What Is The Acid-Base Balance (ABB)?
The ABB is vitally important and necessary for overall health.
Acid-base imbalances can lead to diseases such as cancer, kidney failure, and
heart diseases. Today, largely due to poor dietary habits, many people suffer
from such imbalances.
The human body is a complex bio-energetic system, always striving
to keep itself in balance. We call this process homeostasis. It is needed to
maintain a stable, relatively constant condition of properties such as your
temperature or pH.
The ABB is one of your body’s homeostatic mechanisms. It regulates
the balance between acids and bases (alkalines) formed within your body and
keeps your pH slightly alkaline (7.35 to 7.45) and corrects imbalances that may
occur.
Acidosis is a condition where the pH of your blood falls below 7,35. This
can lead to central nervous depression, coma, and even death.
Alkalosis, on the other hand, is when the pH of your
blood rises above 7,45; resulting in over-excited nerves, muscle spasm,
nervousness, and convulsions which may lead to death.
Typical Western Diet Is full Of Acid-forming
Foods
Acidosis is by far the most common imbalance seen in our modern
society. Alkalosis is relatively rare because our typical western or Standard
American Diet is loaded with acid producing products and far too low in
alkaline producing foods to neutralize those acids and keep your pH within
tight borders.
Acidic pH can occur from an acid forming diet, emotional stress,
toxic overload or immune reactions. Your body has to put a lot of effort and
energy in the neutralizing process to prevent acidification. When your diet is
not balanced, your body will steal alkaline material, such as calcium, out of
your bones and teeth to neutralize the acids, increasing the risk of weak bones
and osteoporosis.
Acidosis is also closely related to overweight and obesity as your body creates fat
cells to carry acids away from your blood and vital organs. So fat is actually
saving your life, as it is a response to alarming acid levels.
Acidification forms the base of many ailments such as
osteoporosis, obesity, cancer, gout, migraine, premature aging, and several
physical and emotional illnesses. By adjusting your diet you can fend off those
ailments and do your body a big favor.
Alkaline Diet Helps to Balance pH levels
An alkaline diet provides the body with neutralizing compounds, so
it doesn’t have to steal material from your body to maintain the same, slightly
alkaline level. This doesn’t mean you have to throw out all acid forming foods,
as you need them as well to avoid alkalosis. Balance is key here.
A good rule of thumb is to eat 60-80% of alkaline forming and
20-40% of acid forming foods.
Although it may seem that citrus fruits would have an acidic
effect on your body, the citric acid they contain have an alkalizing effect. To
set things clear, the food’s ability to form acids or alkaline’s within your
body has nothing to do with the actual pH or sour taste of the food itself.
As an example: lemons are very sour, however after digestion, the
end product is very alkaline. Meat on the other hand will test alkaline before
digestion, but leaves acidic residues in your body and is known to be acidic
forming, just like nearly all animal products.
All food sources that contain high levels of protein and sugar are
acid forming. Likewise, processed foods, soft drinks, coffee, artificial
chemical sweeteners, and medication.
- Most nuts and seeds
- Grains or cereals
- Cheese
- Meat
- Poultry
- Fish
- Seafood
Only 20 to 40% of what you eat should come out of the acid forming
list. Eat more and your body will have a hard time to neutralize all the acids
within your body.
What Are Alkaline Forming Foods?
- Fruits
- Green vegetables
- Root and tuber vegetables
- Bulbous plants
- Yogurt
- Herbs and spices
60-80% of what you eat should come out of the alkaline forming
list.
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