Acid-base balance: how to achieve it

In our time, only the laziest person who has never been interested in health issues has heard about the acid-base balance and its importance for the normal functioning of the human body. Thanks to the acid-base balance, blood and lymph are cleansed, removing dangerous toxins, waste products, decay products and foreign substances from the body. If the balance is disturbed (and for most modern people, the scales tend to overacidify the body), then the person becomes lethargic, gains excess weight, starts to get sick.

How to understand that you have acidification of the body, and how to restore and maintain the acid-base balance in the body – read in this article.

What are the dangers of acid-base balance disorders

When the body is acidic, the cells cannot get enough oxygen, and as the body seeks to return the pH level from acidic to neutral, it tries to compensate in alkaline minerals. If they do not enter the body from the outside, then it tries to extract them, for example, from the bones (washing out calcium and magnesium), which leads to osteoporosis and other diseases caused by bone fragility.

At the same time, there is an accumulation of acids in all tissues of the body: an excess of acids in the knee joints leads to arthrosis, in the liver — to her obesity, in the blood and lymph — to a drop in immunity, allergic reactions, diabetes and obesity, fungal infections, etc. "Sour" blood becomes thicker, which can cause blood clots in thin vessels, and this is a direct path to cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, tissue necrosis.

General excessive acidification of the body can even become an impetus for the development of oncological diseases.

The main signs of acidification of the body:

• Weakness, lethargy, chronic fatigue
• Lack of vitality, strength, energy
• Unhealthy complexion
• Skin problems (irritation, dryness and flaking, redness, rashes)
• Bad nails (thin, peeling, easy to break)
• Dental problems
• Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
• Problems with blood pressure and heart rate
• Circulatory disorders (hands, feet, whole body become numb or cold)
• Overweight (or vice versa insufficient) weight
• Practically never-ending inflammatory processes in the body
• Frequent colds
• Allergy
• Emotional depression or vice versa – irritability and nervousness

As you can see, the features listed above are quite suitable for the "set" problems and illnesses of most modern people.

A person whose body becomes acidified, becomes lethargic, gains excess weight, starts to get sick – from pressure problems to the development of cancer.

How to achieve optimal acid-base balance

Of course, any diagnosis and treatment is best done by a highly qualified therapist who will not only understand the individual characteristics of the body of a particular patient and the initial foci of his problems, but will also be able to select a full range of auxiliary medications that will facilitate the fight against acidification of the body.

However, first of all, recovery — the work of the patient himself, since only he can radically change his lifestyle and adhere to the rules of health in the future. Indeed, without changes, all efforts to establish an acid-base balance will be very short-lived.

Restoring acid-base balance always involves three ways that only work when used simultaneously:

1. Cut off the supply of acidic or acidic substances.
2. Active removal of already accumulated acids from the body.
3. Neutralization of acids that cannot be removed from the body.

We will explain below what is included in each of these items.

1. Change in diet

The overwhelming amount of harmful substances that form an acidic environment enters our body along with unhealthy food. The list of enemies also includes bad habits, drug abuse (all of which must also be eradicated), but poor-quality and improper food leads by a wide margin.

Among the most harmful foods in terms of acidity:

• Processed and refined food (sausages, sausages, convenience foods, canned food, fast food, instant cereals, muffins, factory-made cakes and sweets, snacks, sweet soda, etc.)
• Fatty meats
• Sugar, its derivatives and constituents, sweeteners
• Polished cereals (white rice, semolina, oatmeal)
• Alcohol
• Coffee

For the period of cleansing the body, these products must be completely eliminated from the diet. Ideally, it is desirable to abandon them forever (or at least significantly reduce their use in the future).

At the same time, you need to eat more alkaline foods:

• Vegetables
• Greens
• Fruits
• Berries
• Cereals (the most ideal option – germinated)
• Nuts
• Herbal teas

In addition, there are foods that supply the beneficial acids needed for a healthy metabolism. Therefore, they should not be abandoned.

These include:

• Lean meat and fish
• Cottage cheese
• Beans
• Oils

However, their acidity must be balanced with alkali, so all healthy eating systems recommend eating these foods in combination with vegetables and herbs. Moreover, the ratio should be in favor of alkaline food — for example, 20-30% meat and 70-80% vegetable salad per meal. For the period of cleansing (2-3 weeks), you can give preference to exclusively alkaline products.

The overwhelming amount of harmful substances that create an acidic environment in the body comes to us along with unhealthy food.

2. Removal of acids from the body

It occurs along with the active removal of toxins. There are many ways to do this, but a combination of several methods at the same time brings the best results.

Helps remove toxins:

1. Sports (at least half an hour a day of any physical activity will already benefit).
2. Weekly sauna or steam bath to get a good sweat (if there are no heart problems). If there is no such possibility – at least a contrast shower at home.
3. Massage and body wraps.
4. Drinking regimen (from 2 to 3 liters of purified water per day).
5. Food regimen (moderate meals, fasting days once a week work well).
6. Stable functioning of the bladder (if the fluid is poorly excreted even with plenty of water, you can try a natural mild diuretic – for example, rosehip tea) and intestines.

It is also necessary to completely abandon bad habits that can negate all the efforts expended.

3. Alkalinization of the body

There are many ways to neutralize acids in the body, which have been tested by thousands of people leading a healthy lifestyle.

Among them:

• Drinking herbal preparations (there are a lot of recipes), decoction of unpeeled oats, etc.
• Smoothies with a lot of greens are trendy right now.
• Drinking water with lemon and/or lime juice on an empty stomach (1-2 glasses of this drink every morning half an hour or an hour before meals – and you will quickly notice the detox effect), you can add a teaspoon of honey.
• Eating water with baking soda on an empty stomach (however, this method is not suitable for everyone and has side effects, so it should be approached with great care).

In addition to alkalization, these recipes have another wonderful property – the ability to remove toxins from the body.

A complete rejection of bad habits is needed, which can negate all the efforts expended to achieve acid-base balance.

Dietitians and phytotherapeutists believe that most of the diseases and health problems of modern people are associated with acidification of the body. We hope that our portal's methods of achieving optimal acid-base balance will help readers balance their pH levels and maintain health for years to come.