Are you over-acidic? It is very easy these days to get ourselves wound up, tense & over-acidic by the busy lifestyles we lead, eating too much fast food & not taking time to include enough healthy, fresh green vegetables in our diets. Overeating & the typical acidic lifestyle (white bread, sugar, takeaways, fried, processed or refined foods, tea, coffee, cigarettes & alcohol) are the key reasons for people becoming over-acidic. Why is the ‘acid-alkaline’ balance important? The body’s acid-alkaline balance is very important to our overall health. This balance is often overlooked when health problems are addressed. The human body is perpetually in a changing state between acid & alkaline & is continually working to maintain an ideal p H level of between 7.3 & 7.4. Lifestream Barley Grass helps balance this process. Knowing your foods To optimize our health & well being, the ideal balance of food & food residue in the body is 80% alkaline & 20% acidic. This is largely determined by the food we eat, as foods are either acid forming or alkaline forming. This is not to be confused with the immediate acidity of a food. Lemons for example, maybe considered as acid forming but lemons, once metabolized actually leave an alkaline residue in the body. Lifestream Barley Grass is full of natural ionic minerals that help to keep the acid-alkaline balance in check. See the table below for a basic guide of common foods & their acid-alkaline category.