Balancing The Body's pH Levels
(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org,
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Written by Laurel Sherer
It is important to create a balanced pH for optimal bodily functions. Foods, thoughts, and actions affect our bodies’ pH levels. The Standard American Diet (SAD) is extremely acidic in pH. Foods such as coffee, alcohol, and bread are all very acidic. Stress, anger, and fear also contribute to an acidic body. If our bodies are highly acidic, they have the perfect pH level for bacteria to and diseases to live in. When an organism dies, it releases acid to signal for bacteria to break it down in order to be composted back to the earth. Eating highly acidic foods and living in ways that create acidic thoughts and feelings create an environment that is very similar in pH to that of when we die. This is an explanation of why there are such high levels of diseases in countries such as the United States where people eat highly acidic diets.
An alkaline diet and lifestyle, on the other hand, creates bodies that do not allow bacteria and diseases to live. Alkaline feelings include love, appreciation, and happiness. Alkaline foods, according to Richard Anderson in Cleanse & Purify Thyself (2000), include fruits, vegetables, and alkaline grains, such as millet and quinoa. (For further information on acidic and alkaline foods please refer to the UMS course Cleansing & Fasting).
The pH of one’s body can be checked by using pH papers, which can be purchased by Richard Anderson’s company, Arise and Shine. If one has been eating a highly acidic diet, some people recommend cleanses using highly alkaline foods in order to rid the body of toxins. Alkaline foods are generally cleansing, while acidic foods are more building in nature.
Our bodies optimally are in balance between alkaline and acidic foods. This allows the body to not cleanse intensely, but instead cleanse toxins as they enter the body and continue to build throughout this process. Even on a raw food diet, a balance between acidic and alkaline foods is possible. It is an individual process to balance each of our pH levels. Gabriel Cousens, M.D., has found the pH of specific foods even varies for between individuals. This is where the use of pH papers can be helpful in establishing one’s pH. Also, the practice of monitoring one’s general feelings is helpful as well. If you feel very light and “otherworldly” you may be too alkaline. On the other hand, if you feel very heavy, lethargic, and toxic, you are likely too acidic. A balanced pH creates a grounded, healthy, and non-toxic body and mind.