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In my reading about pH, I have discovered many things — like the skin has a pH of around 5, the stomach acid has a pH of under 4, the blood a pH of 7.365 and the cells in a healthy body are around 7.4 - 7.5.
So, with all these different pH levels in the body, what effect does drinking high pH water have on all this?
When we eat something and it is broken down, the residue left as a result is either going to move the body towards acidity or alkalinity.
These residues accumulate and when your pH gets to be below 7.0, you are said to be in a state of acidosis. Your system starts to lack oxygen, you age at an overly accelerated rate and you are more susceptible to disease, weight gain, poor athletic performance and low energy levels.
When we eat high alkaline food or drink high alkaline water, the alkaline residue acts as a buffer against the acidic residues which have accumulated. If we eat or drink something that is acidic, then we need to counter that with something alkaline in order to remain in balance. Not doing this, over a long period of time results in acidosis and the problems mentioned above.
Alkaline water and stomach acid
There are many amazing functions in the body, and the production of hydrochloric acid in our stomachs is certainly one of them. We know the stomach is acidic to digest food, but what happens when we put high pH water into the stomach?
When we drink high pH water, the pH of the stomach acid will increase. If it goes higher than a pH of 4.5, the body automatically starts to create more acid to lower the pH back down to below 4. I have also read that a good suggestion is to drink high pH 20 minutes before or after eating in order to let the stomach acids deal with digesting the food.
Bicarbonates
Are the alkaline buffers in our blood, which helps maintain a constant blood pH of 7.365. There are constantly both an alkaline and acid buffer monitoring the blood pH — the acid buffer work to bring the pH down, while the alkaline buffer works to raise the pH.
The alkaline buffers are sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, calcium bicarbonate and magnesium bicarbonate. The acidic buffer is mainly carbonic acid, which is a combination of carbon dioxide and water. Completely burnt carbohydrate becomes carbon dioxide and water, so there is never any shortage of acid buffer in the body.
This is the interesting thing — in 1996 Dr. Lynda Frassetto at the University of California, San Francisco, discovered that as we age, starting around age 45, we lose the alkaline buffer – bicarbonates - in our blood. By the age of 90, we have lost 18% of the bicarbonates in our blood.
A lack of bicarbonates in the blood reduces our bodies effectiveness to neutralize and eliminate the acid produced in the body every time carbohydrate is burnt and used as energy.
It is interesting to note that age 45 is usually where humans start to develop diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis and other degenerative diseases. Since we start to lose the bicarbonates in our blood at this age, we can’t manage the acid or the built up acid wastes in our bodies. The wastes end up as cholesterol, uric
This next section is taken from Sang Wang, author of “Reverse Aging.”
Which is the most important property of alkaline water?
“There are many properties in alkaline water, such as surface tension, structure of water, molecular size, oxygen reduction potential, pH value, which alkaline minerals are used to sustain the pH value, etc. However, with the exception of the water’s pH value, nothing else helps the blood receive bicarbonates. Also, all the other properties change as the water reaches the stomach and interacts with the stomach acid. Even the pH value changes in the stomach. However, the change of pH value causes the stomach to produce hydrochloric acid that goes into the stomach, and the bicarbonates go into the bloodstream. The most important function of alkaline water is to increase bicarbonates in the blood because we lose bicarbonates as we age.
When we say that we alkalize our body, we don’t necessarily mean increasing our saliva pH or urine pH; it means increasing the bicarbonates in our blood. The blood pH does not change, but the ability of our blood to neutralize acid in the body increases.
Our stressful life-styles create more acid, which causes us to use up more bicarbonates. Some foods are more acidic than others, especially, high protein meat products and highly acidic soft drinks. These are the reasons why we lose bicarbonates in the blood as we age.
The medical society considers the reduction of bicarbonates in the blood as an inevitable fact of aging. I argue that the reduction of bicarbonates in the blood is the cause of aging and diseases, not the result of aging. As long as we can replenish bicarbonates in the blood, we don’t have to age!
This is the good news about alkaline water!
When to drink alkaline water
Since bicarbonates enter the bloodstream only when the stomach produces hydrochloric acid, it is important that we drink as high a pH value alkaline water as possible. I recommend we drink alkaline water on an empty stomach. On an empty stomach, the stomach pH value may be high but the amount (volume) of hydrochloric acid in the stomach is small; therefore, drinking high pH (9.5 to 10) alkaline water will raise the stomach pH relatively high. That may cause the stomach to produce more hydrochloric acid, allowing more bicarbonates to enter the bloodstream.
Another possibility is that alkaline water may pass into the intestine immediately, since there is no solid food in the stomach to be digested. When that happens, the blood will absorb alkaline water into the bloodstream from the intestine. If alkaline water is introduced directly into the bloodstream from the intestine, the acid buffer (carbonic acid, H2CO3) will interact with the alkaline water to bring down the blood pH and the acid buffer will become the alkaline buffer.
An increase of bicarbonates in the bloodstream will prevent aging and the onset of adult degenerative diseases. Now you know the scientific mechanics of how alkaline water extends life. This kind of water is produced with a water ionizer because the alkaline mineral in tap water is predominantly calcium.
Only Alkaline Water!
Various kinds of commercially produced water claim health benefits: energy water, Pi water, snow melted water, special spring water, magnetically-treated water, oxygenated water, hexagon structured water, etc. However, none of them adds bicarbonates to the blood except high pH alkaline water. When we think of health, we think of diet and exercise. But no diet or exercise adds bicarbonates to the bloodstream.
Some people argue that we can ingest bicarbonates (baking soda). It will be like ingesting salt because our stomach acid will break that down into water, carbon dioxide and sodium salt; no bicarbonates will reach the bloodstream. And we all know what salt can do to the human body.
Only alkaline water can extend your life!”
So, with all these different pH levels in the body, what effect does drinking high pH water have on all this?
When we eat something and it is broken down, the residue left as a result is either going to move the body towards acidity or alkalinity.
These residues accumulate and when your pH gets to be below 7.0, you are said to be in a state of acidosis. Your system starts to lack oxygen, you age at an overly accelerated rate and you are more susceptible to disease, weight gain, poor athletic performance and low energy levels.
When we eat high alkaline food or drink high alkaline water, the alkaline residue acts as a buffer against the acidic residues which have accumulated. If we eat or drink something that is acidic, then we need to counter that with something alkaline in order to remain in balance. Not doing this, over a long period of time results in acidosis and the problems mentioned above.
Alkaline water and stomach acid
There are many amazing functions in the body, and the production of hydrochloric acid in our stomachs is certainly one of them. We know the stomach is acidic to digest food, but what happens when we put high pH water into the stomach?
When we drink high pH water, the pH of the stomach acid will increase. If it goes higher than a pH of 4.5, the body automatically starts to create more acid to lower the pH back down to below 4. I have also read that a good suggestion is to drink high pH 20 minutes before or after eating in order to let the stomach acids deal with digesting the food.
Bicarbonates
Are the alkaline buffers in our blood, which helps maintain a constant blood pH of 7.365. There are constantly both an alkaline and acid buffer monitoring the blood pH — the acid buffer work to bring the pH down, while the alkaline buffer works to raise the pH.
The alkaline buffers are sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, calcium bicarbonate and magnesium bicarbonate. The acidic buffer is mainly carbonic acid, which is a combination of carbon dioxide and water. Completely burnt carbohydrate becomes carbon dioxide and water, so there is never any shortage of acid buffer in the body.
This is the interesting thing — in 1996 Dr. Lynda Frassetto at the University of California, San Francisco, discovered that as we age, starting around age 45, we lose the alkaline buffer – bicarbonates - in our blood. By the age of 90, we have lost 18% of the bicarbonates in our blood.
A lack of bicarbonates in the blood reduces our bodies effectiveness to neutralize and eliminate the acid produced in the body every time carbohydrate is burnt and used as energy.
It is interesting to note that age 45 is usually where humans start to develop diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis and other degenerative diseases. Since we start to lose the bicarbonates in our blood at this age, we can’t manage the acid or the built up acid wastes in our bodies. The wastes end up as cholesterol, uric
This next section is taken from Sang Wang, author of “Reverse Aging.”
Which is the most important property of alkaline water?
“There are many properties in alkaline water, such as surface tension, structure of water, molecular size, oxygen reduction potential, pH value, which alkaline minerals are used to sustain the pH value, etc. However, with the exception of the water’s pH value, nothing else helps the blood receive bicarbonates. Also, all the other properties change as the water reaches the stomach and interacts with the stomach acid. Even the pH value changes in the stomach. However, the change of pH value causes the stomach to produce hydrochloric acid that goes into the stomach, and the bicarbonates go into the bloodstream. The most important function of alkaline water is to increase bicarbonates in the blood because we lose bicarbonates as we age.
When we say that we alkalize our body, we don’t necessarily mean increasing our saliva pH or urine pH; it means increasing the bicarbonates in our blood. The blood pH does not change, but the ability of our blood to neutralize acid in the body increases.
Our stressful life-styles create more acid, which causes us to use up more bicarbonates. Some foods are more acidic than others, especially, high protein meat products and highly acidic soft drinks. These are the reasons why we lose bicarbonates in the blood as we age.
The medical society considers the reduction of bicarbonates in the blood as an inevitable fact of aging. I argue that the reduction of bicarbonates in the blood is the cause of aging and diseases, not the result of aging. As long as we can replenish bicarbonates in the blood, we don’t have to age!
This is the good news about alkaline water!
When to drink alkaline water
Since bicarbonates enter the bloodstream only when the stomach produces hydrochloric acid, it is important that we drink as high a pH value alkaline water as possible. I recommend we drink alkaline water on an empty stomach. On an empty stomach, the stomach pH value may be high but the amount (volume) of hydrochloric acid in the stomach is small; therefore, drinking high pH (9.5 to 10) alkaline water will raise the stomach pH relatively high. That may cause the stomach to produce more hydrochloric acid, allowing more bicarbonates to enter the bloodstream.
Another possibility is that alkaline water may pass into the intestine immediately, since there is no solid food in the stomach to be digested. When that happens, the blood will absorb alkaline water into the bloodstream from the intestine. If alkaline water is introduced directly into the bloodstream from the intestine, the acid buffer (carbonic acid, H2CO3) will interact with the alkaline water to bring down the blood pH and the acid buffer will become the alkaline buffer.
An increase of bicarbonates in the bloodstream will prevent aging and the onset of adult degenerative diseases. Now you know the scientific mechanics of how alkaline water extends life. This kind of water is produced with a water ionizer because the alkaline mineral in tap water is predominantly calcium.
Only Alkaline Water!
Various kinds of commercially produced water claim health benefits: energy water, Pi water, snow melted water, special spring water, magnetically-treated water, oxygenated water, hexagon structured water, etc. However, none of them adds bicarbonates to the blood except high pH alkaline water. When we think of health, we think of diet and exercise. But no diet or exercise adds bicarbonates to the bloodstream.
Some people argue that we can ingest bicarbonates (baking soda). It will be like ingesting salt because our stomach acid will break that down into water, carbon dioxide and sodium salt; no bicarbonates will reach the bloodstream. And we all know what salt can do to the human body.
Only alkaline water can extend your life!”
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