Did you know: Your body pH affects everything

As one gets older, we learnt of more sick and illnesses around people you know. Cancer, hyperuricemia, kidney failure are amongst the latest additions to my own friends and family. And the cruel fact of life is, diseases don't only apply to the elderly, it is equally daunting affecting the younger population, quicker than you could imagine.

Recently I've read several articles about balancing the pH as a major step towards well-being and greater health. That's real interesting which added new perspective to my knowledge base.




Back to the pH thing, it states that human blood pH should be slightly alkaline ( 7.35 - 7.45 ) and below this range means disease. An acidic pH can occur due to a lot of factors such as, an acid-forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and/or immune reactions or any process that deprives the cells of oxygen and other nutrients. The body will try to compensate for acidic pH by using alkaline minerals.

I then went through to the list of food which are high in acid-producing and that really implied I should be dead by now! Food such as meat, eggs, poultry, grains, legumes and dairy are definitely to my likings and alkaline-producing foods like fresh vegetables are ones I consume less.

Here's a list for those interested in getting a glimpse of the common alkalizing and acidifying foods. Hopefully, this is not too alarming and be of use to you.