Blood and Tissue pH
Proper blood and tissue pH are alkaline / acidic ratios that exist within the cellular structure of the actual blood and tissue. While this concept is foreign to most health professionals, I have found that this is the single most important health factor when leveraged as a baseline for our nutritional and supplemental needs. They affect all body functions concerning proper cell nutrition, detoxification and regeneration. Blood pH, in particular, is also the essential component in allowing the blood to remain “clean” and insuring that our auto-immune system remains in an optimal state of balance and readiness.
In addition, theses ratios are the key factor in not allowing inflammatory conditions to set up within cell structures of the body.
Why is it critical to your health and wellbeing?
All functions of body metabolism, including those of proteins and enzymes, function more efficiently in solutions of lower viscosity—aka in a hydrated, alkaline environment. It is my experience that the body is designed—yes designed—to function within a blood pH range of 6.85 to 7.35 and operate at a mean temperature of 98.6 degrees.
When it comes to pH balance, it is important to remember that the body strives to maintain balance in all of its varied systems and functions. The premise for this text is that the most crucial of these is the one between acid and base—the alkaline/acidic ratio within the blood and tissue. The relationship between acid and base (alkaline) is scientifically quantified on a scale from 1 to 14 known as pH. Technically pH reflects the concentration of hydrogen ions (potential hydrogen) in any given solution. On a scale of 1 to 14, 7 is referred to as neutral. Below 7 is acid and above 7 is base, or alkaline. Think of the two kinds of chemicals—acid and bases—as opposites. When they meet in certain ratios, they cancel each other out, creating a neutral or balanced pH.
Also know that it takes about 10 to 20 times as much base to neutralize any given amount of acid; so it is much easier to maintain than to regain pH balance.
It is known that the body is more efficient when it is pH balanced, simply because metabolic proteins and enzymes and all “electrical” functions of the body are able to function more efficiently in solutions of a lower viscosity.
One of the most important factors regarding pH balancing is the consumption of not just “pure water,” but of alkalizing, oxygenated water. Drinking adequate amounts of alkaline oxygenated water (having a pH of at least 7.5 to 8.5) neutralizes free radicals and maintains healthy pH levels as well. The removal of these toxic wastes cleans the blood, allowing a person’s auto-immune system to remain at peak levels of readiness and availability.
It should be noted that the goal here is to establish and maintain viable blood and tissue pH levels, and water is of the utmost importance in reaching as well as maintaining that goal.
