Weekly Healthy Advice From Växa
The acidosis-osteoporosis connection
If your body is too acidic, your blood can steal calcium from your bones and teeth. What can you
do to stop this silent thief?
Your body’s highest priority is to maintain the proper acid-alkaline balance in the blood. A high-protein
diet of meat and dairy products can pose an increased osteoporosis risk because it can make the body pH highly acidic.
According to Susan Brown, PhD., who heads the nonprofit Osteoporosis Education Project in East Syracuse,
NY, thin and fragile bones are really the long-term negative result of short-term positive coping mechanisms.
These positive coping mechanisms provide for the minute-to-minute removal of calcium, magnesium, potassium
and other minerals compounds from bone. These nutrient compounds are taken out of bone to support the
maintenance of critical body functions.
These bone-derived nutrients are essential for the regulation of systemic pH balance, heartbeat, muscle
contraction, nervous function and other activities. Of special concern is the role alkali salts of bone-derived
nutrients play as buffering agents for the maintenance of the body's critical acid-alkaline balance, Brown says.
The blood will always maintain a slightly alkaline range of 7.35 to 7.45. Because the pH of the body is so
delicate, it will steal from other parts of the body to maintain the balance. While an internal alkaline balance
is optimal, our biochemical functioning, the processes of living and the metabolism of food, produce a great deal
of acid. For example, when we exercise or move we produce lactic acid and carbon dioxide. Lactic acid is by its
nature acid and the carbon dioxide represents an excretion of acids.
When we eat, we generate acids. Sulfuric acid can be produced from the metabolism of sulfur-containing amino
acids and we consume phosphoric acid as a food additive. Long chain fatty acids also produce excess acids
when metabolized. Further, immune responses - manifest as allergies, hypersensitivity and even stress - generate
substantial amounts of acidic by-products.
Brown frames the acid-alkaline issue as one of mineral adequacy and depletion. “It’s a little like over-farming
and depleting mineral levels in soil,” she says. “If we eat foods that create and acidic pH in the body, we will
deplete our bones of minerals.
Testing urine is the most effective way to gauge your systemic pH. Simply hold the pH strip in your urine
stream for a second or two and read immediately, using the color chart provided for the correct indication.
- Registering in the alkaline range of 7.0 to 7.5 is acceptable.
- A reading of 6.5 is acidic.
- A reading below 6.0 is considered very acidic.
- A reading of 8.0 or above indicates the body is too alkaline.
To adjust pH, alter the diet to reduce acid-forming foods such as sugar, coffee, alcohol, wheat products
and animal protein. Include a higher percentage of fruits and vegetables. One simple way to get more
servings of vegetables is to use Växa Greens, an advanced, synergistic blend of “Phyto-Nutrient Complex”
concentrates, containing more than 50 superfoods.
Sometimes diet alone is not able to correct an acid-alkaline imbalance. In this case, supplements are
very helpful. Växa Buffer pH has been proven to naturally balance pH. The ingredients in this formula
have been shown to:
- Help reduce acidic build-up and rebalance pH by buffering these residues and removing them from your body
- Help promote the cleansing and repair of tissues
- Help maintain proper insulin production and use
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