This video tutorial clearing the concept about the effect of foods as acid in nature or alkaline (base) in nature after digestion. Dairy and poultry products (including their meat) have low pH and categorized in acidic foods. Vegetable and fruits have high pH and they are alkaline in nature.
Natures of Foods
The nature of digested foods categorozed depending upon pH measurement, from 0 to 14.
If the pH is less than 7, its acidic.If the pH is greater than 7, its alkaline.If the pH is exactly 7, its neutral.Lemon contains citric acid but is alkaline in nature because after digestion, the pH is more than 7.
Recommended pH
Ideal pH is definitely is 7 which makes you neutral, neither acidic nor alkaline. But maintaining pH 7 is almost impossible. For relaxation, best possible pH limits are 6.8 to 7.2.
This tutorial answers the questions that why fatty and processed foods are injurious to health and how they lead to weak bones and osteoporosis.
How I can measure my pH
Measure the pH of your urine or saliva with litmus strips (available at medical stores and pharmacies).
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