by Curt Burbach

Created on: November 07, 2008   Last Updated: November 22, 2008

Your body's pH balance is very sensitive. pH stands for potential hydrogen, and this is a scale that science uses to measure the relationship between alkaline and acid. The scale measures from 1-14. The higher the number, the more alkaline the reading. Different parts of the body maintain different pH levels. The outside of your body the skin, hair and nails are more acidic. The inside of your body (except for the digestive acids produced in your stomach) is primarily alkaline. Your body works hard to maintain proper pH levels throughout the various tissues in your body. But, nowhere is it more important that your blood stream, where the pH balance is normally an average of 7.4. If it drops to 7.2 the red blood cells will bind together and not carry the proper nutrients and oxygen needed by the tissues to live. Without oxygen you will quickly suffer either a heart attack or a stroke.

Acid diseases in the human body are due to the excessive formation of different kinds of acids. They are formed during the processes of protein and starch digestion and are present in the waste of cells and tissues, making it a byproduct of metabolism. Of these waste products, uric acid probably causes the most trouble in our body. The majority of diseases arising within the human body are due to its erratic behavior. Together with oxalic acid and oxylates, it is responsible for arteriosclerosis, arthritic rheumatism and the formation of calculi. Their presence in excessive quantities aggravates all other forms of disease. It serves a useful purpose in the economy of the human organism, but becomes a source of irritation and cause of disease only when it is present in the circulation and tissues in excessive amounts.

The acids accumulate in excessive amounts when they don't become neutralized by alkaline elements. Once the acids accumulate to a point beyond a certain limit, the blood, along with its alkalinity, loses its power to dissolve and neutralize these substances and they form a sticky, glue-like colloid substance which blocks up the blood vessels and capillaries. This in turn, prohibits the blood from passing easily from the arterial system to the venous circulation and leads to high blood pressure. The nerves become irritated, the mucous membranes give rise to headaches, rheumatic pains in the joints and muscles occur, and dizziness, depression, fainting and even epilepsy can result. All the tissues and organs in the body can suffer negative consequences due to congestion

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