Body pH Balance

Throughout many years of studies and case studies on many patients and clients, I personally make the hypothesis that blood pH plays the most crucial role out of the 5 pillars since it is the most fundamental element that will affect the rest of the 3 elements body environment, namely the blood circulation, oxygen level and immune system. Generally, the body is designed by nature to have pH 7.35-7.45, which is slightly alkaline by nature.



The body has a wide array of mechanisms to maintain homeostasis in the blood and extracellular fluid. The fluid balance among intracellular, interstitial and extracellular fluids is the most important way that the pH of the blood is kept relatively constant is by buffers dissolved in the blood. 

Other organs help enhance the homeostatic function of the buffers. The kidneys help remove excess chemicals from the blood and also the other components of the pH buffers that build up in excess. Acidosis that results from failure of kidneys to perform this excretory function is known as metabolic acidosis. However, excretion by the kidneys is a relatively slow process and may take too long to prevent acute acidosis resulting from a sudden decrease in pH, especially result from the increased activities like exercise. A simple metabolic production of carbon dioxide alone is enough to make the body turn into acidic condition. The lungs provide a quicker way to help control the pH of the blood. The increasing breathing response to exercise helps to counteract the pH lowering effects by removing carbon dioxide.


In general, the lungs, kidneys and skin work together to help maintain a blood pH balance by affecting the components of the buffers in the blood. Acid-base buffers are the methodology to place a resistance to a change in the pH of a solution when hydrogen ions (H+) or hydroxide ions (OH-) are added or removed. An acid-base buffer typically is a chemical system that maintains a relatively constant pH even when strong acids or bases are added. Buffer solutions contain either a weak acid or a weak base and one of their salts. Buffers do not only establish pH homeostasis but provide ions to support conductivity.




From the diagrams above, we can know that kidneys and lungs are the crucial organs in regulating the pH of the blood. Tight blood pH regulations are monitored closely and these organs are consistently working hard to make sure the acid-base balance is always at its homeostasis level.

The bloodstream is the most critically buffered system of the entire body and it is far more sensitive than any other fluid medium with different pH levels found in the body. The blood must circulate in a continuous pattern in order to provide nutrition to trillions of cells, as well as remove and transport wastes to the elimination or excretory systems. A normal blood viscosity is four times greater than water viscosity by nature. Anything that slows down blood circulation, even for a fraction of a second will result in oxygen depletion, which leads to severe damage to organs (Livingston, 2009). This is directly related to the blood viscosity. Blood viscosity can also be defined as the rate of blood flow which is directly affected by blood composition. According to a book entitled “Blood Viscosity – Hyperviscosity and Hyperviscosaemia” written by Leopold Dintenfass, it is quoted that “An increase of blood viscosity at reduced flow rates is characteristic of the theological behavior of blood. An increased adhesiveness of the red cells in the states of shock has been mentioned already. The important factor is an increase of the internal viscosity of the red cell at reduced blood pH. A decrease of pH from 7.4 down to 6.9 might double the blood viscosity if tested at constant shear rate; it will increase blood viscosity sixfold, meaning slow down the flow of blood sixfold. Actually, a localized acidosis might be even more severe than this.

From the statement above, it is postulated that the acidity of the blood pH affects the blood viscosity, whereby when the pH of the blood becomes more acidic, the blood becomes more viscous and hence the blood circulation becomes sluggish. A simple action by drinking enough water daily is far more than just hydration. It should also remove acidity from tissues and increase cell detoxification. 
The nature has given the body with slightly alkaline in nature which is around pH 7.35-7.45. This is due to every metabolic waste in the body is acidic in nature. For example, a simple production and presence of carbon dioxide alone is enough to make the body turn into acidic condition. In addition to it, due to the modern lifestyle with minimal physical activity and overeating or refined food, the toxins from the environment further make the blood sways away from alkalinity. 


The majority of the food and drinks are refined and they are acidic. The food can easily ranges from meat, dairy products, refined sugar and other labeled food on shelves with very low fiber content being highly acidic. Physical activity is very fundamental at regulating the blood pH since perspiring is a mechanism of eliminating toxins which makes the blood sluggish. Stress has also been an aggravating factor that is able to make the endocrine system in the body to go havoc and single-handedly increase acidosis in the body since during stress, the body produces more acidic waste. Physical stress can be relieved by getting good rest. Nowadays, however, most of the people do not find the time to relieve mental stress. Continued long term stress will create harmful problems and it is one of the causes that trigger cancer growth, directly and indirectly. Furthermore, people believe in drugs and medications are the cure for illness. They are toxic chemicals that have the effect of lowering the pH of the body and that is the reason why there are side effects to drugs and none of them affect a cure.


When the body is able to fight off diseases, the acidic wastes are neutralized. This allows it to be sloughed off in normal waste and eliminated from the body. The normal metabolism of foods creates waste within the cells and tissues of the body. Although these toxic wastes are disposed of naturally through blood, sweat and urine; modern lifestyles and dietary habits can be a hindrance to the process. Diets that are low in pH, cause the body to constantly buffer the blood with alkaline electrolytes.





Every food and beverage has a unique pH value. When more
protein and simple carbohydrates are consumed, it produces a higher level of acidity in the body. Refined carbohydrates, alcohol and carbonated drinks have even lower pH, causing higher levels of acid toxins. Normally acidic foods are associated with foods that mess with the blood viscosity. Acid and alkaline foods are determined by the way the food being metabolized in the body and the digestive ash is concerned rather than the actual pH of the food. Subsequently, more waste is often created than eliminated due to the type of foods in the daily diet. These excess wastes accumulate in the intestines, joints and even cells. Accumulation of these wastes within the body is an element of aging and degeneration, causing the alkaline electrolytes in the body is released for organs and tissues to buffer the low pH value. This is a damaging process to the body because the body will lose certain amounts of micronutrients from the body for buffering purpose.


Acidosis can become a dangerous condition that weakens all body systems and it is very common today. It gives rise to an internal environment conducive to disease, as opposed to a pH balanced environment which allows normal body function necessary for the body to resist disease. A healthy body maintains adequate alkaline reserves to meet emergency demands.




Calcium has been the most abundant minerals found in the body and it does a major role in regulating the blood pH from time to time. It is the major mineral contained in the bones and hardens the bones, providing the support needed for muscle contraction and body movements. Calcium concentration in the blood is tightly regulated since it affects the function of heart, digestive tract and in some cases, the kidneys. The thyroid and parathyroid glands are the major organs directly involved in calcium regulation. The thyroid gland releases calcitonin in response to high blood calcium and prevents bone breakdown by inhibiting bone reabsorption. The parathyroid glands release parathyroid hormone in response to low calcium in the blood, thereby increasing bone breakdown and releasing calcium to blood. Acidity interferes with calcium regulation.


The body is able to
assimilate minerals and nutrients properly only when its pH is balanced. It is therefore possible for the body to be taking healthy nutrients and yet to be unable to absorb or utilize them if the acid-alkaline of blood pH is imbalance. A state of acidosis is simply the lack of oxygen and available calcium which the body uses to maintain its alkaline balance. Calcium makes up 1.6% of the body weight. A calcium ion can hold onto seven other molecules while it grabs onto one molecule of water. No other ion is able to perform like calcium. It is also the right size to easily get in and out of the human cell. As it does this, it takes a chain of nutrients into the cell and then leaves to get more nutrients (Electronic Healing, 2014). Under acidosis, the body is forced to borrow minerals including calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium from the body organs and bones to buffer or neutralize the acid and safely remove it from the body and dispose it together in the urine. Because of this strain, the body can suffer severe and prolonged damage due to high acidity and can go undetected for years.

One of the warning signs of acidic biological terrain is calcium deposits. It means the dietary intake of calcium is not keeping up with the calcium buffering needed and hence the calcium is consistently drawn from the bones and teeth as a safety mechanism to keep blood pH in balance. Example of signs of excessive calcium leakage for buffering is cardiovascular damage, encourages the constriction of blood vessels, reduction of oxygen, promoting kidney stones formation, immune deficiency, acceleration of free radical damage that possibly contributing to cancerous mutations and chronic fatigue.




There is an interesting fact about the blood pH. When the something is done to increase the pH levels, the cells notice the difference and start to dump some of the toxins into the blood since blood stream is one of the transportation system for toxins elimination process.
The toxins are being held back within the cells until the blood pH increases. The cells dump the toxins into the bloodstream as an opportunity to get rid of them. This is because toxins are acidic and the cells will not release them if the blood is too acidic at the first place as a safety mechanism. The blood must be kept in a narrow range around neutral pH. When the cells are releasing some of the stored toxins, the pH level drops again until the blood pH reaches its threshold and the toxins will not be released until the blood pH reaches its homeostasis level. That explains the reason that detoxification process can take months to complete.


According to Keiichi Morishita in his book “Hidden Truth of Cancer”, when the blood starts to become acidic, the body deposits acidic substances and they are usually toxins to make the cells become more acidic and toxic, which results in a decrease of oxygen levels and harms the cell DNA and respiratory enzymes. Over time, the cells increase in acidity and some die but some of these acidified cells may adapt in the environment. Instead of dying like normal cells do in an acid environment, some cells survive by becoming abnormal cells in such abnormal environment. These abnormal cells are called malignant cells. Malignant cells do not correspond with brain function or with the DNA instruction code. As mentioned in the cell cycle previously, any cell that proliferates indefinitely without the order can be cancer cells. There are different hypothesis between pH and cancer whereby acidosis provides low oxygen levels which is able to turn some cells cancerous. The more acidic the cells are, the less oxygenated they will be. To worsen the condition, the fermentation process cancer cells use to produce energy creates lactic acid, thus further increasing acidity and reducing oxygen levels.

There is plenty of research showing the link between acidic pH and cancer. Cancer thrives in an acidic environment and does not survive in a normal and more alkaline environment. Cancer cells make the body even more acidic as the sick cells produce lactic acid. Among cancer patients, their pH levels are lower and more acidic in nature. Moreover, taking medicines or supplements for cancer while the body pH is highly acidic resembles washing dishes in a sink of dirty water, even they are being washed with plenty of dish washing liquids, and the dishes remained not clean. The relationship between diet and cancer is well known and undeniable. Dietary intake exists as the largest external or environmental epigenetic factor capable of driving the development or maintenance of cancer. Acidity is a well-known factor associated with cancer. Lower pH levels in the extracellular space promote the invasive and metastatic potential of cancer cells (Robey, 2012). Extracellular acidity is mostly produced by tumor cells due to upregulation of
H+ and lactic acid production. The pH number is an exponent number of 10. Therefore a small difference in pH translates to a big difference in the number of oxygen or hydroxide ions. Providing one scenario, blood with a pH value of 7.45 contains 64.9% more oxygen than blood with a pH value of 7.3. Cancer needs an acidic and low oxygen environment to survive and flourish. The bodies of terminal cancer patients are approximately 1000 times more acidic than they should be. This equates to dangerously low amounts of oxygen at the cellular level.

Live blood analysis is also known as nutritional microscopy, live cell analysis or hemaview. It is a technique using dark field microscopy to observe live blood cells in vitro that enables Naturopath to evaluate parameters unavailable to other forms of hematology. Such blood screening procedure is highly sensitive and unlike standard blood tests, the results are available immediately. Live blood analysis is a test that offers indications about the quality of a person’s blood and this fact can be considered a critical foundation of a preventative health approach. More importantly, many of the aspects assessed by the live blood screening indicate pathological changes that occur much earlier in the processes of disease than those available through standard blood tests. Variations in the white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets, as well as parasites, bacteria and yeast, can all be observed by this microscope.

Figure (a) displays how a blood picture looks like when the body is experiencing optimum health. The erythrocytes are round and separated and move through the capillaries easily. This blood environment is categorized healthy at pH 7.35 but most of the individuals are unable to sustain this pH level. Figure (b) is the first sign of blood and cell stickiness with and this condition is called protein linkage. It is a sign that excessive protein is being consumed or the protein is not being digested completely. It is harder for the heart to push the blood through the arteries and veins. Figure (c) is a condition called rouleaux whereby the red blood cells have stacked together in long chains. They occur when the plasma protein concentration is high and this condition normally shows the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is increased as well. This condition is caused by increased serum proteins, particularly fibrinogen, globulins and also caused by high fat and protein diets and high acidity. The blood will look like this if one has consumed one tin of soda and will stay that way for at least two hours. Finally, figure (d) shows a condition called erythrocyte aggregation. It is a condition one step worse than rouleaux. This is often seen in people with degenerative diseases. The undigested fats and proteins cause very high acidity in the blood. Degeneration of tissue condition can precede a blood clot which can cause a stroke or heart attack. However a long term of cells degeneration will lead to cancer. That is the reason why for people who have been suffering blood vessels diseases like hypertension, diabetes, stroke and heart attack long enough will end up with cancer. 

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