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The effects of too many acid foods

 

When lots of acid forming foods are eaten the body has

to go into survival mode. This means pulling calcium

and other minerals out of the bones to neutralize all

the acids in the system. Hence, you have crystals

dropping out of solution and arthritis, you have

osteoporosis and dental cavities because minerals are

removed from the bones and teeth, and you have other

degenerative diseases and health problems.

 

Not only are people with an acidic system robbing from

these mineral stores to buffer acids in their system,

but they are making their bodies less efficient,

because the chemical processes that take place in the

body work best in a more alkaline pH range. And they

actually make the body not as efficient at absorbing

minerals and utilizing them. Just like a plant in your

garden, minerals and vitamins cannot be assimilated

and used unless the soil is within a certain pH

window. Once plants or people get out of our pH

window, they do not assimilate the vitamins and

minerals they need.

 

One mistake some vegetarians make is almost totally

eliminating high quality fats and proteins. In

addition some vegetarian diets are very heavy on the

carbohydrates. Because of this many vegetarians have

found themselves full of candida and other pathogens.

 

 

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(This site has a fairly good calender at the bottom)

 

Most people who suffer from unbalanced pH are acidic.

This condition forces the body to borrow

minerals—including calcium, sodium, potassium and

magnesium—from vital organs and bones to buffer

(neutralize) the acid and safely remove it from the

body. Because of this strain, the body can suffer

severe and prolonged damage due to high acidity—a

condition that may go undetected for years.

 

A recent seven-year study conducted at the University

of California, San Francisco, on 9,000 women showed

that those who have chronic acidosis are at greater

risk for bone loss than those who have normal pH

levels. The scientists who carried out this experiment

believe that many of the hip fractures prevalent among

middle-aged women are connected to high acidity caused

by a diet rich in animal foods and low in vegetables.

This is because the body borrows calcium from the

bones in order to balance pH. — American Journal of

Clinical Nutrition

 

A healthy diet should consist of 80% alkaline-forming

foods and 20% acid-forming foods.

 

Book: Alkalize or Die by Theodore A. Baroody: