So I should apologize that this post actually has nothing to do with Queensryche.  Sorry.  But it does contain some information that has been profoundly life-changing for me, which is the understanding of our bodies’ pH balance. 

Now I use the term “understanding” loosely because as we all know I have a tiny brain, but I’ve gleaned enough information to know how it affects me personally, and it’s amazing.

Here’s the Barry Breakdown®:

• Our bodies range from 1 (most acidic) to 14 (most alkaline) on the pH scale.  The optimal range for “us humans” is 7.4, which helps our blood stay healthy and distribute oxygen to all of our cells, as well as carry away acidic waste.  We want to be more alkaline than acidic.
• An acidic body (Acidosis) is a welcome mat for sickness, disease, retention of fat cells, and tiny trolls.  An acidic body has to work MUCH harder to heal itself and fend off the junk.
• The biggest factor in our ph Balance is the food we eat, but it is also affected by stress, air quality, exercise, and sleep.  Zorp.

I drink coffee.  A lot of coffee.  I love the entire ritual…scooping out the aromatic grounds, listening to it percolate from the other room, mixing-in some milk and sugar, putting it in my mouth, feeling it go down my throat, sensing it swish around in my stomach, thinking about it a few hours later, writing about it in my blog that 5 people read, and so on.  BUT coffee is acidic.  DOUBLE-BUTT, that doesn’t mean I can’t have it.  The general dietary belief is that we should eat 75% alkalizing foods and 25% acidifying.  So I can have my delicious coffee…so long as I off-set that with lots of water, fresh produce, and maybe some kombucha or veggie juice.  The stuff to really avoid is processed food, refined sugar, too much meat…ok, there are actually lots of things to avoid…

As soon as I started leaning more toward alkalizing foods I felt a huge difference.  I feel lighter, I have more energy, people look me in the eyes, it’s amazing.  I’m probably still somewhere in the 50/50 range because it’s just expensive to eat this way…but slow, steady improvement is fine by me.  The main thing for us to focus on:  MORE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 

Now a lot of information on this topic seems to be contradictory, mainly as to which foods fall into which categories.  One person says Quinoa is alkaline, another acidic.  The same goes for raw milk.  And blueberries.  I don’t really get it.  I’m attaching a chart that seems to be the best one I found so far. The they have more info HERE.

Thanks to Tony Robbins for turning me on to this topic, as well as wikipedia and my favorite new website name www.dontdieearly.com.

Do any of you pay attention to this already and have some helpful tips?