I'm not sure what the correct pH level is for a swimming pool but, for blood in the human body, we like to have it between 7.35-7.45 on a scale from 0 to 14.
The body has a superb built in buffering system to help maintain that narrow pH level in our blood which is necessary to sustain life. The body can also use its capacities of respiration and renal functions to further bolster its ability to maintain pH levels.
One process that occurs in the body during times of starvation or fasting is known as Primary Alkali Deficit and if left unchecked this phase becomes Metabolic Acidosis. When the body is trending towards a state of Acidosis it has two ways of responding. One way is by hyperventilating which will restore the pH levels but doesn't restore the body's buffer capacity. To restore this capacity the body will excrete ammonium ions which restores buffer capacity.
We fast while we are sleeping which is why we call that first meal, Break-fast
consider the pH scale as it relates to our lives
under 6.8 death
6.8-7.24 Acidosis
7.35-7.45 Normal (ideal)
7.46-7.8 Alkalosis
above 7.8 death
Now, obviously we don't die from not eating breakfast because people do it all the time but a Primary Alkali Deficit does trend the bodies pH levels lower and, if left unchecked, would result in Acidosis and the longer we go without eating the lower our pH can get.
Here's the question – why would we want to be moving towards a pH which results in death when it's so easy to correct the situation with a simple breakfast. But, considering further, how do you think the quality and well being of a person's life in Acidosis compares to a person whose pH is in the Normal range. Skipping breakfast puts an unnecessary stress on the body that takes it's toll in the long run. Matter has limitations and our body is a bunch of matter that can only take so much.
(this is a test blog from a word document – I'll need to clean up the entry but want to see what happens when I try to post) J
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