The human body's normal pH is slightly alkaline at 7.4."WHY?"
Acids dissociate in water to produce protons and negatively charged moieties;
the protons then seek out electrons and as they rip them out of molecules destroy their stable structures. This is particularly damaging to proteins.
Many physiologic and pathophysiologic processes produce acids--lactic acid is just one. Over millions of years our cells have developed a natural buffer system to protect us from melting (remember Raiders of the Lost Ark?).
The result is our natural and exquisitely controlled acid/base system, in which we start out "ahead" with a basic pH.
Fearfully and wonderfully made!
Acids dissociate in water to produce protons and negatively charged moieties;
the protons then seek out electrons and as they rip them out of molecules destroy their stable structures. This is particularly damaging to proteins.
Many physiologic and pathophysiologic processes produce acids--lactic acid is just one. Over millions of years our cells have developed a natural buffer system to protect us from melting (remember Raiders of the Lost Ark?).
The result is our natural and exquisitely controlled acid/base system, in which we start out "ahead" with a basic pH.
Fearfully and wonderfully made!
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