Restore pH BalanceThe Acid - Alkaline Balance
I was sick for over 30 years with Chronic Fatigue and many, many other ailments and did not have a clue about the pH balance of the body or why it even mattered. On my journey climbing back to vibrant health and energy, I cleansed and detoxified, and cleansed and detoxified and cleansed and detoxified for well over a year, as well as shifted my food to more alkaline choices, and drank alkaline water, checking my pH all the way…!
The purpose of this article is to shed light on the importance of the body's pH in maintaining a
healthy body, and share some practical information that can result in a wonderful foundation for
restoring optimum health.
What is pH? How Can I Tell What My pH is?
Is My Body Acid or Alkaline? Does it Matter?
How Does My pH Affect My Health?
How Can I Lower Acidity, Neutralize, and Remove Acids from my Body? What Does pH Mean? pH stands for potential hydrogen. It is the measurement of hydrogen-ion concentration. The pH scale runs from 0 to 14…..A reading of 7.0 or above is alkaline and below 7.0 is acidic. The higher a pH reading the more oxygen is in the fluid you are testing and the lower the pH reading indicates less oxygen and more acid. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (ideal range) 7.5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
How Would I Know if My Body is Acidic?
1) Testing your saliva and urine pH at home is easy and will give you an excellent place to start. Urine and saliva are good indicators of what is going on in your internal environment. You can test the pH of these fluids with Alkalive pH strips, which are super sensitive, accurate, easy to use and available on our shopping cart. They have 2 color indicators for a more accurate read.
A pH reading of 7.0 to 7.5 is optimum for the saliva and indicates a body in good health, which is what we are aiming for. Acids leave the body through the urine, so it should be slightly acidic. More specific details are covered in chapter 2 in the book The Acid-Alkaline Diet. However, if the first time you ever check your pH, it comes back alkaline, please consider this. Several years ago, a friend of mine went to a "health expo." There she had a free pH test given to her, which indicated her body was in an alkaline condition. Not long after this test, my friend was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer. How could this be? Most likely she was highly acidic, and the toxins were deeply imbedded in the tissues of her body, giving a false reading - hiding the true very acidic situation going on within her body.. The blood ph needs to stay between 7.35 and 7.45. 2) Secondly, what you eat and drink every day will give you a good indication, if you think your body might be acidic. How acidic or alkaline your body is, directly affects your health and is controlled by what you eat, drink and breathe. Most people eat The SADD diet (standard american dead diet) processed, microwaved and/or fast food on a daily basis, and often include coffee, sodas and alcohol. (Not to mention pharmaceuticals)
These toxic foods, drinks and substances are nutrient deficient, acidic and create a burden on the liver, kidney, heart, digestive tract and so on. A few of the commonly know toxins are found in:
** Mercury amalgam fillings, fish
** Before you become overwhelmed….Please know there is a lot of support available in products
that will help you get a good start in removing these acids and toxins and creating an alkaline
state in the body. I've walked this walk! ** (More about this below)
A word about CANCER ~ The higher the pH reading, the more alkaline and oxygen rich the fluid you are testing will be. At a pH of 7.4 cancer cells become dormant and at pH of 8.5 cancer cells die. 3) If you have had cancer, viruses, candida albicans…or lack energy, experience frequent colds, and fatigue these are all good signs of an acidic internal environment. When the body is acidic you may also have a tendency towards acid reflux, gastritis, ulcers, tendency to diarrhea, and/or constipation, skin problems, arthritis to name a few.
When I was diagnosed with pre-cancer of the liver, I was stunned. I learned that the liver stores toxins in the fat cells and deposits them in the organs all over the body. I had been eating organic food for nearly 20 years, however, since I was so acidic and toxic from the previous 20 years of junk food and pharmaceuticals, my body was unable to absorb the nutrients I was taking in over the years. This is where I began the journey of de-toxifying my body, which took nearly a 1.5 years….and it turned my health around.
When looking at cancer, normal, healthy cells are alkaline and cancer cells are acidic. Many research projects, studies and publications have proven that cancer, candida and viruses cannot survive in an oxygenated, alkaline environment. Yes, cancer cells cannot survive in an oxygen rich alkaline environment. At a pH of 7.4 cancer cells become dormant and at a pH of 8.5 cancer cells die.
The book Acid & Alkaline by Herman Aihara is an account of the acid and alkaline health condition and the effects on the human body. He wrote ~
This is cancer." How Do I Begin to Reverse an Acidic Internal Environment? It takes dis-ease and illness a long time to develop in the body. However, as the excess acids are removed the burden on the kidneys, liver and digestive system is reduced. The body can then begin to heal itself. This took me many, months to reverse and about 1.5 years to bring balance back. We personally used many foods and products to detoxify our bodies, raise our pH and get nutrients straight into the cells. We always suggest to everyone to start wherever they are and change one thing at a time. Depending how acidic your body is, you will need products to successfully de-acidify the body tissues, as you change what you are eating. The products listed below are designed to assist in this process. There are specific products for removing toxins and acids in the body as well as foods that are alkalinizing and cleansing. The following items I use for daily maintenance. However, many people will use much higher amounts in the initial months to jumpstart the internal cleansing. Red Desert™ Clay - Available in tablets as well
Red Desert™ Clay is also an excellent 100% natural detoxifier primarily eaten to remove many toxins and remineralize bones and teeth.
The pH is 8.3.
This clay has a very strong ionic charge (pulling power). When ingested, toxins stick to the clay particles, holding them in suspension until they leave the body through the elimination process. This helps tremendously to keep the toxins from being re-absorbed. Red Desert™ clay will bind to toxins heavy metals (mercury, aluminum, arsenic etc), bacteria and contains nearly 60 minerals and trace elements. Red desert™ clay has been written about and researched at 5 universities i.e. UCLA, UC Davis, and Texas A&M. NASA used Red Desert™ clay in their manned space program; and Discovery Channel and Animal Planet have offered shows regarding the value of eating this specific calcium montmorillonite clay. In updates to his book, Eric is Winning, Eric wrote about his journey with ALS and the
improvements to his health, and his success in finally achieving a pH above 7.0 with
the Red Desert™ clay.
More Info>> Alkaline pH Water Booster
** Alkalizes drinking water to optimum pH 9.5
This excellent product is an oxygen catalyst in the bloodstream. These are drops added to your distilled, filtered or spring water and are tasteless. It will boost the pH of water to an optimal pH of about 9.5. Water with a pH of 9.5 is 500 times more alkaline than water with a pH of 7.0. pH Booster also helps to structure and cluster the water molecules so they will flow more easily through the cell membranes delivering vital elements and liquid electrolytes to your cells as well as nutrients, and eliminate toxins. There are 72 activated, ionic minerals in pH booster. This product contains a structuring agent
and alkalinizing agent and will treat 250 8oz glasses of water.
You would be surprised to find out what is living and prolificating in your blood and internal organs. Read Iaso Tea and Miracle Mineral Solution
This exact liquid zeolite product is highly efficient in trapping and removing numerous toxins from the body i.e. heavy metals, herbicides, pesticides, PCB’s, carcinogen, free radicals and many more. It can be very effective in raising the body’s pH towards alkalinity, since toxins create an acidic environment. Testimonies and More Info>> Liquid Zeolite can be purchased on our shopping cart or by membership. Link to Join>>
pH Testing Strips
Simple to use and very accurate strips that do not bleed or wilt. These pH strips are made specifically to test saliva and urine and are the most acccurate and economical test strips on the market. THey give a pH indication as low as 4.5 - and are very sensitive.Contains 90 strips per pack.
IntraMax
Processed with integrity, no heating up the ingredients. IntraMax is our favorite product for getting the highest quality nutrients immediately into the
bloodstream. There is virtually 98% to 100% absorption rate at the cellular level. It takes over 30
days to produce a batch of IntraMax. Each ingredient is added in synergistically over a month, so nothing is lost in the processing.
Hold under tongue for 30 seconds, then drink 6 to 8 ounces of filtered water (never tap water) If you are sensitive, or believe you may be fairly toxic, start with 1/4th the dosage, and work your
way up. IntraMax Ingredients
Click Here
If anyone had to live on a desert island and could only take one food item with them….Spirulina Pacifica would be it..! I personally take 2 tsps 2x a day of the powder OR 12 tablets 2x a day.
A natural super greenfood excellent for protein, beta carotene, antioxidants, essential vitamins and minerals. Very alkalinizing for the body, immune system boosting and delivers:
• Antioxidant Vegetable Nutrition Powder or Tablets/ 400 per bottle
For Complete ingredients click here 
(When we began our own healing and detoxification program, we started substituting
the foods we were eating with green foods and lots of juicing...doing whatever we could to
alkalize our pH as quickly as possible. Organic green foods offer some of the most
nutrient-dense foods on the planet).
pHion Green Superfood Formula is super alkalizing and contains dehydrated juices from the most alkalizing green grasses
pHion Green Superfood is a super concentrated juice in a 20:1 ratio. One teaspoon is equal to a 2oz shot of freshly juiced grass. It's organically grown grasses and vegetables infuse the body with more than 125 easily absorbed vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, as well as thousands of enzymes. pH Green also contains alkazyme a patented blend of enzymes that will increase the bioavailability of all the Alkalive ingredients by as much as 48%.
pHion Alkaline Minerals– to help neutralize excess acids
The greatest problem for people suffering from acidification is the fact that
the concentrated mass of acids have accumulated deep in the inner tissues. This product greatly
accelerates the process of de-acidification and restoration to pH balance. It goes to work quickly
to neutralize damaging acids. Contains (in a powdered form) calcium, magnesium, potassium, manganese, iron and
naturally occurring phosphorous for better calcium absorption.
The Acid- Alkaline Diet - Book
A practical diet plan for restoring the acid-alkaline balance in your body.
When the body pH is acidic, disease such as cancer, diabetes, and MS thrives.
"When a body's pH is alkaline, disease such as cancer, CANNOT exist!"
Explains how an acidic body contributes to dis-ease i.e. chronic fatigue, cancer, ulcers etc.
If your pH is out of balance, this book shows what you are doing or not doing, and how to correct it. Christopher Vasey, author shows how to make simple diet changes to restore your acid- alkaline balance and your overall health.
Alkalizer Combination Box ~ Candida albicans (yeast infection), bacteria, fungi and viruses cannot thrive when the pH of your body
is alkaline. Let’s get rid of the toxins causing this acidic situation and chronic disease.
Contains 2-lb jar Red Desert™ Clay Nutrex Spirulina Tablets pH Alkaline Minerals Powder pH Green Superfood Powder pH Green Superfood Capsules pH Booster pH Strips - 90 
For the Above Alkalizer Combination Box + 1 Bottle IntraMax =
When the body is acidic there are significant mineral deficiencies. Here are several things you can do to change this. What I do to keep the minerals in my body is eat the Red Desert ™ Clay which reminenralizes cells and puts calcium into the bones....as well as removes toxins from the body. I have been eating the Red Desert™ Clay every day for nearly 6 years and it is my favorite product - I brush my teeth with it after I floss, and all dental pockets have disappeared. I also eat Himalayan Salt which contains 84 essential minerals. OR you can purchase Celtic salt at most health foods stores and this salt contains 72 essential minerals. Do not cook with the salt, since heat destroys minerals - just add it to food after serving or put some crystals straight on your tongue any time during the day. As mentioned above alkaline water booster is very good, and then I eat a lot of raw vegetables wrapped up in an ezekial tortilla, AND I Juice - raw vegetables as many times a week as time allows - adding in Nutrex spirulina for the 60% green protein it offers. Remember animal products are highly acidic, i.e. meat, chicken, fish only contain between 15% and 17% protein - spirulina and hemp protein powders are super replacements. For the items I put in my morning green protein drink
click here.>> *************
In conclusion, be patient with yourself. Listen to your inner knowing, and allow that soft voice to guide you with where to start…i.e. alkaline water, food changes, supplements. Start with a few things and then each week add in something new. Whatever pace you take to begin this process of detoxifying the body and restoring your pH will be good enough. This process has personally taken me many, many months before I began to feel good again. People who are less toxic than I was, seem to have quicker results. Now it has become a lifestyle, but I was quite depressed for the first few months as i went through the process - all of that is a memory now.
Maryanne and Team
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