So Your Body's Acidic.... What Now?

Good Afternoon Everyone,

      We spoke about your body's pH last week and how being acidic can produce harmful effects to your overall health.  We'll talk this week about why that may be happening and what we can do to fix the problem.  As we go over why this is happening, we'll mention a few different things:  water, sugar, soda, coffee, and overcooking. 

1)  Water -- Most people are dehydrated, and many of those are severely dehydrated without really knowing it.  We should consume 3-4 quarts of water a day (enough to where you have to urinate every hour) to help your body maintain a neutral pH.
2)  Sugar -- Having a diet that is high in sweets and high glycemic foods will have the effect of decreasing the acidity in your stomach.  This in turn will prevent you from being able to fully break-down your food as it enters and leaves your stomach.  As a result, protein will leave your stomach with a high acidic content to it.  This then will add to the acidic climate of your whole body.
3)  Soda -- Most soda has a pH of around 3!  Drinking these will of course lower your body's pH.  Limit energy drinks, sports drinks, tea and coffee also as they are acid forming in your body.
4)  Overcooking -- overcooking your food (especially vegetables) will reduce the enzymes that your body ingests which are normally used to help control the acidic content of food as it leaves the stomach.

So how do we fix this?  Well, you need to follow the advice in steps 1-4 above, but that may not be enough.  In the event that this is not enough, I recently found a product to help increase pH effectively.  That product is called "pHresh Balance" by Doctor pHresh Nutritionals (this is one that you will have to order through my office so let me know if you would like me to look into it).  I have seen this to be very effectively recently in raising pH quickly. 

As always, please email me with any questions.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeff




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