Juice pH and Why the Right Alkaline-Acid Levels Are So Important

pH (potential of hydrogen) is a measure of how acid or alkaline a solution is, 7.0 to 7.5 is the narrow range your body's acid and alkaline levels need to be in for reasonable health and in the range of 7.35 to 7.45 for best health. In fact you don't need to go too far outside the 7.0 to 7.5 range for health related problems to start.

A urine test that is less than 6.8 shows you are becoming too acid, and a urine test reading over 7.5 means you are becoming too alkaline. When your pH goes too far into the acid range cells will become poisoned by toxic acidic waste causing many cells to die off. This cell die off will lead too catastrophic illness.

High acid will cause the onset of health problems such as these:

and many others modern health issues, including digestive disorders.

Bladder problemsCardiovascularCancerGERD(acid reflux)HeadachesJoint painMuscle achesObesity

Modern diet is acid

Our modern diet tends to be in the acid range. Recent research shows this acid diet is at least partly responsible for many modern diseases. What you eat and drink creates your body's acid alkaline level.

When your pH goes into an acid state your body does whatever it has to in order to get back to an alkaline state. Your body will use up its supply of minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium plus others to neutralize excess acid and flush it from your system. Robbing you body of these essential minerals causes other problems such as osteoporosis, arthritis and varies other health issues.

The best and easiest way to keep your pH in the healthy alkaline zone is to be sure you are consuming the right foods that help alkalize your body. When eaten fresh fruit and vegetables are alkaline, but fruit juice can often be acid. Vegetable juice on the other hand will usually be alkaline. Fresh vegetable juice drank regularly is a simple way of keeping your pH on the right side of 7.0.

Obviously some vegetables are more alkalizing than others so here is a short list of the most alkalizing vegetables to get you started in the right way.

Some of the best alkaline-forming Vegetables:

* Alfalfa (sprouts)

* Broccoli

* Beets and beet tops

* Brussels sprouts

* Cabbage

* Cantaloupe

* Carrots

* Celery

* Chard

* Cucumbers

* Garlic

* Parsnips

* Radishes

This is not a complete list of alkaline-forming vegetables, but is just a sample of those vegetables suitable for juicing that will also be useful in keeping acid alkaline at healthy levels.

Charlie Gilliland author and webmaster of makefreshjuice.com. Visit this site now to learn more about the benefits and more of making your own fresh juice at http://makefreshjuice.com/

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