Acid/alkaline balance

An incredible 70% of your body's weight is made up of water. For optimal health, that water must have a proper pH balance: not too alkaline, and not too acidic. A perfectly balanced pH reading is 7.4 in your blood and about 7.25 in your tissue. Those numbers mean that every cell in your body is slightly alkaline, as they should be. However, more and more people have dangerously skewed pH balances. The body tries to neutralize excess acid—but to do so it requires key minerals. Since so few individuals take in adequate amounts of those minerals, the body has no choice but to leach them from organs and tissues. Your body steals essential minerals from your heart ... brain ... bones ... joints ... muscles ... skin ... lungs ... liver ... and every other vital organ. Without these minerals, your bodily systems begin to weaken, and ultimately, they will fail. Once your body begins to rob itself of these minerals in a desperate effort to rectify your skewed pH levels, you may begin to suffer from...

• Heart problems
• Sharp pain and stiffness in your joints
• Fuzzy thinking
• Fading memory
• Darkening mood
• Dry and sagging skin

In plain terms, a poor pH balance—specifically, an overload of acid in your system—can make you old and infirm decades before your time.

Where Does All The Acid Come From?

Unfortunately, the body produces enormous amounts of acid every day just to survive. Every cell in your body excretes highly acidic waste products. Only a portion of that waste is burned up, the rest accumulates. And as that waste builds up, the body becomes increasingly acidic.

The Health Dangers of Too Much Acid

You may be shocked to learn that the link between acidity and disease has been recognized—and ignored—for decades. That's because the simple, proven solution has no profit potential for Big Pharma. As far back as 1933, a forward-thinking New York doctor named William Howard Hay published his groundbreaking work, A New Health Era. After citing voluminous research, Dr. Hay concluded... "All disease is caused by auto-toxication (self-poisoning) due to acid accumulation in the body." More recently, Dr. Theodore Baroody shook the scientific community with his blockbuster book Alkalize or Die. Dr. Baroody presented shocking evidence that, "The countless names of illnesses do not really matter. What does matter is that they all come from the same root cause... TOO MUCH ACID IN THE BODY!" Dr. Stefan Kuprowsky, a naturopathic expert, agrees. He explains that, "Acid wastes build up in the body in the form of cholesterol, gallstones, kidney stones, arterial plaque, urates, phosphates, and sulfates. These acidic waste products are the direct cause of premature aging and the onset of chronic disease."

Numerous Studies Have Confirmed...that even mild amounts of excess acidity can cause cardiovascular damage, dangerous constriction of blood vessels and oxygen starvation throughout your body... weight gain, obesity and blood sugar problems... and bladder and kidney conditions, including kidney stones. Some of the world's most respected medical journals have covered the list of problems that can arise from an acidic pH level, including...

• Muscular and skeletal wasting
• Rapid breathing
• Panic
• Irritability
• Low sex drive
• Cold hands and feet
• Mild headaches
• Allergies
• Acne

In his remarkable book, Hidden Truth of Cancer, Keiichi Morishita, M.D. shows why cells in an acidic body are the ideal breeding ground for abnormal growth. According to Dr. Morishita, when one of your cells is bombarded with acid, it either...

• Survives, but suffers damage to the strand of DNA inside it which can cause it to begin multiplying wildly, or...
• Deteriorates and dies, creating more acid in your body—which poisons even more cells... and raises your risk even higher!

The solution is clear: Restore a perfect pH balance in your body—lower your acid levels and raise your alkaline levels—and the deadly cycle can be broken!

Special Precautions of Acid/alkaline Therapy

Consult your doctor before using any presented information as a form of treatment. Use alternative cancer treatments as a supplement to treatments you receive from your doctor — not as a substitute for medical care. Apply the treatment only under control of an expert.

The benefits of Acid/alkaline are

This treatment is a combination of acid-neutralizing minerals like calcium and magnesium to supply proper mineralization and to correct the acid/alkaline balance of the body. Two proponents of this treatment are Carl J. Reich, M.D. and Bob Barefoot. In addition another approach is the use of Potassium, Rubidium and especially Cesium, which are alkaline elements. When taken, it is believed they alkalinize cancer cells (neutralize their acid nature). Cancer cells do not survive in the higher PH ranges and die off. For optimum health and maximum resistance to disease, it is imperative that your diet is slightly over-alkaline. The ideal ratio, according to the world's foremost authority on the relationship between the acid-alkaline ratio in the diet in health and disease, Dr. Ragnar Berg, is about 80% alkali-producing foods and 20% acid-producing foods. Below are tables of common foods with an approximate potential acidity or alkalinity, as present in one ounce of food.

Alkali-Forming Foods

Figs	30.0	Potatoes	2.0
Soy Beans	12.0	Pineapple	2.0
Lima Beans	12.0	Cabbage	1.8
Apricots	9.5	Grapefruit	1.7
Spinach	8.0	Tomatoes	1.7
Turnip/Beettops	8.0	Peaches	1.5
Raisins	7.0	Apples	1.0
Almonds	3.6	Grapes	1.0
Carrots	3.5	Bananas	1.0
Dates	3.0	Watermelon	1.0
Celery	2.5	Millet	0.5
Cucumber	2.5	Brazil nuts	0.5
Cantaloupe	2.5	Coconuts	0.5
Lettuce	2.2	Buckwheat	0.5
Watercress	2.0
Neutral (near/neutral) Ash Foods
milk		Vegetable oils
Butter		White sugar
Acid-Forming Foods
Oysters	5.0	Rice	2.5
Veal	3.5	W.Wheat/Rye bread	2.5
Most Fish	3.5	Most nuts (EXCEPT almond/brazil)	2.0
Organ meats	3.0	Natural Cheese	1.5
Liver	3.0	Lentils	1.5
Chicken	3.0	Peanuts	1.0
Fowl	3.0	Eggs	3.0
Most Grains	3.0

 

<LEFT> Many foods and drinks also flood your cells with acid.

• Coffee, soda, beer, wine and distilled spirits are all highly acidic.
• Furthermore, your body releases a virtual tidal wave of acid to digest certain foods, including meat, eggs, milk, white flour, and sugar.

Even so-called healthy foods seriously spike acid levels in your cells:

• Yogurt
• Wheat germ
• Navy and pinto beans
• Plums
• Spinach
• Honey
• Brown rice
• Many types of fish

The modern world inundates your body with even more acid. Acid rain, polluted drinking water, and contaminated air—all of these upset your alkaline/acid ratio. Modern medicines and prescription drugs are also notorious for generating acid in the body.

• Most grains are acid-forming, except millet and buckwheat, which are considered to be alkaline. Sprouted seeds and grains become more alkaline in the process of sprouting.
• All vegetable and fruit juices are highly alkaline. The most alkali-forming juices are: fig juice, green juices of all green vegetables and tops, carrots, beet, celery, pineapple and citrus juices. Vegetable broth is an extremely alkalizing drink.
• Nat. Phos. (tissue salt no. 10) is an acid neutralizer and acid/alkaline balancer. It reduces acid in the whole body and keeps the digestive system healthy.Sour reflux, heartburn attacks, stomach ulcers and digestive problems indicate that Nat. Phos is badly deficient. For frequent cases of indigestion, keep a bottle of this tissue salt on hand. Take 2 tablets prior to eating and dissolve 2 tablets under the tongue after a meal in order to help the body clean itself of acid build up.Nat. Phos fights excess acidity, which aggravates or causes eczema, hives, eczema, rashes and dry scalp, and it can safely be taken for these types of skin conditions.

Herbs that contain Nat. Phos : Coriander, cumin, anise and ginger are herbs that aid digestion. Fennel, mint, basil, nettles and lemon balm detoxify the system and contribute to making the body more alkaline. Fresh parsley should be eaten daily by those whose diet is acidic and who are trying to restore their health. Foods rich in Nat. Phos : Eat plenty of organically grown apples, peaches, apricots, papaya, raisins, asparagus and watermelons which are high in Nat. Phos and are excellent in flushing the body of acidity.

• Maintain an alkaline diet : Remain in good health by consuming a diet that is 70-80% alkaline and 20-30% acid. Avoid digestive upsets and acidity by regularly consuming alkaline foods. Foods that are alkaline are as follows:
• Nuts: The least acidic nuts are almonds. Nuts high in acid are peanuts and walnuts.
• Oils: Olive oil is alkaline; corn oil is highly acidic.
• Sweeteners: Stevia is alkaline, while processed honey and refined sugar are very high acid foods. The worst sweeteners to ingest because of their extremely high acidity are the artificial sweeteners commonly used as sugar substitutes.
• Fruits: Lemons, watermelons, papaya, mangoes and grapefruits are alkaline in the body and help counter excess acidity. Blueberries, cranberries and prunes, although healthy, are highly acidic fruits.
• Dairy: Dairy produce, including raw milk and cheeses are acidic. The more alkaline milk and cheese comes from goats.
• Meat, chicken and fish are acidic foods.
• Soft drinks, tea and coffee are acidic - lemon water and herbal teas are alkaline.
• Beets help stabilize the blood’s acid-alkaline balance.

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Medical Disclaimer

This information is not meant to be substituted for medical advice. Always consult a medical professional regarding any medical problems and before undertaking any treatment or dietary changes.