Acidity- a condition that plagues one in every 3 people in the world– is unfortunately one of the most overlooked aspects of health. If not handled properly and at the right time, acidity can cause innumerable aliments. Fortunately, one doesn’t have to live with acidity. Nor do they have to rely on antacid, which only act as a band-aid for the problem and don’t really address the root cause.
Does altering the pH level in your body with an alkaline diet play a huge role in getting you healthy?
pH is the measurement of the acid-alkaline ratio of your body’s fluids and tissues. When this ratio is imbalanced, the body is either too acidic or too alkaline.
The stage is set for diseases to take hold, besides problems like accelerated aging, demineralization, fatigue, impaired enzyme activity, inflammation, and organ damage.
If you score 7.1 to 7.4 on pH scale, your are exactly where your body needs you be. For more information:https://pin.it/e3lebzxnv5subyHere are some natural ways to alkalize your body and get rid of acidity:-
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Gap between meals
Leaving large gaps (>3.5-4 hours) or too small gaps (<1-2 hours) between two meals, both cause acidity. An average meals takes 3 to 4 hours to digest, after which stomach automatically starts producing digestive acid as a natural mechanism as it expects food. If you have left a long gap, the acid produced starts eating the inner mucosal linings. Similarly, when we eat too often, every bite of food signals the stomach to produce acids in order to digest it.
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Don’t eat too quickly
Fast eating or gobbling down large bites without focus on chewing can also cause acidity. When we don’t chew our food, we allow larger particles of food to enter our system, which means our system also has to produce more acid to break down their large chucks.
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Regular meal times
Just like our mind, our muscles, cells and tissues also have memory. When we eat at the same time every day, our muscles and stomach create a memory and expect food at the same time every day and produce acids uniformly. So, try to keep your meals at the same time every day.
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Watch what you eat
Wholesome foods like fruits, vegetables, lentils, whole grains, seeds and nuts direct the stomach to produce the right amount of stomach acid to digest. So, when we eat junk and processed foods laden with sugar, salt, fat, aerated drinks, our body works hard to digest these things, there by secreting more stomach acids in the process
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Hydrate adequately
Most people who complain of acidity, just need to increase the total daily intake of water. Our body is 70 per cent water and even a one percent drop in our hydration level can cause innumerable problems like fatigue, acidity, headache. So, the easiest way to cure acidity is to drink the right amount of water every day.
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Breathe right
Oxygen is alkaline, so breathing in the right way is also one of the right way is also one of the most effective tools. Practising yoga, pranayams and certain breathing exercises can reduce acidity in the most effective yet inexpensive way. Every time you inhale oxygen, you help your body balance it’s acidic and alkaline levels naturally.
Apart from all the above, our state of mind also plays a huge role in keeping our body alkaline. It’s a proven fact that thoughts or words become matter that can affect our physiology in a negative or positive way. Negative thoughts are Acidifying, while joy, laughter, happiness, positive thoughts are Alkalising. So focus more on emotion health. 
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