How to Adjust pH in the Body

Body pH controls many aspects of our body's biochemical reactions, such as metabolism and oxygen transfer, to support healthy cellular functions. The ideal body pH ranges from 7.3 to 7.4. A well-maintained pH balance makes healthy cells and strengthens the immune system. A drastic change in the body's pH level makes it susceptible to diseases. To avoid an imbalance, it is important `to learn to increase, decrease, maintain and adjust your body pH.

Instructions

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  Drink lemon juice or incorporate lots of lemon into your daily diet as one gentle way of restoring pH balance. Consuming lemon neutralizes acid and makes the body more alkaline. Also drinking apple cider vinegar is good, as it has an alkaline ash that improves body pH by making the body less acidic and giving it a potent immune booster.

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  Increase your intake of water. Water aids digestion and helps maintain balance among the body fluids. It also plays a vital role in maintaining a balanced body pH. Stimulants such as tobacco, coffee, tea and alcohol deliver a very potent acidifying effect to the body. Avoid or limit your consumption of canola oil and soda pop, as well as chronic over-the-counter or prescription drugs. These foodstuffs are electron stealers, causing the body to become acidic.

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  Avoid prepackaged and heavily processed foods. These foods tend to bring toxins inside the body. These toxins disturb the electron composition of living cells, making them susceptible to disease, which is a symptom of imbalanced pH. Also eliminating refined sugar from your diet helps maintain pH balance. Refined sugar carries a number of threats to health, which include imbalanced body pH.

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  Undergo a healthy detox program; it is extremely helpful in maintaining a balanced body pH. It will help to relieve your body of accumulated toxins and support better absorption of food nutrients, particularly those that are sourced from vegetables and fruits. To remedy a too-acidic body pH, increase the portions of vegetables and some select fruits in your diet. Most vegetables and fruits deliver an alkalizing effect.

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  Take nutritional supplements, as this is another way of maintaining balance between the acid and alkaline effect of foods in the body. It will also make sure the body gets the recommended daily allowance of vitamins and minerals. Potassium and magnesium are responsible for re-balancing the electrical properties of cells, eliminating excess acidity to maintain a balanced body pH.

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  Limit the use of products that have phthalates, benzenes, silicones and formaldehyde in their ingredients list. When ingested or absorbed into the skin, these substances may affect your body's pH balance.