How to Balance Blood PH

Measuring the hydrogen potential, or the pH, is basically stating the balance between the acid and alkaline in your body. Measured on a scale of 0 to 14, neutral pH is 7. This balance is essential for bodily functions, from food digestion and absorption to proper blood functioning. A balanced pH is an important weapon to fight against disease and a necessary factor for the well-being of your body. Acidosis or alkalosis occurs because of an extreme of either conditions, the result of pH imbalance.

Instructions

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  Exercise regularly, and take breathing alterations. Outdoor activities and exercises acidify the urine and make the blood pH alkalized, and stressful situations lower the pH.

  Anger, fear, and anxiety all raise the blood's acid level. When faced by circumstances that trigger such feelings, take two to three minutes to regain composure by slowly breathing in and out to relax. Breathing in itself is a measure to counter acidity. Linda Wemhoff of Macrobiotic Diet in California says that deep-breathing sessions are a natural way of balancing acidity and alkalinity in the body. Hyperventilating such as caused by exercising removes carbon dioxide from the body, raising the pH, and hypoventilating lowers it.

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  Consume a balanced diet. Fresh vegetables and fruits help retain the body's alkalinity. A diet rich in starch, fat, dairy products, refined sugar, alcohol and caffeine is highly acidic. A healthful meal must contain salts as those found in sodium, potassium, magnesium and silicon as they are known to neutralize acidity. Apple cider vinegar is an effective neutralizer.

  Alkaline balance is essential because it is the body's defense mechanism against disease. Ed Kasper of HappyHerbalist in North Carolina specifies that a suitable diet is made up of 35 percent acid and 65 percent alkaline.

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  Buy a personal pH test kit to accurately monitor your body. By frequently observing and analyzing your pH balance, you can maintain a healthy acid to alkaline ratio. Conditions such as diabetes, diarrhea and vomiting affect the blood's pH level. Vomiting stomach acid might lead to high alkaline levels, and diarrhea leads to the excessive loss of alkaline juices from the pancreas. To counter this, take potassium and sodium solutions to replace these salts lost through diarrhea and regain the blood's normal alkalinity. Acidity lost because of vomiting is countered by a replacement of hydrochloric acid.