I wanted to post about a few health topics. The first will be about pH balance in your body. I recently had a health exam and my body's pH is 6.0, a little too acidic.

In short, health problems (disease) often are a result of an acidic body - a consequence of eating too much meat and sugary-sweet things. Therefore, we need to neutralize our bodies to prevent health complications, such as cancer. Very, very few cancers (some reports go as far as saying "none") can live in an alkaline environment. The ideal body pH is between 7.2 - 7.45 depending where you look.

There's a difference between acidic and acid-forming, and alkaline and alkaline forming, foods. To quote one website:

Note that a food's acid or alkaline-forming tendency in the body has nothing to do with the actual pH of the food itself. For example, lemons are very acidic, however the end-products they produce after digestion and assimilation are very alkaline so lemons are alkaline-forming in the body. Likewise, meat will test alkaline before digestion but it leaves very acidic residue in the body so, like nearly all animal products, meat is very acid-forming.

Here're a few websites on the topic (with a lot of overlapping information):
Acid - Alkaline Balance (Natural Health School)
A List of Acid / Alkaline Forming Foods
Alkaline and Acidic Food Chart (Essence of Life)
About Alkaline Body pH
Lemons for Balanced Health
The Alkaline Diet (About.com)

I pass this information on to you (perhaps you knew, perhaps you didn't) because it's something you should consider in your diet. I never paid much attention to this, but thanks to my dad who's been studying quite a bit of medical material, I'm glad I got an earlier start. Thanks dad!

As part of my daily routine, I drink a cup of lemon water (1/2 lemon), and I'm still trying to eat more fruit regularly. Just the beginning, but I think a good one.