If you want to discover how to make your body alkaline, you will need to know a little about chemistry. Don’t worry, however, if you’re having nightmares about your high school chemistry class. I’m going to make this easy!
Let’s start with the term pH, which means “potential for hydrogen.” If a liquid contains a lot of hydrogen ions, this means that it’s acidic. But if it’s capable of absorbing a lot of hydrogen ions, this means that it’s alkaline.
Your acid-alkaline balance is measured on a scale of 0 to 14. Since 7 is in the center of the scale, it is regarded as neutral. Any number lower than 7 is acidic, and any number higher than 7 is alkaline.
Each type of bodily fluid has a different healthy pH. For example, healthy blood has a moderately alkaline pH of between 7.34 and 7.43. The pH of saliva ranges from 5.5 to 7.5, and urine pH varies still more widely, from 5.0 to 8.0. However, on the whole, a healthy body has a slightly alkaline pH, a little above 7.0 on the pH scale.
Almost everything you eat affects your internal pH, either making your body a bit more acidic or slightly more alkaline. So now that we’re done with all the science, the answer to the question “how to make your body alkaline” is relatively simple: “Eat more alkaline diet foods and fewer acid-producing ones.”
To get a little more specific, alkaline diet foods include most fresh fruits and vegetables, along with some grains, one legume (lentils), nuts and seeds, and healthy oils. In contrast, acid-forming foods include meat and poultry, fish and seafood, dairy and eggs, along with nearly all junk foods, such as sweet rolls, potato chips, candy bars, and soft drinks. Most alcoholic beverages are also acid-forming.
There is certainly more to alkaline diet foods than this. But even with the information you have learned from this article, you have enough knowledge to begin to create an alkaline body. Why not get started on the alkaline diet today?
