PH balance and health

The PH balance of the body is important for health. The pH or "potential of hydrogen" is a measure of the relative acidity or alkalinity of a solution.

The pH scale is from 0 to 14 with 0 being most acidic and 14 being most alkaline. The center value is 7 thus 7 and above is considered alkaline and readings below 7 considered acidic. PH between 7 to 8 is considered healthy.

Our human body needs to have balanced PH in order to function correctly and properly. A healthy body should be slightly alkaline and measuring somewhere around 7.5 which is slightly more alkaline than acid. As matter of fact every cells in the body should be slightly alkaline.

Too much acid in our body tissue is harmful and detrimental to health. The body’ ability to absorbed mineral and other essential nutrients decreases in acid conditions. Acidic tissue causes fatigue and contributes to stress and depression. Essential minerals are channeled or transported from the rest of the organs such as the heart, brain, liver, muscle, skin and lungs to neutralize the acidic conditions in our body. As a result, the minerals in our body get depleted if it is not replaced in time and this weakens our body. Acidic conditions leads to a host of degenerative diseases. High acidity could cause blood sugar imbalance, joint pain and bone loss.

The liver function in detoxification for getting rid of heavy metals and toxins are also affected under acidic conditions. Cell DNA repaired is also impacted by acidic conditions of the body. Cells that has accumulated large amount of damaged DNA could lead to the formation of tumor or cancer. Cancer cells may proliferate under acidic and low oxygen environment. It is not uncommon for terminal cancer patients to have body acidity exceeding 1000 times or more as that of normal healthy person.

You can easily determine the acidity of your body by testing with a litmus or pH paper put into your saliva two hours or more after a meal. It is recommended to test with saliva instead of urine. The presence of alkaline in urine may indicate inability of the body to get rid of harmful acidic toxins properly whereas the presence of alkaline in the saliva indicates healthy body functions. Acid wastes are normally discharge from healthy person via urine.


PH balance is very important to health and helps the body to utilize mineral and vitamins more effectively.

The first step to attain a well PH balance life is therefore through adopting a healthy lifestyle. The various cells, organs and tissues in our body constantly undergo replacement and regeneration. Processed foods, beverages, fried foods, food additives and refined sugars increased body acids.

External environmental factors such as pesticides, herbicides and polluted air and water further pours more acids into our body. Detoxification plays significant role in helping our body to maintain pH balanced. Detoxification leads to healthy liver, kidney and lymphatic system and this in turn helps us to maintain pH balance condition.