by Dr. Steven B. Roach | Oct 13, 2016 | Thyroid Blog
One of the many downsides to a modern junk food diet low in vegetables is that it makes your body too acidic. The human body must maintain a healthy pH for optimal cellular function. When it’s too acidic, diseases take root. Being too acidic is pro-inflammatory works...
by Dr. Steven B. Roach | Feb 17, 2015 | Thyroid Blog
We live in a time of unprecedented abundance of food and medical advances yet we are sicker than ever. It is common now to suffer from Hashimoto’s, PMS, depression, chronic pain, heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, and so on. But in reality these are our bodies’...
by Dr. Steven B. Roach | Jul 29, 2014 | Thyroid Blog
Are you one of the 20 percent of Americans with acid reflux and heartburn? You’re probably chalking the problem up to too much stomach acid, but in many cases it’s the opposite causing the problems – too little stomach acid is the culprit behind those fiery episodes...
by Dr. Steven B. Roach | Apr 8, 2014 | Thyroid Blog
You may have heard of the importance of an alkaline diet. It can help reduce acidity in the body and prevent bone demineralization, kidney stones, back pain, muscle wasting, hypertension, stroke, cancer, asthma and exercise-induced asthma. The foods you eat profoundly...
by Dr. Steven B. Roach | Oct 9, 2012 | Thyroid Blog
If your body becomes too acidic it can lead to health problems—good pH balance is necessary for cells to function properly. Too much acidity plays a role in obesity, diabetes, heart disease, chronic pain and inflammation, autoimmune disease, and other chronic...
