Mysterious science of pH explained!

I'm attempting to plainly explain what is a pH scale, how it relates to your health, weight and how to maintain a healthy pH. {some info found on www.thebestofrawfood.com}

What is the pH Scale
pH {Potential for freeing Hydrogen ions.}

The difference between acidity and alkalinity is based on the ability to free hydrogen ions.
Very simply put, the pH scale measures the amount of oxygen in your blood. When your blood is too acid it will not carry enough oxygen. When it is too alkaline, it will carry too much.


The scale goes from 0 to 14. A pH of 7 is neutral, a pH of 0-7 is acid. A pH of 7-14 is alkaline. Each unit of change represents a tenfold change in acidity or alkalinity (the difference between a pH of 4 and 5 is much greater than the difference between 6 an 7)


What is the Importance of Your pH
Your body's pH is a indication of health. Different organs have different pH levels, but the average pH should be 7. The pH of healthy blood is 7.35 (slightly alkaline)

pH scale is used to find out how alkaline or acid a certain food is after digestion. There are foods with a low pH (acid foods) and foods with a high pH (alkaline foods). {in a different post I will list those food items}

pH Scale and Health
Your body functions best when the pH of your blood is 7.35. If your blood pH gets below 7 or above 7.45, your body cannot function.
Because of our Western diet high in refined sugar, processed food and animal protein, most people are too acidic. Put on top of this stress (very acidifying) and pollution and it's a recipe for problems.

Symptoms of a Person with Low pH
Typical characteristics of an acid person are: low energy, no enthusiasm, tires quickly, irritable or poor sleep. Acid people are often sensitive to cold, brittle teeth, weak nails and bones or dry skin, sand and stones in organs. The immune system weakens which makes your prone to viruses (cold and flu) and recurring infections (bronchitis, urinary tract infection). Minerals and vitamins don't absorb well.

If acidity becomes chronic, an amazing variety of illnesses may occur and shows up in your bodies weakest spots. The result is cancer, diabetes, PMS, arthritis, heart problems or allergies.

{Back in 1932 Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the determination of conditions of life of malignant tumors. Tumor cells (as well as bacteria and pathogens), beautifully developed when acidification of blood, ie a fall of pH below 7.2 - 7.3 units. With the normalization of the pH of the tumor initially stopped growing, and then regressed! If blood pH is normal, alien bacteria and germs do not have the conditions for reproduction.}

Balancing Your pH
Since it's so extremely important for your body to maintain a healthy acid - alkaline balance. Your blood will immediately correct even the slightest change in pH.

Your body has two ways to do this:

• to eliminate acids from the body (through sweat, urine, breath or store them as body fat)
• to neutralize the acids with alkaline minerals such as calcium (from your bones and teeth)

Weight Loss and pH
If you're too acid and there are not enough alkaline minerals to buffer the acids with, your body will store some of these acids in your fat. It will only release them if there are enough alkaline buffers to neutralize them.

Now, if you want to lose weight and go on a diet of unhealthy food (sugar, high animal protein, junk food) you will lose even more alkaline minerals and your body cannot release it's excess fat with the stored acids. Because if it does release the fat with its acids you become too acidic. If you don't eat enough calories and loses weight (fat) nonetheless, the released acids cannot be neutralized. This is very dangerous. This explains why some people just can't loose weight.

Maintaining a Healthy pH

Fortunately, it's easy to stay healthy and get back to balance by eating a raw food diet. A balanced raw food diet is rich in alkaline minerals such as organic, plant based calcium, sodium, silica, magnesium and potassium.

It is known that more alkaline pH in contrast to the acid prevents the development of aging. In a more neutral pH human bodies have an amazing ability to heal itself.

P.S. I will be writing more about how Ph affects the processes in our bodies, how to determine your pH and how to get it to where it should be.

P.P.S. This post came about because of the question someone asked me. If you have any questions, please do ask.

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