Your stomach is not a permanent bag of acid!

The classic misunderstanding about drinking alkaline water is that it becomes neutral as soon as it enters the stomach and therefore does nothing to help alkalize the body. This is incorrect! Your stomach is not a permanent bag of acid. It only receives acid when food is detected and analysed by nerves in the mouth. After receiving this ‘analysis report’ the nervous system requests the blood system to release both hydrochloric acid and bicarbonate of soda from its store. When you drink alkaline water, it raises the pH of the stomach and more hydrochloric acid is produced to return the stomach to its acidic state for digestion. A by-product is bicarbonate of soda which is used to protect the stomach lining and is also released as an alkalising mineral for the blood. Therefore, the more alkaline water you drink, the more alkalising bicarbonate buffers are produced.
10 more fascinating facts about water and pH for you:

1. An alkaline substance is not necessarily a liquid with more alkaline minerals than acid minerals in it. ‘Alkaline’ refers to the ability of a liquid to produce more hydroxyl ions (negatively charged hydrogen atoms) than positively charged hydrogen ions. It is possible, using electrolysis, to produce water that has high Hydroxyl ions without high alkaline mineral content. It is not the alkaline minerals that work on the body to create the perfect pH working environment; it is the Hydrogen ions.

2. One good fright crossing the road may create enough stress to turn an alkaline balanced body into immediate acidic state.

3. Watching the news at seven may be acidifying.

4. Getting caught in a traffic jam may be acidifying.

5. Running a sprint or a vigorous workout may be acidifying.

6. Gentle exercise may be alkalizing.

7. Meditation may be alkalizing.

8. The Shaolin monks of China are known to be highly alkaline.

9. Acidic blood is capable of holding far less oxygen than alkaline blood.

10. Love alkalizes. No maybe’s about it!

Graham