Go Alkaline!
Acidity in the Body=Disease & Illness
The human body creates acid, all day, everyday as a byproduct of metabolism. Acid is also introduced in the body through eating and digestion. Many secreted and digested acids are swept away by the blood stream, filtered out by the kidneys, and released from the body in the urine. Other acids leave the body through perspiration. Your body can only process a certain amount of acids, however, so it is possible to overload the body to become acidic.
The American Diet is Extremely Acidic
- Meat, including beef, pork, chicken and turkey are acidic.
- Dairy such as milk, butter and cheese are acidic.
- Grains such as rice, and barley are acidic.
- Beverages such as coffee, tea and soft drinks are very acidic.
- Certain fruits and fruit juices contain high concentrations of acid.
- Simple carbohydrates such as potatoes, pasta and breadcontain large amounts of acids.
Did you know?
- Energy drinks cause dehydration and increase bodily acid.
- The key ingredient in most energy drinks is caffeine often from guarana or yerba mate.
- Energy drinks are extremely acidic. For example, Red Bull has a pH level of 3.26, almost 10,000 times more acidic than the pH of neutral water.
- Diet soda is even more acidic than energy drinks. Diet Coke has a pH level of 2.97, more than 10,000 times more acidic than pH of neutral water.
- Sports drinks are designed for athletes exercising more than 2 hours...Sports drinks contain electrolytes, carbohydrates and other nutrients burned up through extended periods of exercise. Most sports drinks have between 13 and 19 grams of sugar per eight ounce serving. Drinking sports drinks without working out increases caloric intake.
Facts about Bottled Water
Bottled water is not as healthy as many people believe.
- 25% of bottled water is nothing more than reprocessed municipal water.
- 22% of bottled water brands tested in one study contained contaminants above state health limits.
The pH of bottled water is not adequate.
- Reverse osmosis is used to "purify" some bottled water which strips everything out...the bad and the good. Healthy minerals are eliminated and the water becomes acidic which can be detrimental to your health.
- While the FDA tests bottled water for impurities, it is not required to monitor the pH levels,
- Neutral water has a pH balance of 7 and an ideal level for drinking water is a pH level of 9.5.
Benefits of Alkaline Water
Alkaline water can neutralize the acidity of the body caused by stress, modern diet, air pollution, and many bottled waters. A higher pH in the body reduces the need for fat and cholesterol to protect the body from damaging acids.
- Alkaline water can reduce the body's acidity and stop fat storage.
- Helps flush acid and toxins from the body.
- Once fat cells are no longer needed (Fat binds to acid), the body will eliminate them-the fat melts away.
- A healthy non-acidic body causes weight loss, not the other way around!
- A healthy non-acidic body will return to its natural, ideal body.
- Alkaline water is negatively charged and an "anti-oxidant." Anti-oxidants reduce the cellular and DNA damage caused by free radicals.
- Drinking ionized alkaline water causes the stomach to produce bicarbonates, which are absorbed into the blood stream and can neutralize acids.
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Kimberly Purefoy, Registered Nutritional Consultant at 770-367-5937.
