Counter Assertion

January 5th, 2009

PH Level - Simplified

Our society is plagued with a torrent of health concerns. We take endless medications, but seemingly are never able to fully correct and heal the core issue that is causing our illness. Many nutritionists believe an explanation for the majority of diseases and illness can be traced back to two little words…Acid and Alkaline. An imbalance in the body’s pH effects all major body systems, especially digestive, circulatory, respiratory, and immune systems. A properly balanced pH level environment maintains proper metabolic function.

In a healthy young adult, water accounts for neatly 70% of the total body weight. This fluid of life is much like a fish aquarium. When the water pH is balanced, the water is crystal clear, the fish are healthy, and no algae can grow on the sides of the glass. When the water gets out of balance, it inevitably turns acid. The water then gets hazy, the fish become listless, and algae begins growing on the glass. Your aquarium becomes sick. This is exactly what happens in the human body when the pH is allowed to become too acid…the end result is sickness and disease.

The lower your pH number, the higher your acidic levels. In a well-balanced body, the saliva pH will be from 6.5 to 6.8, and urine pH will fluctuate between 6.0 and 7.0. The body can become unbalanced through poor diet, stress, dehydration, chemicals, and lack of exercise. The best means of testing your pH balance quickly and in the privacy of your own home is with pH Strips. You should test your pH levels a minimum of twice a week, in the mornings before brushing your teeth or any food or drink is consumed.

If your body tests high on the acidic side, your body is borrowing minerals, including calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium from vital organs and bones to buffer the acid and safely remove it from the body. In time, this process will weaken your bones and organs, opening the door to illness and disease. An acidic pH can cause cardiovascular weakness, weight fluctuations, bladder and kidney problems, immune deficiencies, free radical damage, brittle bones and joint discomfort, stressed liver function, low energy, slow digestion with sluggish elimination, and yeast, fungal overgrowth.

Primary Solution…eat 5-10 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables daily. However, this isn’t always possible, so we recommend supplementing your diet with Greens First. Greens First is delicious, and gives you a fruit and vegetable diet rich in vibrant colors and dark greens every day. Simply mix in water and enjoy 49 super foods, extracts and concentrates, fiber, herbs, spices, natural flavonoids, enzymes, and lecithin.

October 4th, 2008

Water Park

My first job was at a water park. It was a huge park with dozens of water slides, tube rides, cannon balls, and even a wave pool. It seems like it was just yesterday I was wearing the pink visor and pink shorts, hot pink that is. It sounds worse than it was, it actually looked real good once you got a real good tan going. Not to mention the fact that you got to sit in the sun and have all the fountain drinks and hot dogs you could ever want.
One of the other really cool things about the job as a lifeguard was the after hours, employee only parties. You’d get to do all kinds of cool stuff that the general admission wasn’t allowed to do. You’d get to have huge balls and surfboards in the wave pools, use the special inter tubes for the tube ride, and they’d turn the water pressure up on all the rides so that it was industrial style water attractions.
It was only a summer long that I ended up working there, but lasting memories for sure. We took all kinds of diet products to stay slim since we were by the pool all the time in our swim suits. The Acceletrim weight loss plan was my favorite for sure. It seemed to give me the best results when those few extra pounds snuck up.
It was definitely a lot of exercise working there. Tons of swimming, walking, basically a work out the whole time. So you ended up staying pretty lean all summer long.
My favorite part was sitting at the end of the wave pool. Not much action there and you got to relax and really enjoy your day.