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