XOOMA pH Balance - Alkalinity
"The cells of a healthy body are alkaline, while the cells of a diseased body are acidic."
- Arthur C. Guyton, M.D.
Textbook of Medical Physiology
Why is pH Balance so critical to your health?
Air pollution, processed foods and beverages, pesticides, and stress are adding to the toxic waste burden our systems struggle to eliminate from the body.
Bacteria, algae, chloroform (from chlorinating), nitrates may have acidified poor quality water. These pollutants may come from factory discharges, agriculture, sewer pipes, water mains and acid rain.
Imagine your body's health account is like your bank account. If you withdraw funds without replacing them, your account goes into overdraft. Stress, the air we breath, most of the food we eat and beverages we drink, can all create an excess of acid in the body - they are all withdrawals from our body's health account.
In order for your body to maintain optimal health, your blood needs to maintain a very narrow pH range (slightly alkaline).
Our body organs and systems work to keep our blood and the fluids surrounding our cells slightly alkaline. The process of metabolism, i.e. - the digestion and burning of our foods to produce energy, - results in acidic waste products.
In fact, your body will go to almost any lengths to maintain your blood pH at around 7.365. To maintain this, the body will leach minerals from other areas of your body including the body fluids, tendons, muscles, joints and bones. This may result in health challenges and has been linked with osteoporosis.
If conditions were ideal, we'd get rid of our acidic wastes as fast as they formed through breathing and through the kidneys, bowels and skin. However even under the best conditions with a diet of fresh alkaline foods and regular exercise, acidic wastes build up in our bodies.
Many health experts agree that an overly acidic body greatly diminishes the effectiveness of your immune system and may lead to disease. Some of the conditions that may be associated with acidity in the body include obersity, insomnia, water retention, arthritis, migraine headaches, constipation, colds, flu, stomach ulcers, acid reflux and even cancer.
"If our internal environment is changed from an acidic, oxygen deprived environment to an alkaline environment full of oxygen... viruses, bacteria and fungus cannot live."
- Dr Otto Warberg, 1931 Nobel Prize – Physiology
A simple way to help maintain a healthy body pH is to add XOOMA Xtreme X2O to your water every day!
Disclaimer: X2O is a water purification product and is not intended to treat, heal, cure, diagnose or prevent any health related condition or disease. No health claims expressed or implied are made for X2O or the water it produces. Please consult a health care professional if you are experiencing any health condition, undergoing any treatment or taking any medication.
