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Understanding Acid And Alkaline PH
The notion of acid and alkaline is one of the most misunderstoodconcepts in nutrition. It is commonly referred to as terrainmedicine, a reference to treating the whole individual. It hasbeen established that PH in the blood, saliva, urine, and otherareas is a critical factor for building health. How can youdetermine an acid or alkaline condition? Blood work, saliva tests, hair analysis, muscle resistance andurine are just some of the tests being recommended by currentnutrition experts. Most of these tests can show relative amountsof acid or alkaline, which is very interesting to compare. Butwhat people do not know is that there are so many varieties ofacid and alkaline appearing in the system that to get anyconclusive results about acid and alkaline status. It is stillbest to read the intracellular fluid–a test rarely performed. Most current diagnostic tests show the acid wastes are presentin the body fluids such as blood, lymph, urine, mucus andsaliva. The problem with such tests is that they do not show howmuch acid waste is within the cellular fluids since these fluidsare running through tissues and removing acid wastes. It might be possible to measure the relative acid or alkalinityof body fluids. But it is rare and more complicated to evaluatethe acid or alkaline quality of body tissues such as skin,organs, glands, muscles, ligaments, arteries, and vessels. Themajority of standard tests focus mainly on saliva, urine, orblood.What does all these mean?The tissue quality of skin, organs, glands, muscles, ligaments,arteries, and vessels is the determining factor of your health.When acid wastes are not eliminated, they are reabsorbed throughthe colon, gets filtered through the liver, and end up beingre-released into the general circulation. Simply means that youare re-circulating waste, when it is supposed to be cleansed andrejuvenated already.Even measuring a person’s blood for acid and alkaline variationsis not an easy task. When acid is introduced into the blood,alkaline minerals from other parts of the body are immediatelymobilized to maintain a crucial pH balance of 7.35 to 7.45. Theblood cannot tolerate elevated acidity. It must alkalize. To do this, it goes on an alkaline borrowing spree immediately,with no intention of paying back the bone, tissue, and digestivejuice mineral donors. This means that to do a blood test for anaccurate acid and alkaline reading, testing would require yourdoctor to take blood samples at numerous intervals throughoutthe day and only after eating one particular food to obtain agood reading. Very exhausting, costly, and still not that reliable. A number of nutrition writers suggest testing acid and alkalinelevels with litmus paper (saliva) or urinalysis sticks (urine).Determining acid and alkaline though pH testing is assumptive,simplistic, and misleading. Saliva or urine is not reflective of your overall acidity. Sucharbitrary and unpredictable testing does not read the cellularfluid or tissue quality of skin, organs, glands, muscles,ligaments, arteries, and vessels. It can only give in a partialevaluation.The proof of your body’s acid and alkaline condition can best bedetermined by your own experience, not by peer-reviewed studies,medical establishment support, or static dietary guidelines. Without getting too technical, the most practical advice wouldbe to experiment for several weeks with a food plan that staysclose to the middle of the acid and alkaline scale. Check outsome diet that is high on both. You will notice dramatic andpositive changes that can only be attributed to your experiment.This will be your best doctor. There are supplements and products that will help you becomeless acidic and more alkalinic. Some say that certain healthproblems can only occur if the body is too acidic. Also look atsome charts of common foods and see if what you eat and drinkmay be closer to a 2 ph than a 7.
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