This one single, simple mistake you could be making with your health could be the biggest mistake you can make:



Not consuming enough alkaline minerals on a daily basis could be the single most damaging thing you could possibly do to your health. And yet 99% of us never get enough.



The good news is that in this article I am going to outline exactly how you can guarantee you will get enough, every day.



As you read this article in full you will see how my research uncovers the scientific proof that alkaline minerals are critical to your health, and that an absence of sufficient alkaline minerals will not only lead to symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain (or unhealthy weight loss), poor skin and depression, but also insufficient alkaline minerals can certainly lead to cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis and more.



Background: why alkaline minerals and your pH matters



Just as your temperature absolutely has to stay at 38.5 C or 98.6 F degrees (and your body will do whatever it takes to keep it at that level) your body has to maintain a pH of 7.365.



If you eat, drink and live an lifestyle that is over-acid, the stress it puts on your body to maintain this pH of 7.365 directly leads to sickness and disease. Your body is naturally acid forming – your natural bodily processes, metabolism and the body’s removal of wastes and toxins lead to small amounts of acid by-products. To neutralize this we have a small alkaline buffering system that keeps this 7.365 pH level in our blood and other cells.



And this buffer used to be 100% adequate…until our modern lifestyle kicked in.



Now a diet of pizza, coffee, chips, chocolate, soda, alcohol, white bread, cheese, microwave meals, trans-fats and take always plus a lifestyle of stress, pollution, chemicals and toxins means that we are constantly pushing our body to the max to try and deal with this constant, overwhelming attack of acids.



To put this in context, the pH scale (that runs from 1-14) is logarithmic. This means that pH 6 is 10x more acidic than pH 7, meaning pH 5 is 100x times more acidic than pH 7 and pH 4 is 1000x more acidic.



Coke has a pH of between 2 and 3 – pH 2.5 is almost 500,000 times more acidic than neutral water, and you need 32 glasses of neutral (pH 7) water to counteract the consumption of one glass of Cola.



So you can see how a diet filled with meats, dairy, fizzy drinks, alcohol etc would quickly deplete these buffers.



The Scientific Proof That Alkaline Minerals Are Critical To Your Health



Recent scientific research into human health, sickness & disease has shown with increasing evidence that living an acid-lifestyle is extremely detrimental to health & that by living alkaline you can increase your health, energy, vitality, immune system, youthfulness and protect yourself from disease.



As recently as October 2009, a Cambridge University study published in the highly respected British Journal of Nutrition stated:



The concept of diet-induced ‘acidosis’ as a cause of disease has been a subject of interest for more than a century. The present article reviews the history of our evolving understanding of physiological pH, the physiological support for the concept of ‘acidosis’, the causes of acidosis, how it is recognized, its short-term effects as well as the long-term clinical relevance of preventative measures, and the research support for normalization of pH.



The available research makes a compelling case that diet-induced acidosis…is a real phenomenon, and has a significant, clinical, long-term pathophysiological effect that should be recognized and potentially counterbalanced by dietary means.1



The researchers, Pizzornoa, Frassettoa and Katzinger have clearly identified that acidosis (increased acidity in the blood – pH below 7.365) is a very real threat to our health.



Furthermore, my research has shown that the effects of acidosis can directly contribute to various cancers2 3 12, arthritis4, osteoporosis5, cardiovascular disease6, diabetes7, depression/psychological disfunctions8, Crohn’s disease9, kidney disease10. Yes, all of the top five killers in Western society and a whole heap more. Furthermore, my experience and the experience of those who have used my twelve week Alkaline Diet Course have given me significant proof that living alkaline also leads to weight/fat loss, muscle gain (also scientifically proven11), energy increases, l ibido increases, skin improvements and more.



Alkaline Diet & Cancer



Alkaline Minerals Prevent Cancer GrowthIn March 2009, Robey, Baggett, Kirkpatrick et al published a paper in the American Association for Cancer Research Journal proving that alkaline minerals (in this case NaHCO3 – sodium bicarbonate) that raise the extra cellular pH of cancer tumor cells and prevent metastasis. Their research shows that the pH of the tumors are always acidic and by using highly alkaline minerals to raise the pH – the growth of the cancer (and involvement of lymph nodes) is prevented.



Source: Cancer Research 69, 2260, March 15, 2009



Cancer Thrives in an Acidic Environment Also in Cancer Research Journal, in 2006, Gatenby, Gawlinski et al researched and discovered that “chronic exposure of normal tissue to an acidic microenvironment produces toxicity by: (a) normal cell death… and (b) extra cellular matrix degradation”. They proffer that glucose imbalance (an acid lifestyle) leads to a chronically acidic microenvironment (the normal cells and molecules that surround a tumor cell) which provides the perfect base for cancer.



Source: Cancer Research 66, 5216-5223, May 15, 2006



Acidosis & Osteoporosis



Alkaline Minerals Prevent Osteoporosis



A recently published study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (Vol 94, No 1 96-102, 2009) has provided further evidence that the consumption of and supplementation with alkaline minerals is essential for good health. The objective of the study was to understand the effect of alkaline minerals (potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate and potassium chloride) on bone health – specifically, the ability of these alkaline minerals to slow the bone resorption rate and calcium excretion.



The participants who were taking the bicarbonate supplements had significant reductions in urinary N-telopeptide and calcium excretion when compared to the control group. This means that when taking the alkaline minerals, bones remained stronger and healthier.



Source: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (Vol 94, No 1 96-102, 2009)



Cardiovascular Disease & the Alkaline Diet



Alkaline Minerals Critical to Prevention of CVD



In the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Joseph Campbell provides a thorough review of the scientific literature surrounding minerals and disease and highlights that the alkaline minerals, magnesium and calcium, are critical to the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). He also highlights that “Excessive consumption of acid producing foods, results in metabolic acidosis. When this occurs, the parathyroid hormone stimulates the removal of calcium from the bones and teeth (osteolysis), to buffer or neutralize the excess acidity. After many years, such calcium loss results in depleted bone, bone weakness and structure.”



Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 10, No. 3 & 4, 1995



Arthritis & Alkalinity



Alkaline Mineral Supplementation Decreases Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients This incredible study from Institute for Prevention and Nutrition (Germany) provided clear and unquestionable evidence that using an alkaline mineral supplement (30g daily) reduced pain and increased movement in patients with moderately active Rheumatoid Arthritis over a 12-week period.



Source: The Open Nutrition Journal, 2008, 2, 100-105



Do you want to safeguard yourself from degenerative diseases while living with more energy, a lean, fit body, great skin, youthfulness and vitality?



How You Can Guarantee Your Health With Alkaline Minerals



The above studies prove, without question, that having sufficient alkaline mineral buffers to neutralize dietary, lifestyle and metabolic acids is critical to maintaining excellent health, energy and vitality and to the prevention of degenerative disease.



It is also highlighted in several of these studies that using an alkaline mineral supplement is an effective way of guaranteeing your daily intake of alkaline minerals is sufficient.



The efficacy of using a mineral supplement (and these supplements providing a usable form of these minerals) is further supported by this June 2009 study published in the Nutrition Journal, “Effect of a supplement rich in alkaline minerals on acid-base balance in humans”. The study concluded “that the ingestion of a multimineral supplement is associated with both a significant increase in blood and urinary pH”.



If you want to guarantee you have sufficient alkaline minerals than supplementation is a smart choice.



I’ve been working and researching in the alkaline diet field for five or six years now and have seen a lot of supplements come and go, and the one thing that determines whether a supplement will be successful or not is: does it work.



Poor quality supplements get found out very quickly.



With that in mind, these are the two alkaline mineral supplements that I personally recommend to you. I have been using these personally for at least four years now and I truly believe that they are incredibly effective.



Young pHorever pHour Salts: Alkaline Minerals of Sodium, Magnesium, Potassium and Calcium



Almost instantly neutralizes harmful acids. Young pHorever Alkaline Minerals contains all four primary alkaline minerals: calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium. Once these mineral buffers hit the system, they quickly neutralize excess acids.



Another bonus of this supplement is that it makes green drinks taste better when mixed together!



Young pHorever: pHlavor Mineral Salts



A comprehensive multi-mineral formula that will aid your pH balance and gives your body all of the most essential alkaline minerals.



Diet Comes First



You should always aim to get an abundance of nutrients from whole foods – there are no shortcuts here. This is just essential.



To make sure you’re getting plenty of alkaline minerals in your life I believe you should both consume good quality (pref organic) fresh, vibrant, healthy, high-water content, often raw foods PLUS I believe that you should supplement this to ensure that you always have a safety net. It is SO important to get enough of the right minerals every day that I fully believe in supplementation in this case.



This is particularly important if you have been out of balance, because there will be a lot of repair, detoxification and tidying up to do in your blood and other cells, so providing your body with an abundance of alkaline minerals is one of the very best things you can do.



Here’s the whole food sources:



POTASSIUM:

Avocado

Spinach

Soy sprouts

Lentils

Swiss Chard

Tomatos

Broccoli

Cucumber

Beetroot

Greens

Carrots



MAGNESIUM:

Pumpkin Seeds

Spinach

Soy sprouts

Swiss Chard

Broccoli

Cucumber

Sunflower Seed sprouts

Pumpkin seeds

Tomatoes

Celery

Quinoa

Almonds



CALCIUM:

Basil

Turnip

Thyme

Spinach

Greens

Broccoli

Swiss Chard/Silverbeet

Romaine Lettuce

Kale

Celery

Cabbage

Green Beans

Asparagus

Brussel Sprouts

Garlic



SODIUM:

Avocado

Carrots

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Kale

Lettuce

Greens

Parsley

Peppers

Radish

Sunflower Seed sprouts

Turnip

Note on Sodium:



We are talking about proper, pure sodium, not table salt or the salt added to refined foods.



According to Dr. Robert O. Young:



Today’s common table salt is a poison that has nothing in common with natural liquid colloidal salt. Most common table salt is made up of chemicals that pollute your body and wreak havoc on your health. Your table salt is actually 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5% chemicals such as moisture absorbents, and iodine. Dried at over 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, the excessive heat alters the natural chemical structure of the salt causing the potential for a myriad of health challenges in your body. [see the full article here]



Sodium is essential in the body, and the above listed alkaline vegetables provide you with a good, clean source of this important salt.



SUMMARY



Sufficient alkaline minerals are essential to good health. Your body really needs you to minimize the acids you consume and keep putting alkali in. When we consume acids, your body uses the alkaline substances in your body (calcium from bones, for example) to neutralize these acids which causes havoc. The body only has a very tiny supply of alkaline buffers and so by giving the body an abundance of alkalinity we not only ease this burden but also give the body the tools it needs to work optimally.



The four main alkaline minerals are calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium (clean, not refined table salt). These are abundant in fresh vegetables (particularly greens), and we advise you to eat plenty each day!



We also recommend two supplements. In the short-medium term these will help undo any previous damage and assist in detoxifying the body of acids, molds and fungus and in the long-term will help to maintain this alkaline balance, giving you a daily safety net to ensure you get enough of these minerals day-in-day-out.



Sources & References:

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1 Diet-induced acidosis: is it real and clinically relevant? British Journal of Nutrition Cambridge University Press; Joseph Pizzornoa, Lynda A. Frassettoa and Joseph Katzingera



2 Acid-Mediated Tumor Invasion: a Multidisciplinary Study; Cancer Research 66, 5216-5223, May 15, 2006; Robert A. Gatenby, Edward T. Gawlinski, Arthur F. Gmitro, Brant Kaylor and Robert J. Gillies



3 The Potential Role of Systemic Buffers in Reducing Intratumoral Extracellular pH and Acid-Mediated Invasion; Cancer Research 69, 2677, March 15, 2009; Ariosto S. Silva, Jose A. Yunes, Robert J. Gillies and Robert A. Gatenby



4 Alkaline Mineral Supplementation Decreases Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients; The Open Nutrition Journal, 2008, 2, 100-105; Regina Maria Cseuz, Istvan Barna, Tamas Bender and Ju?rgen Vormann



5 Treatment with Potassium Bicarbonate Lowers Calcium Excretion and Bone Resorption in Older Men and Women; The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 94, No. 1 96-102; Bess Dawson-Hughes, Susan S. Harris, Nancy J. Palermo, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Helen M. Rasmussen and Gerard E. Dallal



6 Minerals and Disease; Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 10, No. 3 & 4, 1995; Joseph D. Campbell



7 Preservative Effect of Electrolyzed Reduced Water on Pancreatic b -Cell Mass in Diabetic db/db Mice; Biol. Pharm. Bull. 30(2) 234—236 (2007); Mi-Ja KIM, Kyung Hee JUNG, Yoon Kyung UHM, Kang-Hyun LEEM, and Hye Kyung KIM



8 The Effect of Acid/Alkaline Nutrition on Psychophysiological Function; Int J Biosocial Res. Vol.



9 (2); 182-202, 1987; Rudolf A. Wiley9Severe Osteomalacia Associated with Renal Tubular Acidosis in Crohn’s Disease; Digestive Diseases & Sciences, Vol 31, No 3, March 1986; Rui MM Victorino, Margarida B Lucas, Miguel Carneiro de Moura10Metabolic acidosis of CKD: diagnosis, clinical characteristics, and treatment; American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Volume 45, Issue 6, Pages 978-993 J. Kraut, I. Kurtz11Lean Tissue: Alkaline diets favor lean tissue mass in older adults; American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 87, No. 3, 662-665, March 2008; Bess Dawson-Hughes, Susan S Harris and Lisa Ceglia

(NaturalNews) I had a daydream just today. In it, someone asked me, "What is the number one most important reason that people become acidic?" Without a second thought, I replied, "It is the way they breathe."



It is interesting to be so startled by a daydream that it jolts you into action! This nevertheless happened to me. I thought it through and remembered my studies in human physiology. There is absolutely no mechanism that so quickly can turn your blood acidic or alkaline than breathing.



In his revolutionary work on applied lymphology, Dr. C. Samuel West related that certain Native Americans would never die of disease and frailty, but would sit without moving, breathing very shallow and in 24 hours that person would be dead. This may have to do with many things, not the least of which would be a highly acidic blood stream.



Your blood is actually alkalized when you breathe out carbon dioxide. It follows that there must be a constant exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in order to keep that process working. So the next question arose: what are some of the reasons that people do not breathe properly?



The first and easiest reason is that the person might not know how to breathe or might be impacted strongly by modern society which can be pretty sedentary. Movement causes people to breathe.



In her interesting book "Oxycise!", Jill Johnson has a whole program of breathing combined with stretching and muscle tension designed to create weight loss and health. She says that you can consciously breathe in a way that eliminates fat through carbon dioxide. She says, in fact, that fat is released only through carbon dioxide. She claims that it works 100% of the time.



Other reasons might be diet related. For example, if someone does not take in adequate amounts of high quality glucose, there will need to be a correspondingly lower portion of oxygen since the whole purpose of oxygen is to be used with glucose in manufacturing ATP in the cells, which powers the whole process of life.



High quality glucose is found in only four places: Honey, ripe fruit, non-starchy vegetables and sprouts. These must be raw and enzyme rich so that they will convert to abundant glucose in the digestive tract prior to entering the blood. They also must be whole foods in natural form so that all the components needed for the cells to immediately use the glucose are naturally included.



If a person is low in dietary high-quality glucose, they will tend to breath shallower because the extra oxygen just cannot be used. I recommend that all my clients eat one of the above sources of high quality glucose 20 minutes before each meal on an empty stomach. The results are revolutionary.



Another reason might be that the blood cannot carry oxygen efficiently. Ironically, acidic blood might have this problem, meaning that once you become acidic it is going to take extra work to get back to alkaline. Thankfully, there are other mechanisms to restore alkalinity besides breathing.



Blood might also be weak or anemic. This is where herbal medicine shines brightest. Nothing will restore strong blood as fast as plant foods/medicines. Bowel herbs, particularly yellow dock root, enhance the assimilation of iron and build the blood. Other herbs like wheat grass, alfalfa, astragalus, nettle, burdock root, prickly ash bark, beet root and top, carrot tops, ginger and raspberry leaf are powerful at building blood and increasing oxygen-carrying ability and iron content.



My favorite herb of all for this is comfrey leaf, though it has a bad rap today for a potential danger. I personally use the herb freely and give it to my wife and children and give it in particularly high doses to my wife when pregnant. I feel that it is one of the best things I can do for them. Herbalists for many years have used comfrey leaf for pernicious anemia and it seems to work very fast for this.



I make a wonderful herbal tea that I call "Food Tea." This we keep around and drink freely. It consists of equal parts of the following herbs: Nettle, raspberry leaf, comfrey leaf, oat straw, lemon balm, peppermint, spearmint, lemon grass, shave grass (aka horsetail), pau d'arco, alfalfa leaf and 1/4 part of blessed thistle (which seems to really help with facial acne). On occasion I make a variation with hibiscus flowers (2-3 parts or enough to make it good and red).



This tastes wonderful and builds blood and bones and teeth. We sweeten it with plenty of honey and keep it around.



We use it at our house like a multi-vitamin-mineral. I feel that such a blend is far better than what most people drink in leisure and is probably better than about 99% of the multi-vitamin/mineral supplements on the market today.



Anyone who registers on (www.kalsschool.com) can get all the information they need on making teas from the "Downloads" page of that website under Preparations Printout at no cost.



Next we shall discuss problems with the lungs and sinuses. Certainly if the lungs are weak, exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide will be poor. If the sinuses have problems, the breathing will be altered, particularly at night.



The most common reason for lung and sinus distress is a highly congesting diet. This would include any food you happen to be reactive to as well as all chemical dyes, dairy, wheat (unless sprouted) and sugar. To learn more about your food reactions and how to prevent them or cure them, you can also go to (www.kalsschool.com) > Free Info > Downloads > Understanding food reactions . This is a pdf file and can be downloaded freely.



The next most common problem with lungs and sinuses is constipation. The average American has 3-5 bowel movements per week. Healthy people in rural areas living natural lives have 2-5 bowel movements per day, or one after every major meal. According to Dr. Richard Schulze , this puts the average American 70,000 bowel movements short in their lifetime!



Constipation causes thick, congested mucus in the lungs and sinuses and a good, complete cleansing of the bowel will cause drainage of lymph and a thinning of that mucus. This will result in better immune response and freer breathing.



I recommend regular bowel cleansing and the use of a strengthening bowel formula that will repair the bowel over several months of use.



Then there are some cases of lung and sinus problems that are weak, damaged, diseased or malformed. In these cases, there are wonderful herbs that will help those conditions to heal.



When someone comes to me with lung complaints there are a few herbs that I always go to. I use lobelia tincture if the congestion is recent. Typically, I will give a dropper full of the tincture every half hour until the congestion is loose and moving (yes, they do sometimes throw up, but with that throw up will come more mucus from the lungs than food from the stomach).



If that does not work, I go back to bowel cleansing and I actually use an enema made with cayenne, garlic and apple cider vinegar. This recipe is also in the Preparations Printout from (www.kalsschool.com) as discussed above.



If the congestion is long term, I will usually use Dr. Christopher's Sinus Plus formula. Wind River Herbs' Mullein Blend is also very good. Dr. Christopher's formula was made for shorter term infections, but is actually my choice for rebuilding the lungs too. This is what I use for ex-smokers who have serious lung problems as a result of it. It may take several months to re-build the lungs and if no other dietary changes are made it may take longer.



I recommend, as a diet that supports healing and is as friendly to people who have average American tastes as it is to raw foodists, Traci's Transformational Kitchen Cookbook and Traci's Transformational Health Principles which can be found at (www.bestfoodist.com) .



I suppose I must acknowledge the trouble with air today. Someone suggests about every other day that the government is releasing dangerous toxins into the air or intentionally creating chemtrails behind military airplanes, etc. While this is possible, I only know one thing to do about it, and that is to get our bodies healthy and capable of dealing with lots of such toxins. This means a healthy Diet and regular maintenance of the lungs along with the rest of the body. I cannot help you overthrow a government conspiracy, I can help you survive it and thrive during it!



Let us go on to sinuses:



Occasionally, I will meet someone who has problems with sinuses only, and not lungs. I will still use Dr. Christopher's Sinus Plus and I will encourage looking for food reactions , but I also recommend doing something for the sinuses specifically.



Usually, we make a tea out of oak bark and lobelia. Today I would add oregano in an equal portion. This tea is strained and then a nasal douche is performed with it several times per day if the sinuses are closed or morning and night if the sinus condition is not serious, but is ongoing.



The lungs and sinuses are not hard to heal, but it is important to remove the load from them while using herbs specific for them. The idea is not just to disinfect, but to heal and rebuild.



It is always a good idea to change patterns too. This suggests learning about breathing exercises like those found in "Oxycise!"



Finally, sometimes people will need to do some changing of thinking too. My favorite book for this kind of information is Louise L. Hay's "Heal Your Body A-Z."





About the author

Kal Sellers, MH is a lifelong student and practitioner of the natural healing arts.

Kal is a Master Herbalist, a Massage Therapist, Technician of the Rolf Method of Structural Integration, Iridologist, Mind-Body Medicine Practitioner, Mental Re-programmer, Life Coach, Natural Nutritionist, Reflexologist and more.

Kal is currently attending Life University in preparation for chiropractic school.

Kal currently operates and maintains www.KalsSchool.com, an on-line school for natural healing and herbal medicine.

Kal also maintains www.BestFoodist.com as the website for the distribution of his and his wife's books on natural nutrition and companion recipe book (Traci's Transformational Kitchen Cookbook and Traci's Transformational Health Principles).

Kal and Traci have five children, the last three of which were delivered at home, the last by Kal. They live now in Powder Springs, GA where they maintain live classes on food and medicine for anyone choosing to master medical independence and life-long optimal health!





Alkalize Your Body Through Breathing With Healthy Lungs and Sinuses

British blackcurrants have dethroned American blueberries as the reigning "superfruit" which can best help battle Alzheimer's, cancer, and heart disease according to a new U.K. study.



The Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) has determined that blackcurrants contain higher levels of antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins than blueberries or 19 other fruits. Such high levels of antioxidants can also help stave off diabetes, eye strain, and other illnesses.



Besides testing blackcurrants and blueberries, researchers examined strawberries, raspberries, apples, blackberries, and cranberries, among other fruits.



"From a quick overview, it is clear those with a deep purple or red color perform particularly well, the darker the fruit the higher the antioxidant content," said Dr. Derek Stewart, head of the nutrition program at SCRI.



"Blackcurrants are very dark purple in color (purple is high on the alkaline pH scale) and in line with these indicators, comes out top in the majority of categories."



Stewart said that the motivation for the research came from the huge amount of publicity surrounding "Superfruits," coupled with the lack of consumer knowledge of what a "Superfruit" is or what it must contain.



"We wanted to find out which fruit came out on top," he said. "And blackcurrants can claim to be the No. 1 "Superfruit."



Here is a list of some of Dr. Young's "Super pHruits" for antioxidant and anti-aging benefits.



1) Avocado

2) Cucumber

3) Blackcurrant

4) Blueberry

5) Grapefruit

6) Tomato

7) Lemon

8) Lime

9) Green papaya

10) Green pepper

11) Pomegranate

12) Cranberry

13) Coconut

14) Noni

15) Acai

16) Mangosteen



All of these "Super pHruits" are contained in the first super antioxidant formulation called, Young pHorever pHruits and pHolage.



Many of you might be concerned about the acidic Sugar content of this all natural low-heat dehydrated product? The good news is that the Sugar content is less then 1/2 of 1% or 25 mg.



All the antioxidant benefits from these "Super pHruits" without all the sugar.



When you order our Young pHorever pHruits you will receive a free bottle of Young phorever pholage.



Young pHorever pHolage is a combination of the best antioxidant vegetables.



To order Young pHorever pHruits go to:



http://www.phmiracleliving.com/phruits.htm



It also comes in a powder to mix with your alkaline water.



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'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic' ....Arthur C. Clarke



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'Your health depends on an alkaline environment, created by eating foods such as tomatoes, avocados and green vegetables...striking the optimum 80/20 balance and regulating your body's acid/alkaline chemistry through simple changes in diet can result in weight loss, increased stamina and strength, a stronger immune system and a greater sense of wellbeing.' Dr. Robert and Shelley Young



How Do We Become So Out of Balance?



After years of societal changes, millions of dollars of marketing spend and technological advances we, as a race, are now facing more dietary based health challenges than ever before. It is no coincidence that the rapidly growing numbers of cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes correlate almost exactly with the rise in consumption of acid forming foods such as sugars, saturated fats, and white breads. At the same time our consumption of fresh vegetables and essential fatty acids has decreased dramatically, making way for convenience and a generation hooked on sugary treats.



Becoming Alkaline



This is not as difficult or as technical as it sounds. When we talk about eating alkaline foods or starting an alkaline diet we are referring to consuming those foods and drink which have an alkaline effect on the body. This effect is based upon the ash residue that remains after our foods are consumed. Some foods leave an acid ash, whereas others leave an alkaline ash. Conveniently for us, our bodies have been designed to categorize which foods leave which kind of ash into neat and easy to remember groups.



Of course, everybody is different - but most of us should aim to eat 75-80% alkaline foods and a maximum of 20-25% acid forming foods.



The following link contains guides and articles that are intended to give you all of the information you need to successfully begin and maintain an alkaline lifestyle. If there are any resources that you would like to see here in the future, please do not hesitate to get in touch.



http://www.phmiracleliving.com/alkaline-foods.htm



It may be very useful for you to see where you are now, and to test your alkalinity at various stages during your transition to an alkaline diet. For dietary testing, we offer pH testing kits at:



http://www.phmiracleliving.com/ph_strips.htm



Check out the short 3 minute video that shows Shelley making her famous alkaline green shake. The green shake makes for an easy, fast and alkalizing breakfast.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drqVKWdT-Zs&eurl=http://www.phmi...



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(NaturalNews) A recent study discovered a new use for common household baking soda. The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) reported that a daily dose of baking soda could prevent kidney damage and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a study entitled, Bicarbonate Supplementation Slows Progression of CKD and Improves Nutritional Status. Baking soda prevents kidney disease and dialysis.



Baking soda is made of sodium bicarbonate. It is used in many households for cleaning. It is known to take the smell out of refrigerators and as an abrasive. Baking soda is used in baking, in soft breads, brownies, cookies, and other non-yeast baked goods. Other health uses for baking soda have already been discovered. It can be used internally to treat sunburns, or internally to aid acid indigestion. Some people brush their teeth with baking soda, and dentists are known to use it to clean teeth. Baking soda helps heal mouth sores and apthae ulcers, too.



The study investigated the use of baking soda in individuals with metabolic acidosis. This is a condition in which a person accumulates too much acid in the bloodstream, due to acid indigestion. Low bicarbonate levels contribute to a number of health conditions, and are an indicator of an underlying health problem. A group of 134 patients with this condition were given a daily dose of sodium bicarbonate in tablet form. Over the two year period of the study, participates had two-thirds less decline in their kidney function, compared to the control group. Only nine percent of the group showed any progression of their disease, compared to 45 percent in the other group. Because of this, those on sodium bicarbonate were less likely to develop renal failure and require kidney dialysis.



Because the study was not double blind, further research will be needed to validate these findings. In fact, the doctors knew which patients were taking the baking soda tablets and there was no control group.



Baking soda has no known side effects and is an inexpensive treatment, especially compared to the costs of kidney dialysis or kidney replacement. "This cheap and simple strategy also improves patients' nutritional status, and has the potential of translating into significant economic, quality of life, and clinical outcome benefits," said Magdi Yaqoob, MD, one of the study's organizers.



Simple foods and substances around the home are used for medicine around the world. These old folk remedies are finding newfound use, now that Science can validate their healing abilities with modern research.



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http://emedicine.medscape.com/artic...

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Melanie Grimes is a writer, screenwriter, journal editor, and adjunct faculty member at Bastyr University.She has written an eBook on natural treatments for the flu, available at her blog.

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Baking Soda Prevents Kidney Disease, Renal Failure and Kidney Dialysis

Both Sea Salt and rock salt were well known to the ancient Greeks who noted that eating salty food affected basic body functions such as digestion and excretion (urine and stools). This led to salt being used medically. The healing methods of Hippocrates (460 BC) especially made frequent use of salt. Salt-based remedies were thought to have expectorant powers. A mixture of water and salt was employed as an emetic.



Drinking a mixture of two-thirds cow's milk and one-third salt-water, in the mornings, on an empty stomach was recommended as a cure for diseases of the spleen. A mixture of salt and honey was applied topically to clean bad ulcers and salt-water was used externally against skin diseases and freckles.



Hippocrates also mentions inhalation of steam from salt-water. We know today that the antiinflammatory effects of inhaled salt provide relief from respiratory symptoms (c).



Thus, 2000 years ago, Greek medicine had already discovered topical use of salt for skin lesions, drinking salty or mineralized waters for digestive troubles and inhaling salt for respiratory diseases!



The doctor and alchemist Paracelsus (1493-1541 A.D.) introduced an entirely new medical concept. He believed that external factors create disease and conceived a chemically oriented medical system which contrasted with the prevalent herbal medicine. Only salted food could be digested properly: 'The human being must have salt, he cannot be without salt. Where there is no salt, nothing will remain, but everything will tend to rot.'



He recommended salt water for the treatment of wounds and for use against intestinal worms. A hip-bath in salt water was a superb remedy for skin diseases and itching: 'This brine - he said - is better than all the health spas arising out of nature.' He described the diuretic effect of salt consumption and prescribed salt preparations of different strengths that were used for instance against constipation.



'In recent years there has been much publicity about the need to reduce salt consumption in societies where salt is added to many processed foods (Denton 1984, 584-7).



It has tended to be forgotten that some salt intake is absolutely necessary; that people need salt, sodium chloride, to survive: The chemical requirements of the human body demand that the salt concentration in the blood be kept constant. If the body does not get enough salt, a hormonal mechanism compensates by reducing

the excretion of salt in the urine and sweat. But it cannot reduce this output to zero.



On a completely salt-free diet the body steadily loses small amounts of salt via the kidneys and sweat glands. It then attempts to adjust this by accelerating its secretion of water, so that the blood's salt concentration can be maintained at the vital level. The result is a gradual desiccation of the body and finally death.' Roy Moxham



An eight-year study of a New York City hypertensive population stratified for sodium intake levels found those on low-salt diets had more than four times as many heart attacks as those on normal-sodium diets - the exact opposite of what the 'salt hypothesis' would have predicted. (1995)



Dr. Jeffrey R. Cutler documented no health outcomes benefits of lower-sodium diets. Salt Institute



A past president of the American Heart Association, Dr. Suzanne Oparil of the University of Alabama- Birmingham, said her personal view is that the government may have been too quick to

recommend that everyone cut back. 'Salt restriction as a solitary recommendation for the population for the prevention or the treatment of hypertension.



Where to purchase real, unrefined liquid salt go to:



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An abundance of the ingredients in unrefined real salt are as synonymous with life today as they were a billion years ago before single cells appeared here. Lack of them is synonymous with birth defects, organ failure, decay, diseases, premature aging and death at a young age.



The problem with salt is not the salt itself but the condition of the salt we eat - refined! Major producing companies dry their salt in huge kilns with temperatures reaching 1200 degrees F, changing he salt's chemical structure, which in turn adversely affects the human body.



The facts are that in the heating process of salt, the element sodium chloride goes off into the air as a gas. What remains is sodium hydroxate which is irritating to the system and does not satisfy the body's hunger and need for sodium chloride. Sodium

and chloride are two of the 12 daily essential minerals.



In countries which do not alter their salt supply, heart disease and Arthritis are so rare that many doctors have never seen a case. Their salt is dried from the ocean by the sun. Many people believe that salt is harmful to the human body.



The truth is we cannot live without sodium or chloride-salt. From salt the body makes sodium bicarbaonate which is one of the essential compounds for alkalizing the food we eat. Also, from salt the body makes iron for producing the hemoglobin of the red blood cell.



Cl + O <=> Mn + H <=> Fe or



chloride + Oxygen = Manganese + Hydrogen = Iron.



There is not enough natural salt in our foods, so we must supplement our diet. When salt is withheld, weakness and sickness follow.



Try this experiment: Mix a spoonful of salt in a glass of water and let it stand overnight. If the salt collects on the bottom of the glass, it has been processed.



NATURAL SALT DISSOLVES! Salt that will not dissolve in water cannot dissolve in your body. Any foreign substance that collects in the body organs and tissues will eventually result in malfunctioning of essential body processes: heart disease, arthritis, hardening of the body tissues and arteries, calcium deposits in the joints, etc. Natural organic salt (saline) will not cause calcification in your body. Real Sea Salt can dissolve damaging calcium deposits in the body.



Science and medicine have tried to define the precise roles of salt in the healthy and diseased human organism. Blood, sweat, and tears all contain salt, and both the skin and the eyes are protected from metabolic acids from the effects of salt. When salt is added to a liquid, particles with opposite charges are formed: a positively charged sodium ion and a negatively charged chloride ion.



This is the basis of osmosis which regulates fluid pressure within living cells and protects the body against excessive water loss (as in diarrhea or on heavy sweating).



Sodium and chloride ions, as well as potassium ions, create a measurable difference in potential across cell membranes. This ensures that the fluid inside living cells remains separate from that outside. Thus, although the human body consists mainly of water, our 'inner ocean' does not flow away or evaporate. Sodium ions create a high pressure of liquid in the kidneys and thus regulate

their metabolic function.



Water is extracted through the renal drainage system. The body thus loses a minimal amount of essential alkaline water. Out of 1500 liters of blood which pass daily through the kidneys, only about 1.5 liters of liquid leave the body as urine.



Salt is 'fuel' for nerves. Streams of positively and negatively charged ions send impulses to nerve fibers. A muscle cell will only contract if an impulse reaches it. Nerve impulses are partly propelled by co-ordinated changes in charged particles.



Fish from the ocean will die quickly if placed in a solution of refined salt and water. The sodium chloride, in its form as it comes from the refinery, is actually poisonous to them. Bottom line, is that yes it can be harmful to consume too much refined salt, but you cannot consume too much natural unrefined liquid real salt.



For more information on the healthful benefits of real mineral Sea Salt go to:



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In conclusion the question, "does salt cause high blood pressure?" The answer is absolutely NOT! High blood pressure is caused by dietary and metabolic acids that are not being properly eliminated through urination, defecation, perspiration and respiration. The truth is, you do not get high blood pressure you do high blood pressure with your lifestyle and dietary choices. Sodium chloride is the key to reducing and normalizing blood pressure and maintaining healthy pulse rate below 70 beats a minute.



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'Miracles happen not in opposition to nature, but in opposition to what we know of nature.' St. Augustine



'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic' ....Arthur C. Clarke



'There are only two ways to live your life. One, is as though there are no miracles. The other is as though everything is a miracle.' Albert Einstein



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Here are five non-contagious Holiday Season lifestyle and dietary conditions (called diseases by allopathic medicine) for which I have given new names:



1) "I ate too much Sugar disease" is caused by children who ingest too much acidic sugarary treats the night of Halloween and/or the day after. Some of the symptoms including, belching, throwing up, constipation, stomach ache, headache, aches and pains throughout the body, light headedness, dizziness, cold hands, cold feet, and even loss of consciousness. If the child continues to ingest acidic Halloween treats through out the week this may lead to more serious conditions or symptoms, such as ADD, ADHD, leukemia, lymphatic congestion, coma or even lymphatic cancer. The best way to treat "I ate too much Sugar disease" is to stop eating the acid Sugar and start alkalizing the body to re-establish its alkaline design. This will then lead to restored health and energy.



2) "Traveler's Acidic Consequence" is a result of the sum total consumption and behaviors of a traveler during their more unusual or somewhat different from normal lifestyle than when they were not traveling. A typical traveler's day will upset one's normal metabolism and digestive habits. They eat and drink different foods at different times and different volumes than usual, which creates an over-acidic state and a need for more alkaline buffers (sodium bicarbonate) leading to indigestion, nausea, acid reflux, heart burn, belching, flatulence, vomiting, constipation, dehydration and further problems of acidity, depending on the degree of irregularity.



"Traveler's Acidic Consequence" is commonly blamed by allopathic medical Science on a particular site on the traveler's path as if he or she caught something. This current medical ideology is based on Pasteur's germ theory and is a scientific myth or illusion.



The true cause of this condition is the result of the traveler's acidic dietary choices and the lack of alkaline hydration, nutrition and hygiene that can result in this over-acidic condition. All the above symptoms are the body in reservation mode trying its best to maintain the alkaline pH of the internal environment at 7.365 to 7.4.



3) Holiday Season - "I Ate and Drank Too Much Sugar Dis-Ease" is a result of the sum total consumption and behaviors of a person during the Holiday season eating and drinking everything in site from "swine to wine." This over indulgence may cause belching and flatulence and eventual heart burn, acid reflux, nausea and constipation for which medical Science will often prescribe the purple pill. This Holiday Season condition, beginning with Halloween may then lead to the third Holiday Season consequence -



4) "Holiday Season Food Drunk" is a result of over-eating and over-drinking acidic foods and liquids and then falling into a drunken state on the sofa or bed for several hours or even days to sleep off all the acidity. Falling asleep after a heavy Holiday meal is a common occurrence for over-eaters and drinkers.



5) "Holiday Season Influenza" (The Flu) is a result of the sum total consumption and behaviors of a person during a so-called Holiday acidic feasting. They will consume acidic foods and drinks that they may not know or know that are not healthy or alkalizing, i.e., more sugar or sugar substitutes than normal, alcohol, meats and much of this at greater volumes than normal. They become detrimentally influenced physically and emotionally by Holiday acidic foods and drinks.



According to medical savants, "Holiday Season Influenza" is commonly blamed on a particular virus contracted from another person(s) and not from acidic lifestyle and dietary choices of that person. Like the acidic traveler, a person chooses to consume on their own as many acidic foods and drinks during the Holiday Season and as a result are suffering from the consequences of their poor dietary choices -- not from some phantom flu virus! The flu is nothing more than the body increasing temperature to improve circulation to remove excess acidity from over-acidic lifestyle and dietary choices, through perspiration, respiration, defecation and urination.



Also, please keep in mind it doesn't take either traveling or Holidays for someone to express the symptoms of "I Ate Too Much Sugar Disease," "Traveler's Acidic Consequence" and/or "Holiday Season Influenza." All you need to do is consume excessive amounts of acidic meats, chocolate, ice cream, cake, candies, alcohol or other acidic thrillers. This can also happen anytime of the year.



This Holiday Season may you resolve not to succumb to the acidic choices that lead to "Traveler's Acidic Consequence," "I Ate and Drank Too Much Sugar Dis-ease," "Holiday Season Food Drunk" and/or "Holiday Season Influenza."



I hope one day we can learn to take responsibility for our own lifestyle and dietary choices and the consequences we experience rather then blame it or

transfer personal responsibility to a phantom or harmless virus - like the flu virus, ebola virus, HIV virus, HPV virus, West Nile virus, Bird flu virus, and the list goes on and on and on!



To learn how to prevent "Holiday Season Influenza," or "I Ate Too Much Sugar Disease," may I suggest watching the following DVD's or listening to the following CD's:



The pH Miracle - Full version

Shopping with Shelley 1 & 2

Back to the House of Health 2

The pH Miracle for Healthy Weight Loss

The pH Miracle for Men and Women

The pH Miracle for Cancer



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'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic' ....Arthur C. Clarke



'There are only two ways to live your life. One, is as though there are no miracles. The other is as though everything is a miracle.' Albert Einstein



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You can check your pH levels at home with paper pH strips, available at many pharmacies, or with a battery-operated pH electron meter, available from health catalogues or on our website at: www.phmiracleliving.com



The strips, which are relatively inexpensive and should be easy to find, test the pH of your saliva or urine. The pH of saliva is much more variable, so you are better off testing your urine, which gives you a direct indicator of your tissue pH. Urine pH changes too, in response to what you eat, so first thing in the morning, after you've fasted overnight, is the ideal time to test. The morning urine pH will reflect your lifestyle and dietary choices over the last 24 hours. Ideally, it will be mildly alkaline, pH at 7.2 or higher.



The strips change color to indicate acid or base, and are lighter or darker depending on the intensity of the reading. They come with a color chart to help you translate the color into a number.



If you also want to check your saliva, which ideally will also be above 7.2, test it before eating anything in the morning, and then a few times during the day. If you find that your results are below 7.0, you can correct it immediately by eating a bit of particularly alkaline food, like cucumber, broccoli, asparagus or avocado, or taking 3 teaspoons of Young pHorever pHlavor mineral salts in 4-6 ounces of water. Experiment a little and you will quickly get a feel for what successfully corrects your tests results.



The meters can also be used to test saliva or urine, and the same recommendations apply: It is best to test your urine, and do it first thing in the morning. These meters are quite accurate and give you your pH with a number--no color charts to mess with. But they can be hard to find, and expensive, running into the hundreds of dollars.



So test yourself to see where you are right now, and then retest daily to keep tabs on your progress. You can also see for yourself the effect of meals on pH, by regularly testing with a meter throughout the day. Though the results are not definitive, you will at the very least be able to see trends.



Test yourself after the basic meals like the ones described in our pH Miracle books and Shelley's Back to the House of Health books, and compare the result to those you got from your original diet. Any time you have low pH readings, especially after eating, you know that you are deficient in alkaline reserves. Your body does not have enough of the minerals necessary to process food properly, and cannot adequately respond to the physiological crisis of acidic food or drink.



Your doctor can also do a blood pH test for you. As mentioned in previous emails, the ideal blood pH is 7.365. The American medical establishment accepts 7.4, but that is too alkaline, and actually indicates tissue acidification. It indicates that the body is collecting and storing alkaline minerals to tame excess acidity. If it isn't fending off acidity, the body has no need to become so overly alkaline.



Daily pH testing is a key health check. As long as you are keeping it at 7.2 or better, then you can rest assured your blood and tissues are also healthy. (People coping with serious health challenges may need to increase the pH of the urine or other bodily fluids in order to curb acidity. I recommend that the pH during any serious challenge to be in excess of 8.5)



Monitor your pH according to these guidelines every day for at least 12 weeks, or until you establish a pH balance at 7.2 (with the help of the pH Miracle program outlined in Chapter 11 of the pH Miracle for Weight Loss). Once your are balanced at 7.2 or higher, you can reduce the number of tests to once a day or 2-3 times a week, just to keep an eye on things. Use a notebook to record all your pH results.



1. Upon waking, before you eat or drink or brush your teeth or smoke or put anything at all into your mouth, test your saliva with pH paper. Just wet the end of a test strip with your tongue. Note the color change and write down the corresponding pH number. The optimal result is 7.2.



2. Next, test your first urine of the morning. You just need a couple drops on the end of a test paper. Note the color change and write down the corresponding pH number. The optimal result is 7.2 or more.



3. Test your second morning urine before eating any food. Your result may differ from the first check, because with the first urine you cleared the acid load from the previous day. Again, you're looking for 7.2 or higher.



4. Eat breakfast -- avocado soup, vegetable soup, Healing Soup, or fresh almond milk or green drink. Wait five minutes and then check your urine and saliva again. After that good alkaline meal, your pH numbers should go up from the previous results. You're looking to be between 7.2 and 8.4.



5. Check your urine and saliva pH again between breakfast and lunch, and again between lunch and dinner. You're always looking to stay between 7.2 and 8.4 right after a meal, and at just about 7.2 a couple of hours after a meal.



You can run a simple pH test any time of the day after eating a few almonds. In a health person with adequate alkaline reserves, saliva pH will go up almost immediately to 8.4.



Monitoring your pH puts the responsibility of caring for your health back into your hands. It also lets you track your own results as you make positive changes in your lifestyle and diet, giving you immediate feedback about how you eat, drink and live affects your body and your health -- and ultimately, the quality and quantity of your life.



Live Blood Analysis



If your urine or saliva (or blood) are acidic, it's a safe bet that you have tissue acidosis and possible microform overgrowth.



The simple fact is, most people do.



Live blood analysis more directly detect over-acidity and overgrowth. In a standard lab evaluation performed by hospitals and clinics, drops of blood are basically dried onto a slide to be examined under a familiar bright-field microscope, where acidic patterns in the blood and many of these negative microforms cannot be seen. Live blood analysis, by contrast, examines unaltered live blood, under special dark-field, phase-contrast compound microscopes. The high-powered compound microscope can magnify objects up to twenty-eight thousand times, so you can clearly view acid crystals, bacteria, yeast, and mold in exact detail in the blood. You can also see red and white blood cells, crystallized microforms, mycotoxins, cholesterol, metals, blood clots, undigested fats, and many other things--all in one drop of live blood! Bottom line: though it can also provide a lot more information, live blood analysis gives you a plain view of how crowded your blood is with acid crystals and

undesirable microforms.



When I look at live blood, I also look at the space between the cells, where the extracellular fluid, or plasma, is. I call this the negative space, or context. The blood cells, and the blood overall, is only as healthy as this plasma in which they are bathed.



The blood never lies. What you see when you look at it this way is a direct reflection of your health, and what your are eating, drinking, and thinking. In short, it shows how you are living.



I have viewed the blood of thousands of people around the world -- over 500,000 blood samples in over 72 countries -- and through my work I can tell you: there are only two types of blood: healthy, and unhealthy!



Whenever I analyze someone's blood, I always ask them the same questions. What are you eating? What are you drinking? What are you thinking? What are you feeling? The people whose blood looks the best -- the people who live the longest -- are eating green foods, breathing clean air, drinking clean water, finding ways to manage stress, working outside, exercising daily and getting lots of sunshine. And I can see the effects of all that in one drop of blood, no question.



Live blood analysis requires some fairly expensive technical equipment, and well-trained and experienced practitioners to interpret what is seen. We believe every hospital, clinic, doctors office, medical lab, and nutritional center should have a properly trained live blood microscopist on staff. But that day is not yet here, so, although the test is quickly growing in popularity as its importance is better understood, it may not be easy to find a practitioner in your area. You can contact the pH Miracle Living Center via phone or website at: www.phmiraclemicroscopy.com



Dry Blood Analysis



After years of researching German techniques in dry blood analysis, I've developed a test called the Mycotoxic/Oxidative Stress Test (M/OST), which involves a small amount of blood allowed to dry and clot on a microscope slide. (Contact the pH Miracle Living Center for a referral.) Under the microscope, blood from healthy people forms a standard pattern--a dense mat of red areas interconnected by dark, irregular lines, called fibrin. The blood of people under mycotoxic/oxidative stress--meaning excess acidity and microform overload and the resulting harmful wastes--has a variety of characteristic patterns that deviate from that norm. One common (and visually striking) abnormality is the presence of "clear" or white areas interrupting the standard pattern. The extent and shape of the clear areas reflect the symptoms that are likely to arise as a result of excess acidity, overgrowth and cellular degeneration. That is, the pattern the blood reveals not only the presence of micro

form overgrowth, excess acidity and cellular degeneration but also the particular ways that overgrowth is affecting the individual. Certain patterns match certain symptoms, such as diabetes, arthritis, atherosclerosis, and even a cancerous condition.



In the end, however, getting all the details about your exact situation isn't absolutely necessary (though witnessing a live and dry blood analysis may be motivating like nothing else!).



Anyone on the standard American diet is, to a greater or lesser degree, imbalanced--acidic. If you have any symptoms, you can be sure you are imbalanced and over-acid. On the other hand, if you follow the program outlined in our pH Miracle books, doing what you know is right for your body, you can rely on your body to handle the complex details of self-repair. Your results -- how you look and feel -- will speak for themselves. Freed from acid overload, you'll be symptom-free, full of energy, and mentally wide awake. You'll also reach your body's own best, healthy weight.



Get Tested Every Year



You should have a live blood analysis done every year, and a dried blood analysis as well, assuming you are starting in a state of general good health. Annual testing will keep you conscious of what it takes to maintain a healthy and fit body, give you feedback on your success, and warn you of any looming problems.



If you are dealing with a symptom or condition, then live and dried blood cell microscopy should be done every 72 hours while you are symptomatic. As the symptoms improve, move to testing every 12 weeks. Once your condition has resolved, you can go back to getting tested once a year.



Testing the pH of your urine and saliva daily (as above) provides reassurance between blood tests.



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