{"id":32118,"date":"2013-06-13T09:25:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T09:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/uncategorized\/feature-what-is-your-acidalkaline-balance\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T01:03:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T08:03:50","slug":"feature-what-is-your-acidalkaline-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/wellness-prevention\/feature-what-is-your-acidalkaline-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURE: What Is Your Acid\/Alkaline Balance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I will bet your doctor has never talked with you about this! Even though your body greatly depends on your acid\/alkaline balance, it’s one of the least-discussed physiological functions in the body. All metabolic processes, including immunity, digestion, and hormone production work best in a slightly alkaline environment. A healthy cell, the basic unit of life, is slightly alkaline<\/strong>. That means its natural pH-the location of a substance on the acid-to-alkaline scale-is on the plus side. Even blood is slightly alkaline-and must remain that way. In the body, pH balance<\/a> is constantly being adjusted by buffers that keep the blood from becoming too acidic or too alkaline. Bones, lungs, kidneys, and other processes also help keep pH at normal levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you’re in balance, you think clearly, are able to resist disease, and recover speedily from illness and injury. High-alkaline producers are generally natural peak performers. They have excellent lung capacity and digestive function, and large reserves of alkaline minerals in their bones. They thrive on stress, withstand the unhealthy effects of the standard American diet, need hard endurance exercise, and rarely get ill. They also age at a slower pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The wear and tear of daily life gradually causes cells to lose their healthy alkalinity and become more acidic, which makes the body more prone to disease<\/strong>. You can restore acid\/alkaline balance in your body and regain your physical strength, stamina, and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still there are many misconceptions about acid\/alkaline balance. Your body keeps your blood within a very narrow pH, because otherwise you would die. However it does so by using calcium from your bones to buffer acidity and this could lead to osteoporosis. Some foods that are acidic cause alkalinity after digestion, so using the pH of the food itself does not tell you if it is good. And it is not true that you need only alkaline foods: you need a mixture of real foods, mostly vegetables, and not too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If most of your answers were “yes,” you are likely to be an alkaline type.<\/strong> Meats and fish (in no more than four-ounce portions) several times a week or even every day, as well as fresh fruit, vinegar, olives, and olive oil (basically the Mediterranean diet) are good for you and will energize you. When alkaline types try to eat a vegetarian diet, they find themselves feeling depleted and cranky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If most of your answers were “yes,” you are likely to be an acidic type.<\/strong> You will have more energy if you stick to a largely vegetarian diet of fresh, whole foods and more alkaline fruits like papaya and melons, plus cold-water fish like tuna or salmon 2 or 3 times a month, and small amounts of raw seeds and nuts. This diet helps balance your body’s acidic state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Credit: Dr. Susan Larkin, adapted by Karen Vaughan<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karen Vaughan is a New York State licensed acupuncturist and an herbalist trained in both western and Chinese herbal medicine. She has the advanced designation of Registered Herbalist from the American Herbalists Guild and is the only RH in New York City. Her MS degree is in Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York. This degree offers four years of training in acupuncture and herbal medicine, grounded in both the Chinese classics and in western medicine. She has had post graduate training in Chinese gynecology, dermatology, tui na (Chinese physical therapy) and addiction treatment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Her special areas of treatment are Autoimmune Diseases, Diabetes and Dermatology, but she does general Chinese Medicine as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She does Herbal Consultations, Acupuncture, Acu-aromatherapy and Raindrops Technique essential oil treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She works on both a physical and spiritual basis, well grounded in science but not limited to the concrete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call (718) 622-6755 for an appointment in Manhattan and Park Slope, Brooklyn or email her with inquiries at KSVaughan2@aol.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I will bet your doctor has never talked with you about this! Even though your body greatly depends on your acid\/alkaline balance, it’s one of the least-discussed physiological functions in the body. All metabolic processes, including immunity,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":162001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[2109,2110,2111,2973,4542,4544],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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