Pascoe Basentabs pH Balance - An antacid containing alkaline salts. Acid-base balance plays an important role in an individual’s overall health. If the body produces more acid metabolic waste products than can be neutralized or excreted, hyperacidity of the body will result in the long term. If the acid-base balance is disturbed, the optimal functioning of the body will be impaired. Thus, the body resorts to mechanisms to counteract this imbalance. The body primarily deposits all acids in connective tissue then releases and excretes them when sufficient alkaline mineral salts are available again in the blood. When there is extensive lack of alkaline mineral salts and continuous hyperacidity the body resorts to using its own minerals, such as calcium from the bones, which then can result in osteoporosis.