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Getting Healthy Article Series |
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The following article is from a series written by Dr. Regan Golob for the Dynamite® Specialty Products monthly newsletter. Since the target readers were consumers and distributors of the Dynamite® nutritional product line, references were made to these products without supportive explanations. If you would like to learn about the excellent Dynamite® nutritional products for humans, animals, plants and soils, click <here> |
pH---Your Potential Healthby Dr. Regan Golob |
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If you remember back to your high school
chemistry, you know that "pH" stands for
"potential of hydrogen". The scale of pH ranges from
0.00 which is completely acid to 14.00 which is completely
alkaline. Distilled water which is neutral, has a pH of 7.0. If
you add alkalizing minerals such as sodium, calcium or potassium
to an acid solution, those minerals buffer the acid. Or, you can
make an alkaline solution more acid by adding acid-producing
substances.
With the exception of stomach fluids which should be very acid (around 2.0), all of your body fluids need to be either slightly alkaline or slightly acid, either slightly above or slightly below 7.00. For example, the blood needs to stay at a pH of 7.35 to 7.45, and a slight deviation either way means death. In practical terms, this means that if you are not taking in enough available calcium, the body will rob calcium from the bones to buffer the blood and keep it from becoming too acid. Obviously, the body places a higher priority on keeping your heart beating than on keeping your bones strong. So by eating a highly acid diet (meats, grains, dairy, coffee, pop, etc.) you are setting yourself up for arthritis and osteoporosis. Alkalizing minerals come from fresh fruits and vegetables, and from chelated (bioavailable) minerals in supplements like Dynamite® PLUS™, Dynamite® TRIMINS™, Dynamite® IZMINE™ and Dynamite® HERBAL GREEN™, as well as Dynamite® CELL MEND™. Cucumbers, celery and zucchini are great sources of organic sodium, and broccoli contains lots of calcium. Even the "acid" fruits like oranges and lemons leave an alkaline ash residue in the body, and contribute |
to the alkaline reserve of the body. You
should eat vegetables every day, and if you are currently following
the "standard" American diet of burgers, fries, pasta, chicken etc.,
you should start getting healthier by adding one piece of fruit and
one serving of vegetables a day. Aim for the ideal of 75% fruits and
veggies in your daily diet. Don't try for "instant health" by
switching abruptly to salads and veggies -- I guarantee you won't
like the results. Interestingly, even the stomach needs to be bathed
in an alkaline medium to operate properly. If you ever have
heartburn or indigestion, it means you have too little stomach acid,
not too much. Take a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar or Dynamite®
ELIXIR™, and you will feel better quickly. Symptoms of improper
digestion of food caused by insufficient stomach acid include
diarrhea, constipation, food allergies, depression, etc.
You can determine the pH of your body by testing your morning saliva or urine. If you are truly healthy, both saliva and urine should test about 7.0 first thing in the morning after at least five hours of sleep. Even if you currently feel good, if your morning urine is as low as 5.0, or as high as 8.0, you need to seriously address your diet because your body has gone into emergency mode with adaptations that eventually lead to serious disease like osteoporosis, emphysema or even cancer. You can order testing paper from Morter Health Systems at 1-800-874-1478. Better yet, order Dr. Morter's book "Your Health Your Choice" from Dynamite®. Your health really is your choice, and pH testing is a valuable tool to guide you to wellness. |
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