Ways to Alkalize your Diet

Ways to Alkalize your Diet

Before considering ways to alkalize your diet, let’s just review the basics of why this is important. Roughly speaking your body’s pH level is an indication of whether your body is too acid or too alkaline. A normal blood pH level is 7.40 on a scale of 0 (acidic) to 14 (alkaline), but this can vary slightly in either direction. The gastric acid in your stomach is very acidic (pH 1.5 to 3.5), so that the food you eat can be broken down. If your body’s pH level is too far out of balance inflammation can develop, and inflammation is linked to diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer, cardiovascular…
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