Alkalize Your Way to Great Health

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by: Dr. David Jockers, citizen journalist
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(NaturalNews) The human internal ecosystem is stabilized by several different buffering systems that keep the body functioning at a high level for as long as possible. One of these buffering systems is pH. Our blood stream should be slightly alkaline at 7.365 at all times. If it rises or falls one or two tenths of a pH unit it is catastrophic and potentially fatal to the body. Maintaining pH balance through proper diet and lifestyle is one of the most critical tools to optimizing your health.

The body has both short-term and long-term methods for buffering blood pH. In the short-term the kidneys will flush out more acidic wastes and the speed of breathing will increase to pump more alkalizing oxygen into the system and acidic forming carbon dioxide out of the system. If the blood pH becomes too acidic for a chronic period of time it turns to the various tissues to help stabilize the pH. The body will naturally excrete alkaline minerals such as calcium from our bones & teeth. Magnesium is taken from blood vessels, potassium from our neuromuscular system, and sodium from our joints. If these minerals are not replaced, the tissues become weak and degenerate quickly.

The primary alkalizing elements in our body include calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, vitamin C, selenium, oxygen, zinc, and the various B vitamins. The best sources of these essential nutrients are in fresh organically grown fruits and vegetables, apple cider vinegar, certain nuts & seeds, & natural pink salts.

The most acidic forming foods include sugars, grains, grain-fed meat & dairy products, coffee, and processed foods of any kind. Perhaps the worst culprit of all is soda. Soda is loaded with sugar, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, and phosphoric acid. These are all extremely acidic forming substances. Soda measures out at a pH around 3. This powerfully dehydrates the body as water is needed to help detoxify all the acidic waste.

When a person eats too much acid forming foods for a long period of time the body becomes deficient in alkaline forming elements and the digestive system becomes impaired. Food is then inadequately digested and mucous is secreted into the bowel to protect itself. Chronic conditions can cause the mucous to become hardened creating a mucoid plaque that impairs food absorption. This plaque build-up lodges into the walls of the colon and becomes a breeding ground for parasites and other unfriendly organisms

Parasites such as worms, fungal yeast, and antagonistic bacteria will steal valuable nutrients and secrete toxins and acidic particles back into the bloodstream. This multiplies the relative acidity of the system and profoundly lowers our energy and immunity. This also causes excessive strain on major organs depleting them of life-staining enzymes and nutrients in the battle to maintain blood pH. This onslaught of stress on the body eventually leads to disease and death.

Fortunately, our bodies were created with an incredible ability to heal and restore themselves. If we begin taking action with steps to move back into balance, our body will respond and we will dramatically improve our health.

Begin Alkalizing Now with these 7 simple tips:
1.Drink 1/2 - 1 gallon of clean, purified water daily
2.Squeeze fresh lemon in water
3.Use Apple cider vinegar instead of salad dressing or other vinegars
4.Use pink salts (such as Himalayan salt) instead of other salts.
5.Use oregano, dill, cilantro, parsley, rosemary, & fennel
6.Make a Green Drink every day
7.Try to eat 75% raw alkaline forming foods

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Here is a list of symptoms associated with an acid body:
Appendicitis Hot flashes
Back/Disc disease Joint pain
Blurred vision Nasal drip
Chest pains Numbness in legs
Continuous mucous Osteoporosis
Corneal Ulcers Rectal itching
Crying spells Rheumatic pains
Deafness Ringing in the ears-tinnitus
Elbow pains Sensitive skin
Estrogen imbalances Sensitive stomach
Extreme acidity Skin breaking out
Fasting often Stiff joints
Finger pains Swollen ankles
Gallbladder problems Tense shoulders
Hardening of the arteries Tired legs
Hemorrhoids Ulcers Herpes
Weak spells Hip pains
Here is a list of acid producing foods that need to be balanced and decreased from your diet to increase your alkaline reserve. Barley

Lentils Beans, Lima Lobster Beans, white
Macaroni Beef Maize
Bread Millet Buttermilk
Mutton Cereals Nuts
Chestnuts Oatmeal Chicken
Oyster Clams Peanut Butter
Corn Peanuts Cornmeal
Peas Cornstarch Pork
Cottage Cheese Rabbit Crab
Rice, brown Crackers Rice, polished
Duck Rye Eggs
Rye flour Fish Sauerkraut
Gluten flour Sugar, Raw Goose
Turkey Honey Veal
Lamb

Replace the acid producing foods with foods from the list below. Alkaline Foods (from most alkaline to least):
Figs, dried
Lima beans, dried Orange
Apricots, dried Lettuce, Cos or loose leaf
Raisins Prickly pear
Swiss chard Sweet potato
Prunes, dried Apricot, fresh
Dandelion greens Turnip
Soybean sprouts Grapefruit
Spinach Nectarine
Taro root Cabbage
Cucumber Banana
Lima beans, fresh Kohlrabi
Almonds Pineapple
Peaches, dried Raspberry
Beets Tangerine
Avocado Gooseberry
Kale Mango
Chives Quince
Carrots Mushroom
Rhubarb Snap bean
Endive (Escarole) Radish
Dates Orange juice-fresh squeezed
Chestnuts Eggplant
Parsnips Okra
Lemon (with peel) Brussels sprouts
Coconut meat, dried Broccoli
Rutabaga Horseradish, raw
Onion Cherry, sour red
Tomato, ripe Lemon Juice
Peaches, fresh Cabbage, red
Plums Pomegranate
Celery Pear, fresh
Watercress Cauliflower
Blackberry Chicory
Guava Pumpkin
Lemon Squash, winter
Bamboo Shoots Grapes
Iceberg lettuce Cabbage, Savoy
Cantaloupe Strawberry
Coconut milk Apple
Loganberry Watermelon
Peas, dried Corn, sweet
Sweet cherry Pea, fresh green
Leek Olive oil
Potato

Neutral foods include: (Listed from most neutral to least)
Nuts rains Water chestnuts Asparagus

Blueberries Artichoke, globe or Jerusalem Olives, green