Balance Your pH With These Foods
Having a system and a diet
with balanced pH values is an important health topic. Because we're
talking about such small numbers, the importance of this topic tends to get
lost. But it is easier to monitor than you think. All forms of life
have pH and when taken in aggregate the pH value of your body can provide a
background profile of either health or disease. Every food has a pH
value. So does water. So does the soil. pH is measured on a scale
of 0 to 14. A pH measurement of 0 means that your body at the time of the
measurement is acidic. A measurement of 7 is ideal. And a
measurement far above 7, between 9 and 14 means that your body is too alkaline.
There are quick remedies as well as remedies that you can integrate into
your diet. One quick remedy for a high acidic body is to take one
teaspoon of baking soda. If you're in the habit of eating a lot meat, one
teaspoon once a week is enough to put your body back into balance. Your
muscles will relax, too. So if you've got lactic acid build up in your
joints from vigorous exercise in the week, a teaspoon of baking soda will
relieve that. So baking soda is a quick remedy. Not something you want or
can incorporate into your daily regime. Baking soda is a powerful health
product. Research has proven that baking soda eliminates--that's right,
eliminates--diabetes. It also destroys kidney tumors. One more
point about baking soda. It is so healthy for the kidneys that it
literally helps people on dialysis get off of dialysis. So keep a box of
baking soda around for yourself. It's not just for your drains.
FOODS
THAT HELP KEEP pH LEVELS HEALTHY
Natural
Society's Elizabeth Renter argues that "keeping pH levels in check is something a
healthy body does naturally. All life has a pH level, from the soil to the food
to water, that helps keep a body healthy and balanced. When we eat foods that
are highly acidic, for example, our body works to correct it, bringing it into
alignment with our own pH balance. Ph levels are measured on a scale of 0 to 14. 7.0 is
neutral and preferable. 0 is completely acidic and toxic. 14 is
completely alkaline and not good for you either. According to Christina Sarich, your blood needs to be slightly
alkaline with a pH somewhere between 7.35 and 7.45. For
a comprehensive list of foods with their pH values, please see this.
Generally, foods high in alkalinity tend to be
those foods that you've read or known that have great health benefits to begin
with. And though there is some dispute on the exact pH value, I think
that the value indicated is within range. One food that I've heard raved
about for its alkalinity is pineapple. I'd read that pineapple has a pH
value of 6.7, pretty close to that ideal range of 7.0. But the chart that
I linked to states that pineapple has a much lower pH value. That chart
may be referring to canned pineapple or maybe pineapple juice. It does
not state clearly "fresh pineapple." Fresh pineapple that you
have to slice may indeed have a higher pH of 6.7. Still, it is pretty
good, has lots of enzymes to help us digest protein, and it tastes good.
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