What Causes Acidic pH?
Unfortunately, in today’s environment of high stress, less sleep, greater exposure to toxins, and eating on the run, most people are operating in an unhealthy acidic environment internally. Many doctors believe this to be a major contributing factor to increased illness and disease. When your body is too acidic, it will try to balance this state by utilizing existing alkaline minerals. However, if your diet doesn’t contain sufficient balancing alkaline minerals, it will either build a more acidic environment or pull nutrients from other important areas such as pulling calcium from your bones leading to diseases such as osteoporosis. Source: “pH power: maintain a proper acid-alkaline balance to curtail colds and keep inflammation in check” by Molly Spile, 11/05, citing a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Alkaline Foods to Add to Your Diet! A good rule of thumb is that your diet should consist of only 20-25% acid forming foods and liquids and 75-80% of alkaline form
