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Excess acidity is a condition that weakens all body systems.

Excess acidity forces the body to borrow minerals – including sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium – from vital organs and bones to buffer (neutralize) the acid and to safely remove it from the body. As a result, the body can suffer severe and prolonged ‘corrosion’ due to high acidity – a condition that may go undetected for years.

It affects virtually every person in our society because of the way we live, the way we eat, the way we think, and the environment we live in. The result is an internal environment where disease can easily manifest, as opposed to a pH-balanced environment which allows for normal body functions – necessary for the body to resist dis-ease. It is true that if we have a healthy body, we will maintain sufficient alkaline reserves to meet emergency demands.

However when excess acids must be continually neutralized, our alkaline reserves are depleted, leaving the body in a weakened, dis-ease-prone condition.

Unfortunately, there are still many practitioners who believe that the body can somehow miraculously and ‘naturally’ balance its pH – as if we were living in nature and eating raw foods and herbs. The truth is so far beyond this ideal. The truth – according to Dr Lynda Frassetto, acid/alkaline researcher from the University of California, is that we have turned an evolutionary corner.

We simply do not handle acid waste the way we used to.

Her research showed the sheer volume of acid waste our body has to handle has forced it to take drastic ‘war’ style action to preserve its strategic reserves – the kidney and liver – our major essential detoxifying organs. In her study of almost 1,000 aging subjects, she found that we are now ’stockpiling’ acid in fatty deposits rather than eliminating it via the kidneys and liver.

In its infinite wisdom, the body has chosen to save the kidney and liver from degradation by excess acid.

Of course, there is a cost. It’s called obesity, lowered immunity, lack of energy and the whole host of acid related dis-eases we are subject to including cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis and more – much, much more.

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