{"id":1885,"count":9,"description":"<h1>Balanced pH<\/h1>\r\n<h3>What is a balanced pH for the skin:<\/h3>\r\nThe pH level refers to a scale which measures acidity to alkalinity. It ranges from 1 which is highly acidic to 14 which is highly alkaline and the middle ground 7, which is considered neutral.\r\n\r\nExternally the skins surface, also know as the acid mantle has an acidic pH of 5.5, and this is fundamental for normal and healthy skin. However a highly acidic diet can be a main cause for troubled skin. When the body is too acidic, it\u2019s more prone to inflammation and is more susceptible to infection and illness.\r\n<h3>What to do to balance pH for the skin:<\/h3>\r\n<strong>Externally:<\/strong> Avoid using any skin care products that promote an alkalising effect\r\n\r\n<strong>Internally:<\/strong> Oppose acidity by eating alkaline.\r\n<h3>Highly alkalising foods:<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Green leafy vegetables<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Beets<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cucumber<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Carrots<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Alfalfa and mung bean sprouts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Apple cider vinegar<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Citrus fruits are also nicely alkalising on the body, despite being acidic to the tongue.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIt\u2019s important to note when talking about acid and alkaline forming food, it refers to the effect of the food on your body and not the pH of the food alone.","link":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/ph-balance-skin\/","name":"pH balance, skin","slug":"ph-balance-skin","taxonomy":"problems-concerns","parent":0,"meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>pH balance, skin Archives - Amazingy Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/ph-balance-skin\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amazingy.com\\\/magazine\\\/problems-concerns\\\/ph-balance-skin\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amazingy.com\\\/magazine\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"pH balance, skin\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"pH balance, skin Archives - Amazingy Magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/ph-balance-skin\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/ph-balance-skin\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"pH balance, skin"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/problems-concerns\/1885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/problems-concerns"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/problems-concerns"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?problems-concerns=1885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}