De zuurgraad (ph waarde) van de cellen in ons lichaam heeft invloed op onze gezondheid.

Deze moet licht basisch zijn. Neutraal is 7.4. Basisch(alkalisch) is net wat hoger dan dat.

Suiker en eiwitten maken het bloed en de cellen zuur. Groentes en fruit (voedsel met mineralen erin) maken het alkalisch.

Mineralen zoals Kalium, Calcium, Magnesium en Natrium zijn sterk alkalisch. Maar het hangt er ook vanaf waar deze mee verbonden zijn. Mineralen verbonden met een bicarbonaat zijn het meest alkalisch.

 

Bicarbonate Supplements

The body naturally uses bicarbonates to buffer acids--which means to bind them to make them harmless. Therefore, it makes sense that bicarbonate supplements are a good way to alkalinize. There are many bicarbonate minerals; calcium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate and sodium bicarbonate are all useful supplements. Bicarbonate supplements are gaining popularity for osteoporosis, a disease characterized by chronic acidity in the body, according to Dr. Susan Lanham-New in her lecture published in 2002 in "The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society." A 1984 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people on a high-acid diet had high levels of calcium excreted in the urine, but that effect was completely reversed by consuming bicarbonates. Research published in 2009 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism showed that potassium bicarbonate supplementation--not potassium alone--has a positive effect on bone resorption and calcium loss. Both of these markers are also associated with acidity in the body.

It's important to have a mixture of minerals in a bicarbonate supplement. A 2009 study published in Nutrition Journal found that using an oral bicarbonate supplement with a mixture of minerals--particularly potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium--significantly increased the alkalinity of urine and blood pH.