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How To Maintain A Perfect pH Balance One of the most important prerequisites to enjoying good health and sound well being is having an ef f ective immune system. Without an immune system operating at the top of its game, you will f all f oul of many diseases and illnesses, f rom the common cold, to cancer. So how can you ensure that your own immune system is f iring on all cylinders? Well, the answer is that you must f irst create the right environment within your body – an environment that gives it everything that it needs to prosper. T he human body is an extremely complex organism, and during its natural day to day f unction it manuf actures lots of dif f erent chemicals to support the major lif e f unctions. But if we eat an unhealthy diet, a diet that is too high in f atty f oods f or example, then our body chemistry can become too acidic, and an acidic environment is just the right sort of atmosphere to promote a whole host of illnesses including cancer. T he acidic state of your body is ref erred to as its pH balance, rather like a swimming pool, and in actual f act, given that our bodies are made of 80% water, it’s quite a good analogy to draw. To have a balanced or neutral pH, your body’s pH level should register 7.4 pH; anything lower than that, and your body environment will be too acidic, and anything above that, it will be too alkaline. Do you remember at school when you used Litmus paper to measure f or acidity? If so you’ll probably remember that blue Litmus paper turns red when exposed to acidic solutions, and red Litmus turns blue when exposed to alkaline solutions. It is this same balance of acid or alkaline that is important to your body and its immune system.
T he reason that having too much acid in your body’s chemistry is bad f or you is that it makes your body go in search of certain minerals, which, when it f inds them in your organs, your bones and your teeth, it then proceeds to rob them thereby weakening the hosts f rom which they have been taken. In reality this is quite a common situation and many people accordingly suf f er f rom a mineral def iciency which can go on f or years bef ore it is f inally spotted. T he name given to this condition of excess acidity is Acidosis, and as well as impairing the ef f iciency of your immune system, it also manif ests itself in other ways. For example it lessens the body’s capability to ingest various nutrients and minerals. It can also increase your chances of becoming susceptible to illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, tuberculosis, osteoporosis (brittle bone disease), hypertension, and cancer. In addition, Acidosis decreases the amount of cellular energy in your body as well as interf ering with its ability to reproduce new cells. In other words as old cells die, (and they will do so in increasing numbers because of the low energy) they will not be replaced. But this is only the tip of the iceberg. Prolonged Acidosis also means that you will tire more easily; you may also suf f er f rom headaches, insomnia, breathing dif f iculties, heart palpitations, and the skin on both your hands and your f eet may f eel hot and dry. But one of the most dangerous things that Acidosis does is to create an environment that encourages and supports the growth of abnormal cells – cancerous cells! So all in all it is plain to see how undesirable it is to have a low body pH count, or Acidosis. Given the serious nature of the problem, you should prioritize establishing your body’s pH level; it is not dif f icult to do. T he easiest way is to measure the pH levels of either your saliva, or your urine. You can buy pH test
strips which you simply dip into one substance or the other. T hey are general available in many health and wellness stores, but if you have any dif f iculty you can track them down very easily on the web. T hey are not wildly accurate, but they will give you a good indication of where your pH level is at. For a more accurate reading you should visit your doctor and he/she can run a simple blood test f or you. T he most ef f ective way of inf luencing your body’s cell and tissue pH level is through your diet. To rid yourself of chronic Acidosis may not however be quite as simple as it sounds. T here are many natural f oods that are recommended f or “Alkalizing” your body system, things like avocados, chick peas, potatoes, lemon juice and red capsicums; but one of the problems is that when ingested, many of these f oods lose their alkaline properties. T hat is why the homeopathic substances “Sans” and “Alkala” are used by those in the know as an ef f ective way of alkalizing. In our next blog post, we will be discussing the dif f erent ways in which you can check your pH balance. For a list of alkalizing f oods, please see our list of alkaline f oods post. Do you have any questions about pH balance or want to share your experiences? Please f eel f ree to comment below. You can also join the Budwig Center community on Facebook or Twitter. You can also subscribe to our blog via RSS f eed.