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pH
pH
refers to the "power of hydrogen" and its activity
level in fluids. Many people today have an overly acidic pH due to
drinking colas, improper
food
combinations,
consumption
of
processed
foods, stress and pollution. Coral Calcium raises the alkalinity
of the extracellular fluid that surrounds your cells. An alkaline,
versus
acidic, environment is believed to be one of the major deterrents
to tissue damage, aging and the growth of disease organisms. When
your
body consists of a more neutral to alkaline environment, the body
can then use its amazing God given ability to heal itself naturally.
Arthur C. Guyton,
M.D., Probably the most recognized author on human physiology states
in his "Textbook of Medical Physiology": "The first
steps in maintaining health is to alkalize the body (pH or acid/alkaline
balance). This is one of the most important aspects of Homeostasis.
Changes in pH alter virtually all body functions."
Definition: pH is how acidic or alkaline a substance is.
0 - Acid / 7 - Neutral / 14 - Alkaline
Blood pH: 7.4 - Normal Health / 7.2 or lower - Death
"The cells of a healthy body are alkaline while the cells of
a diseased body are below a pH of 7.0. The more acidic the cell,
the sicker we become. If the body can not alkalize the cells they
will become acidic and thus, disease sets in. Most cells will die
in the 3.5 pH range. Our bodies produce acid as a bi-product of normal
metabolism. Since our bodies do not manufacture alkalinity, we must
supply the alkalinity from an outside source to keep us from becoming
acidic and dying." Coral calcium is this outside source.
Listed below is a conversion chart showing the
pH scale. Remember the pH range is from 0 on the acid scale to 14 on the alkaline
side, 7 is neutral. The pH scale measures times 10, like a Richter Scale for
earth quakes. The numbers listed in the "Calculations" column represent the amount
of zeros after the number 1 in the Acid/Alkaline column.
| Calculations |
Acid/Alkaline |
pH |
| 14 |
100,000,000,000,000 |
Alkaline |
| 13 |
10,000,000,000,000 |
|
| 12 |
1,000,000,000,000 |
|
| 11 |
100,000,000,000 |
|
| 10 |
10,000,000,000 |
|
| 9 |
1,000,000,000 |
|
| 8 |
100,000,000 |
|
| 7 |
10,000,000 |
Neutral |
| 6 |
1,000,000 |
|
| 5 |
100,000 |
|
| 4 |
10,000 |
|
| 3 |
1000 |
|
| 2 |
100 |
|
| 1 |
10 |
Acid |
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Most
drinking water has a pH around a 7. Coral calcium has the
ability to raise the pH to around 10.6. From 10,000,000 to
about 100,000,000,000 shows that coral calcium makes the
water
10,000 times more alkaline.
The
numbers in this chart are only achieved using marine coral
calcium sachets with no vitamins or other ingredients added.
Other
generic coral calcium products or products with extra vitamins
and minerals etc. added will not produce the same results. |
Why
is it that our bodies operate so well in an alkaline environment?
One explanation could be due to enzymes. Most people think that
enzymes are just for digesting foods. The enzymes that digest foods
are designed to thrive in an acidic environment, but enzymes have
a much larger role in the body then just digestion. Life itself
is regulated by catalysis. The catalysis in your body are enzymes.
Most enzymes have an pH optimum that usually ranges from 6 to 8.
Outside
this pH range the enzymes quickly become denatured and ineffective.
This causes many chemical reactions to no longer take place.
Carbonic
anhydrase is one of the many enzymes that has a pH optimum of around
7.2. This is a very important enzyme. One carbonic anhydrase
enzyme can catalyze the reaction of carbonic acid (HCO3)
into carbon dioxide (CO2) 36 million times.
The blood must maintain an alkaline pH of 7.35 to 7.45 or it will
not be able to retain oxygen. Imagine
what would happen if this enzyme was no longer able to catalyze
this reaction. The blood would become extremely acid and unable
to carry oxygen to the cells of your body ultimately leading to
death. To prevent this from happening your body will pull calcium
from the bones to alkalize the body leading to further disease.
We believe that one of the leading causes of osteoporosis today
is all of the sodas and colas we drink. Sodas and colas contain
large amounts of carbonic acid hence the term carbonated beverage.
This carbonic acid causes the body to deplete the bones of calcium
in order to remain alkaline. It takes 32 glasses of alkaline water
to neutralize the effects of one carbonated beverage equal in proportion
to one of the glasses of water.
If
you would like additional information on this topic please Ask
one of our coral calcium gurus.
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