What causes this ph imbalance? A high protein diet - we eat 70 - 80% protein and only 20 - 30% carbs. We have high levels of stress. We eat highly processed foods containing preservatives and high amounts of sugar, which makes our system acidic. It is important to maintain our pH level in the ideal range. To maintain proper alkaline levels we should eat 80% alkaline forming foods; such as fruits, vegetables, beans and sprouted grains and seeds and only 20% of the acid forming foods such as poultry, meats, fish, eggs, nuts and legumes.
The human immune system can break down for many reasons, due to: drug abuse, toxic chemicals, malnutrition, chronic infection, lifestyle defects, etc; most being acidic in nature. The pH scale goes from 0 to 14, with 7 being neutral (water). Below 7 is acid and above 7 is alkaline.
Coca-Cola: pH 2 Beer: pH 2.5 Coffee: pH 4
PH is actually an exponential scale. Every unit change in pH equals a 10-fold increase. The acidity of a sample with a pH of 6 is ten times greater than that of a sample with a pH of 7. A difference of 2 units, from 7 to 5, would mean that the acidity is one hundred times greater, and so on. For example, Coca-Cola being pH 2 is 100,000 times more acidic than water, coffee with pH 4 is 1,000 times more acidic than water. It is not a good idea to consume these kinds of drinks at any time and especially when out of balance.
To understand why some tissues in the body are deficient in oxygen and therefore prone to cancer, it is helpful to understand the nature of acidity and alkalinity. Cancerous tissues are acidic, whereas healthy tissues are alkaline. Water (H2O) decomposes into H+ and OH-. When a solution contains more H+ than OH- then it is said to be acid. When it contains more OH- than H+ then it is said to be alkaline.
When oxygen enters an acid solution it can combine with H+ ions to form water. Oxygen helps to neutralize the acid, while at the same time the acid prevents oxygen from reaching the tissues that need it. Acidic tissues are devoid of free oxygen. An alkaline solution is just the reverse. Two hydroxyl ions (OH-) can combine to produce one water molecule and one oxygen atom. In other words, an alkaline solution can provide oxygen to the tissues.
At a pH slightly above 7.4, cancer cells become dormant and at pH 8.5 cancer cells will die while healthy cells will live. This has given rise to a variety of treatments based on increasing the alkalinity of the tissues such as with a vegetarian diet, the drinking of fruit and vegetable juices, and dietary supplementation with alkaline minerals such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, cesium and rubidium.
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