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TOP TEN LIFESAVING REASONS TO AVOID SUGAR #4

SUGAR INCREASES THE ACIDITY OF THE BODY.

All disease thrives in acidic environments.

A great website to go to to learn more about the pH balance of your body and its importance is www.thewolfeclinic.com

Long story short: Cancer thrives in an acidic environment. Bacteria, virus and yeast (candida) also thrive in acidic environments. When your body's "internal biological terrain" is acidic (under 7.3) vs. alkaline (at or just over 7.3), you are at risk for developing diseases of all kinds.

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Dr. Louis Pasteur's dying words: " The germ is nothing, the inner terrain is everything." I wonder what the father of the anti-biotic would think of its usage today?!

We live and die at a cellular level. Take some time to visit this site and contemplate for a moment how you body is like a refrigerator/freezer that has lost its power! It could save or change your life!

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Have a "spine day"!

Dr A M Willcockson

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