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BAC are ideal for proper pH balance
Most people consume diets that are far too acidic. Nearly all
refined foods -- made with sugars, white flour, and other
unwholesome ingredients -- are acidic in nature. Soft drinks and
most processed fruit drinks are especially acidic. These acidic
foods, when routinely ingested, create a pH imbalance in the human
body.
pH balance is critical for human health. In fact, the pH of your
blood must be kept as a precise level (around 7.2 on the pH scale).
Consuming highly acidic foods and beverages causes an imbalance in
the pH of the body, and so the body responds by countering the
acidity with behavioral and biochemical strategies that eliminate
these excess acids. There's a cost to all this, however, as you'll
see below.
One such strategy for countering excess dietary acids is to
increase respiration, since carbon dioxide is acidic and oxygen is
alkaline. By breathing in more oxygen and exhaling more carbon
dioxide, the body works to regulate its own pH. This is exactly why
diabetics with high blood sugar are frequently seen to be
hyperventilating: their blood is too acidic and their bodies are
simply trying to get back to the proper pH balance.
Another strategy pursued by the body is to pull alkaline minerals
out of the bones -- which are great stores of calcium and other
alkaline minerals -- and use those minerals to counter the acidic
foods and beverages that have been consumed. This is why the
consumption of soft drinks is well known to cause the depletion of
minerals from the body's bones, which results in loss of bone mass
density and the onset of osteoporosis. The more soft drinks you
consume, the weaker your bones get.
Micro-algae offer a convenient solution to the pH problems of
most diets. Bio-Algae Concentrates are alkaline foods,
which means they counter the acidic foods and help raise the pH
level towards the alkaline side of the scale. This, in turn,
promotes increased bone mass (since your body doesn't have to
sacrifice calcium to balances its pH), and vastly improved metabolic
functions. Consuming more alkaline foods has been strongly linked
with improved immune system function, mental function, kidney
function, and higher levels of energy, among other important
benefits.
Bio-Algae Concentrates can be used as pH balancing foods.
Of course, your best results will come when you add these superfoods
to your diet and avoid consuming acidic foods and beverages
like soft drinks.
High-protein / low-carb diets are also known to be highly acidic,
since meat is squarely on the acidic scale. That's why some of the
weight loss on a nutritionally poor low-carb diet actually results
from loss of bone mass, not body fat! By replacing some meat
with protein from spirulina, low-carb dieters can improve their
overall pH balance while still getting their protein (and from a
more nutritionally sound source, too).
