Your Acidic Diet Could Be Why You Have Poor Health

MAY 11, 2025 | LLOYD PHAST

High Acidic Diet

If you are suffering from prolonged chronic illnesses then your acidic diet could be why you have poor health. A diet consisting high levels of acid foods have been linked to chronic degenerative diseases like metabolic syndrome. Learn how a regular serving of acidic rich foods can be risky for your wellbeing and what you need to know to prevent serious health problems.

What is an Acidic Diet?

Food and beverages that are high with acid content can cause acidosis which is the increase of acidity in blood and other body tissues. Alkalosis is the opposite condition of acidosis where a high level of unhealthy alkaline is present in the body. Because of the Standard American Diet, most people in the US suffer from acidosis. Acid and alkaline, (“basic” is the synonym for alkaline) levels are measured on the pH balance numbering scale system from 0 to 14. A pH level of 7 is neutral, any solution below 7 means it’s acidic, while above 7 means it is alkaline.

Acidic Foods

Foods that are acidic fall below a pH of 7:

Meats
Dairy products
Eggs
White bread
Pastas
Most fruits
Oils (rancid or cooked)
Some nuts
Sweeteners
Processed foods
Beverages (sodas, colas, juice)

Sodas and colas are highly acidic and one of the main reasons why Americans develop acidosis.

Neutral

Distilled water is neutral which has a pH level of 7.

Alkaline Foods

Foods that are alkaline have a pH level above 7:

Vegetables
Some fruits
Spouts
Some grains
Some beans
Some nuts
Oils (virgin or uncooked)

This message isn’t about totally abandoning all acidic foods because many include natural sources and our bodies need some acid especially for digesting food. This is about balance and eliminating the overconsumption of unhealthy, unnatural acidic processed foods. The body is healthier when it’s slightly alkaline, that is a pH above 7. You can vastly improve your health simply by adding more alkaline meals into your diet while decreasing the acidic foods.

Healthy Body pH Balance

As mentioned before, inside the body mainly in blood and tissue it runs much healthier when the pH level is slightly above alkaline. A pH level of 7.3 to 7.4 would be considered a healthy balance of alkaline in the body. You can measure your own pH balance with a Universal indicator strips found in drug stores. While it’s healthy to be fairly alkaline inside the body, it is just the opposite outside. The skin is thriving when it’s acidic or has an overall pH level around 5.5 because this stimulates growth and provides protection against pests and the elements. Dry skin is a good sign that the pH acidic mantle is missing, the causes could be a combination of poor diet and over use of alkaline body soap products. Most consumer soaps, shampoos, and lotions are alkaline based.

Destructive Impact of Acidic Diet

One of the major food items of the American Standard Diet is high sugar consumption. Although, sugar as sucrose has no pH level it supports the formation of acidosis. Excessive sugar ingestion from diet feeds intestinal bacteria flora, (gut bacteria) which helps their population to grow large unhealthily in the body. After consuming sugar molecules, bacteria flora will then excrete it as lactic acid. High levels of lactic acid in the bloodstream will lower pH down to acidic levels and form lactic acidosis, the outcome of bacteria overgrowth.

Not only does the constant high sugar intake helps develop acidosis in the body but it also causes insulin levels to frequently rise, increase cholesterol production, the release of stress hormone cortisol into the bloodstream and cause many sleeping disorders. Other known health problems can also sprout from a high sugar diet like acid reflux disease, type-2 diabetes (insulin resistance), and obesity.

When sugar diets aren’t properly addressed eventually more complicated problems like Metabolic syndrome can form. Metabolic syndrome is the grouping of three or more of the following medical conditions that progresses from the low pH diets, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, high serum triglycerides, obesity, and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Furthermore, the digestive system begins to break down which decreases its ability to properly absorb nutrients.

Vulnerable to Illnesses

Once the body has been compromised with low pH levels, bacteria and viruses’ population tend to overgrow. Both bacteria and viruses prosper in an acidic environment and without the balance of alkaline in the body these pathogens cause widespread mayhem to the host which causes one to be easily susceptible to illnesses.

Another disease that forms under an acidic environment is cancer cells. When the body’s pH reaches acidic levels, cells begin to suffocate or go through hypoxia then they starve which causes mutations. In order for cells to survive the toxic acidic setting they disparately adapt by eating from the abundance sugar left in the body from poor diets. After consuming sugar, cells began to divide by making more mutated copies of themselves this is the formation of cancer cells. Over time, billions of cells will develop into cancer tumors which are usually when most discover they have a serious health problem.

Acidic Blood Leaches Calcium from the Bones

Yet, another health deteriorating process that can occurs with a long-term low pH diet is the body leaching calcium from the bones in order to balance the bloodstream back to its healthy alkaline state. Because calcium is an alkaline trace mineral, the body uses it as a defensive action against the damage done by excessive acid in the system but this is at the expense of bone health. The lasting consequence for leaching calcium from the bones eventually advances to osteoporosis which is a bone density diminishing disease. That’s why we witness elderly shrink in height which has very little to do with chronological aging but the accumulation of high levels of acid in the bloodstream.

Solutions

If you’re suffering from poor health and your symptoms resemble that of acidosis than you may be at risk for developing more complex health problems. The good news is that with a little knowledge and wisdom you have the power to improve your health.

Deep Breathing

The fastest and easiest method for reversing high pH acidic levels in your body is by simply practicing a deep breathing technique. This practice is affective because the alkalinity properties in oxygen can help to mitigate the threats of acidic blood. Through deep breathing practices, more oxygen is inhaled into the lungs and then eventually reaches your bloodstream and by exceling out carbon dioxide, this helps to reduce acidic levels in the body. Carbon dioxide has an acidic property and the more you breathe it out of your nostrils the better.

Begin by exceling out air through your nostrils and deflate your abdominal like a balloon slowly. Then slowly breathe in oxygen through your nostrils until your belly is full of air, repeat by exceling out air again. Breathe only through your nose and avoid breathing through the mouth. Do this at least for 3 to 5 minutes a day.

Eat More Alkaline Foods

Next, eat more alkaline based foods that have a pH balance slightly above 7 and reduce the consumption of acidic foods in your diet. You’ll start to notice the improvements in health when applying these methods into your daily dietary routing.

Drink More Water

Also, drink more filtered water because this is the best way to keep your blood pH level alkaline. Cut your servings of acidic and sugar beverages because after ingestion they immediately get into the bloodstream and their liquid nature do more harm to the body than the low pH foods.

Low pH Levels for Skin

As for the skin, maintain a healthy acidic mantle by replacing your alkaline soaps, shampoos, and lotions with hygiene products that carry low pH levels below 7.

Final Thoughts

Again, this message isn’t about removing all acidic foods from your diet because many sources are natural like fruits. This is more about balancing your pH levels to be slightly alkaline by reducing or eliminating unhealthy, unnatural processed foods that are mostly acidic. With this understanding you’ll be able to turn your health around for the better. Much success!

Modern foods today, including many organic produce lack sufficient nutrients in them to sustain premium health and to reduce the threat of chronic degenerative diseases. The only way to get maximum essential nutrients into our bodies now is by supplementing.