| Water (H2O) ionizes into hydrogen (H ) and | | | | of adults are green-yellow, a pH of 6.5 or lower, |
| hydroxyl (OH-) ions. When these ions are in equal | | | | reflecting the calcium deficiency of aging and |
| proportions, the pH is a neutral 7. When there are | | | | lifestyle defects. Cancer patients are usually a |
| more H ions than OH- ions then the water is said | | | | bright yellow, a pH of 4.5, especially when terminal. |
| to be "acid". If OH- ions outnumber the H ions | | | | Virtually all degenerative diseases, including cancer, |
| then the water is said to be "alkaline". The pH | | | | heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, kidney and |
| scale goes from 0 to 14 and is logarithmic, which | | | | gall stones, and tooth decay are associated with |
| means that each step is ten times the previous. | | | | excess acidity in the body. While the body does |
| In other words, a pH of 4.5 is 10 times more acid | | | | have a homeostatic mechanism which maintains a |
| than 5.5, 100 times more acid than 6.5 and 1,000 | | | | constant pH 7.4 in the blood, this mechanism |
| times more acid than 7.5. | | | | works by depositing and withdrawing acid and |
| When healthy, the pH of blood is 7.4, the pH of | | | | alkaline minerals from other locations including the |
| spinal fluid is 7.4, and the pH of saliva is 7.4. Thus | | | | bones, soft tissues, body fluids and saliva. |
| the pH of saliva parallels the extra cellular fluid...pH | | | | Therefore, the pH of these other tissues can |
| test of saliva represents the most consistent and | | | | fluctuate greatly. The pH of saliva offers us a |
| most definitive physical sign of the ionic calcium | | | | window through which we can see the overall pH |
| deficiency syndrome...The pH of the non-deficient | | | | balance in our bodies. |
| and healthy person is in the 7.5 (dark blue) to 7.1 | | | | Cancer cannot exist in an alkaline environment. All |
| (blue) slightly alkaline range. | | | | forms of arthritis are associated with excess |
| The range from 6.5 (blue-green) which is weakly | | | | acidity. Acid in the body dissolves both teeth and |
| acidic to 4.5 (light yellow) which is strongly acidic | | | | bones. Whatever health situation you are faced |
| represents states from mildly deficient to strongly | | | | with, you can monitor your progress toward a |
| deficient, respectively. | | | | proper acid/alkaline balance by testing your saliva |
| Most children are dark blue, a pH of 7.5. Over half | | | | pH. |