Excess Body Acid

No matter what approach you choose to address your health needs, it won't be as effective as when your pH level is in the optimal range.

Body over-acidity - which can become a dangerous condition that weakens the structure and function of all body systems - is very common today due to aging, diet, stress, toxins and potent prescription drugs. And when the alkaline reserves in your body become depleted from the process of neutralizing excess body acid, you body becomes weakened and vulnerable.

Disease cannot thrive in an alkaline environment (the opposite end of the range from acidic.) And research shows that unless the body's pH level is slightly alkaline, the body cannot heal itself. So, no matter what approach you choose to address your health needs, it won't be as effective until your pH level is in the optimal range. Plus, if your pH is not properly balanced, your body cannot effectively assimilate vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements.

Integrative Medicine Magazine Made the Point in Even More Unequivacal Terms

"A growing body of research has documented not only that *acidosis* (excess body acid) is a real phenomenon, but that it is now known to contribute to a wide range of diseases.

"In many ways, we can consider acidosis as the constant pressure on the body’s physiology to compensate for all the acid-inducing challenges. The body is subjected to excess acid pressure primarily in 3 ways: diet/beverages, drugs, and disrupted metabolism. Acidosis only occurs when compensatory measures become overwhelmed.

"Equally important, although the blood pH does not change, the pH in the cells and intracellular space becomes more acidic, causing disruption of enzyme function, loss of insulin sensitivity and cellular metabolic adaptations.”

[Acidosis: An Old Idea Validated by New Research , Joe Pizzorno, ND,
Editor in Chief, Integrative Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 1, February 2015]

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