| Osteoporosis is where the bones in your body | | | | When the body accumulates excess acidity, it will |
| become porous from mineral loss. The lack of bone | | | | buffer it any way it can. It will pull alkaline minerals |
| density leads to bone weakness and a higher risk of | | | | from the bones, organs and teeth in order to protect |
| fractures from fragile bones. There are a number of | | | | the blood. It will even grow fat cells to store it in to |
| risk factors that are attributable to osteoporosis | | | | protect vital organs. To encourage the minerals to |
| including, menopause, lack of Vitamin D, smoking, | | | | stay in the bones and maintain a less acidic pH, at |
| steroid use, chronic, excessive alcohol intake, lack of | | | | least within healthy ranges, one must make a |
| exercise, genetics and low intake of calcium-rich | | | | conscious effort to improve their diet and lifestyle. A |
| foods. | | | | low, or acidic pH is usually caused by too much |
| Recent scientific research is showing that although | | | | stress, too much dietary protein, not enough fruits |
| the risk factors can contribute to bone loss, there is | | | | and vegetables, medications, external toxins and lack |
| one main root cause. It is an acidic body condition | | | | of exercise. |
| called acidosis. It is endemic in North America. It is | | | | An acidic pH also changes the way the cells in the |
| caused by our poor diets and our dehydrated body | | | | bones work. Cells that break down bone called |
| condition. | | | | osteoclasts, become activated and cells that build up |
| Osteoporosis affects 1.5 million Canadians and 15 | | | | bone called osteoblasts become inhibited. When pH is |
| million Americans and those numbers are growing as | | | | acidic, more bone is broken down, resulting in mineral |
| our populations age. It affects one in four women | | | | loss. Over time, the result is osteopenia, followed by |
| and one in eight men over the age of 50. The | | | | osteoporosis. |
| implications are staggering personally, economically | | | | The good news is there are ways to reduce acidity. |
| and in families. As people age, their dietary habits | | | | The first is by increasing fruits and vegetable |
| tend to change. They don't want to cook like they | | | | consumption. It has been shown that by increasing |
| did when the family was all at home. Some people | | | | fruits and vegetables, the body becomes more |
| eat out more and some people cannot even afford | | | | alkaline even though most do not contain large |
| what they think is a good diet. | | | | amounts of calcium. If you are not fond of leafy |
| Recent research is showing the role the bones play in | | | | dark green veggies or the chewing that is involved, |
| regulating the body's acid-base balance. The bones | | | | you may want to try a balanced land and sea green |
| are a ready storage of alkaline minerals. They are the | | | | product. One tablespoon of the greens is equivalent |
| ambulance, the first aid kit of the body. It is there to | | | | to the fibre and antioxidant equivalent of five dinner |
| band-aid the blood when it needs it. The blood is | | | | salads...without the chewing. You just mix it in water |
| very delicate and will only remain healthy within a | | | | or fruit juice and take it morning and night. The |
| very narrow pH range. It can be affected very | | | | protective effect of greens may be due to the |
| strongly by temperature, acidity and alkalinity. The | | | | amount of alkalizing substances they contain. Because |
| blood pH should between 7.38 and 7.42. If our diet is | | | | of this, the green leafies help to keep the body in an |
| too acid-forming and doesn't supply the body with | | | | anabolic or rebuilding state, which helps the whole |
| enough alkaline material, then the body starts | | | | body and not just the bones. |
| regulating its pH using "buffers." You remember from | | | | Add a biologically active Aloe product to your daily |
| your high school chemistry, the role of acids and | | | | regimen and you have a mineralized collagen rebuilder |
| bases in their ability to neutralize the other. When the | | | | which will strengthen weakened bones and make the |
| body pH lowers into the more acidic state, particularly | | | | bone more resilient and less brittle. |
| the blood, because of diet metabolism or extreme | | | | You could even add an alkaline ionized water to your |
| exercise, then the kidneys signal the body to release | | | | diet. It will help buffer the acid and give your body |
| mineral from the bone storehouse. Over time, the | | | | more tools to stop leaching minerals from your |
| results could be very significant. | | | | bones. |
| In a perfect world, the body would be able to | | | | By keeping the body in a rebuilding state, you |
| regulate the pH of the blood with the proper diet. | | | | prevent it from 'stealing' minerals from the bone. By |
| North Americans are too acidic from our diets, hectic, | | | | decreasing the amount of calcium and other minerals |
| stressful lifestyles and our toxic environment. Lack of | | | | taken from the bones, it is entirely possible to |
| exercise contributes to our acidic condition as | | | | reverse the severity of osteoporosis or reversing it |
| everything sits and stagnates. | | | | altogether, in a safe, natural and scientific way. |