The pH scale goes from 0 - 14, with 0 being very acidic and 14 being very alkaline. On the pH scale, 7.0 is neutral. The body is alkaline by design and acid by function.

This means that our body functions best in an alkaline environment with the exception of the stomach. Different systems have different alkaline ranges, but overall, the body wants to be slightly alkaline.

Opportunistic bacteria and diseases can't live in an alkaline environment, but are quite comfortable (and can proliferate profusely) in an acid environment. Whether we know it or not, we choose our own pH by the foods we eat. Poor nutrition results in dietary TOXICITY!

Although there are four food groups, there are only two kinds of foods that we really need to be concerned with: acid-ash and alkaline-ash foods.

Our bodies want alkaline-ash foods. This means your body wants foods that, after being broken down by the digestive process and the nutrients have been absorbed, the leftovers (or the ash) are neutral or on the slightly alkaline side. The alkaline-ash foods are good for your health.

We have a storehouse of alkaline-reserve minerals that we're born with. If your meal has an acid-ash residual after digestion, your body must make a withdrawal from your alkaline reserve to neutralize the acid so the delicate internal tissues after the digestive process won't be burned.

Everything you eat either makes a deposit into your "alkaline reserve" savings account, or makes a withdrawal.

Unfortunately, the American diet consists of mostly high-protein foods; mostly animal products and grains that have an acid-ash residual.If you want to eat foods that make a deposit into your alkaline reserve, you need to eat more fruits and vegetables.We have a very narrow blood pH range of 7.35 - 7.45. If your blood pH moves out of that range, you won't survive.

So your body will compensate by robbing the minerals it needs from other parts of your body to maintain this critical range. It will do what it has to in order to survive! It will take from the gallbladder, the bones, etc. These withdrawals will be detrimental to your long-term health - the problems you'd like to see improve, won't!

Priority system of healing

If your body has an acidic pH, alkalizing will have a higher priority for healing than the symptoms you're probably concerned about. Since most patient complaints are not life-threatening, the body will ignore them in order to concentrate on the toxicity (low pH = acidity) caused by your diet. When you bring your pH back to a normal range, your body will now dedicate the energy needed to heal your less serious symptoms.

Suppose you have back pain that you want to go away, but you also have a heart problem that you don't know about. Your body will ignore the back problem because it is not life-threatening, and it will focus on healing the heart which is life-threatening. Once the heart is taken care of, the body will concern itself with the next most life-threatening situation.

We also have an alkalizing supplement line that can support your efforts to raise you pH and achieve dietary balance.

One of the worst fables commonly told in America today is that you can't eat too much protein. You can, and most Americans do! The most commonly consumed high-protein foods in America is meat (and animal products in general). Becoming a vegetarian isn't necessary! Vegetarians can have a low pH as well if they eat too many grains (which are acidic), and not enough fruits and vegetables.

Make Dietary Changes Slowly

Your body has adapted to your diet and lifestyle, even if those CHOICES are not healthy ones. So if you change your diet quickly, your body will suffer some effects from that. It takes time to adapt the digestive process/enzyme production capability for the new foods you're eating. So allow your body to adapt to the changes slowly. The fruits and vegetables are necessary.

Your diet change may also cause you to go into a detoxification mode. While this is good, it may result in colds, acne and rashes so that it can flush out toxins that have accumulated in your tissues and cells. Better health will come after some ups and downs.

You may also feel tired. Why? Because your body is not being stimulated by sugar, caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, etc. Keep it up. Your body will balance itself out and you will recover your energy levels the right way. You want your body to be internally regulated, not externally stimulated.

Avoid incomplete foods (boxed and processed foods), and stimulatory foods (coffee, cola, candy, sugar, tobacco products, etc.). They lack the necessary enzymes, minerals, co-factors, and fiber to properly digest the food without robbing from the body to do so.