What affects the pH levels in humans the most?

Question

Any specific factors that change the pH of saliva?
Such as foods recently consumed and the like...?

Answer 1

Actually anything that is consumed, which includes food and drugs, can change the pH in the human body in the stomach,mouth and blood, but within the body we have buffer acids and bases, which prevent our body from becoming too acidic, basic, or neutral from what it is used to.

Food can still cause our stomach to become too acidic, which is what causes people to have heartburn or acid reflux, so we take antacids or bases to drop the acidic level in our stomach.

Hope this helps!!

Answer 2

Marine Phytoplankton..............and
Common foods that help you with alkaline forming: celery, cucumber, sea vegetables, vegetable juice, pear, apricot, avocado, peach, broccoli, bell peppers, almonds, mushrooms and yams. In addition many alkaline foods are ALSO strong natural antioxidants and ALSO negative calorie foods for a triple benefit which means the body actually burns up calories digesting the food. Some negative calorie alkaline forming foods: carrot, tomato, raspberries, orange, strawberries, pineapple, mango, papaya, zucchini, grapefruit, lettuce, radish. The added bonus is you gain energy by eating these alkaline foods. If you move your body to normal PH value you will improve your overall health and feel better. I doesn't take very long to see some positive results.

These Contribute to an Acidosis State: Pork, beef, margarine products, white bread, coffee, artificial sweeteners, junk foods, caffeine, MSG, alcohol products, cheese, milk, peanuts, pasta.

A few symptoms of a detoxification process could include general fatigue, aches and pains, headaches, lower back pain, skin discharges, frequent urination, feeling of coldness, irritability and restlessness. These should pass as normal body PH balance is restored.

Answer 3

Well one feature in the intestines is the presence of villus which absorb the end products of digestion. These structures are made of lots of folds exposing a lot more surface area so that it can absorb nutrients and water. Folding of the small intestine increases surface area by 3.The villi folding increases surface area by 10. And then the presence of microvilli increases the surface area by 20. As a result, the surface area is increased by 600.

Answer 4

Breathing. Humans breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. CO2 +OH- <===> HCO3- + H2O

HCO3- +OH- <===> CO3= + H2O

Remember that on tv shows, they give patients a shot of bicarbonate. One exception is the proton pump structures on cell membranes that keep the stomach juices acid. Unless one takes omeprazole or esomeprazole to inhibit the proton pump to avoid sour stomach.