Bone Health and Body pH
There’s more to your bone strength than just Calcium & Vitamin D supplements…
The relationship between bone strength and systemic acidity or alkalinity of the body (reflected by body pH) is considered to be one of critical importance. According to recent statistics from the International Osteoporosis Foundation, worldwide, 1 in 3 women over the age of 50 years and 1 in 5 men will experience osteoporotic fractures in their lifetime. Apart from a Vitamin D deficiency, chronic low-grade metabolic acidosis (acidic pH of the body in the long run) can be seen as the major hidden cause of osteoporosis.
What do pH Levels Mean?
“pH” is the value that measures the acidity or alkalinity of your body. It ideally ranges from between 7.35 to 7.45, with the average at 7.40. Most diseases, illnesses, and bad bacteria thrive in an over acidic environment. In order to have a healthy body, maintaining a neutral pH is extremely important.
What is The Relation?
- Depending on a person’s acid-base status, the body pH of a healthy individual ranges between 7.35 to 7.45, with the average at 7.40.
- This equilibrium of the body is maintained by several factors like diet, exercise, absence of any underlying diseases or conditions, etc.
- If your body has been in an acidic state for a long time, studies suggest that it will try to neutralise the acidity in your blood by drawing calcium out of your bones.
- Calcium is an alkali, which neutralises excess acid. Theoretically, this could cause your bones to lose strength.
- People who support this theory promote using your diet to influence the pH (level of acidity) of your bloodstream, so your body doesn’t need to draw calcium from your bones. This is known as ‘the alkaline diet’.
What is an Alkaline Diet? And How Does it Promote Bone Health?
The alkaline diet is also known as the acid-alkaline diet or alkaline ash diet. Its premise is that your diet can alter the pH value ( the measurement of acidity or alkalinity) of your body.
You may have heard that, to protect your bones, you should eat more fruit and vegetables, and less protein. This is because foods high in protein can cause acidity in your bloodstream and damage your bones.
The “alkaline diet” promotes eating plenty of fruit and vegetables, to have an alkaline effect on the body and to help balance out acid-forming foods. It involves eating foods that are considered to be “alkaline” and reducing foods that are labeled as “acidic”.
In general, the alkaline diet is healthy because it’s based on whole and unprocessed foods.
How Do You Keep Track?
Body pH (acidity or alkalinity) of the body can be checked with blood and urine tests.
In Conclusion
The restoration of the health-promoting alkaline state is essential to the regeneration of bone health, immune competence, and overall well-being. And while the “alkaline diet” suggests completely letting go of certain foods (like dairy), we believe a balanced diet is still the key to proper nutrition in addition to upping our alkaline food consumption in order to increase bone strength.
It is extremely necessary that one keep track of the state of their body on a regular basis and make lifestyle changes accordingly.
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