The pH Factor – The Key To Good Health

Reclaiming The Inner Terrain

Do you know that besides the body’s temperature, there is another biological variable which helps to govern the efficiency of all bio-systems (such as circulatory, digestive, endocrine, immune, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, skeletal, and urinary) within the body? In chemistry it is called “pH” and is the abbreviation for “Potential Hydrogen. Hydrogen is the element that measures the acidity or alkalinity of a solution and ranges from 0 to 14, with seven being neutral. Below 7 becomes increasingly acidic, above 7 increasingly alkaline.

As with most health-related barometers, balance is everything. If there is an imbalance in our body’s pH levels for prolonged periods, it can negatively affect our health. This imbalance is what I call the “silent killer” and virtually becomes the seedbed upon which chronic non-communicable diseases begin to develop. Prior to beginning my wellness journey, I was oblivious to the importance the pH factor plays in health. However, my overall well-being started to change when I started to connect the dots between pH balance, what I was eating and drinking and every thought and emotion I had. Homeopaths/Alternative Medicine professionals have been preaching, continuously, that “disease can only grow in an acidic medium”. Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear! You cannot eat whatever you want that may be negative from a nutritional perspective and expect to have good health. Unhealthy foods such as processed and fast foods make the body a favourable seedbed for the growth of bacteria, yeast, fungus, mold, viruses and other unwanted organisms. As we continue poor dietary habits, the more acidic the blood becomes and overtime the closer we get to death :-( Prevention Is Still Better Than Cure and so our goal should be to eat well nutritionally so that we can maintain good blood (alkaline-which is the body’s natural biochemical balance). Not only does poor nutrition make your body’s pH levels imbalance, emotions such as anger, hate, sadness, despair, and loneliness can also change your body chemistry. Negative emotions tend to bring an acidic imbalance whereas, positive emotions, such as love tend to make your body pH alkaline.

Are your dietary and lifestyle choices helping or hurting you? Following are some tips to help you along your journey of restoring the correct balance in the body:

 Drink warm water with Braggs Organic Apple Cider Vinegar or a squeeze of lemon/lime first thing in the morning. Try to avoid coffee, sodas and diet carbonated beverages

 Eat plenty of berries (strawberries, cranberries, blueberries etc). Some fruits are acid forming so choose your fruits carefully

 The best alkalising foods are green vegetables, mainly due to their chlorophyll (green pigment) content. Include plenty of vegetables (raw as much as possible) in your diet

 Drink plenty of pure water and fresh green coconut water. A word of caution: Natural coconut water does not have a long shelf life so those packaged with a shelf life of 3-6 months contains preservatives and should be avoided

 Eliminate the negative self-thoughts. Even if positive thinking does not come naturally to you, improved health should be a major motivator in making some lifestyle adjustments– NOW!

 Check your pH levels by purchasing a pH test kit from your pharmacy or health store. Upon rising on mornings, urinate on the strip/litmus paper and it will tell you instantly what your pH is, whether acid/alkaline

If you are not living a life that creates health, then you are living a life that creates disease!