My
husband came home with a bottled water called, “Aqua Hydrate.”
We always test the foods and drinks we consume and
this item tested strong. After doing a bit of research, I understand
why.
I
have to digress just a bit. Chronic illness can be traced back to
both inflammatory processes and a pH of our blood that is acidic (0
to 6.9). An acid medium is especially conducive to the overgrowth of
mutagenic cells as well as causing changes within the nucleus of
cells. Every patient who has come to me with nutritional deficiencies associated
with intestinal complaints, adverse reactions to foods (they usually
refer to this as allergies), metabolic problems and chronic illnesses
have all presented with a blood pH that was acidic. Most of the
foods we eat are acidic: proteins, fast foods, sugars, dairy, flour
and so on. That is why I recommend we eat a diet that is 75%
vegetable (and some fruit) and 25% protein/fat. For the most part,
vegetables are alkaline. (Lemons, for example, are an acid food that
turn alkaline in the bloodstream.)
You
may be surprised to learn that the pH of all sports and vitamin
drinks is around 4.5...just for reference, the pH of vinegar is 3.5
and the pH of stomach acid is around 2. I simply cannot stress
enough how dangerous it is for us and our children to regularly
consume these drinks...no matter how good the marketing people claim
they are. The pH of this Aqua Hydrate is 9+, measured on a scale of
7.1 to 14. Please, if you are going to drink bottled beverages for
their “health” value, take a look at the pH levels and choose an
alkaline drink (over 7 pH).
Just
fyi: the pH of coffee is 5+ and milk is 6+. There are reasons that
I don't recommend either and the acidic pH is one reason.
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