'Acid-base balance' – one of the very popular theories of nutrition. Its essence is that the body, when its acidity is increased, more vulnerable to various diseases. Cancer, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, kidney stones and gall bladder, tooth decay – all linked diet proponents 'pH-balance' with the high acidity of the body. Maintain the same pH level in the normal state of health improves. What is The theory of nutrition on pH-balance? Products are divided into two main groups: characterized by acid and alkaline medium. Since products of the last three columns of Table cposobstvuyut increase acidity of the body.
To compensate for the excess acid, the body uses calcium from the bones. Such regular loan repayments without 'debt' will eventually lead to osteoporosis and other diseases. Skeptics believe that this theory is undoubtedly beneficial to sellers litmus papers and other products that measure or allegedly acting on the body's pH level. However, skeptics say about the essential contradictions of this theory of scientific facts … or what is commonly called scientific facts. First, the pH of the blood is practically unchanged and is in the range (7, 7.7), which ensures the normal functioning of the body, which has a number of controls the level of acidity. Ie there is no need to swallow pills that reduce acidity and other magical preparations, as the body itself does the job.
Second, the level of gastric acidity 3 pH. No matter what we ate in the stomach Wednesday any product will be acidic. Thirdly, there is no clinical evidence of beneficial effects of diet on the body pH-balance. You have to be content with only partial stories of recovery. In addition, research has not confirmed the relationship between excessive protein intake and bone loss. To date, to maintain bone health clinics recommend more intake of calcium and vitamin D, but the recommendations for protein are absent. Fourth, measuring the pH of urine, according to traditional medicine, is meaningless, since this figure is constantly changing, and there is little speaks of blood pH. A blood pH is subject to change only in case of serious illness. It is useful to note that proponents of alternative medicine, and the pH balance of lead in his own defense is not less than argument. Probably, they will charge their opponents in the manipulation of scientific data in order to preserve the status quo, under which pharmaceutical company profits, as well as their major customer, producers of the meat (protein, whose connection with osteoporosis has not yet proved by science) and milk (calcium from which recommend the clinic) is very high. The consumer can only listen to the truth of both sides and draw their own conclusions. Or no one to listen to …