Nu pH’Alance Essential Oil Supplement 1.5ltr

At the chemical level, pH stands for potential of hydrogen. pH is a measure of hydrogen ion concentration; a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. Aqueous solutions at 25°C (77°F) with a pH less than seven are acidic, while those with a pH greater than seven are basic or alkaline. The pH scale is: zero to 6.9 being acidic and 7.1 to 14 being alkaline. The body tries to maintain a pH of 7.2, which is moderately alkaline.

An acid has many hydrogen ions, while an alkali has few hydrogen but many oxygen ions. Let’s do some easy chemistry to see where the oxygen in an alkali comes from:

1 A water molecule contains two hydrogen and one oxygen atom; remember H2O?

2 Some water molecules split up.

3 Some of these split molecules lose one of their hydrogen ions and thereby become hydroxide ions, or “OH” which are accordingly, oxygen-rich compared to water.

4 The hydrogen ions that they lose unite with other water molecules to form hydrogen ions, or H3O, which are accordingly hydrogen-rich and oxygen-deprived.

5 An alkali has lost many hydrogen ions and therefore contains a lot of oxygen-rich hydroxide (step 3 above). Mix it with your blood, and your blood will also contain a lot of oxygen-rich hydroxide.

6 An acid has gained hydrogen ions that it wants to donate (step 4 above). Mix it with your blood and your blood becomes a hydrogen-rich oxygen-deprived acid.

Seventy percent of the human body consists of water, which makes it especially sensitive to the balance between hydrogen and hydroxide ions in your food and drinks. You can therefore bring about large shifts in your body’s acid or alkaline levels through your choices of which foods to consume.

Hyperemia is a condition wherein the arterial blood is low in oxygen; therefore, insufficient oxygen is distributed into the tissue cells, causing hypoxia (tissue oxygen deficiency), leading to bodily acidosis (low bodily pH) and inflammation. With the low amounts of oxygen that are seen with extreme acidosis, cells must use fermentation for energy in lieu of oxygen, and this transforms healthy cells into cancer cells. The transition into cells that live from energy that is derived from fermentation is actually part of a survival response. Whenever there is oxygen depletion, there may be an excess of cancer cells that may form into tumors. This cancer is no disease in itself, but merely a troubling symptom that the body’s immune system can no longer regulate itself because external forces have overwhelmed it. The cause may be vitamin and mineral depletion, illnesses, extreme stress, chemical carcinogens, unhealthy (chemically altered) fats and oils, or a lack of omega-3 oils, pharmaceuticals, or lack of sleep or not enough oxygen during sleep (Sleep Disordered Breathing). Diet usually plays a huge role in making a person acidic as well, and therefore oxygen depletion; especially the synthesized food products that are ironically marketed as healthy alternatives to natural fats and oils.

Acidosis is now being shown to be related to an over-taxed immune system, for it is known that in sickness, the human body is always acidic. The orthodox establishment considers acidosis to be a symptom of whatever disease happens to be present, instead of considering that acidosis could be the root cause of multiple disease states. The utter lack of success in curing cancers may be due in part to a fundamental misunderstanding of these relationships.

Acidosis is related to inflammation, which is a natural protective response by the body. It can be beneficial in some instances as with a cut finger – the inflammatory process helps to block harmful microorganisms and repair the wound – but lasting inflammation can be very harmful to the body. Chronic inflammation produces continual free radicals that can potentially damage DNA, speeding the aging process and contributing to disease.

Unless the body’s pH level is slightly alkaline, the body cannot heal itself. You cannot improve your oral or general health until pH levels are above 7. Most all drugs and medications (over the counter & prescription) are toxic and can cause the pH to be acidic as well. Acid decreases the body’s ability to repair damaged cells, decreases the ability to get rid of heavy metals and it makes the body more susceptible to fatigue and illness. Everything pivots on a balanced pH. When bodily pH drops, enzymes are deactivated, digestion is interrupted; vital nutrients are not effectively assimilated. Disease cannot survive in an alkaline state; however, in a low oxygen/low pH (acidic) state, viruses, bacteria, yeast, mold, fungus, Candida and Cancer cells all thrive.

Dr. Otto Warburg, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1931, discovered that cancer cells are not fueled by oxygen as normal cells are. The high levels of oxygen that are found in healthy, alkaline bodies are toxic to cancers. He found that cancers get their energy from sugars and a process of fermentation in acidic environments. He proved empirically the relationship between cancers, acidic body pH, and cellular oxygen starvation. His findings demonstrated that cancers are merely a symptom of acidosis, and therefore it is impossible to truly cure any cancer without first curing the underlying acidosis (an excessively acid condition of the body fluids or tissues).

Hypercapnia refers to excessive carbon dioxide (CO2) in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration. An increase in CO2 is linked with pH decrease. This is because when there is an increase of CO2 in cells, there is also an increase of H+ ions, which is the reason for the pH decrease (more acidic). When the question is asked as to what happens when there is a CO2 increase or a pH decrease, they’re both asking the same thing. It means that there is CO2 buildup and hemoglobin is going to “dump” more O2 to offset that acidity. The Bohr Effect is a physiological phenomenon first described in 1904 by the Danish physiologist Christian Bohr, stating that hemoglobin’s oxygen binding affinity is inversely related both to acidity and to the concentration of carbon dioxide. Since carbon dioxide reacts with water to form carbonic acid, an increase in CO2 results in a decrease in blood pH, resulting in hemoglobin proteins releasing their load of oxygen. Conversely, a decrease in carbon dioxide provokes an increase in pH, which results in hemoglobin picking up more oxygen.

If a body is made too acidic by factors such as diet, toxins, and inadequate respiration, then things no longer work as they are supposed to. Excessive acidity impairs the immune system which is the core of life itself. When the immune system is compromised, the body loses its ability to alkalize itself, and then the body loses its ability to absorb oxygen effectively.

• All living cells need oxygen to survive. We all understand this. During a stroke when the brain’s oxygen supply is cut off, brain cells die. A heart attack occurs when the heart’s blood and oxygen supply is cut off and the heart muscles die. An alkaline body, therefore, facilitates the healthy life of all its cells while an acidic body starves its cells of this life-giving element. This means that cells live longer and perform their functions better when lots of oxygen is available.
• Oxygen is required for the burning of material throughout the body that would otherwise be stored, a process that is called metabolism. This burning process also supplies your body with its energy and heat. An alkaline body, therefore, is not only clear of piles of stored fats and toxins, but is more energetic and warmer too.
• While the brain constitutes about two per cent of your body’s weight, it uses 20 per cent of its oxygen and 25 per cent of its energy that is generated by oxygen. An alkaline body can, therefore, drive a more powerful brain.

• Without exaggeration, a lack of oxygen is responsible for almost all diseases. Many bacteria and fungi flourish in oxygen-starved environments; just think of the moldy food which you hopefully purge from your fridge and pantry regularly. As mentioned, Dr. Otto Heinrich Warburg won a Nobel Prize for proving that cancer was caused by a lack of oxygen in cells, which force them to meet their energy needs through fermentation. Hypertension often occurs when red blood cells are damaged due to low oxygen, which depletes them of the substance that they normally release to relax blood vessels. In fact, to destroy harmful organisms and flush them from cells, the immune system needs a significant amount of oxygen too.
• Nutrients from food cannot provide your body with any benefits until they combine

with oxygen in cells. There is, thus, absolutely no bodily function that does not benefit from copious amounts of oxygen. In other words, in an acidic body, calcium does a poor job of developing bone, protein struggles to grow muscle, omega 3 essential fatty acids cannot improve concentration and cognition, iron cannot build red blood cells, and so on.

Therefore, feeding your body with an abundance of oxygen through an alkaline lifestyle is one of the biggest contributions you can make to your health.

There are several intertwining factors that singularly and collectively lower one’s pH, including:

• Extreme stress – Our emotions affects your stress – Gratitude, Appreciation, Peace and Love have a calming effect on stress, while sadness, fear, disgust, anger and guilt are great fuels for stress.
• Environmental toxins – chemical carcinogens in food, air and water
• Pharmaceuticals – most drugs and medications (over the counter & prescription) are toxic and can cause the pH to be acidic
• Lack of enough sleep
• Sleep Disordered Breathing, such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Lack of enough exercise
• Nutritional factors:

o Vitamin and mineral depletion – food isn’t what it used to be.

o Unhealthy (chemically altered) fats and oils – lots in today’s junk foods.

o Lack of omega-3 oils

o Eating too many foods that leave an acid ash; Alkaline ash is the residue left in your body when it has digested alkaline foods. Your body excretes this ash residue in your urine. Acidic foods, on the other hand, create acid ash, which can adversely affect your health. The acid-ash diet hypothesis of osteoporosis suggests that acid from the modern diet causes a demineralization of the skeleton, and mobilized bone calcium is excreted. This can leave insufficient minerals in the alkaline reserve. The body will try to raise the pH by using the minerals in the alkaline reserve, mainly sodium from the stomach and calcium from the bones, as well as potassium, magnesium and iron. This is the cause of Osteoporosis and a number of other diseases. Acids buildup in the cells, causing pain, which may be diagnosed as Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, MS, Lupus, etc. An acidic diet creates an acidic oxygen-starved body, and an acidic oxygen starved body suffers from the symptoms listed above.

o Synthesized food products that are ironically marketed as healthy alternatives to natural fats and oils.

o Slow Intestinal Transit Time from acidic foods that cause constipation that leave toxins accumulating in the colon or any process that deprives the cells of oxygen and other nutrients, including essential minerals, as with #4 above.

• At least 80 per cent of your food should be alkaline or neutral. Alkaline and neutral food include all green and leafy vegetables, all yellow/orange vegetables including asparagus, cabbage, peas, spinach, turnips, carrots, garlic, kale, celery, and potatoes, as well as almost all fruit, most nuts, and almost all seeds. Some alkaline fruits are lemons, limes, avocados, tomatoes and grapefruit. Almonds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, flax, spelt and lentils are examples of alkaline grains, nuts and seeds. Alkaline oils include flax, avocado and olive. Consuming pure water and herbal teas contributes to an alkaline environment.
• Pulses (edible seeds of plants in the legume family) are acceptable because they are only slightly acidic. Most whole grains are a bit more acidic than pulses, so should be eaten in moderation. Limit your intake of red meat, fish, chicken, eggs, dairy, and avoid all breads and cakes that contain refined carbohydrates and sugar.

With today’s automation and hectic pace of life leading to inadequate exercise, fast food and depleted food nutrient value, along with a health system more devoted to treating symptoms rather than their causes, it’s no wonder that gaining and maintaining health must involve individual responsibility. The purpose of this article is to offer an understanding of pH and how we can help ourselves, our families and loved ones by controlling it. It would take a book to deal with all the above causes of low pH, and a detailed plan to optimize it; but hopefully it will give its readers an understanding of how pH is related to all bodily systems, along with some suggestions as to how to influence it positively that are within our immediate reach.