Purely Nourished

Alka­line ver­sus Acidic —  Is it important?

The health of your blood and cel­lu­lar flu­ids are mea­sured by a pH scale, or a mea­sure of their acid­ity. A bal­ance is opti­mal to keep your body func­tion­ing appro­pri­ately. Too much acid, or a low score on the pH scale, can be asso­ci­ated with weight gain, fatigue, and diges­tive problems.

Why?

When your body is out of bal­ance, usu­ally more acidic based on the tra­di­tional Amer­i­can diet, it tries to neu­tral­ize the excess acid with alka­line min­er­als. Cal­cium, mag­ne­sium, iron, and potas­sium are all exam­ples of alka­line min­er­als. In order to get the body back in bal­ance the body will pull these min­er­als directly from the food you con­sume. If there is a defi­ciency from your diet, the body will draw from your reserves, or the liver and heart, where they play key roles. When your body relo­cates these to neu­tral­ize your cel­lu­lar flu­ids, it causes a domino effect dis­turb­ing impor­tant meta­bolic processes in the body. Mess with those and you begin to expe­ri­ence the imbal­ance first hand. If the body’s pH bal­ance remains  out of whack for too long, even­tu­ally the defi­cien­cies can lead to disease.

1)What can I do to find out my pH?  2) And what can I do to keep my body in balance?

1) If you would like to know, you can always buy lit­mus paper online. Use the papers to check the pH of your urine at least twice a day for three or four days to get an average.

2) Main­taing a healthy diet is key in keep­ing your body in bal­ance. Just like any other healthy diet, it is impor­tant to limit your: meat, dairy,  processed foods (sat­u­rated fat, white flour, sugar, corn syrup) cof­fee and alco­hol intake and increase: your veg­etable intake. ALWAYS: Drink lots of water.

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