Did you know that your body is over 70% water? That means if you weigh 130 pounds, you’ve got over 11 gallons of water flowing through your body.
Most of that water can be found in the blood, lymph, inside cells, and the fluid that surrounds your cells.

Not only does water serve to nourish and deliver nutrients to each of the 50 trillion cells in your body, it also acts as the septic tank for your entire system… removing all of the waste, acids and toxins that your cells produce as a result of simply doing their jobs.

I think that because water is so prevalent around us, we tend to not only take it for granted, but we forget really how important it is to us. Let’s take a deeper look at water and how it serves as the foundation to your health.

Water comes in many different forms…and most of them aren’t at all fit for your body. Water can be pure or unpure, alkaline or acidic, mineral rich or mineral poor, oxygen-rich or oxygen-poor, structured or unstructured. Yet even with all of these different variables, most people tend to just think… heck – it’s just water.

Not the case. When it comes to your health, the QUALITY of the water that you put into your body is equally as important to how much you put into your body.
When you’re body isn’t properly hydrated, your energy will be depleted, you can forget trying to lost that extra weight, and all of those other health issues aren’t going to go away.

So let’s discover what really GOOD water is and isn’t:

In order to get the “great” award, water has to possess the following four key characteristics:
It must be pure
It must be alkaline
It must be oxygen rich
It must contain the right TYPE of minerals, and it must contain the right QUANTITY of minerals.

Let’s look at how different types of water measures up to this standard I just laid out. Water can be found in the following forms… straight from the tap, distilled, RO filtered, carbon filtered, or as “spring water”… this would include spring, wells, rocky mountain runoff, etc.

Let’s start with Tap water to see if it passes the test:

It must be pure - No

We’re going to stop right there because I don’t have time to waste and neither do you. For the most part, tap water stinks. Tap water is full of impurities, such as heavy metals, arsenic, perchlorate (a component of rocket fuel and fireworks), pesticides, radon, chlorine, and even pharmaceuticals (which people unthinkingly flush down the toilet). All of these elements have been found in municipal water around the globe. You don’t want to drink water that has even a trace of these toxins….so tap water’s out.

Next, let’s see how distilled water stacks up:

It must be pure – Totally. Distilled water is the purest water available. There’s NOTHING in is besides H2O.
It must be alkaline – Nope. As a matter of fact, because it has no ions in it…because there are no minerals in it… it’s pH is 7.0 or neutral.
It must be oxygen rich – Oxygen follows pH…the higher the pH, the higher the oxygen. So, distilled fails here.
It must contain the right TYPE of minerals, and it must contain the right QUANTITY of minerals. – Nope… there are no minerals in distilled.

So, while it may seem that distilled water completely failed our test, I’m going to pass it with an asterisk. Because of its purity, distilled water makes a great BASE…you simply have to “recharge it” in order to get it to pass the test (we’ll talk more about this in a bit).

Now, let’s look at filtered water.

First of all, what we’re talking about is tap water that’s filtered…so we really need to look at HOW the water is filtered, and WHAT is being filtered out.
It must be pure – Not necessarily. Even some of the best RO filters cannot filter out all of the chemicals found in tap water.
It must be alkaline – filters do nothing to increase the pH of tap water... so no.
It must be oxygen rich – nope.
It must contain the right TYPE of minerals, and it must contain the right QUANTITY of minerals. – Here’s where filtered water fails. At the same time they filter out bad minerals like lead, they also filter out good minerals like calcium and magnesium. If you’re going to drink filtered water, again…you have to look at “recharging” it in order to get it to be optimal.

Now, let’s look at spring water.
It must be pure – sometimes it is and sometimes it isn’t… After all, it comes from the earth, and we all know how some places can be polluted.
It must be alkaline – again, sometimes it is. Water from the French alps or Nariwa Japan are naturally alkaline…sometimes with a pH as high as 10. You just have to look hard for these yummy waters.
It must be oxygen rich – maybe.
It must contain the right TYPE of minerals, and it must contain the right QUANTITY of minerals. – And again maybe. Every spring contains water with a different mineral profile than from another spring.

Now I want to talk about water ionizers. These are machines that alkalize water by SUBTRACTING positive ions out of the water. Let’s see how ionized water from an ionizer stacks up:
It must be pure – not necessarily… it depends on where the water’s coming from before you run it through an ionizer. If it’s coming from your faucet, then the answer is probably no.
It must be alkaline – absolutely.
It must be oxygen rich – higher than most waters
It must contain the right TYPE of minerals, and it must contain the right QUANTITY of minerals. – not necessarily. Again, water ionizers work by SUBTRACTING certain minerals or ions out of the water… they do not ADD in minerals into the water. So, if the water that goes into them starts out mineral depleted, then it will remain depleted.

OK then. It doesn’t seem like ANY of the waters we tested passed. So, we’re going to have to improvise here a bit. If you really care about what you put into your body, you’re going to have to literally make your own. Here’s what I do…

I start with distilled water because it’s nothing but pure H20. Then I add in pH Booster which brings the pH up to 9.5…so it’s alkaline and oxygenated. It works by infusing the water with a ton of ionic minerals… which means it’s also mineral rich.

I actually get those 5 gallon jugs of distilled water delivered to my home and the office, I add the booster, and I don’t even think about it again. Every time I fill my water bottle, I know I’m getting literally the GREATEST water on the planet.

Now… I must let you know that this is a little bit of shameless promotion here, since I founded pHion. But just to keep it even, there are a few different water additives out there that you can also use.
So, now that you know what the best type of water is, and how to make it, start getting into a habit of drinking it every day.

Remember how I said that if you’re 130 pounds you have 11 gallons of water in your body? It’s really important that you keep your internal water supply “fresh” and renewed. So I suggest that you get at least 3 liters of great water into your body every day. The government recommends 8 glasses… I think that’s too little. 3 liters is more like 12… and 4 is even better.

If you’re not used to drinking that much water, don’t sweat it. Start with less and build up slowly. Your body will adapt very fast.

Stay hydrated, stay vibrant, and stay well!

~David

Let's talk about the word BALANCE.

When you look around…EVERYWHERE…you’ll find opposing forces:

Yin and Yang, night and day, light and dark, hot and cold, positive and negative, acid and alkaline, north and south, wet and dry, male and female.

When you REALLY dig in a bit, you’ll notice something very interesting. Life requires…and THRIVES IN…a combination of two opposing forces coming together in BALANCE. It’s not a commentary that day is better than night or hot is better than cold…or women are better than men (wink). The ultimate spot…the zen place…nirvana…heaven…LIFE can be found somewhere in the middle.

Let’s look at a few examples:

Hot and cold.

Hot is, well…hot. Here in AZ, I can assure you that once July roles around and the mercury hits 120, it’s HOT…and it’s not a place you or practically ANYTHING else wants to live. Let’s contrast that with Minnesota (where I lived for 28 years) in January. COLD! When it’s 30 below zero, life freeeezes up and waits for spring. Really. Not a lot of thriving is going on in that environment.

It’s funny…because I literally went from the freezer to the frying pan.

WARM on the other hand…the balance point…is perfect…is perfect. Life thrives in a nice warm setting.

The balance point between the north and south poles is the equator…where most of the life on the planet exists. In the balance of night and day, we get to see amazing sunrises and sunsets.

And of course the balance between acid and alkaline is neutral…which is where you want your body to be. It’s not that acid is bad and alkaline is good. It’s about BALANCE.

Your body is made to be alkaline, but practically everything your body does produces acid. You need both to live…but they must exist in balance.

On the surface, it may seem that DEPOSITS are better than WITHDRAWLS. But if you didn’t withdrawal money to pay for your garbage to be take from your home, your place would stink. And if you didn’t pay the water bill, you’d stink. And if you didn’t spend some money on the fun things in life, your life would stink. Now, if your withdrawals EXCEED your deposits, you go into a deficit…a state of imbalance…and that creates stress.

Your body…like everything else in life, NEEDS balance. If you give it the right amount of the right kinds of raw materials and an optimal environment, your body WORKS. Your body is very process oriented…it’s like an assembly line. If something’s missing, during the process of BUILDING, the given task goes uncompleted. And that’s not good.

I want you to think about this concept of balance as you approach your health. This journey is really going to be a lot about rediscovering this truth…that balance is somewhere in the middle.

While I COULD tell you there is indeed a list of foods that are good for you and you shouldn’t eat anything BUT them or anything “bad” for you…I won’t. Not because it isn’t TRUE, but because it’s not real.

If you eat something that’s not in your best interest…something too acidic for example, I’d rather tell you how to balance it out than beat up about it. Let’s face it…a lot of fun foods aren’t good for you. And having some fun in your life creates balance.

I’ve done extremes…I’ve gone on a pure alkaline diet where I ate no meat, no sugar, no yeast, no condiments, no dairy, no alcohol…nothing but basically raw and green veggies and nuts and grains…and it WORKS…but it’s not necessary. Not if you’re in a balanced state.

If you’re really unhealthy, don’t be surprised if I suggest that you go to such an extreme for a period of time…but you won’t have to live there forever.

OK? Fair enough?

So. Be mindful of this idea…that LIFE hangs in the BALANCE as we continue our journey towards VIBRANT LIVING!

Stay BALANCED and stay well!

~David

Anything living depends on a certain environment in order to not only survive, but to grow and thrive. One of the most important factors that impacts environment is pH… the balance between acid elements and alkaline elements.

Let’s take a look at how pH affects life.

Plants need the soil that they live in to have an optimal pH. If the pH is off a little bit, growth will not be optimal. If it’s off by a lot, the plant will literally DIE.

Just like plants, fish require an optimal environment to live in. For example, The water that fish swim around in and the coral reefs that are so vitally important to our entire ecosystem must be properly pH balanced and regulated in order for live to happen. Too much acid throws off balance and destroys life.

As a matter of fact, EVERYTHING in life…MUST have a properly pH balanced environment in the inside AND the outside of it in order to live.

Your body is no different. If you want to experience a VIBRANT body and a VIBRANT life, you need to create a vibrant environment on the inside of your body…and that starts with the right pH. 

Inner balance…pH balance…will create the outer balance you desire.

In terms of your body, the optimal pH for your blood and fluids that make up over 70% of your body weight is roughly 7.37. That means a pH that’s slightly alkaline.

If your body becomes acidic, problems begin. If it becomes chronically acidic, you now have the type of environment that breeds a whole host of health problems. 

Research shows a direct correlation between excess acidity and obesity, diabetes, arthritis, acid reflux, cholitis, IBS, fibromyalgia, fatigue, and on and on.

So, the first question you might have is…”OK, how do I know what the pH of my body is?”

The answer is simple… Test. Test Your pH!

Go to your local health store or buy some ph test strips right here. Simply test the ph of your urine in the morning, and you’ll know where you stand. We’ll talk more about what to do if your ph is too acidic later in our journey.

I can’t emphasize this enough… the regulation of your pH is as important to your health as the regulation of temperature is. If you had a fever of 101 and your body is out of its REQUIRED temperature range of 98 – 99 degrees, you’d go take care of THAT before you worried about losing those extra pounds…right?  pH is no different. If you’re too acidic, NOTHING in your body is going to work right…So, check your pH right away!

~ David

For some reason, the subject of health and healthy living has created a lot more questions than answers. I talk with people all of the time about the subject of health, and a common theme I hear is this…

"I don’t know who or what to believe! I heard that fat is bad for me, but then somebody tells me how good flax oil is for you… and yet it’s fat. Then I heard carbohydrates were bad for me and I should eat more protein…like the atkins diet. And then the atkins guy dies of a heart attack, and I find out that the high protein diet makes you toxic. One doctor tells you this and another one tells you that. It seems that when it comes to health, nobody can seem to agree."

And the statistics support this truth. We are rich in “money, stuff, and things”, but we’re very poor in our health. Ouch.

It’s sad but true… it seems people know more about how their cars operate than how their bodies do. And equally as unfortunate is this… we treat our cars better. Would you ever put anything in your car’s gas tank other than gas? Heck no! Then why do so many of us put something other than food in our bodies? And no…Twinkies aren’t food.

This part is for certain… it’s silly to expect different results…positive results and progress where your health is concerned if your approach is the same as it’s over the last month or year.

Well... that’s really what this journey is all about. DISCOVERING health…not trying to INVENT it. It’s about breaking things down to where they make sense. And I believe if we can break out the truth, bit by bit, we’ll all be empowered to live much healthier and happier lives!

Just the fact that you’re reading this blog tells me that you desire more for yourself…and that’s great! My promise to you is this…you’ll learn a lot more about your health over the next few weeks – and hopefully enjoy the process - and all it will cost you is a little bit of your time each day.

Living a vibrant and healthy life is a PROCESS…not an event. You don’t just wake up one day and everything’s great. There’s no magic pill…no Hollywood diet, no amazing miracle. Vibrant Health is a JOURNEY, and not a destination. 

And by the way… I’m just a guy…like anybody else talking about the subject of health. I happen to have a lot of knowledge on the subject because I’ve tried to dig up truth to apply to MY body and MY life. But there are a TON of great resources out there… and people to lean on.

So, keep learning on your journey, and keep searching for truths that will empower you to succeed in the arena of your health. So…Here’s how to take control of your health… get informed, stay informed, and this is the most important thing… apply what you know…even if it’s just a little bit…EVERY Day. Make UNDERTANDING your body a priority, and make healthy and vibrant living a journey.

I’d love to be a person that you take this journey with. My hope is that over years to come, I can share with you what I am constantly learning from some of the best minds in science and health.

So… let’s make some positive changes… let’s break some of these health questions down.

~David

OK... so for the next 21 days, I'm going to give you the blueprint for vibrant health. My goal is to change the way that you look at your health and hopefully your life. Why 21 days? Because it takes 21 days to form a habit… and hopefully after you’ve gotten into the habit of vibrant health, you’ll graduate to the lifestyle and never ending journey towards it as well.

I'm going to call this "The 21 Day Journey Towards Vibrant Health"

Let's first talk about the most important consideration... WHY.

WHY do you want to be healthier?

Whether you feel DRIVEN to a mission in life, or called to one, you won’t experience ultimate happiness and fulfillment if your body can’t get you across the finish line. Would you trade your health for money? If you had $1 million dollars but couldn’t get out of bed to enjoy it…would it be worth anything? Think about that for a minute.

When I say the word “healthy”, what comes to mind? Is health merely the absence of sickness or disease? Unfortunately, for many it is. They say… If I we’re 20 pounds lighter, I’d be healthy. Or If I didn’t have to suffer from chronic pain, I’d be healthy. Or If I didn’t have to feel link my stomach was on fire all of the time, I’d be healthy.

But For some, though, the word “healthy” means something else…something more.

How about this notion… that if you’re actually healthy…really healthy, you simply FEEL better. And isn’t that really what we’re all after? We want to feel good. We want to feel good about how we look, we want to feel good knowing that we have the kind of energy it takes to enjoy time with our families and excel in our careers?

If you don’t have a good enough reason to GET healthy, you won’t stay the course. Here’s a challenge. Obviously, since you’re reading this, you’re at least somewhat serious about achieving a better quality of health and of life.

Now… take this extra step and crystallize the WHY… Because if you have a compelling enough reason to not only GET healthy but to STAY healthy, you’ll make healthy, vibrant living a HABIT and a lifestyle… and your journey towards it will never end.

Here are a few examples:

* I want to lose 30 pounds so that I can fit into my bridesmaids dress next spring.. My sister will kill me if I can't!

* I want to look younger so that I feel bettter about myself.

* I want to live healthier so that I can be around to see my grandchildren get married.

* I want to have more energy so that I can be more productive. Times are hard, and my business needs to succeed.

* I have cancer, and I refuse to die now...it's not my time yet. I'm a fighter, and I have hope.

Tell yourself why. Write the reasons down. Then tell your spouse why. A friend why. Comment below and tell me and others why. WHY you WANT to and NEED to be healthier.

Tomorrow, we’ll be talking about how to really take charge of your body, your health and your life... so until then, stay very well!

Cya!

~David.

We've been researching the subject of kidney stones a lot here recently. and there's a lot of evidence to support the notion that if your body is acidic, then kidney stones are more likely to develop.

Acids are the seeds of full grown stones. Too many acids in your body + not enough fluid = stone formation.

The ultimate prescription for a stone-free (and pain free) life is staying properly hydrated and staying alkaline.

Acids made by your cells build up in your fluids and tissues...including your urine. When your body neutralizes these acids, "salts" are made - a mix of an alkaline element and an acid element. When your pH falls below 6.0 The risk that these tiny salts will turn into larger stones increases big time.

How? Well...when your urine gets overly saturated with acids (as a result of your body being too acidic and dehydrated) these tiny salts can collect into larger salts - these are stones.

There are many different types of urinary stones. Kidney stones can be made of calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, uric acid, or cystine. No matter what form you want to prevent, your prevention plan should include the following:

1. Stay hydrated. Drink at least 2 - 3 liters of water a day. This will help to flush acids and faster and will help to dilute your urine to prevent stones from forming in the first place.

2. Boost your pH. You can do this by drinking alkaline water, getting more alkaline foods into your diet, and reducing the amount of acid forming foods that you eat. High protein diets contribute to the creation of acids - which are the seeds to stones forming. Alkaline minerals like those in pHion Blue will also help tremendously.

3. Reduce your intake of sodium. This will reduce your body's loss of calcium.

4. Increase your intake citrus fruits - like lemons. The citric acid in citrus fruits is not a problematic acid like uric acid or phosphoric acid is. It helps to break up the formation of stones that have already formed. Squeeze some lemon into the alkaline water that you drink.

5. Test Your pH every day. You want to try to keep it above 6.5

We will be publishing a report for those who suffer from kidney stones...so stay tuned. He are are some interesting articles:

Acidic Urine Explains High Incidence Of Kidney Stones In Type 2 Diabetes

The Role Of Acidic Urine In Kidney Stone Formation

~David

Question: Is the raw food diet the same as an alkaline diet?

Answer: A true "alkalarian diet" is 80% + raw, but "raw diets" are not always alkaline.

The raw food diet is built on one basic premise... cooking your food destroys enzymes, leaches minerals, damages vitamins, and denatures antioxidants. All of which are true.

The Alkaline Diet (acid - alkaline diet / pH diet) is built on one basic premise as well...certain foods contribute to acidification of your body, and some help to alkalize your body. It just so happens that most foods are more alkaline forming when they're in their raw state.

Alkaline diets are mostly raw, but raw diets aren't necessarily alkalizing.

For example... raw foodists eat a lot of raw fish (sushi), raw dairy (cheese), and raw meat (tartare) - all of which are acidifying. You'll also see a lot of "raw treats" in raw food books (like cookies, ice cream, etc)...which are also acidifying. While raw food diets are certainly much more healthy than our conventional cooked diets, eating just "raw" isn't going to necessarily help you get your pH up.

Me With Carol Alt - Model, Actress & Author of Eating In The Raw. Chillin' by the pool drinking greentinis.

If you are acidic, then you need to get more alkalizing foods into your diet. We have a great report that you can download for free called The Acid Alkaline Foods & Recipes Report. It lists which foods are acidic, which ones are alkaline and it also has 45 great recipes in there. Check it out!

As you'll see, foods are more alkalizing in their raw form, but you have to be eating the right kinds if you want to get your body back into a pH balanced state.

~David

It's very interesting how "programmed" we are. When I tell people - especially those who want to lose weight - to get more fat in their diet, they look at me like I'm an alien. Well, I am a bit strange, but...

Really. Fat is is good for you - that is IF it is the right kind of fat. Saturated animal fats are ungood. Hydrogenated fats from oils are ungood.

But polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats are really good for you. Not only do they help to build healthy cells (every cell in your body has a fat membrane), but they also bind fat soluble toxins and take them out of your body - and most toxins are fat soluble. Getting an ample amount in your body every day will help keep your body healthy and your pH prime.

Also, fat makes a much better feul for your body to burn than sugar does. Protein is a horrible feul to burn...it's meant to build cells - not to be used as feul. That's why high protein diets are toxic - they create too much acid.

Here are the 3 fats you want to get into your body every day...and by the way...you need about 50 - 70 grams a day just to hep build healthy cells:

All of these are best in raw / cold pressed form. Avoid oils that say refined or "light"...they've been tampered with.

1. Polyunsaturated - Flax seed oil. Take a tablespoon a day.

2. Monounsaturated - Olive Oil. Take a tablespoon a day.

3. Medium Chain Triglicerides - Coconut Oil. Take a tablespoon a day.

This will give you about 40 - 50 grams of cell building fats plus all of your omega 3's 6's and 9's.

Fat really can be pHat!

~David

If you're feeling toxic, sick, slow, lethargic, any and / or all of the above, I want you to try something. It's a flush I do at least 2 - 3 times per week. It's as close as I can get to sticking a hose down my throat and flushing my whole body out...but without having to be so crazy.

It is not a conventional flush, but if you're brave enough to try it, I'm sure you'll come back and tell me how great you felt afterwards.

This is going to require a few things:

1. A sauna (like @ the gym)
2. 2 - 3 liters of water - alkaline pH Booster water is best
3. minerals - pHion Blue

Some added things to increase the benefits:

4. pHion Red
5. pHion D-Tox

This flush will aggressively purge acids, toxins and waste out of your body through your skin...and your skin will be glowing the day after.

If you have a sauna...great. If you don't, but you belong to a health club with one...great. If you don't belong to a gym or club, call a friend who does and see if you can go as a guest. If not, call around to gyms that do have a sauna and see about a 30 day trial membership. Once you do this flush, and see the results, I KNOW you'll do it again...and again. The process is very therapeutic...very spa-like. Relaxing, rejuvenating...aaaahhhh.

If you want the ULTRA flush, go to the sauna AFTER getting an hour long hot stone massage. You'll get 2x the results. It will release a ton of toxins and acids that have been stored deep down in your tissues.

Here are the steps:

If you're going to do the massage first:

Take 5 - 8 pHion D-Tox capsules and 5 pHion Blue capsules (or a teaspoon of powder) with at least 20 ounces of water before you depart to get your massage. This will supply your body with the elements to grab onto the toxins and acids that are released during the massage.

On your way to the sauna:

Drink as much water as you can. A liter is great. Also, bring two liters with you. If you have pHion Blue, take 3 - 5 capsules, and if you have pHion Red, take 5 capsules too - this will help you sweat even more than normal. Another thing I do is bring some smooth rocks with me. They heat up in the sauna, and I massage my body with them. It gets the heat deeper into your tissues, and activates your ion pumps and enzymes to kick acids and toxins out faster. People in the sauna look at me like...dude - WHAT are you doing? I then use it as an opportunity to teach them a bit :) Ha. If you're bashful, then skip this part.

Go in and out of the sauna for an hour. Like 10 minutes in, and 5 minutes out in order to cool off. Keep your water outside of the sauna...you want to keep it nice and cool. 

Keep drinking...keep sweating. Bring some pH test strips along with you and test the first sweat that comes out...then test 30 minutes after. You'll be shocked to see it go from 5.0 to 7.0 that fast. It indicates how much acid you are releasing.

Just keep drinking water and sweating it out. While you're sitting in the sauna, do some stretching...deep breathng...self massage...bouncing up and down to stimulate lymph flow. Bend over for 30 seconds to get blood flowing to your head - do this a few times.

All of these things will help.

Let me know how it works for you, and good luck!

David

I know how hard it can be to get your kids to eat healthy - I have three of them :) It seems like it's always a battle to keep their diet balanced. And while I don't let them drink a lot of soda or eat much candy, they do eat a lot of processed foods - many of which are "organic" But are these packaged "organic" foods really much better? Well...yes...and no.

Packaged organic foods are more "pure"...they lack of pesticides...and they might even have a higher vitamin content in some cases. , natural and organic processed foods are certainly a better choice then the conventional choices. But ALL packaged foods lack what they possessed in their raw state. Namely minerals and enzymes.

During the manufacturing / processing / pasteurization process, foods are heated. During this process - especially during pasteurization - minerals and enzymes are destroyed or denatured. What does this mean to your child? It means that their food is harder to digest and void of the minerals that are supposed to neutralize the acids that are created from these foods during metabolism.

I find that children are often times more acidic than many adults. Why? Because of all of the packaged and processed foods they eat. Do you remember kids being as unhealthy as they are when you were growing up? I sure don't. And the stats prove that out. Kids are heavier and sicker than they have ever been. And the culprit is primarily something called ACID.

I don't remember any kids in my school having KIDNEY STONES. Oy Vey. Read this article!

When these acids build up in the fluids and tissues of your body, your internal ENVIRONMENT is changed. Instead of being clean and alkaline, it gets acidic and toxic. And its these acid wastes that can lead to allergies, weight gain, digestive problems and low energy levels - and even kidney stones in little kids.

Here are two simple things you can do to keep your kids from getting too acidic, and help their inner environment stay clean, green and pure:

1. Give Them Alkaline, Ionic Water To Drink - pH Booster

Your child's body is made up of more than 75% water. It can be found in the blood, lymph fluid, inside cells (intracellular fluid) and in the fluid that surrounds each cell (extracellular fluid). All of these fluids should be slightly alkaline and should contain the elements to neutralize acids so they can be eliminated. Water is the most important element in the process of eliminating acids. When your child drinks alkaline, ionic water every day, it will help flush out acid wastes and keep them from building up. You can boost the pH of your ordinary water to 9.5 and infuse it with more electrolytes than Gatorade at the same time with pHion pH Booster.

2. Give Them The Natural Green Foods Their Diets Lack

Fruits and vegetables supply vital nutrients like vitamins, antioxidants and fiber...plus the alkalizing minerals that you need to kick those acids out of your body. It's important that your child get at least 5 servings of fruits and veggies every day - and they're more nutritious when they're raw. Each serving of pHion Green is loaded with 40 different veggies, fruits, grasses and sprouts - and a teaspoon equals a over a pound of fresh produce!

Let's keep our nation's future - our kids - clean and healthy on the INSIDE!

David

So...here we are after about 5 years of living in a housing bubble where people borrowed cheap money to live a "better life". The bubble has now popped, people are mad, sad, fearful and looking for ways out of this mess. I find it very interesting when I ask people..so who's to blame here? I hear...Bush, Wall Street, Congress, Greenspan...even Clinton. 

But I think we can really only point to ourselves. We are at fault...if we borrowed beyond our means. I think it's about personal responsibility. Our nation is in financial debt. It's as simple as that. And bad things can happen when you are in debt. 

And by the way, I really hope you didn't get burned in all of this :(

So...why am I talking about the financial crisis? Because we can get in nutritional debt the same way way we can get in financial debt - and get the same kind of horrible results. If we live an acid lifestyle of eating too much meat, boxed - canned - packaged foods, cooked foods, coffee, beers, and all that jazz...in combination with not enough veggies, fruits and the good alkalizing stuff....we're going into debt. And the price can be pretty steep, folks.

Managing your pH (which I deem as important as maintaining your blood pressure...and your blood sugar, etc) is really no different than managing your bank account. Spend less than you make! How do you do that? Either make more or spend less. And in the case of your body...get more alkaline elements in or less acidic elements in, and get more acid out of your body and less alkaline elements out.

Here's a good example of how to create a pH budget that will keep you debt free and prospering in your body... plus it will help you save some money too and help with that part of your life. Remember,... a penny saved is a penny earned. When you choose to eat something alkalizing, you're also choosing NOT to eat something acidifying.

How To Get More Alkalizing Elements In Your Body

When you wake up, drink a big green drink. Of course I'm going to recommend pHion Green, because it's just the best :) this will do a few things. It will re hydrate your body early in the day, which is important. It will fill you up a bit, so you'll eat less breakfast. It will deposit a lot of alkalizing elements into your body. Add pH Booster, and it's a double whammy. Add in a scoop of pHion Blue and it's a quadruple whammy.

How To Get Less Acidifying Elements In Your Body

We'll use the morning example again. For breakfast, instead of grabbing the box of Cheerios, try a whole grain cereal like Kashi. Add in some banana slices and dried fruit. Instead of drinking coffee, try some green tea.

How To Get More Acidifying Elements Out Of Your Body

Here's the best way... for a dollar or two a day, you can join a health club that has a sauna. Brink a liter of water with you and spend 20 - 30 minutes in the sauna. You'll sweat out a LOT of acid. Try this... bring some pH strips with you. Test the first sweat that appears. It's usually below 5.5. then test again 20 minutes later. It should be about 7.0 or above!

How To Get Less Alkalizing Elements Out Of Your Body

Do the first three, and you'll lose less of these elements. Example: when you get MORE potassium in your body, you'll excrete LESS calcium in your urine.

I hope these tips help you keep your health checkbook in the GREEN!

And by the way... you can also help your pocketbook by sharing your own success with other people. Sign up to become a pHion affiliate!

David

I get this question often... "What do you think of The pH Miracle by Dr Young"?

Well... I have a lot of thoughts...both positive and negative. Here they are:

Positive

I first learned about the effects of pH on and in my body by Dr. Young. He's one of the more published authors on the subject. I implemented his principles and experienced a TON of great changes in my health: I lost 25 pounds in 40 days, I experienced an explosion in my energy, the skin problems I had for years cleared up, I found that I was "sharper"...clearer in my thoughts. It was "real".

Negative

Dr Young's regimen is VERY hard to maintain for most folks. No meat, no dairy, no sugar, no cooked foods, no coffee or alcohol, no condiments, no "treats"...no fun.

What I found over the course of time was that when talking about pH Balance, the key word is really BALANCE. Think of it as a simple math equation in your body:

Every acidic element ingested or created MUST be neutralized - every day. If your intake or creation of acids exceeds your buffering capacity, these unbuffered acids will get stored. When days turn into weeks and then months and years, these acids build up to the point where they become VERY problematic.

So, are acids worse than alkaline elements are? Are acids "bad"? The answer is no...absolutley NOT. They are what they are...which is a byproduct of metabolism. Is garbage bad? No...it's a byproduct of living. It's only bad when it's not properly disposed of. Right? I find that Dr Young demonizes acids. Which I also find silly.

I also don't think that there is any miracle here folks...it's actually basic chemistry. When your pH is right, the environment inside your body is right for the trillions of cells to thrive. Too much acid is bad, and too much alkalinity is bad...life hangs in the balance!

So...What is Balance?

First of all, understand that if you are really acidic right now, you should probably approach the solution in an unbalanced manner...because it's something you should begin changing right away. Also, if you've been living in an unbalanced manner for a while - in the acidic ditch - live in the alkaline ditch for a bit until you get in balance.

But after you get back in balance, you don't have to live a life that's devoid of foods you like in order to stay in balance. You don't need to do the alkavorian or alkalarian diet of tofu & veggies. You can eat some acidifying foods, but you must also eat foods or supplement your diet elements that will neutralize the acids from foods and metabolism.

This is one of the reasons I started pHion. I wanted to make really good alkalizing and ionizing products that would KEEP me in balance - even if I do have a glass of wine or a hunk of pecan pie :) and trust me... I use our products (in mass quantities) every day. I probably go through 3 boxes of pH Booster and 4 bottles of pHion Green a month. When I make a green drink, I put 3 huge teaspoons in there. Why? Because I love FEELING healthy and vibrant...but I'm also busy...so it's convenient for me.

So, that's what I think about the pH Miracle. If you have not read it, may I recommend The Acid Alkaline Diet by Christopher Vasey, ND. He offers a much more balanced approach to pH balance.

 

David

Hey ya'll. So...I get a lot of questions about alkaline water ionizers...like these:

* How do they alkalize water?

* Are they better than using pH drops (like pHion Booster)

* Are they worth the money?

Let me try to answer them for you...

How do they alkalize the water?

Water ionizers use electrodes to "pull" positive ions...minerals...out of the water. They then convert them to negative ions. The net result is that the relatively few positive ions in the water have been reduced to none.

Water, however, is considered an unbuffered or low ion solution to begin with (More on this) Meaning that there's not a very high concentration of positive ions to begin with. So while you can reduce the water to an alkaline state, the water that is made is STILL weakly ionized! So, while it may be alkaline, it really doesn't do much to ADD many negative ions or alkalinity to your body.

Are they better than using alkaline water pH drops (like pHion Booster)?

Not so much. First of all, water ionizers should actually be called water alkalizers. Because they do more to alkalize your water than to ionize your water. But, as I just explained, they way they alkalize your water isn't very effective. pHion pH Booster adds or DONATES a whole lot of negative ions into your water...thus making it ion dense. This can be demonstrated in our "Alkaline and Ionic Water Video".

By adding negative ions and alkaline elements into your water, you benefit big time. You'll have better conductivity of electrical charges which will result in higher energy...plus you'll be getting a lot more alkaline minerals that will help to neutralize acids. pHion pH Booster is the only product out there that can ionize (electrify) your water (like gatorade...but without sugar and salt) AND alkalize it. We're putting together a new video that will show you how much better pHion Booster water HOLDS its pH as well. It will be out soon.

Are they worth the money?

I think not!

David 

Isn't it frustrating when you find out bad news "after the fact"?!

Kind of like the mortgage debacle...we have a water debacle.

Drugs in our water!

Rocket Fuel In Our Water?!

Wow. And the fact that we have to PAY for pure water is a bit of salt in the wound. :(

Folks...the only way to secure our own health is to keep ourselves informed about health. Becasue simply trusting that somebody will care more about our health than we do is just silly.

Water...here's what I do. I purchase distilled water. It's the purest water...because there's nothing in it besides H2 and O... 2 Hydrogen atoms and an Oxygen atom.

From there, I BOOST it with our pHion pH Booster. It alkalizes the water AND ionizes it. Note...alkaline water isn't necessarily ionic, and vice versa.

The minerals we use are from thousands of feet below the earths surface...free from pollution. A lot of mneral additives come from Salt Lake in Utah which is very polluted, or from the sea...ditto.

When you BOOST distilled water, you can be getting the benefits of the purest water AND alkaline and ionic water.

Sorry if that seems like a sales pitch, but it's the darn truth :)

Stay hydrated!

David

As a matter of fact, this was the birth of pHion. Personally, I was frustrated trying to test my urinary pH using pH Paper (litmus paper) - so after developing these for a couple of years, we introduced them in 2003. pH Stix are the most widely used pH test strips today for two simple reasons... they work the best, and they cost less :) We encourage you to make a habit of testing your pH at least weekly. pH Balance = Health!