Are You Acid or Alkaline? Serious Health Problems Are Caused By an Acidic Body, But the Cure Is Easy

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(NaturalNews) Drink your milk has been a common adage to build healthy bones, but it turns out, it’s just wrong. Milk actually contributes to an acidic environment in the body, and acidic environments in the body actually create weak bones and create an optimal environment for disease.

"How does it do this?," you might ask. Essentially, our blood needs to remain at a certain pH; otherwise, it will cause problems in the body. That pH is slightly alkaline and right around 7.36. The problem is that most foods in standard diets are acidic, and this means that people become acidic from consuming these foods.

Commonly consumed, highly acidic foods include meat, dairy (including milk), processed foods, soft drinks, and sugared snacks; these are the worst offenders for creating acidic people.

Raw fruit and vegetables are alkaline forming in the body; they have an effect that raises our pH to a more alkaline state. But most people eat way too much on the first list, and much too little of what’s on the second list, and they do this for years on end.

When the blood starts to become acidic, the body needs to adjust.

To adjust to a more alkaline state, the body pulls the alkaline mineral calcium from your bones. By robbing calcium from your bones, your pH can become more alkaline which helps with your body’s immediate problem, but for your bones, it creates longer term problems.

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September 7, 2009