Posts Tagged ‘alkaline foods’

You may remember from high school chemistry that acids have a low pH number and an alkaline value is a high pH, while a neutral pH is 7.0. Have you given any thought to the value of potential hydrogen (pH) since then? Probably not!  But n terms of your everyday health, pH is very important.  The pH balance of our bodily fluids is considered a measurement of …

Almost all foods that we eat, after being digested, absorbed, and metabolised, release either an acid or an alkaline base (bicarbonate) into blood. Grains, fish, meat, poultry, shellfish, cheese, milk, and salt all produce acid. The mass consumption of these foods have caused our bodies to become overly acidic, which strips it of minerals.

Over the long haul, those who do not have a balanced diet with alkaline foods (vegetables and fruits, primarily) become prone to weak bones, …