pH Balance

The body naturally keeps a proper pH balance if you give it the supplies it needs - minerals from fruits and vegetables - and don't overload it with acid-forming proteins.

Basically the way your pH balance works is if we eat a natural diet of fruits and vegetables with whole grain and a little meat, our body will be able to do what it needs to do and find that balance.

Our body will pull the minerals out of the fruits and vegetables and use them to balance the acid in our body fluids.

If we do not get enough fruits and vegetables, we are likely filling up on grains and meat - which are very acid forming in our bodies.

The body must keep the blood pH within a very narrow range around 7.35-7.45 and will keep it there at all costs. If it were to get off even a little, we would die. That is very rare because the body is so good at finding a way to alkalize despite eating a constant acid diet.

The urine, though, is another story. It should be a pH balance of about 6.8 throughout the day and, for most of us, it drops over night so the morning pH may be as low as 6.0.