Key to Good Health: Normal Cellular pH

   By Max Stanley Chartrand, DigiCare^® Research & Rehabilitation

Earth’s oceans, it is said, most closely resemble human plasma. Currently at a pH of precisely 7.5, organisms not only survive unbelievable challenges, they thrive and grow and evolve to their optimal potential. The human body’s ideal pH is also 7.5, but normal, healthy people without any low pH conditions are usually about 7.35-7.4.

    At 7.35, few (if any) cancer cells can grow, acid reflux is non-existent, as is the leaching-type bone loss most responsible for osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. In fact, most maladies from Diabetes Mellitus Type II to gout, to hyperlipidemia (high LDL cholesterol), chronic yeast infections, allergies of every kinds, and a host of other health problems are contributed to, if not caused when one’s pH drops below 7.35, especially below 7.0 (which is neutral pH). That’s the very reason that the most successful cancer clinics focus on raising patient’s pH before starting other treatments. Returning body pH back to normal has been found to put cancer into remission.

    Unfortunately, getting one’s pH back in balance is easier said than done. For at the root of most cases are the following underlying causes, which may otherwise be difficult to change:

§       Semi-dehydration from drinking too little water

§       Alcohol and tobacco use

§       Coffee and other caffeinated drinks

§       A diet high in meat and undigested proteins

§       Artificially flavored snacks and diet drinks

§       Antacids and reflux medications

§       Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications

§       Most blood pressure medications

§       All statin (cholesterol) medications

§       Unbalanced use of nutrition supplements

§       Emotional and/or physical stress

   The reader will note that semi-dehydration heads the list, yet is rarely inquired about in routine medical examinations. In fact, most if not all of the above are ignored, though these should be addressed before medication and other high-risk treatments are considered.

   In the box below the reader will find a suggested dietary regimen to restore (increase) pH in the human body. Of course, there are other alternatives and approaches, but these have been suggested by a number of nutritional experts. These are easy, no-risk, non-drug suggestions. Of course, all changes in medical treatments should always be done in consultation with one’s health care professional.

   On this topic, it is often asked, “How does one go about having their pH assessed?” I wish it were a simple matter of a routine blood test; but the current clinical battery only measures extracellular pH and often reflects the pH of what one has digested over the few hours or so. Most health experts on pH issues only trust hair, cellular biopsy, and/or (in some cases) saliva tests, which are more reflective of long-term biological pH.

  But treating only the symptoms of low pH, such as acid indigestion, yeast infections, or chronic bladder infection often carry terrible risks and side-effects. Conversely, addressing underlying causes pose no risks and nearly always resolve the targeted symptoms.    

  The worthy goal of healthcare should always be to achieve the best health state possible within the resources available. The basics, such as drinking the proper amount of water, eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, and eliminating the worst offenders, such as alcohol, tobacco and caffeine from one’s diet, should be a given. Proper exercise and adequate sleep, as well as relief of stressors in one’s life, also fit into any viable and healthy lifestyle.

Further Reading & References

   Anonymous, (2005). Acid-Alkaline pH Chemical Balance. Retrieved from http://www.earthtym.net/ph-intro.htm.

   Become Healthy Now, (2004). pH Balance. Retrieved from

http://www.becomehealthnow.com/category2/suppsph.

   Hecht, J., (2003, September 25). Alarm over acidifying oceans. New Scientist, Print Edition.

   Real Climate, (2005). The Acid Ocean & CO2 Emissions. Retrieved from http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=169.

   Sink, R., (2005). Human Immune Systems, the pH Balance Diet. Environmental Wellness, retrieved from http://www.environmental- wellness.com/immune.htm.