. A good range is | | | | physician to ever win two Nobel prizes, proved that |
| between 6.5 and 7.2. Most of are too acidic.When we | | | | cancer can not exist in an alkaline/high pH |
| are too acidic, the body takes minerals from | | | | environment.We can eat more alkalinic foods which |
| important organs and our bones to neutralize the | | | | include brocoli, carrots, dried figs, celery, grains and |
| acid.These minerals can include calcium, sodium, | | | | many fruits. On the other |
| potassium and magenesium. Though we may not | | | | hand, the active ingredient in the soft drink Coke is |
| notice it, an overly acidic situation can develop in time | | | | phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8 and it will dissolve a nail |
| into various symptoms and problems.In the Book | | | | in about four days. The phosphates in soft drinks |
| Alkalize or Die , Dr. Theodore A. Baroody says ,"The | | | | bind to calcium and we can't absorb it. The typical |
| countless names of illnesses do not really matter. | | | | Western diet is largely composed of acidic or |
| What does matter is that they all come from the | | | | acidifying elements (proteins, cereals, sugars). Alkaline |
| same root cause...too much tissue acid waste in the | | | | foods such as vegetables are eaten in much smaller |
| body!"- Theodore A. Baroody, N.D., D.C., Ph.D.Some | | | | quantities; their alkaline content is insufficient to |
| problems thatcan indicate acidosis include: bladder and | | | | neutralize surplus acids.Stimulants like tobacco, coffee, |
| kidney conditions, immune deficiency, diabetes, weak | | | | tea, and alcohol are also extremely acidifying. When |
| brittle bones and lactic acid build up. PH is behind the | | | | we get angry or stressed we are also making the |
| bodies electrical system, intracellular activity and the | | | | body ph more acidic. Our ph changes not just from |
| way our bodies utilize enzymes, and minerals, and | | | | the foods we eat, but due to our emotional states. |
| vitamins. That is why pH is one of the first things to | | | | |