One Reason Why Your Bodily pH Matters

Click to EnlargeThe body is constantly striving to keep your tissues at certain pH levels.  For example the blood MUST stay between 6.45 and 7.45.  If it varies outside of that we begin to die.  SO, what this means is that the body MUST keep the tissues within range so that everything keeps working properly. When we eat acidifying foods the body must neutralize or buffer the acids not only to keep the body in homeostasis but so that we can evacuate fluids without damaging the lining of the ureter tubes.

What does the body use to buffer acids? Minerals like Sodium (from foods like vegetables), Calcium (from food and from the Bones).  I firmly believe that the high protein craze of the last 30 years has seriously contributed to the rise in osteoporosis in this country; we have all these osteoporosis meds, but we still have osteoporosis- Excessive protein intake is hard for the body to process, leaches minerals and contributes to the acidifying of the body. Acid bodies create inflammation, which in turn leads to disease.

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The Real Milk Deal

Updated on Monday, November 28, 2011 by Desiree Winans

I got a Dear John letter from my Organic Raw Milk farmer today.  bummer.  The Organic Raw milk farm that I've been making the trip to nearly every week for a year is halting milk production, they are taking a sabbatical.  I sincerely wish them well and hope they return well rested and in the near future. sigh....

In honor of my dearly departed raw butter (for the moment) I thought I'd write a note on the benefits of Raw Milk. There are SO many benefits but to narrow it down to a BIGGY; Calcium.  Calcium is a mineral (essentially rock) that helps make bones and teeth strong.  We've been taught since we were 'yay tall' that milk does a body good.  We've been inundated by the "Got Milk" ad campaign featuring countless celebrities for the better part of the last 20 years.   

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