ALKALINE HYDRATION = HEALTHY
Susan Elaine Wheeler
May 11, 2010
Would you take a quick test that tells you in seconds how healthy you are?
This test will tell you whether you´re acidic, balanced or alkaline. Disease lives in an acidic body and a truly healthy person is balanced. Alkaline is the other extreme but not harmful. You can purchase the pH strips (litmus paper) needed for this test at your local pharmacy or online.
In the morning before you eat or drink anything, during your bathroom visit put the yellow pH strip in your urine as it´s flowing. When the pH strip starts to dry it will turn a color. As you can see from the chart above, red, orange and yellow shows your pH is acidic, this is when you know for sure that you must make changes in the foods and beverages that you consume.
Green is neutral and says your body´s balanced. Blue and purple says you´re alkaline which is the other extreme and too alkaline is not balanced. When your healthy and you´re in the green balanced zone, you'll have energy because you´re disease free.
How many of these facts do you know for sure?
Cancer is an epidemic and it can affect every organ
Cancer lives in an acidic body
Your body retains fat when you´re acidic
60% of Americans are over weight
Dehydration and acidic are at the root of most diseases
The first sign of dehydration is fatigue
Your body depending on size is approx. 70 - 80% fluids
Some waters are hydrating some are not
Soda is one of the worst beverages you can drink
Drinking alcohol and coffee are very dehydrating
60 million people have heartburn
Acid reflux is the backing up of stomach acid into the esophagus (food tube). The acid can irritate the delicate lining of the esophagus, causing heartburn, a burning pain in the center of the chest.
The pH test is easy to do and a visual indicator of how healthy or unhealthy you are. Check the results a few mornings in a row to make sure you get an accurate reading.
In 2001, I was stressed out from work and looking for an alternative to drinking red wine almost every night. I had weekly shiatsu massages that were amazing and then my masseuse turned me onto an herbalist. This practitioner had been practicing alternative methods to drugs and was the first to test my pH.
He determined that I was acidic and explained the difference between alkaline and acidic. An acidic body is where disease and cancer lives and more Americans are ill because of the toxins including chemicals that are in our air, water and food. It was my liver, small and large intestines that were stressed and this imbalance was taking a toll on my energy.
We talked about my diet, which was nutritious. I was properly combining my foods, which says I separated my proteins and carbohydrates. He said that was why I wasn´t experiencing any difficulties with my digestion. One meal would be carbs and veggies and my second meal latter in the day was protein and veggies. I started my day with fruit and now I have fruit in between the two meals, keeping my energy balanced.
Since I was acidic we took a look at anything that was adding to this and I found out that red wine and coffee were acidic so I started to eliminate them over time. My practitioner was the first to turn me onto alkaline water and his recommendation was Gerolsteiner that came in glass bottles from Germany. At the time I was drinking S.Pellegino for sparkling and I had Arrowhead spring water delivered.
It´s hard to believe at first that there could be such a difference in water.
I purchased a case of the alkaline water and had been drinking it for about a week when a funny thing happened. I like to write at night and when you´re wrapped up in your thoughts, you walk around the house on autopilot. I had gone into the kitchen and instead of grabbing a glass of the alkaline water, I poured from the spring water dispenser.
When I drank the spring water my mouth became dry. I found this so strange because that was what the practitioner had said, that a lot of waters don´t quench your thirst. I decided I must have taken his words to heart and was reacting based on what he had told me. But over the next few weeks the same thing kept happening. When I drank the spring water my mouth became dry, but when I drank the alkaline water I felt refreshed.
The first sign of dehydration is fatigue and when your body's not balanced, you crave food for comfort. My body became balanced and when you´re fully hydrated you feel so much better. You have more energy and you´re not craving food.
If you don´t feel good and you´re doing prescription drugs, you have to know that drugs don't cure what ills you. Drugs only cover up the symptoms.
I now drink Kangen alkaline water to keep my body hydrated, it also detoxifies and is anti-oxidizing. The fountain of youth is at your fingers tips with healthy foods and alkaline water. It´s time to be healthy and enjoy life. You´ll feel more energized when your body is hydrated and balanced.
Susan Elaine Wheeler
2010 Creative-Perspective-Solutions
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