In order to really understand why alkaline water works, you have to understand some things about how the body works. The body is composed of various systems and organs, but cells are at the basis of every change, reaction, growth, maintenance and decay that occurs in the body. All wastes the cells and the body excrete are acidic. At the root of all health [of cells and body as a whole] is a properly functioning waste disposal system, and at the root of that is a properly, pH-balanced body.
How Does the Body Handle Acidic Wastes?
The human body is designed to handle a lot, but with long term abuse your body’s waste disposal systems, its ability to handle wastes, can become compromised.
Every cell in your body requires a properly working waste disposal system. Cellular waste is a term that means any by-product of the cell’s metabolism that can’t be used by the cell. Wastes are acidic, toxic to the cell, and require alkaline buffers to be gotten rid of. If buffers are readily available the wastes can be removed from the cells into the interstitial fluids and from there, the body can use its normal systems to remove them from the body.
Metabolism happens inside the body’s cells, and the by-products of metabolism [things the cells cannot use — toxins] need to be removed or the cells will die. Cell metabolism, reproduction & repair, combined; create more acidic by-products [wastes] than eating and drinking.
Once acidic wastes are neutralized, they can be safely removed from the cells. From there your body’s larger systems [circulation, sweat, kidneys, and breathing] will remove them from the body.
Why Does Your Body Need to Get Rid of Acidic Wastes?
In order for you to stay healthy, your body needs to remove the wastes. If they get trapped in cells, fluids, tissues, etc. it will eventually lead to disease.
Your blood stream has to stay at a pH of 7.35. Having excess acidic wastes in the body would cause the bloodstream’s pH to lower, if the body would let it. The body does not allow the blood pH to vary, though. Instead the acidic wastes get trapped in the cells and tissues. It’s a survival mechanism. Fat cells, in particular, are the prime target for the dumping of excess acidic wastes. Another thing the body does with excess acidity is to turn the acid into a solid waste, such as uric acid crystals. Uric acid crystals build up in joints and can cause a tremendous amount of pain.
Examples of Wastes Becoming Trapped in Your Body
There are many examples of acidic cellular, metabolic wastes that get trapped in cells and tissues.
* Lactic acid accumulates in muscle tissue during and after heavy workouts [giving you that tired feeling] unless you provide sufficient and immediate buffers to allow the acid to be neutralized.
* Cholesterol is produced by the body as a by-product of cellular metabolism and without sufficient buffers will become hardened and laid down in layers inside the walls of your blood vessels.
* Uric acid crystals are formed within your bloodstream, joints and tissues instantly any time the blood senses a severe drop in pH [such as after consuming a high carb meal]. If gone unchecked this will lead to painful arthritis and gout.
* Fatty acids are deposited into fat cells, causing people to eventually become obese if their body’s pH continues to be too acidic.
What Does Alkaline Water Have to do with Acidic Waste?
Alkaline water helps keep your body at its proper pH level even with the acidic lifestyles that we lead today. Because water has no calories and requires no digestion whatsoever it can go directly to the cells’ interstitial fluid. It helps to bring pH buffers and balance directly to the cells, which then allows you to get rid of the stored acid wastes that the body was unable to get rid of in the past. This is how you would detoxify the body at the cellular level.