when i read that most cancer is a result of over-acidity, i was very struck by that. it seems that most of the typical foods that we generally eat are mostly acidic forming. it will take an effort for me to change my diet to mostly alkaline forming foods...and i don't even eat meat.
it's interesting that over-alkalinity is dangerous mostly because of the long-term damage of over-acidity.
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Acid forming foodsOne important thing to keep in mind is that the acid forming foods are important foods. They provide very important vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and fiber. A diet is not complete without them.
However, if these acid forming foods compose more than 20% of the diet (and in most Americans they compose over 90% of the diet) then as we age, and the body becomes less efficient, the cells of the body become more and more acidic.
Though there are systems in place that maintain the delicate pH balance in the blood stream, at the cellular level a person can become more and more acidic. People who have serious illnesses always have low pH values. Therefore, I believe body pH is an important concept to understand, whether you want to restore you own health, or just remain healthy.
Look at the mineral content of food
The way to discern which foods are alkaline forming and which foods are acid forming is to look at the minerals they contain.
Foods that predominately contain the minerals Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and Sodium are alkaline forming food. I remember these minerals are alkaline because they form calcium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide when added to water.
Hydroxide means it is a base and therefore alkaline.
The acid forming minerals are Sulfur, Phosphorus, and Chlorine.
These would form sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid and hydrochloric acid when added to water.
The effects of too many acid foods
When lots of acid forming foods are eaten the body has to go into survival mode. This means pulling calcium and other minerals out of the bones to neutralize all the acids in the system. Hence, you have crystals dropping out of solution and arthritis, you have osteoporosis and dental cavities because minerals are removed from the bones and teeth, and you have other degenerative diseases and health problems.
Not only are people with an acidic system robbing from these mineral stores to buffer acids in their system, but they are making their bodies less efficient, because the chemical processes that take place in the body work best in a more alkaline pH range. And they actually make the body not as efficient at absorbing minerals and utilizing them. Just like a plant in your garden, minerals and vitamins cannot be assimilated and used unless the soil is within a certain pH window. Once plants or people get out of our pH window, they do not assimilate the vitamins and minerals they need. To help people who have acidic cellular solutions in their bodies, products like coral calcium and green foods have become very popular. Though, for the long term, a change in diet is essential.
Many people are so messed up that they need more than diet to begin with. Coral calcium contains lots of easy to assimilate calcium along with 72 trace minerals. These minerals help to re-alkalinize the body. They do work. All you need is some pH paper to see for yourself.
At present we have coral calcium from Okinawa, Japan in bulk (selling it by the pound). You can check your pH, begin using green foods, kefir, or coral calcium and watch the changes take place in your body for yourself. As you see the pH of your body change you should also notice a change in your health and energy level.
One Last Comment About Your pH
If you test out alkaline, it is possible the reading could be misleading. People who have absolutely no good normal flora, and consequently very low digestive enzyme levels will be alkaline, and even too alkaline, yet they are not healthy. A healthy person should have several pounds of normal flora in their gut. If they do not have the normal flora, and therefore low digestive enzymes, they will not digest their food properly, will have an unbalanced system, yet they will show up as alkaline.
Once they reintroduce normal flora their pH will drop very low. Often they plummet down to 5.5 or so for their pH. The goal is to both have an alkaline body and have healthy normal flora. If you have ever struggled with being too alkaline you need gut flora, if you are alkaline and are struggling with not feeling well, or being sick, or have arthritis, etc., you probably have a misleading reading, because you lack normal flora.
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