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Acidity—The Energy Zapper
Body acidity has been linked to chronic disease

High acidity...the beginnings of disease
Most people today have chronically acid systems, which accounts for the high rate of disease that we have come to accept as normal.  But don’t forget, an acid imbalance isn’t normal, nor should it be accepted as normal. Scientists have discovered that chronic acidity leads to a vicious cycle of toxin accumulation and oxygen depletion, which in turn results in serious illnesses and diseases.

Doctors have linked over 150 diseases to chronic acidity and oxygen deficiencies in the body!
Such as headaches, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, gout, high blood pressure, blood sugar imbalances cholesterol, insomnia, osteoporosis, and fibromyalgia, just to name a few.  A constant state of acidity creates the perfect environment for disease.  And many prescriptions contribute to acidity.

Not only does an over acidic condition promote disease, but it also decreases the body’s ability to absorb minerals, as well as decreasing energy and the ability to repair damaged cells. Chronic acidity makes it difficult for the body to neutralize and eliminate toxic heavy metals and contaminates also.  Bacteria and    viruses can only thrive and multiply in an acid environment.  When the body is in its proper alkaline range bacteria, viruses, and even cancer cells cannot survive, grow or mutate. 

Acidity can be caused by a variety of reasons including environmental toxins, some medications, with the major factor being a diet of acid forming foods. 

The Typical American Diet May Be killing You!
Maintaining alkalinity was much easier for our forefathers, but in today’s world of toxic food additives, over-consumption of sugar and carbonated soft drinks, it will take more effort.  Be suspicious of all foods that have been packaged for your convenience.  Read labels.  Natural, unprocessed food will not last months or years, like so many of the processed foods offered on store shelves. For example, whole wheat flour will turn rancid with time, but white flour can stay in your cupboard literally for years. To give food a long shelf life manufacturers have to “process” the nutrients out of food or it will spoil. Processed foods promote body acidity—it’s as simple as that.   Instead of going to great extremes to reverse disease once it’s taken hold, it makes much more sense to promote an alkaline environment that continually supports the body’s own disease fighting systems. 

Think about what you’re eating...  Does it contain artificial preservatives? Has it been genetically altered?  Does it contain the most acidifying and destructive additives of all …MSG and Aspartame?  (MSG is in most pre-packaged, chain restaurant and fast foods today.)

If you answer yes to these basic questions you are probably looking at a highly acidic “dead food”  that contains very little nutritional value but  has a long shelf life, and will make you feel bloated, and make you fat.    Convenience foods may make your life simpler in the short term, but is that little bit of time you saved really worth your good health in the long run?  

Acidity and Cancer
In 1932 Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery that cancer occurs in the absence of free oxygen, which creates an acid condition. Based on this discovery, many clinics today are successfully treating cancer with alkalizing, oxygen enhancing therapies. Oxygen is an alkaline gas that helps regulate the body pH.  Remember, as we said earlier, cancer cells cannot thrive and flourish in an alkaline environment.

Symptoms of excess Aci

What are the benefits of having an alkaline pH?

Alkaline people are happy, easy going, and pleasant.  Acid people are cranky people!

How can you tell if you are acid or alkaline?
You can buy pH testing strips in any heath food store.  A saliva test is the most accurate method.  Follow the instructions on the box, which should tell you to test first thing in the morning before eating, drinking or brushing your teeth, and again 2 hours after any meal.  Average your results for 1 week to get an accurate overall picture.   6.9 to 7.1 is the ideal range you will want to achieve.  Any long term reading outside that range is dangerous to your health.

Here’s a quick and general reference of the various effects of acid/alkaline pH levels in the body:


pH level

 

7.0 to 7.4

Optimum health and energy

6.8

Beginning of metabolic acidosis

6.4

Impaired digestion, hard to lose weight

6.0

10 Times less oxygen to the cells

5.5

Extreme acidosis, cancer and degenerative disease

5.0

100 Times less oxygen to the cells and life threatening

THE SOLUTIONS:
Many people can successfully correct body acidity with changes to diet and lifestyle.  If you are dealing with a significant health challenge you will want to strive for a diet of at least 80% alkaline forming foods.  Here are some guidelines to help you.

Cut down on acid promoting foods such as, refined white sugar and flour, pasta and baked goods, artificial sweeteners, carbonated drinks, fast food and convenience foods containing MSG, Aspartame, additives and preservatives.  Even the food in many nicer chain restaurants is packed with MSG because most dishes, sauces, dressings, and gravies come from pre-prepared sources as per their corporate guidelines.  If it’s not prepared from scratch at a restaurant—don’t eat it!
Focus on Alkalizing foods which include:  most vegetables, greens, gluten-free whole grains (brown rice, buckwheat, millet, quinoa and corn), legumes, seafood, egg whites, and alkaline fruits; papaya, mango, melon, pears and bananas.  There are many books and web sites that give extensive lists of alkaline / acidic foods

Oxygenate your body.  You can do this through any daily deep breathing or yoga type exercises. 

Fulvic is also a powerful alkalizer.  It destroys acid in body fluids and increases the amount of oxygen in the blood.  Fulvic Mineral Complex is 100% fulvic in solution.

Emphasize foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids:  Wild salmon, tuna and mackerel.  Omega oils/ Essential Fatty Acids help the body utilize oxygen.

Drink at least 8 glasses of non-chlorinated, non carbonated purified water each day.

Some people face a daily struggle with body acidity, so the last thing they want are supplement products that contribute toward this unhealthy condition. There are many liquid minerals on the market today that are highly acidic, with an acid pH in the range of 4.0, because of their processing techniques.  Not only are you absorbing unhealthy chemical residues, but the product itself has none of the oxygenating, alkalizing benefits that an alkaline product such as Fulvic Mineral Complex has.

So, a good start for improving body alkalinity is to take Fulvic Mineral Complex and Vital Greens daily.  Vital Earth’s Fulvic Mineral Complex is processed without the use of chemicals, resulting in a 7.0 to 7.8 alkaline pH product.  Taking Fulvic Mineral Complex consistently will help balance your pH, as well as detoxify the body and absorb more nutrients.  Vital Greens is a concentration of high pH  ”Land and Sea” greens.  6 capsules daily is the equivalent of eating a wider variety and more servings of powerful alkalizing greens than you could eat in a day.

It can be confusing...
Many foods thought to be acidic, such as lemons and grapefruit, are actually alkaline once they are digested. These foods are only acidic when they’re in your stomach, so surprisingly they are very beneficial for improving alkalinity.  A diet of raw food can also be highly effective for reversing acidity.  There are many excellent books on how to prepare delicious raw-food meals.

Avoid these chemicals, preservatives, and food additives:

Hidden sources of MSG: (look for these ingredients on labels)

Start eating healthier and support the powerful immune system functions that your body is capable of.