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Your pH level should be slightly alkaline ( 7.35 - 7.45 ). A range below or above this can cause complications and disease. If your pH is below 7.0 it means that your body is too acidic. Interestingly, blood pH of 6.9, which is only slightly acidic, can induce coma or death.

Factors such as emotional stress, toxic overload from foods and chemicals, immune reactions and an acid forming diet, cause the pH level to decrease. Basically anything that deprives your cells of oxygen and nutrients will create an acidic environment. In response, your body tries to compensate by using alkaline minerals. If your body does not contain a sufficient amount of minerals, your cells create a build up of acid to protect your organs.

An acidic imbalance:

Acidosis is more common in America because of our diet, which is high in acid producing animal products buy bulk glycocyamine nutrition meat, eggs and dairy. In addition, Americans eat more acid producing processed foods like white flour and sugar and drink acid producing beverages like purchase bulk gamma aminobutryric acid online and soft drinks.

Beer: pH of 2.5
Coca-Cola: pH of 2.0
Coffee: pH of 4.0

Americans take more drugs for ailments, which are acid forming; and use artificial chemical sweeteners like NutraSweet, Equal and Aspartame.

Below is a list of acid producing foods.

Foods High in Acid:

Vegetables Corn, Lentils, Olives, Winter Squash

Fruits Blueberries, Canned or Glazed Fruits, Cranberries, Currants, Plums, Prunes

Grain Products
Barley, Bran (wheat & oat), Corn, Cornstarch, Hemp Seed Flour, Kamut, Oats (rolled), Oatmeal, Quinoa, Rice (all), Rice Cakes, Rye, Spelt, Wheat, Wheat Germ, Noodles, Macaroni, Spaghetti, Bread, Soda Crackers, Flour (white & wheat)

Beans and Legumes
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Dairy
Butter, Cheese, Ice Cream, Ice Milk

Nuts and Butter
Cashews, Legumes, Peanuts, Peanut Butter, Pecans, Tahini, Walnuts

Animal Protein
Bacon, Beef, Carp, Clams, Cod, Corned Beef, Fish, Lamb, Lobster, Mussels, Organ Meats, Oyster, Pike, Pork, Rabbit, Salmon, Sardines, Sausage, Scallops, Shrimp, Scallops, Shellfish, Tuna, Turkey, Veal, Venison

Fats and Oils
Avocado Oil, Butter, Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Hemp Seed Oil, Flax Oil, Lard, Olive Oil, Safflower Oil, Sesame Oil, Sunflower Oil

Sweeteners
Carob, Sugar, Corn Syrup

Alcohol
Beer, Spirits, Hard Liquor, Wine

Other
Catsup, Cocoa, Coffee, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Soft Drinks, Aspirin, Medicinal Drugs, Psychedelic Drugs, Pesticides, Herbicides, Tobacco

Learn what foods balance your pH level. Click here.

Click on this link to learn how depression is linked to food choices and what foods help with depression.

Here is a list of foods that are high in fiber. Click the link to see the list, which includes grams of fiber. The Institute of Medicine recommends consuming 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories.