Correct Your Acid / Alkaline Balance With The Water We Drink: What The Experts Say
In health circles there has been much recent talk regarding acid /alkaline imbalance. Let’s see if we can clarify how experts recommend we correct this imbalance.
The issue
Your body functions best whenever neither too acid nor too alkaline. Sadly almost all of us have become acidic due to diet, drinks and stress — both psychological and from pollution. Acids can build up in our body, causing systems to be out of balance.
The effects
According to Dr. Stefan Kuprowsky, “Acid wastes build up in the body in the form of cholesterol, gallstones, kidney stones, arterial plaque, urates, phosphates and sulfates. These acidic waste products are the direct cause of premature aging and the onset of chronic disease.”
Whenever this happens, the body will restore its optimal pH by depleting certain minerals, such as potassium, calcium and magnesium, from organs and bones. In addition, your resistant system might become fatigued from dealing with an excess of acid. The body then stores acidic wastes in ‘hiding places’ such as muscles etc. very than releasing the acids into the bloodstream.
As Dr.Robert Atkins, the well-known writer, health and diet expert, notes: “Simply regarding every condition I can think of, from arthritis to diabetes to cancer, is associated with acidity.”
“The countless names of diseases do not matter. What does matter is the fact that they all come from the same root cause…too much tissue acid waste in the body!” Theodore A. Baroody, ND, Ph.D.
What can be done?
A vast body of research reveals to help neutralize acid build-up in the blood and keep a balanced pH, by taking many simple steps, such as:
– Exercise
– Avoiding highly acid-forming food and drink
– Drinking the right water
What is the “right” water?
“International research show that populations with little or no history of illness, like cancer, drink higher pH (alkaline) waters. After all possible risk factors were considered and factored out, it became obvious that they had been drinking waters with a pH of 9.0 to 10.0.” Dr. Leonard Horowitz in “Aids and Ebola”
Alkaline ionized water “first came to notice in Japan, where researchers noted that people drinking water that came from certain fast- moving rocky mountain streams enjoyed extraordinarily good health. It turned out that this naturally happening water was alkaline and had a different structure and electric properties.” Larry Clapp, PhD. in “Prostate Health in 90 days”
Alkaline water is produced at home with a small kitchen appliance called a water ionizer (lengthy in use in Japan and Korea). As water ionizers have become popular in North America, more health experts have had the chance to evaluate their effects on clients:
Sue Pollock, N.D. writes, we can “assist the body in being more alkaline with …drinking alkaline water.”
“I believe that the best water is water that is alkaline (reduced) and purified utilizing a small device known as a water ionizer.” (Dr. Stefan Kuprowsky)
“It is my opinion that ionized water will change the method in that all health practitioners and the public approach their health in the coming years.” Dr. T. Baroody in “Alkalize or Die.”
Why not simply depend on a change of diet?
According to Sang Whang, researcher and author of “Reverse Aging”, the danger is the fact that we will omit important foods:
“Since the waste products that we are trying to discharge are acidic, the right type of water is alkaline water…My personal advice is to enjoy the foods that we like, but do not over-eat or exclude any food. Eat in moderation following the professional dieticians’ “balanced diet” concept, and allow alkaline water do the job of cleansing acidic wastes.”