There are many systems within the body that must function within a balanced state. Your temerature (98.6), your levels of blood sugar, oxygen and carbon dioxide and yes, your pH!

​

The balance between the acid and alkaline of your body fluids, should be at least 7.2-7.4, slightly alkaline. When you keep your body in a slightly alkaline state, you have the greatest chance of restoring yourself to a better state of health and thus increasing your vitality. When the body is in an acid state; infection and dis-ease may have a greater chance to thrive. Acidity has also been linked, as a contributor, to various chronic degenerative conditions.

​

The S.A.D., or the Standard American Diet, is very high in acid forming foods which cause our bodies to become acidic and, therefore, more susceptible to disease. Is it any wonder that chronic health conditions are on the rise at an alarming rate? In fact, how often are dinner conversations turning to health conversations with more and more people experiencing conditions like depression, chronic fatique, ADHD, arthritis and allergies? Here's on reason why...When you eat an acidic meal; your body must restore the delicate alkaline balance to the system. To do this it draws on your alkaline mineral stores (calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium), thus creating a mineral shortage and imbalance. Over time, these mineral deficiencies can cause serious problems for other systems in the body, and therefore those system may not be able to function optimally. Systems such as the immune system, hormone system and digestive system.

​

For example: Magnesium is necessary for over 300 enzyme systems in the body, sodium (not table salt) is the key for the proper functioning of the kidneys (water retention), calcium is necessary for the body's structural integrity (osteoporosis), and the transmission of nerve impulses and muscle contractions throughout the entire body. Hmmm...the heart is a muscle!

​

It has been said that if the acid condition is present for a long enough period of time (greater than 10 days) your body has already begun the degenerative process and progression towards developing health conditions. It has been estimated that for each year that someone has been eating a diet predominant in acidic foods, it can take approximately one month of alkaline eating to reverse the degenerative changes that have already occurred in the body. In order to overcome the acidic condition that many of us have created in our bodies, there is a simple process.

​