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In health circles there has been much recent talk about acid /alkaline imbalance. Let's see if we can clarify how experts recommend we correct this imbalance.

The problem
Your body functions best when neither too acid nor too alkaline. Unfortunately almost all of us have become acidic due to diet
drinks and stress -- both psychological and from pollution. Acids can build up in our body
causing systems to be out of balance.

The effects
According to Dr. Stefan Kuprowsky
Acid wastes build up in the body in the form of cholesterol, gallstones, kidney stones, arterial plaque, urates, phosphates and sulfates. These acidic waste products are the direct cause of premature aging and the onset of chronic disease.


When this occurs
the body will restore its optimal pH by depleting certain minerals
such as potassium
calcium and magnesium
from organs and bones. In addition
your immune system may become fatigued from dealing with an excess of acid. Your body then stores acidic wastes in 'hiding places' such as muscles etc. rather than releasing the acids into the bloodstream.

As Dr.Robert Atkins
the well-known author
health and diet expert
notes: "Just about every condition I can think of
from arthritis to diabetes to cancer
is associated with acidity."

"The countless names of illnesses do not really matter. What does matter is that they all come from the same root cause...too much tissue acid waste in the body!" Theodore A. Baroody
ND
Ph.D.

What can be done?
A vast body of research reveals that you can help neutralize acid build-up in the blood and maintain a balanced pH
by taking some simple steps
such as:
-- Exercise
-- Avoiding highly acid-forming food and drink
-- Drinking the right water

What is the "right" water?
"International studies show that populations with little or no history of illness
such as cancer
drink higher pH (alkaline) waters. After all potential risk factors were considered and factored out
it became evident that they had been drinking waters with a pH of 9.0 to 10.0." Dr. Leonard Horowitz in "Aids and Ebola"

Alkaline ionized water "first came to notice in Japan
where researchers noted that people drinking water that came from certain fast- moving rocky mountain streams enjoyed extraordinarily good health. It turned out that this naturally occurring water was alkaline and had a different structure and electrical properties." Larry Clapp
PhD. in "Prostate Health in 90 days"

Alkaline water is produced at home with a small kitchen appliance called a water ionizer (long in use in Japan and Korea). As water ionizers have become popular in North America
more health professionals have had the opportunity to evaluate their effects on clients:

Sue Pollock
N.D. writes
we can "assist the body in being more alkaline with ...drinking alkaline water."

"I believe that the best water is water that is alkaline (reduced) and purified using a small device known as a water ionizer." (Dr. Stefan Kuprowsky)

"It is my opinion that ionized water will change the way in which all health practitioners and the public approach their health in the coming years." Dr. T. Baroody in "Alkalize or Die."

Why not just rely on a change of diet?
According to Sang Whang
researcher and author of "Reverse Aging"
the danger is that we might omit important foods:

"Since the waste products that we are trying to discharge are acidic
the right kind of water is alkaline water...My personal recommendation is to enjoy the foods that we like
but do not over-eat or exclude any food. Eat in moderation following the professional dieticians' "balanced diet" concept
and let alkaline water do the job of cleansing acidic wastes."