Maintaining a healthy pH balance in the body is crucial to optimal health and vitality. Although the body's skin, saliva, blood and digestive tract have varying pH levels, a slightly overall alkaline pH of 7.3 indicates the body is functioning well. Lower pH levels that range from 0 to 7.0 indicate acidosis, a condition most frequently caused by consuming acidic food and drinks, stress or mineral deficiencies. When the body remains acidic for extended periods of time, alkalizing minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium must be drawn from the body's blood, bones and joints to bring the blood pH back into balance. The resultant mineral deficiencies and the acidic environment is the forerunner to inflammation, disease and chronic health problems. Raising the body's pH is the most effective treatment for those conditions, according to Christopher Vasey.
Step 1
Add healthy fats to your diet. Use olive, grapeseed and flaxseed oil for baking and cooking. Drink a green smoothie each day and eat an avocado for added alkalizing benefits.
Step 2
Eat a green salad each day. Serve raw vegetables and a piece of fresh fruit with each meal. The digestion process alkalizes the acids found in most fruits and vegetables and produces potassium, an alkaline substance.
Step 3
Replace your commercial table salt with a naturally processed sea salt. Table salt is mined from underground salt deposits and is acid forming. Sea salt is harvested from sea water and is mildly alkaline due to the naturally occurring minerals.
Step 4
Eliminate or cut back on coffee and soft drinks. Soft drinks are particularly acidic and the volume of water the body needs to detoxify can cause severe hydration, according to the Natural News website.
Step 5
Test the pH level of your tap water and any bottled water you drink on a regular basis. Drink 32 oz. of purified water each day. Squeeze the juice from a fresh lemon slice into each serving for added alkalizing benefits.
Tips and Warnings
- Although your body's pH balance is constantly in flux and varies on a daily basis, you can easily test your pH balance with pH test strips available at most drugstores. Maintain a regular exercise schedule. An elevated respiratory rate increases exhalation of carbon dioxide. Avoid overexertion that can contribute to a buildup of lactic acid.
- Although excess salt consumption may have serious health consequences, unrefined sea salt may have therapeutic properties.
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