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One factor that rarely gets discussed when talking about weight loss strategies is body acidity. In addition to serving as a source of ready energy, body fat is also used by the body to regulate pH, the measure of how acidic or alkaline your system is. For optimum health, your body’s pH must remain between about 6.0 and 7.5, and even minor shifts in pH can make oxygen delivery to the body's cells more difficult.
The pH of your blood also has an important role in regulating insulin, which is a key to maintaining a healthy weight; an insulin imbalance can trigger the onset of diabetes. In addition, healthy thyroid function is closely linked to pH levels, since pH is crucial to maintaining optimal levels of iodine in the body, without which the thyroid cannot function.
In addition to high calorie content, many fast foods and junk foods contain ingredients your body perceives as toxins, such as MSG, high fructose corn syrup, and artificial preservatives, colorings and flavorings. Also contributing to the toxin pileup are common environmental pollutants, skin care products, sunscreens and other chemicals.
In order to keep pH levels normal, the body continually flushes out toxins through the colon, the kidneys, the sweat glands and the lymph system. When more toxins accumulate than the body can handle at a given time, it stores the excess in fat cells that serve as a buffer to protect your organs.
Therefore, one of the easiest ways to speed up fat loss can be to re-balance your body's pH levels and rid your body tissues of excess built-up toxins.
Your local drugstore should have a kit that will allow you to test the pH of your saliva or urine – any result much below 6.0 would indicate high acidity, while a result higher than 7.5 would indicate unhealthy alkalinity (less common).
Some of the more common symptoms of excess acidity include:
•Dehydration
•Irritability
•Leg cramps
•Low energy
•Frequent colds and infections
•Acid indigestion/heartburn
•Nausea
Fortunately, you can bring your body’s pH back within a normal range with just a few simple lifestyle changes, particularly switching to a healthier diet. You should aim for a diet that includes about 80% alkalne and 20% acid-forming foods – vegetables, for example, are all alkalizing. In addition, drinking lots of pure water can help flush toxins out of your system faster, preventing excess build-up. You will likely be surprised by the weight-loss benefits you see just by bringing your body’s pH level down a couple of points.
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