pH Balancing and Your Health
pH balancing refers to the attempt to get our blood and tissue to be pH neutral. To balance your pH, you need to rid the body of acids to create a more alkaline state. Our bodies are constantly striving to maintain a delicate balance. An alkaline body allows for better health and more energy.
Since pH levels effect and regulate practically everything, in our bodies as well as the rest of nature, improper levels can wreak havoc on the body and have a negative impact on how you feel. An overly acidic body may result in low energy levels, fatigue, excess weight, poor digestion, aches and pains. Other more serious disorders may be directly related to an over-acidic pH.
A pH imbalance may be the result of any or all of the following:
- ingestion of acids
- Creation of acid as a result of stress
- Improper elimination of acids.
Your pH can be tested and can be an indicator of your state of health. Testing for pH tells your whether you are alkaline or acidic. The average pH for a healthy person is between 6.75 to 7.25 although the optimal pH reading is 7.36, meaning your body should be slightly alkaline. Even a slight rise is acidity can make you feel tired. This acidic imbalance then leads to improper digestion of food, possibly leading to weight gains.
Water can play an important part in your pH balance and even though you may drink your 8 glasses of water a day, the quality of the water drink is important also. Great water has four charactoristics:
- It’s Pure
- It’s Alkaline
- It’s Oxygenated
- It contains an assortment of quality minerals
Drinking water with a high pH can easily counteract the harmful acids in your diet and body. Water with a pH of 9.5 will easily boost your pH balance to more healty levels.
Enzymes in your digestive system play an important part in a balanced body. Normally when food is ingested, digestive enzymes break down your food. If your diet is high in processed foods, which lack enzymes, the food is only partially digested. This food will stay in your body , ferment, and produce acids.
These high acid levels can promote the growth of bacteria, yeasts and fungi. The combination of low oxygen levels and high acidity promote this growth. Along with these organisms also comes their toxic secretions.To rid yourself of these microforms you need to raise your pH as well as detox or flush your body of these foreign bodies.
A little on acids, there are two types of acids weak and strong. Simple enough.
Weak acids are organic acids found in fruit and vegetables. Citric acid, acetic acid, tartaric acids are some examples, being organic these are relatively easy to eliminate.
Strong acids are more problematic for the body. These mainly come from animal protein and include uric acid, sulfuric acid. lactic acid and nitric acid. This type is difficult to eliminate from the body and there are only two ways these can be removed. One of these is through the kidneys, in the form of urine, the other is through the skin, by sweating.
The good new is that your pH levels can be monitored and controlled. With a proper diet and hydration, and the correct supplements, you can regain your health and the energy in your life. pHion Balancing Programs offer a holistic system to help combat acidity and it’s negative impact on your health.
