I believe we are all aware of the importance of water for biological organisms. We have discussed the importance of having structured, hexagonal and anti-oxidizing water in our systems in order to function effectively. Now we are going to talk about a third important aspect of water: Alkalinity vs. Acidity.

Your Body's pH Balance

To begin, it's important that you understand how pH levels work. The scale on which we measure pH is logarithmic, meaning that each whole pH value below 7 is ten times more acidic than the next higher digit. If the pH changes from 7 to 8, then the substance is 10 times more alkaline. Conversely, if it changes from 7 to 6, it is ten times more acidic. Tap water has a pH of 7. This is a neutral pH; it is neither alkaline nor acidic. Later we will explain how municipal tap water is maintained at a neutral level and the adverse effects of this.

The human body, in order to operate most efficiently, must constantly be at a pH level of 7.365. Blood is the body's highest priority. The blood is the body's only transport system for nutrients, meaning that it can't afford to be acidic. All of your organs work constantly to ensure that it is kept at a balanced pH. If the pH of your blood does dip from its ideal pH 7.365 down to pH 7, for example, your blood will be approximately four times more acidic than it should be.

Let me quickly explain what can happen in your blood if your pH drops to less (more acidic) than ideal.

Oxygen is transported throughout your body in red blood cells. When these red blood cells move into the teeny tiny capillaries, they have barely enough space to move through. The diameter of these capillaries can get so small that your red blood cells can only pass through them one at a time!

Because of the small diameter of your body's capillaries and due to the importance of your red blood cells being able to flow quickly and easily through your body, these cells have a mechanism that lets them remain separated from one another. This device comes in the form of the exterior of your healthy red blood cells carrying a negative charge. This negatively charged exterior causes the cells to stay apart from each other. Think about how two magnets react when you try to push the negative ends together this mechanism works in the same way. The cells are forced to resist each other and are able to stay separated. However, acid is prone to interfere with this mechanism in a severe and overall frightening way. The acid strips the negative charge from your red blood cells, resulting in your cells clumping together. This way, they are not allowed to flow as easily, and they have a much more difficult time flowing through your bloodstream, especially when they must move through those tiny capillaries. This interference results in less oxygen reaching your cells.

Acid is also known to weaken your red blood cells and cause them to die. When your red blood cells die, they release you guessed it more acid!

This is just specific process that occurs when your body's environment becomes acidic. Besides the acid that is buried into your stomach to help your body's digestion, the presence of acid in your body is terribly bad.

Did you know that drinking one soda a day increases your chance of developing diabetes by 75%?

Soda has a pH of 2.5; this high acidity puts your body into high gear as it tries to re-balance your blood's pH level. It would take over thirty glasses of alkaline pH water to balance out just one glass of soda. That one glass of soda is 50,000 times more acidic than neutral water.

Our body constantly and consistently struggles to counteract the acid that accumulates in the body due to acid-producing food, acid-producing pollution, and acid-producing stress, which is the biggest danger out of this list.

If you take nothing else out of this e-book, at least take an understanding that stress leads to tremendous acidity and you should try to deal with and eliminate stress as efficiently as possible. Practices like yoga and meditation are very effective ways of dealing with stress.