Generally speaking, as far as diet goes, most vegetables and fruits alkalize, as do whey, yogurt, soybeans, almonds, buckwheat, millet and quinoa. All meats are acidic, as are rice, pastas, cheeses, soft drinks, coffee, alcoholic beverages, condiments, and most sweeteners except raw, unpasteurized honey.

Roughly 75 to 80 percent of your diet should consist of alkaline-producing foods. Making these changes in your diet will jump-start your health to a whole new level.

One of the best books on learning what foods to eat that alkalize and what foods to stay away from that are acidic is called The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health by Dr. Robert O. Young. Two other good books are The pH Balance Diet: Restore Your Acid-Alkaline Levels to Eliminate Toxins and Lose Weight by Bharti Vyas, and Alkalize or Die: Superior Health Through Proper Alkaline-Acid Balance by Dr. Theodore Baroody.

AlkaLife® is a patented alkaline concentrate. Mixing 4 drops of AlkaLife® solution in an 8-oz. glass of water changes ordinary drinking water to a high pH alkaline water.

With AlkaLife®, you can enjoy the benefits and taste of alkaline water without having to purchase a water ionizer/alkalizing unit. This can save you from having to put out a large amount of money at once.

A 1.2 oz. bottle can be carried conveniently in a pocket or purse.In order to get the health benefits, one should drink at least 5 glasses of high pH alkaline water a day distributed as evenly as possible.

By keeping a bottle of AlkaLife® drops with you, you can change any water, even tap water, into healthy alkaline water. Only AlkaLife® contains a patented ratio of potassium and sodium hydroxide to maintain the proper mineral ratio in the body.

Drinking high pH alkaline water elevates the stomach pH, inducing the stomach to produce hydrochloric acid.  When the stomach produces hydrochloric acid it must also produce bicarbonate which goes into the bloodstream.

By adding AlkaLife® drops to your drinking water, you will be supporting the body's natural ability to eliminate harmful acidic waste which gets flushed out through the urine.

For more information and to order AlkaLife® drops, please click here.

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- Wendy B., Ely, NV

"A friend of ours told us about the benefits of alkaline water. We have been faithful users of your AlkaLife® product ever since. Also, we've introduced it to our friends and family. AlkaLife® fits in with our holistic approach to healthy living. Thanks!"

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Another effective alkalizing supplement which we ourselves were using until we purchased a water ionizer (alkalizing machine), is NaturalCare® Buffer pH Capsules.

The all-natural buffer mineral salts and homeopathic ingredients in this product are synergistically formulated to support the normal acid/alkaline balance in the body and support the body's normal detoxification processes. Besides maintaining normal pH levels in the body, NaturalCare® Buffer pH Capsules also replaces minerals that have been drawn out of the body.

Formula Highlights:

Buffer pHis a Scientific Formulation of Natural Ingredients Including:

Specifically Targeted Homeopathics: Provide electromagnetic instructions to further support the body's abilities to flush toxic wastes and rebalance body pH levels.

In A Base Of Carbonate Complexes: Specific natural alkalizing agents which are essential in establishing safe pH levels within the body's intracellular spaces, interstitial fluids and cardiovascular system.

Aloe Vera: Contains 20 amino acids and assorted peptides and alkaloids to help naturally balance pH.

Berberine Alkaloid: Helps support a healthy digestive tract and a healthy circulatory system.

Nux Vomica: Helps maintain a healthy circulatory system.

Recommended Usage: Take 6 capsules throughout the day until urinary pH balances to acceptable levels (between 6.5-7.5). Maintenance dosage is 2-4 capsules per day . Take on an empty stomach 1 hour before or after meals.

Precautions: Not for use with children. Also if you are pregnant or nursing, consult your physician. Do not store near electrical appliances.

We have sampled several green drink mixes and found Pure Greens™, by Nutragen, to be the most potent and best tasting "greens drink" on the market. Pure Greens™ Organic Superfood Powder has the nutritional value of 7 to 10 servings of fruits & vegetables in every scoop.

Pure Greens™ contains 68 different super foods, antioxidants, fibers, probiotics, a gentle detox blend, and a healing enzyme blend.

Pure Greens™ tastes delicious and mixes easily, even in water, without clumping.

Suggested Use: Add one scoop to 8 oz. of juice, water or your preferred milk such as rice or almond milk. Enjoy at least once a day!

What Can I Use to Test My Body's pH Balance?

We Recommend NaturalCare® pH-Test Strips

NaturalCare Litmus paper/pH Test Strips are considered to be the most accurate pH test strips available.

They have been the choice of health care professionals and health food stores for years for one simple reason: Next to using a pH meter, they are the most accurate method for measuring pH.

NaturalCare pH-Test Strips are individual strips, rather than a roll, eliminating wasted litmus paper and making it easy to test your pH. Also, every box of litmus paper/pH test strips come with two color matched, pH charts so you can easily, and accurately determine your body pH. Växa® Litmus Paper/pH test strips accurately test from 5.0 to 9.0.

By testing the pH of your urine with these simple to use test strips, you can monitor your body's pH in the privacy of your own home.

Whether you are measuring your urine or saliva pH, all measurements should be done in the morning upon waking and before eating or drinking or brushing teeth. If you're charting your pH over the course of the day, then do the test between meals.

When your urinary pH is continuously between 6.7 in the morning and 7.5 by evening, you are functioning in the healthy range. Your saliva pH should always be between 6.4 and 6.8. To test for saliva pH, you can simply put the test strip in your mouth. Saliva pH is actually a better indicator of cellular or plasma pH for the body.

Urinary pH is a less accurate method for determining body pH unless you do a series of measurements throughout the day (4-5 tests) and over the course of several days (3-5 days). Urine pH can fluctuate depending on what you've been eating or drinking in the last 24 hours alone. In fact, you are only as acid or alkaline as the last foods and drinks that were ingested.

Now you might think that the best time to test the pH balance of your urine is first thing in the morning, since you haven't likely eaten. But actually the most accurate reading is taken on the morning's second urine, prior to eating or drinking.

Blood sugar rises when you are asleep - that's why some diabetics need to take
their blood sugar levels in the middle of the night. The first morning's
urine is always more acidic because of the increase in blood sugar levels.
By the 2nd morning's urine the pH levels begin to self regulate and readings can
be more accurate.

It is also important to know that urine pH can actually measure high (7.0 or higher) when the body is in a state of high acidosis (renal acidosis) or when the body is going through a detoxification phase. Therefore, taking only one reading for urinary pH is of little value. Also note, that a high salivary pH is also indicative of an overly acidic condition. Generally speaking, as urine pH declines and salivary pH increases, the more acidic your body becomes.

1. Healthy pH Values: Urine 6.7 - 7.5    Saliva 6.4 - 6.8
2. Slight to Medium Acidosis: Urine 5.0 - 6.0    Saliva 7.3
3. Highly Acidic: Urine 4.5 - 5.0    Saliva 7.5

Water is the driving force behind all forms of life. Our bodies are over 70 percent water and all of our body fluids contain it. Even the food we eat is predominantly made of water. Water adjusts the body's temperature and through urination and perspiration rids the body of toxins. Health authorities recommend that we drink at least 64 ounces (8 glasses) of water per day to attain proper hydration.

Most of us are dehydrated and dehydration can lead to great physical impairment. Dehydration is especially prevalent among men and women over forty years of age. For the body to function properly, it is imperative that it be properly hydrated.

Drinking enough water is vital, but it is important to know the type of water we are drinking. Tap water is treated with many chemicals like chlorine and flouride, which are toxins to the body. Many people drink spring water or bottled water, which is often purified through reverse osmosis, or distillation. However, many of the bottled waters on the market we have tested were actually acidic, as is distilled water. This is because when the minerals are removed the water loses its alkalinity.

The best water to drink is alkalized or ionized water, which is produced by running normal tap water over a positive (anode) and a negative (cathode) electrode. This creates positive and negative ions in the water that are then separated, creating two different waters, one that is alkaline and one that is acidic. To ionize simply means to gain or lose an electron. Basically, the ionization process robs an electron from one molecule and donates or transfers it to another molecule.

Alkaline and acid water, although very different, each have their benefits. Alkaline water is for flushing out internal toxins, scavenging free radicals, and oxygenating the body. Acid water, which is really a by-product of ionizing water, can be used externally for cleansing the skin, cleaning any surface and watering your plants.

There are a number of water ionizers on the market that can divide your tap water into acid and alkaline water. The water ionizers were developed in Japan in the 1950's and they were approved by the Japanese Government as "health improvement medical devices".

Water Ionizers

Water ionizers are the "cadillac" of reversing acidity, for not only do they alkalize, they also create water that has superior antioxidant abilities. According to Dr. Sherry Rogers, MD, and author of the book "Detoxify or Die", ionized water is such a good free radical scavenger that it performs as well as the primary antioxidant enzymes that the body makes, namely superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase.

And it does an even better job than SOD, because SOD produces hydrogen peroxide, which then has to be neutralized. Ionized water does not produce this unwanted free radical. As well, alkalized water scavenges for more than four types of free radicals.

Thus, ionized water has several functions: It purifies the water, alkalizes the water, and neutralizes free radicals.

The Ionizer Plus® water has the reputation of being the best ionizer on the market. Many health professional recommend this brand of water ionizer to their patients and customers.

We ourselves tried an alkalizer from a different company before switching over to High Tech Health. We found the taste of the water from their machine to be much smoother and "wetter", which makes it easier to drink and enjoyable.

The Ionizer Plus has the quality level at or above any of the most expensive electrolyzers that sell in the $4,000 or higher range.

For more information on the water ionizer/filter and its health benefits please call High Tech Health directly at 1-800-794-5355 or 303-413-8500 and ask to speak to one of their product specialists. You can also click on the link below for more information.

Remember to mention our name Evenbetternow, LLC when ordering the water ionizer (or their saunas) to receive your special discount. As well, High Tech Health offers a 30 day money-back satisfaction guarantee, so you can try it risk free.

1. Helps support proper fat metabolism.

2. Helps maintain proper calcium utilization.

3. Helps promote normal cholesterol levels.

4. Enhances normal electrolyte activity and supports heart function.

5. Helps support normal blood flow.

6. Encourages healthy oxygen flow.

What is "pH"?

The body is largely made up of water. This water can have either acid or alkaline properties which are measured by a graduated scale called pH (for "potential hydrogen"), wherein 1.0 to 6.9 is considered acidic, 7.0 is neutral, and 7.1 to 14.0 is alkaline. The lower the pH number, the greater the acidity, and the higher the pH number, the greater the alkalinity.

Why should I be concerned about my pH levels?

The pH level in our body has profound effects on all body chemistry, health and disease. Indeed, the management of pH is so important that the body has developed strict accounting procedures to monitor acid-alkaline balances in every cell. Extended pH imbalances are not well tolerated by the body – if the pH deviates too far to the acid side, cells become poisoned by their own toxic wastes.

Is an imbalanced pH really that dangerous?

Yes, indeed it is! Nothing does well in an overly acidic pH medium, least of all the human body! Just as acid rain can destroy a forest, an imbalanced pH continuously corrodes all body tissues, slowly eating into the 60,000 miles of our veins and arteries like corrosives eating into marble.

What causes pH to become imbalanced?

Most diets cause an unhealthy acid pH. In fact, diet appears to the major influence in maintaining appropriate pH levels throughout the body. Certain foods are "acid-forming" in nature, including most meats, sweets and starches, and others are "alkaline-forming", including most vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruits.

How do I test my body's pH?

One of the easiest ways to test the body's pH balance is to use pH test strips. You can get pH paper (also called hydrazine paper) in most drug stores; however, it sometimes lacks accuracy. The best pH test strips we have found are made by VAXA®, and they have the reputation of being the most accurate on the market.

By testing your pH with test strips, you can determine quickly and easily, in the privacy of your own home, what your pH is. They can be used to determine your urinary pH, which is generally a good indicator of how acidic or alkaline your total body pH is. When urinary pH is continuously between 6.5 in the morning and 7.5 by evening, you are functioning in the healthy range.

How do I rebalance my pH?

First, change your diet to include more foods that alkalize and less acidic foods – a large portion of your diet should consist of fresh vegetables and other alkalizing foods. Next, add supplements that alkalize to the diet to help your body return to a natural state of health.