Acid Alkaline Balance

Many people are bombarded with all kind of threats to their health, be it the food they consume, the water they drink or the air that they breathe in. There are all kinds of toxic substances they consumed that made their blood more acidic than it should be.

Though some of these factors that affect food and water toxicity may be outside our control, we can have a choice on what we eat and drink. Generally speaking, an over acidic body is negative for health, while an alkaline charged body is positive for our physical well-being.

The acid and alkaline balance can be measured on a scale from 0 to 14. From 0 to below 7, it is acidic being saturated with protons (positively charged) - hydrogen ions -while above 7 to 14, the substance is negatively charged with electrons. At 7, it is neutral. In this context, alkaline food and drinks are better because they are negatively charged to bring life energy to recharge our body. Conversely, too much acidity is bad for our body as it is fertile ground for fats to accumulate to make us obese and unfriendly yeast and fungus to breed which eventually, if left unchecked, bring upon illnesses and diseases.

Generally, acid and bases (alkaline substances) are opposites and they neutralize each other. But it takes as much as twenty or more times of alkaline substance to neutralize a given amount of acid. In other words, to avoid overacidification of our body blood and tissues, we need to consume much more alkaline food than we do acidic food.

However, in today's modern living, where most working adults dine and wine outside their home, it is a tough act to follow. Most fast food, alcohol, sugar laden cakes and pastries, simple carbs and meat proteins are major sources of acidity. No wonder the prevalence of diseases like cancer, heart diseases and diabetes - the major scourges of modern society.

Interestingly, only be maintaining a proper balance between acid and alkaline in our blood, can we lose weight and maintain the weight loss on a permanent basis. This is because fats are formed to wrap round excess acid which would otherwise damage our body cells and organs. So basically, fats help to save our lives!

It is imperative, therefore, to re-balance our diet through the acid alkaline approach to reclaim our physical well-being. By adopting a healthy diet and exercise program, we can ward off premature aging, obesity, unnecessary sicknesses and diseases.

A good acid alkaline program can be found in Acid Alkaline Diet Simplified