Potential of Hydrogen – pH
The alkalinity of water is measured by what is called the “potential of Hydrogen”, better known as pH level. The pH scale ranges from 0 on the acidic end, to 14 on the alkaline end with 7 being neutral.
Blood with a pH value of 7.45 contains 64.9% more excess oxygen than blood with a pH value of 7.3 All soft drinks are highly acidic. Energy drinks, like Red Bull has a pH level of 3.26, almost 10,000 times more acidic than pH neutral water. Gatorade has a pH level of 2.95 Diet Soda’s pH is 3.57, that is why people who drink diet sodas cannot lose weight. It takes 32 glasses of high pH alkaline water to neutralize one glass of cola.
- Acid rain kills fish because there is less oxygen in the water
- Too much acid in the body robs minerals from our bones, teeth (calcium), muscles and nerves (potassium), from our arteries (magnesium) and our joints (sodium), it also robs our bodies of oxygen
- The body creates fat cells to hold and neutralize acids in the system, excess acid in our body breaks down healthy tissue therefore the body protects itself by creating a buffer of fat. Fat cells bind to acid Our body’s “robbing” of minerals as well as holding on to fat is actually saving our lives (Our body stores excess acid in fat cells)
- All Degenerative Diseases are linked to Acidity. All diseases thrive in an acid environment and will not flourish in an alkaline, oxygenated environment
- Our bodies are too acidic due to poor diet, stress and toxic environment
- Why should we be concerned about pH levels? Since most of the body is water-based (50-90%), the pH level has profound effects on all body chemistry, health and disease. All regulatory mechanisms (including breathing, circulation, digestion, hormonal production) serve the purpose of balancing pH, by removing caustic metabolized acid residues from body tissues without damaging living cells. If the pH deviates too far to the acid side or too far to the alkaline side, cells become poisoned by their own toxic waste and die. Just as acid rain can destroy a forest and alkaline wastes can pollute a lake; an imbalanced pH corrodes all body tissue, slowly eating into the 60,000 miles of veins and arteries like corrosives eating into marble. If left unchecked, an imbalanced pH will interrupt all cellular activities and functions, from the beating of your heart to the neural firing of your brain. With modern foods, it really is not easy to obtain an alkaline diet. Dr Theodore Baroody ND, Ph.D., who is a foremost authority on acidity of the body, has written a five star book called “Alkalize or Die”, which is a must read for those concerned with health and longevity. The newest concept in drinking water today is alkaline water.