We all know this has been continually getting worse over time and the future is not looking too hopeful for a global cleanup any time soon. It feels as if even the governments of well meaning countries are powerless on a global scale to demand any action to improve the quality of our lives and health.
Normally, we think of toxins as being physical toxic substances. However, in our present world of fast living and high spending, there are several "toxins" that corrupt the mind. The obsessive craving for material items, the desire to live the lifestyle of the so-called famous and beautiful people, the hectic pace of work and life, and the hunger for more and more money eventually wear the mind down into a state of shock. The result is stress, depression, irritation, jealousy and anger all of which toxify the mind and can severely affect our relationship with family and friends. In extreme cases murder, manslaughter and a whole host of lesser crimes can result.
Good food for our internal engine keeps us going. Our internal organs are not particularly demanding. A bit of roughage, a bit of lubrication, some vitamins and minerals and we can keep going for a long time. Anything naturally grown is like food for the gods to our bodies. But what do we do? Load up with junk devised by accountants to increase the bottom line. The advertisers and junk food companies are making a killing - Us! Even a simple thing like our daily bread is now becoming so full of sugar and salt and "inclusions" it is difficult to recognize it as bread. We don't even have to chew it after its been steamed and the crust cut off! No wonder most people are at the doctors every 5 minutes.
It is becoming decidedly apparent that food is not grown or reared anymore. In fact, most would be difficult to class as food, rather mass produced filler with chemicals and fertilizers. Throw in some artificial colouring together with a hint of artificial flavoring and we have a diet that makes our internal organs work hard enough to collapse. What can we expect if we run the most complex piece of machinery on the planet, who only wants a touch of fibre and a few minerals and vitamins available naturally, on starch, filler, salt and fat? Good health comes with good food.
As if these toxins and pollutants are not enough to harm our body, we also voluntarily get addicted to quite a few other items that affect our body adversely. The most common among them are tobacco and alcohol. The next higher levels of addiction are drugs like marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methadone some of which can have extreme adverse effects and even be fatal once the addiction sets in.
Go Forth And Detoxify.
The pH is essentially a scale that grades an acidic or alkaline nature of a medium. This scale is measured from 1 to 14, wherein the midpoint of the scale stands at 7. Thus, a reading that is lower than 7 shows an acidic dominance, and in the same way, an alkaline disposition for readings that go above 7 towards 14.
Importance of pH in the Body-
Our body is an assortment of different chemicals along with a ?consciousness?. The body functions as a result of chemical reactions that take place at all the times at the body cellular and molecular levels.
These chemical reactions are essentially guided by the ?chemical environment? that they take place in, and the most important aspect that goes in to making up this chemical environment is the body pH.
The level of pH affects and regulates all the chemical reactions in our body and hence it is important that the body pH remains correct, to ensure a good health.
For instance, the normal blood pH range is approximately 7.4
Any deviation from this normal range can cause deleterious effects on the blood system, especially if the pH range gets acidic due to any reason.
Regulating your Body pH
Regulating your body pH is pretty easy and will take you no complex efforts.
The first thing to do is having your diet charted. Charting your diet will give you good guides as to what food stuffs you routinely eat and you can easily see if these have acidic inclinations.
Testing your body pH is pretty easy. The simplest way to know what your body pH is by testing your body fluids for pH, like your saliva. Accurate pH measurements are done using a pH meter that is available only in laboratories; thankfully we have very easy to use pH strips.
pH strips are just simple strips of paper that you will need to dip in your saliva. The strip changes its color according to the pH of your saliva. A blue to red coloration in the strip indicates that the fluid is acidic, and red to blue color change denotes an alkaline medium.
Having an alkaline body pH is good for your health. If you find that your body pH is on the acidic side you can immediately rectify this by making suitable dietary adjustments.
A simple way to start is by incorporating alkaline foods in your diet, and making your diet reinforced with the requisites amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other micro-nutrients.
Involving ?green foods? and ?green drinks? is also an effective way to alkalize your body and prevent an acidic body pH.
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