The Effects of an Acid Alkaline Imbalance in the Body
When most of us think of pH balance, many people relate those words to pools and fish tanks. However, did you know that our bodies are comprised of 70% water and need to have a good alkaline balance to have energy,
fight off disease,
fight off disease, and maintain proper health?
How PH Balance Works
The body has two kinds of minerals, positively charged or negatively charged. Minerals that are negatively charged are attracted to the positively charged ones and vice a versa.
The negative electrical charged minerals are acid minerals. Examples of these are chlorine, sulfur, phosphorus they can form hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid. Minerals with a positive electrical charge are alkaline minerals. Examples are calcium, potassium,
magnesium,
and sodium.
Our bodies are designed to have most of the internal fluids to be slightly alkaline; the only exception is the stomach. Realizing this and understanding that our own cells produce acid from normal everyday activity as a by-product in which the acid waste is normally reduced as carbon dioxide and water that can be released harmlessly from the body.
Here’s what happens if the body fluids are more acid they will seek alkaline minerals to react with such as sodium, potassium, zinc, iron, and calcium. If the body is lacking in these minerals then it takes them from the liver, muscles, ligaments and bones allowing room for health conditions and disease. Over time and without alkalizing your body, your weakest link will be where your health challenges and disease will set in.
When
food is consumed
and metabolized by the body, not all of it is used and what’s left is a residue referred to as ash. Digestion oxidizes foods in a similar way as burning them except the body uses enzymes operating in low temperatures. Some foods will leave a more alkaline ash and others will leave a more acidic ash the body still has to get rid of the acid wastes. If the body can’t break it down to carbon dioxide or water it must buffer itself from it. The body will continue to take enzymes that are alkaline from vital organs and bones straining your immune system and allowing disease to get a foot hold in your weakest organs. Or perhaps your body could store the extra acid in fat cells locking it away from essential areas of the body making it difficult to shed the extra pounds you try so hard to do.
Diabetes Connection to PH Balance
Diabetes
is a disease of dehydration, where a person is drinking and expelling these fluids almost as soon as they go in. Your body is fighting to maintain a PH balance that is more in an alkaline environments but can’t because the cells are not able to absorb the proper amount of nutrients. When the cells don’t work properly, the organs don’t work properly. So chances are if you are diabetic you already have a body with a pH balance that is too acidic. If you don’t reduce the acid in your body you could end up developing complications such as
kidney failure,
gangrene, and
blindness.
Blood sugar balance is critical to your body’s proper functioning. Blood sugar is the primary source of fuel for the body's cells and is particularly critical to the brain and the eyes. When glucose isn't regulated properly through the bloodstream, the body's cells don't obtain the energy they need. When you have excessively high blood sugar, as in hyperglycemia or diabetes or excessively low blood sugar as in hypoglycemia it prevents the organs from working properly and leads to a decline in health and faster aging process.
The body’s blood sugar level is regulated primarily by the pancreas and the liver. The liver stores excess glucose and releases it when needed. The pancreas secretes insulin that helps carry glucose into the body's cells, and it secretes glucagon that triggers the release of stored glucose in the liver. When the body becomes too acidic it can affect either organ from functioning properly causing the blood sugar to become excessively high or low and the cells will begin to starve.
In a person with a highly acidic pH balance level it can put the pancreas, liver, and all the body’s organs at risk. Because of the important role played by the liver in removing acid waste from the body, liver function is particularly at risk when acids accumulate.
