Update Sept. 01 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

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The Alkaline Diet Strategy
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Does An Alkaline Diet Help You Lose Weight? A Review Of The Evidence
By James Khan


Probably the first scientific studies on digestion were done by Ivan Pavlov who became famous for his 'salivating dogs'. Pavlov showed that the digestive enzymes released and the amount of acid secreted depends on the type of food.
His experiments with rats showed that starches are digested in about two hours, proteins are digested in about four hours but a protein-starch mixture could still be digesting 13 hours later. With dogs, again the protein-starch mixture took over twice as long compared to the same food consumed separately.
Pavlov also showed that food taken on top (i.e. before digestion has completed) can lead to fermentation. This happens when you eat fruit after a meal; many people say that it gives them gas.
What could account for Pavlov's results?
The enzymes essential for digestion only function at specific pH levels; proteins and carbohydrate enzymes require opposite pH levels. If you mix them together in the same bag, you won't be able to digest either food properly.
"Most fruits go straight through the stomach into the duodenum for digestion, which means if you put fresh fruit on top of a big meal, it has to sit and wait in the top of the stomach until the other food is digested, during which delay bacteria attack the fruit and ferment it, gobbling up all the nutrients and leaving you with gas and metabolic wastes." Daneil Reid, Trophology: The Science of Food Combining, "The Tao of Health".
In 1908 Dr Howard Hay after practicing medicine for 16 years developed High Blood Pressure, Brights Disease and a dilated heart. As there was no treatment available, Dr Hay decided to find a cure for his own symptoms. He looked at his food intake and the chemical process of digestion, the enzymes that are essential for this process and whether the food has an overall acidifying or alkalizing effect on the body.
To the amazement of his colleagues, he had a complete remission of his symptoms in 3 months of changing his diet. He also reduced his weight by 20kg's. In 1911 he introduced his Food Combining guidelines and gave lectures till his death about the need to combine foods properly and reducing acidifying foods from the diet.
If you think there's nothing to acid-alkaline food combining, try this: one day for lunch eat a steak with chips, and monitor how you feel after an hour or so. Next day eat the same steak, but with a large vegetable salad. Which day did you feel more tired, drowsy?
Try feeding your dog meat and biscuits for a while, see how he feels!
Try an acidifying McDonald's diet for a month.
If you're still alive, try an alkaline diet of alkaline water, fruits, vegetables, juices and super greens for a month. You're guaranteed to lose weight from this diet - it's over 95% water!
Some doctors maintain that all food is acid in the stomach and becomes alkaline in the intestines from the pancreas secretions. The blood pH range is so narrow that any measurable change would cause death. Even a bottle of ant-acids won't affect the acidity of the stomach for long.
These scientific facts don't mean that an alkaline diet is useless or that the body can magically process food in any old combination!
Remember Pavlov's results? Why are so many people that eat at McDonald's fat and why did Spurlock nearly die? The fat content is not that high - a Big Mac apparently is 100% grilled beef, the chips are fried in vegetable oil and there's no fat in the cola! Could it be the acid, the high glycemic load and the bad combinations?
Such foods play havoc on our blood sugar and pH levels. As Daniel Reid explains the sugary 'soft drink' is an 'acid bomb': "A 350 ml serving of Coke, Pepsi or similar drink delivers a sugar fix equivalent to about 9 teaspoons of sugar straight into the blood stream. This instantly acidifies the bloodstream to the extreme point that without an immediate emergency response from the body, it would kill you in a mater of minutes...you'd have to drink 32 glasses of alkaline water to neutralize the blood pH...to prevent death by acidosis, the body reacts swiftly by drawing huge amounts of organic calcium from the bones and teeth and pouring it into the bloodstream to neutralize the excess acid and quickly restore alkaline balance. Calcium is the body's most potent alkalizing agent"
Are there any clinical studies to settle this issue?
A study called "Cola beverage consumption induces bone mineralization reduction in ovariectomized rats" (the rats were fed cola - acid, pH 2.5 - and the effects on bone density measured) suggests that "heavy intake of cola soft drinks has the potential of reducing femoral mineral density".
Dr L. Frassetto's team at the University of California discovered that as we age, starting around age 45, we lose the alkaline buffer bicarbonates in our blood:
"Our group has shown that contemporary net acid-producing diets do indeed characteristically produce a low-grade systemic metabolic acidosis in otherwise healthy adult subjects, and that the degree of acidosis increases with age, in relation to the normally occurring age-related decline in renal functional capacity."
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that alkalizing diets improve bone density and serum growth hormone concentrations; the acidosis resulting from acidic diets contributes to bone and muscle loss.
Sang Whang in his book "Reverse Aging" proposed a Theory of Aging: we age because we gradually accumulate organic acid wastes. These wastes show up as uric acid, urate, sulfate, phosphate, kidney stones and other organic wastes often surrounded by cholesterol. Cellulite is a gel-like substance made up of fat in which are trapped acid wastes in pockets below the skin.
Dr Robert Young, author of "The pH Miracle" has been saying this for years - "Obesity is an acid problem, the fat is saving our lives."
Should I eat alkaline foods and stop eating acidifying things like red meats?
Yes eat plenty of water-rich alkaline foods; but there's no need to avoid any food that contains good nutrients in it like my favorites lamb kebabs and sashimi. As Patrick Holford, author of 'The Optimum Nutrition Bible' says "moderation in everything, including moderation"'!
Acid-alkaline diet food charts come from the pH of the ash that results from burning food; it's caused by the unburned minerals. However, just as burning petrol creates exhausts, over 97% of any food metabolized creates acid wastes. At less than 1%, alkaline minerals are a fraction of the nutritional content of food and the overall acidity produced.
Clinical studies show that alkaline mineral water is the best way to obtain alkaline minerals and acid waters like colas are the best way to quickly deplete them!
The most nourishing alkaline foods are nature's super greens - spirulina, barley and wheat grass powders. Mix half a tea spoon in alkaline water daily. This will give you more nutrients then a basket full of vegetables. Other super foods are EFA oils and bee pollen.
So eat a nutritionally balanced diet of natural whole foods and combine them sensibly. Most of all drink lots of alkaline mineral water.
Your weight will take care of itself.
James Khan is the editor of detoxifnow.com a mind-body health resource. He has been detoxifying, fasting and cleansing himself for over 15 years, and has been practicing Yogic, Tibetan and Taoist traditions for 30+ years.
Email: james@detoxifynow.com

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Update August 19 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

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Top 5 Alkaline Diet Weight Loss Tips
By Will Johnson

Tip #1 - Drink, Drink then Drink some more!

By far the most important and yet the easiest way to accelerate your alkaline diet weight loss results is to hydrate consistently.

Avoid Coffee, tea, soda and other acidic drinks.

Tip #2 - Avoid Foods with preservatives, food colouring and additives.

The body wasn't designed to digest these chemical substances, so it must either: eliminate them, neutralize them or park them away where they can't damage your body.

Tip #3 - Avoid artificial sweeteners like the plague

If you have been trying to lose weight, chances are you have relied on artificial sweetners to cut calories. You are shooting yourself in the foot on an alkaline diet. They are toxins as in tip #2

Tip #4 - Always have cut veggies and soaked nuts ready in your fridge

How successful do you think you would be in your alkaline weight loss program if you had to fight your craving along the way, every minute of every hour of every day? I bet not too successful.

Well, if you were on an alkaline diet, this would not be an issue because your craving would disappear by themselves over time. I get into that in much more detail in my e-book "Acid Alkaline Diet Simplified" (see http://acidalkalinediet.com/Health)

Optionally, pick up a couple of varieties of hummus to dip the veggies in for added taste.

Tip #5 - Make a huge salad every 3 days

Ever come home so hungry you're ready to eat the first thing that you can get your hands on? Do you regret binging on the junk food, and wish you could have made something better to eat?

If you prepare a huge salad that would last you 3 straight days, you will never come home and wonder what you can eat. With a salad in your fridge - ready to eat - you can eat right away and it's great for an alkaline diet.

Did you know your body can easily return to it's natural weight balance? Click here to find out how an alkaline diet can do this simply - http://AcidAlkalineDiet.com/Health

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Update August 06 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

Recommended Reading
The Alkaline Diet Strategy
Say Good-Bye To Low Energy, Poor Digestion,
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Does An Alkaline Diet Help You Lose Weight? A Review Of The Evidence
By James Khan


Probably the first scientific studies on digestion were done by Ivan Pavlov who became famous for his 'salivating dogs'. Pavlov showed that the digestive enzymes released and the amount of acid secreted depends on the type of food.
His experiments with rats showed that starches are digested in about two hours, proteins are digested in about four hours but a protein-starch mixture could still be digesting 13 hours later. With dogs, again the protein-starch mixture took over twice as long compared to the same food consumed separately.
Pavlov also showed that food taken on top (i.e. before digestion has completed) can lead to fermentation. This happens when you eat fruit after a meal; many people say that it gives them gas.
What could account for Pavlov's results?
The enzymes essential for digestion only function at specific pH levels; proteins and carbohydrate enzymes require opposite pH levels. If you mix them together in the same bag, you won't be able to digest either food properly.
"Most fruits go straight through the stomach into the duodenum for digestion, which means if you put fresh fruit on top of a big meal, it has to sit and wait in the top of the stomach until the other food is digested, during which delay bacteria attack the fruit and ferment it, gobbling up all the nutrients and leaving you with gas and metabolic wastes." Daneil Reid, Trophology: The Science of Food Combining, "The Tao of Health".
In 1908 Dr Howard Hay after practicing medicine for 16 years developed High Blood Pressure, Brights Disease and a dilated heart. As there was no treatment available, Dr Hay decided to find a cure for his own symptoms. He looked at his food intake and the chemical process of digestion, the enzymes that are essential for this process and whether the food has an overall acidifying or alkalizing effect on the body.
To the amazement of his colleagues, he had a complete remission of his symptoms in 3 months of changing his diet. He also reduced his weight by 20kg's. In 1911 he introduced his Food Combining guidelines and gave lectures till his death about the need to combine foods properly and reducing acidifying foods from the diet.
If you think there's nothing to acid-alkaline food combining, try this: one day for lunch eat a steak with chips, and monitor how you feel after an hour or so. Next day eat the same steak, but with a large vegetable salad. Which day did you feel more tired, drowsy?
Try feeding your dog meat and biscuits for a while, see how he feels!
Try an acidifying McDonald's diet for a month.
If you're still alive, try an alkaline diet of alkaline water, fruits, vegetables, juices and super greens for a month. You're guaranteed to lose weight from this diet - it's over 95% water!
Some doctors maintain that all food is acid in the stomach and becomes alkaline in the intestines from the pancreas secretions. The blood pH range is so narrow that any measurable change would cause death. Even a bottle of ant-acids won't affect the acidity of the stomach for long.
These scientific facts don't mean that an alkaline diet is useless or that the body can magically process food in any old combination!
Remember Pavlov's results? Why are so many people that eat at McDonald's fat and why did Spurlock nearly die? The fat content is not that high - a Big Mac apparently is 100% grilled beef, the chips are fried in vegetable oil and there's no fat in the cola! Could it be the acid, the high glycemic load and the bad combinations?
Such foods play havoc on our blood sugar and pH levels. As Daniel Reid explains the sugary 'soft drink' is an 'acid bomb': "A 350 ml serving of Coke, Pepsi or similar drink delivers a sugar fix equivalent to about 9 teaspoons of sugar straight into the blood stream. This instantly acidifies the bloodstream to the extreme point that without an immediate emergency response from the body, it would kill you in a mater of minutes...you'd have to drink 32 glasses of alkaline water to neutralize the blood pH...to prevent death by acidosis, the body reacts swiftly by drawing huge amounts of organic calcium from the bones and teeth and pouring it into the bloodstream to neutralize the excess acid and quickly restore alkaline balance. Calcium is the body's most potent alkalizing agent"
Are there any clinical studies to settle this issue?
A study called "Cola beverage consumption induces bone mineralization reduction in ovariectomized rats" (the rats were fed cola - acid, pH 2.5 - and the effects on bone density measured) suggests that "heavy intake of cola soft drinks has the potential of reducing femoral mineral density".
Dr L. Frassetto's team at the University of California discovered that as we age, starting around age 45, we lose the alkaline buffer bicarbonates in our blood:
"Our group has shown that contemporary net acid-producing diets do indeed characteristically produce a low-grade systemic metabolic acidosis in otherwise healthy adult subjects, and that the degree of acidosis increases with age, in relation to the normally occurring age-related decline in renal functional capacity."
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that alkalizing diets improve bone density and serum growth hormone concentrations; the acidosis resulting from acidic diets contributes to bone and muscle loss.
Sang Whang in his book "Reverse Aging" proposed a Theory of Aging: we age because we gradually accumulate organic acid wastes. These wastes show up as uric acid, urate, sulfate, phosphate, kidney stones and other organic wastes often surrounded by cholesterol. Cellulite is a gel-like substance made up of fat in which are trapped acid wastes in pockets below the skin.
Dr Robert Young, author of "The pH Miracle" has been saying this for years - "Obesity is an acid problem, the fat is saving our lives."
Should I eat alkaline foods and stop eating acidifying things like red meats?
Yes eat plenty of water-rich alkaline foods; but there's no need to avoid any food that contains good nutrients in it like my favorites lamb kebabs and sashimi. As Patrick Holford, author of 'The Optimum Nutrition Bible' says "moderation in everything, including moderation"'!
Acid-alkaline diet food charts come from the pH of the ash that results from burning food; it's caused by the unburned minerals. However, just as burning petrol creates exhausts, over 97% of any food metabolized creates acid wastes. At less than 1%, alkaline minerals are a fraction of the nutritional content of food and the overall acidity produced.
Clinical studies show that alkaline mineral water is the best way to obtain alkaline minerals and acid waters like colas are the best way to quickly deplete them!
The most nourishing alkaline foods are nature's super greens - spirulina, barley and wheat grass powders. Mix half a tea spoon in alkaline water daily. This will give you more nutrients then a basket full of vegetables. Other super foods are EFA oils and bee pollen.
So eat a nutritionally balanced diet of natural whole foods and combine them sensibly. Most of all drink lots of alkaline mineral water.
Your weight will take care of itself.
James Khan is the editor of detoxifnow.com a mind-body health resource. He has been detoxifying, fasting and cleansing himself for over 15 years, and has been practicing Yogic, Tibetan and Taoist traditions for 30+ years.
Email: james@detoxifynow.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=James_Khan

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Update July 24 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

Recommended Reading
The Alkaline Diet Strategy
Say Good-Bye To Low Energy, Poor Digestion
, Extra pounds, Aches and Pains, and Diseases

Does An Alkaline Diet Help You Lose Weight? A Review Of The Evidence
By James Khan

Probably the first scientific studies on digestion were done by Ivan Pavlov who became famous for his 'salivating dogs'. Pavlov showed that the digestive enzymes released and the amount of acid secreted depends on the type of food.

His experiments with rats showed that starches are digested in about two hours, proteins are digested in about four hours but a protein-starch mixture could still be digesting 13 hours later. With dogs, again the protein-starch mixture took over twice as long compared to the same food consumed separately.

Pavlov also showed that food taken on top (i.e. before digestion has completed) can lead to fermentation. This happens when you eat fruit after a meal; many people say that it gives them gas.

What could account for Pavlov's results?

The enzymes essential for digestion only function at specific pH levels; proteins and carbohydrate enzymes require opposite pH levels. If you mix them together in the same bag, you won't be able to digest either food properly.

"Most fruits go straight through the stomach into the duodenum for digestion, which means if you put fresh fruit on top of a big meal, it has to sit and wait in the top of the stomach until the other food is digested, during which delay bacteria attack the fruit and ferment it, gobbling up all the nutrients and leaving you with gas and metabolic wastes."
Daneil Reid, Trophology: The Science of Food Combining, "The Tao of Health".

In 1908 Dr Howard Hay after practicing medicine for 16 years developed High Blood Pressure, Brights Disease and a dilated heart. As there was no treatment available, Dr Hay decided to find a cure for his own symptoms. He looked at his food intake and the chemical process of digestion, the enzymes that are essential for this process and whether the food has an overall acidifying or alkalizing effect on the body.

To the amazement of his colleagues, he had a complete remission of his symptoms in 3 months of changing his diet. He also reduced his weight by 20kg's. In 1911 he introduced his Food Combining guidelines and gave lectures till his death about the need to combine foods properly and reducing acidifying foods from the diet.

If you think there's nothing to acid-alkaline food combining, try this: one day for lunch eat a steak with chips, and monitor how you feel after an hour or so. Next day eat the same steak, but with a large vegetable salad. Which day did you feel more tired, drowsy?

Try feeding your dog meat and biscuits for a while, see how he feels!

Try an acidifying McDonald's diet for a month.

If you're still alive, try an alkaline diet of alkaline water, fruits, vegetables, juices and super greens for a month. You're guaranteed to lose weight from this diet - it's over 95% water!

Some doctors maintain that all food is acid in the stomach and becomes alkaline in the intestines from the pancreas secretions. The blood pH range is so narrow that any measurable change would cause death. Even a bottle of ant-acids won't affect the acidity of the stomach for long.

These scientific facts don't mean that an alkaline diet is useless or that the body can magically process food in any old combination!

Remember Pavlov's results? Why are so many people that eat at McDonald's fat and why did Spurlock nearly die? The fat content is not that high - a Big Mac apparently is 100% grilled beef, the chips are fried in vegetable oil and there's no fat in the cola! Could it be the acid, the high glycemic load and the bad combinations?

Such foods play havoc on our blood sugar and pH levels. As Daniel Reid explains the sugary 'soft drink' is an 'acid bomb':
"A 350 ml serving of Coke, Pepsi or similar drink delivers a sugar fix equivalent to about 9 teaspoons of sugar straight into the blood stream. This instantly acidifies the bloodstream to the extreme point that without an immediate emergency response from the body, it would kill you in a mater of minutes...you'd have to drink 32 glasses of alkaline water to neutralize the blood pH...to prevent death by acidosis, the body reacts swiftly by drawing huge amounts of organic calcium from the bones and teeth and pouring it into the bloodstream to neutralize the excess acid and quickly restore alkaline balance. Calcium is the body's most potent alkalizing agent"

Are there any clinical studies to settle this issue?

A study called "Cola beverage consumption induces bone mineralization reduction in ovariectomized rats" (the rats were fed cola - acid, pH 2.5 - and the effects on bone density measured) suggests that "heavy intake of cola soft drinks has the potential of reducing femoral mineral density".

Dr L. Frassetto's team at the University of California discovered that as we age, starting around age 45, we lose the alkaline buffer bicarbonates in our blood:

"Our group has shown that contemporary net acid-producing diets do indeed characteristically produce a low-grade systemic metabolic acidosis in otherwise healthy adult subjects, and that the degree of acidosis increases with age, in relation to the normally occurring age-related decline in renal functional capacity."

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that alkalizing diets improve bone density and serum growth hormone concentrations; the acidosis resulting from acidic diets contributes to bone and muscle loss.

Sang Whang in his book "Reverse Aging" proposed a Theory of Aging: we age because we gradually accumulate organic acid wastes. These wastes show up as uric acid, urate, sulfate, phosphate, kidney stones and other organic wastes often surrounded by cholesterol. Cellulite is a gel-like substance made up of fat in which are trapped acid wastes in pockets below the skin.

Dr Robert Young, author of "The pH Miracle" has been saying this for years - "Obesity is an acid problem, the fat is saving our lives."

Should I eat alkaline foods and stop eating acidifying things like red meats?

Yes eat plenty of water-rich alkaline foods; but there's no need to avoid any food that contains good nutrients in it like my favorites lamb kebabs and sashimi. As Patrick Holford, author of 'The Optimum Nutrition Bible' says "moderation in everything, including moderation"'!

Acid-alkaline diet food charts come from the pH of the ash that results from burning food; it's caused by the unburned minerals. However, just as burning petrol creates exhausts, over 97% of any food metabolized creates acid wastes. At less than 1%, alkaline minerals are a fraction of the nutritional content of food and the overall acidity produced.

Clinical studies show that alkaline mineral water is the best way to obtain alkaline minerals and acid waters like colas are the best way to quickly deplete them!

The most nourishing alkaline foods are nature's super greens - spirulina, barley and wheat grass powders. Mix half a tea spoon in alkaline water daily. This will give you more nutrients then a basket full of vegetables. Other super foods are EFA oils and bee pollen.

So eat a nutritionally balanced diet of natural whole foods and combine them sensibly. Most of all drink lots of alkaline mineral water.

Your weight will take care of itself.

James Khan is the editor of detoxifnow.com a mind-body health resource. He has been detoxifying, fasting and cleansing himself for over 15 years, and has been practicing Yogic, Tibetan and Taoist traditions for 30+ years.

Email: james@detoxifynow.com

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Update July 13 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

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The Acid Alkaline Diet Contributes to Health and Weight Loss

By Mike Selvon

It doesn't take much time researching diet methods to discover that there are so many crazy diet ideas and conflicting information on the topic that it can make a person's head spin and undermine their desire to improve their eating habits. The acid alkaline diet, however, is a common sense approach that helps people eat in a balanced way that delivers energy, sustainable weight loss, and positive feelings, as opposed to some fad diets like the Atkins method.

A diet that focuses on the acid alkaline balance is different from many diets on a fundamental level because foods are chosen based on how they are broken down and metabolized in the body, with the focus on helping the body to stay at the optimal pH level. The pH level of a body has a profound effect on the overall health of a person. The best pH level is approximately 7.3, which is just a tad on the alkaline side of a neutral pH reading.

What the acid alkaline diet does is teach people about how different foods break down in the body and the effects these foods have on the bloodstream and overall system. People learn which foods produce acid and which foods produce alkaline. As people eat these foods in a balanced way, their pH levels also become balanced and they enjoy many health benefits.

In addition, having the right pH balance will also help a person lose weight naturally, effectively and permanently. With so many people having struggled for years to find the right trick to rapid and permanent weight loss, it is welcomed news that following a balanced acid alkaline diet for optimum health can help them do just that.

This approach to weight loss is also not drastic and is not any kind of fad. Instead it is based on sound principles of body chemistry and those who teach people to follow such a plan typically encourage them to make small changes over time that build upon each other. By simply adding a new alkaline food to your diet each week and eliminating an acid food at the same time, you can slowly change your pH balance. Slowly integrating these changes into your lifestyle will also help you to stick to the diet.

For instance, instead of suddenly dropping all of your favorite acid level foods, which are things like red meat, cheese, fatty foods, soda and alcohol, and eating only alkaline foods, you will just reduce your acidic choices while increasing choices from the alkaline side. Your body, and your taste buds, can adjust to these changes and when you continue making small changes over time, you will make significant strides if you stick to this approach over the long term.

People notice many other benefits from following the acid alkaline diet, in addition to being able to lose weight and keep it off. There are many people who decide to try this diet mainly for health reasons and are pleasantly surprised when they also lose weight and gain extra energy as well. There are numerous reports of people who have actually overcome serious illnesses through balancing their pH level with their dietary regimen.

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Update July 01 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

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The 3 Dangers Of The Alkaline Diet

By Jack Sinclair

The alkaline diet is becoming more popular that even
the South Beach diet and other trendy ways of losing weight.

It might be because it is highly effective, and besides
letting you return to your optimal weight, following an
alkalizing diet will boost your energy levels and overall
feelings of well being.

Like all things in life, there are dangers in following
the alkaline diet, and you should pay attention to avoid
the three biggest pitfalls.

First, never eat just alkaline foods. The body has some
need for acidic foods, and if you were to go extreme, and
consume only foods that become alkaline in your body, you
might deprive your body of some essentials.

Second, the alkalizing diets do not address essential nutrients.
If you are following an alkaline system strictly, you might be
failing to pay attention to things like Omega 3 (DHA), and other
essential fatty acids. You absolutely need good nutrition, and
should make sure you have a balanced diet that includes foods from
all the major food groups (cutting down on meats and dairies, of course).

Third, do not poison yourself! This might sound extreme, but that is
what is happening when you drink water from plastic bottles and even
from the kitchen tap. You need to pay attention to the toxins around
you, and to minimize your intake of things that are not good for you.

That includes some of the alkalizing products you find on the web, too.
Make sure you buy from a reputable source, and get yourself a Ph test kit,
to make sure you can measure the impact of any products you decide to try.

Going alkaline is an exciting way to add energy to your life, and to
bring back those feelings of youth. Avoid these pitfalls, and you might
experience the tremendous results others are having.

To get a free copy of the hot selling book "The Alkaline Diet", visit
the Alkaline Diet website.

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Update June 18 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

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Alkaline Diet Weight Loss

By Micah Kurz

Many people have been experiencing alkaline diet weight loss. The alkaline diet is a new diet in which you eat food based upon how much acid it will create in your body. Surprisingly, people doing this have reported alkaline diet weight loss. The thing that is surprising is that there is really no rule that says you can't eat as much as you want. There are only rules that say you can't eat this.

Proponents of the ph miracle diet as it is sometimes called say that the body stores fat as a coping mechanism for acidic food. Fat absorbs the acid much better than anything else so the more acid forming foods you eat the more your body will be prone to putting on fat. So, it is not surprising that people are experiencing alkaline diet weight loss. If there body has no need to store fat because everything they eat is highly alkaline then it definitely makes sense to see some alkaline diet weight loss.

The alkaline diet and weight loss go hand in hand. Many people have found that their energy levels increased so much while they were on the ph miracle diet that they started exercising just in order to deal with it or they found it much easier to get passed hatred for exercise that keeps most people on the couch. Indeed the alkaline diet and weigh loss are not uncommon at all.

The thing that is even more interesting then the alkaline diet and weight loss is the health benefits that some people are raving about. People are experiencing everything from increased energy to increased sex drive with the ph miracle diet. They say that it does literally feel like your body is running at optimum levels with increased mental clarity. I have even read some reports about people who were losing their ability to see and have reversed it with this diet.

In conclusion, I would say that the alkaline diet and weight loss are definitely two things that go together. However, I think that the weight loss benefit is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the ph miracle diet and I can only imagine that we will be seeing great things to come from this new way of eating.

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Update June 04 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

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The Theory of the Alkaline Diet

By Leana Bardill

To keep your body fresh and free of diseases, you have to eat the proper food called alkaline diet or acid alkaline diet. Basically it is a theory that when we eat or consume a food, after several processes like digestion, metabolism and others, it leaves an alkaline residue or acid residue, which determines the acid-alkaline nature of our body.

Alkaline diet theory is based on the fact that the pH of our body is slightly alkaline, that is from 7.35 to 7.45 (in some texts it is 7.36 to 7.44). Our diet should represent this balance. A disturbance in this balance will cause some severe problems in the body. The nature of liquid whether acidic or alkaline is determined by the pH scale. It ranges from 0 (very strong acid) to 14 (very strong alkaline). 7 is the neutral point on pH as that of water. A pH below 7 shows acid things, as we go down, becoming strong acidic, and pH above seven represents alkaline products, intensity increasing as we go up to 14.

Medical study of almost every kind has alkaline diet roots although this theory not acknowledge by conventional medical societies. Diets which contain 60% alkalinity should be used to maintain the balance of the body. One have to use highly alkaline diets (80%) is the balance of his/her body is disturbed by the extensive use of meat, eggs, cream and other acidic foods.

Vegetables, low fat fruits, nuts, tubers fresh citrus and other things should be preferred when talking about alkaline diets. To increase alkalinity in the body, fruits can be used as a good source as mostly fruits are rich in alkaline. A very few number of fruit are acidic. When eating fruits for this purpose, do not eat canned, or sugared or preserved fruits, because they become highly acidic when preserved due to the use of different chemicals.

Vegetables are highly recommended in alkaline diet theory as they are very good source of making body alkaline. You will feel weakness rather than power in your body if meat you are eating to gain energy become an acid forming agent in your body, as conventional doctors do not believe in eating vegetables could be useful and persist on eating meat for energy.

Vegetables, especially green vegetables, are very good source of alkaline production and you can use them not only cooked, but vegetables like carrot, cauliflower, tomatoes, and others are used any time you want without even cooking. They are tasty and provide you with lots of minerals. Minerals like calcium, potassium, and magnesium are the real source of alkaline ash and are very good for the growth and functioning of the body. Our body is turned from acidic to slightly alkaline when these minerals react with the acid present in out body.

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Update May 09 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

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Alkaline Diet - Where's the Beef?

By Ann Fisher

The alkaline diet is swiftly acquiring followers. By itself, however, this doesn't suggest that this diet is safe or effective. In any case, fad diets that are unsuitable and even harmful have become fairly popular from time to time. Usually, the success of a specific diet regime has little to do with truth or results. The alkaline diet could have become common because it is uncommon, and due to this fact appeals to a style for the novel. Or you may suspect that the alkaline diet was pushed into the spotlight by a clever and well-funded advertising campaign. Once a diet book gets on Oprah or Larry King, it is just about certain to sell quite a lot of books.

Consequently, here is the real question we want to ask: is this diet simply one more fad diet? Or is it a smart approach to eating that is supported by valid scientific evidence?

Most mainstream physicians are either unfamiliar with the alkaline diet, or else they regard it suspiciously. Nevertheless, this also doesn't prove that this diet is valueless. Medical doctors have a difficult time keeping up on all the new research, so the fact that a doctor doesn't suggest this way of eating doesn't suggest that there are not sound reasons to follow it.

Whether to adopt this approach is a call that you'll have to make for yourself. Nonetheless, there is a considerable amount of proof for this diet regime. A number of studies have verified that when the body becomes very acidic, this will lead to adverse results, such as the loss of bone and muscle tissue. In contrast, those who eat plenty of alkalizing foods usually tend to keep superior bone density and muscle tone as they grow older. And that, for my part, is a reason that we must always take the alkaline diet seriously.

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Update April 11 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

Acid Alkaline Diet - A Healthy Diet For a Healthy Body

By Laura A Wilson

Noticed how kids can just go on and on running about and playing all day without tiring? You were that way too, once. But now that your energy diminishes way more quickly, and acid alkaline diet is just the thing that could bring back your body's vitality.

But what is an acid alkaline diet exactly? This kind of diet has been defined in so many ways that it's hard to separate what's fact and what's made up. To put it simply, it's an eating program that involves foods that leave an alkaline residue when they're digested. It extensively promotes keeping a diet that is mostly dominated by fruits, veggies, legume, nuts, roots, and tubers.

To help us understand what makes an effective acid alkaline diet, let's take a look at the two substances that make up this diet: acid and alkaline. What is an acid? Most of us can probably recall from high school chemistry classes that acids, by scientific definition, are substances that have several distinctive qualities: they can turn litmus paper to red, has a sour taste, and releases hydrogen ions chemically. The strength or weakness of acidic substances are determined by the concentration of hydrogen ions. On the other hand, alkaline is the complete opposite: it turns litmus paper blue, has a bitter taste, and chemically accepts hydrogen ions. When the alkaline substance is stronger, its pH level is higher.

There are four nutrition-related acid/alkaline balance factors: the balance of acidity/alkalinity of food before they are eaten, the balance of acid and alkaline in bodily fluids and the blood, the effects of such food after they are metabolised, and the acid and alkaline chemistry of digestion. The idea is to eat meals that include both acid and alkaline foods, as both have properties that are beneficial to the body.

The problem is, most people's eating habits are highly acid-forming. For example, sodas and coffee--which is two of the most commonly consumed drinks in the world. These two drinks are highly acidic that it can take more than 20 alkaline supplement capsules or cups of alkaline water to counteract its acidic effects. Also, the typical diet of most people is mostly dominated by meat-and-poultry meals. Add that to the fact that consuming alkaline-forming foods is not exactly a popular choice. Acidosis happens, and catabolic damages are increased and sped up, and anabolic repairs in the body are hindered.

The best way to avoid such metabolic disasters is to keep to a sensible acid alkaline diet and eat less meat and more fruits and vegetables. Through this, the body bolsters the immune system more efficiently, plus, metabolism is improved as well. This not only gives you more energy, it helps you lose weight--and keep it off--in a healthy way. When you stick to an eating regimen as healthy as a balanced, acid alkaline diet, you're sure to increase your energy and vitality. Now you'll be able to run several blocks and climb several flights of stairs without breaking a sweat!

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Update Mar. 26 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

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Breaking Down the Acid-Alkaline Diet

By John Elkington

You have probably heard about the Acid / Alkaline Diet as it has gained more attention and popularity in recent years due to it's fat burning capabilities. But contrary to what you might think the Acid / Alkaline Diet is not really a diet at all, but rather common sense eating habits that will bring your body back into a balanced state of health, it's natural state.

The basic premise behind the whole acid / alkaline diet is that there are foods that are acid forming within the body and there are foods that are alkaline forming within the body. Considering that our blood has a pH level which is slightly alkaline, it is believed that we need to maintain this slightly alkaline state in order to maintain our health.

So, this particular diet (which is not really a diet at all) encourages people to eat at least 70% alkaline forming foods and 30% or less acid forming foods.

Alkaline forming foods are most raw fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits and green leafy vegetables. Acid forming foods are meats, dairy, sugars, coffee, bread and soda.

When you look at these foods it becomes obvious that the average diet for most people consists of 70% acid forming foods. Many health practitioners believe that this is the cause of the global obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemic we are currently experiencing.

In regards to weight loss, it is believed that when our body is over acidic our cells protect themselves by creating a layer of fat around them. However, when the body returns to normal healthy pH levels (i.e. slightly alkaline) this fat quickly dissolves as it is no longer needed.

What I find most interesting and appealing about this particular diet is that is really nothing new. It is not a fad but rather a return to old dietary values and habits. Did anyone ever tell you to 'eat your greens' when you were growing up? Perhaps you need to follow that advice today, but instead make alkaline forming foods the primary component of your diet and enjoy the many benefits.

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Update Mar. 12 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

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Acid Alkaline Diet - Will the Alkalizing Diet Help Fight Cancer and Other Diseases?

By Michele Adams

Alkaline is most synonymous to its energy producing properties, hence alkaline batteries. it is this same energy generating properties that have been integrated into a diet principle. The alkalizing diet also known in several other names such as: ash diet, acid alkaline diet and the alkaline acid diet, is a method of consuming food that will leave ash residue therefore prompting a process similar to catabolised foods. Catabolise or catabolism simply put is a manner of breaking down molecules into simple waste therefore creating energy.

While the diet sounds complex in reality it is not. Alkalizing diets revolve around simple rules such as consuming several fresh fruits of the citrus family, legumes, vegetables, tubers, nuts and low sugar based fruits. just about all the food consumed and digested once released to the blood is either converted into acids or alkaline. Exceptions to the alkalizing diet are fungi, sugar, caffeine and alcohol as well as avoidance of grains. The reason behind this exception is that these foods once digested will turn into acid.

The goal of this diet is to help maintain the body's natural pH level which is around 7.35-7.45, this practice ensures a stable alkalinity in the blood without stressing the body's acid base regulators. not to say that the body cannot maintain a pH level without this diet, while our system will automatically do this for us, it is however maintained at a somewhat respectable level that can be easily go from good to better or good to bad. What makes the alkaline diet essential is that it provides the body a different source of minerals like calcium from the bones instead of it having to dip into these said reserves.

As people age the pH balance fluctuates easily and can cause a decline in renal functions and the alkaline diet helps maintain the balance necessary in order to avoid this health decline in the future. proponents of an alkalizing diet maintain that high acid producing foods can easily disrupts the natural balance therefore incurring a loss in essential minerals such as magnesium, potassium, sodium and calcium when the body tries to restore its balance. some practitioners attribute this erratic activity towards the cause of illnesses.

Headaches, nasal congestion, sluggishness or lack of energy, anxiety, irritability, excess mucous production, nervousness, cysts, constant colds or flu are symptoms that alkalizing diet practioners would attribute as a person with an imbalanced alkaline level. The diet is not widely practiced yet as most physicians do not believe that the reduction of acid containing food such as meats, salts, refined grains and dairies and the increase of an alkaline diet is entirely beneficial to a person's health.

Furthermore doctors will also point out that they are also uncertain that acids in an individual's diet are the main cause of chronic illnesses as claimed by alkaline diet followers. it is however proven that alkalizing diets do lessen the chances and help prevent osteoporosis, muscle waiting brought about by aging and the build up of calcium stones in the kidney.

Way to many people are facing terrible health problems such as cancer, diabetes, liver disease, high blood pressure, and more. Doctors over medicate patients and they become dependent on these medications. It is too bad more people have not heard about the Alkaline Acid Diet. This diet helps you keep an alkaline body and balance your bodies pH. This diet is known to have cancer fighting properties and huge health benefits. For more information you can read this Acid Alkaline Diet

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Discover the Benefits of Alkaline Diet Food

By Graham Stoking

The key to the alkaline diet is to choose more nutritious alkalizing foods. Fortunately, alkaline diet food doesn't have to be bland. In actuality, alkaline-producing whole foods come in numerous of textures, flavors, and colors, adding a pleasant variety to your meals.

1. Choose Fresh Fruit When on the Go

When you're perpetually on the go, it's tempting to grab a snack bar and a soda from a vending machine. But these types of convenience food are acid-forming, fattening, and just plain bad for you. Alkalizing fruits are a wholesome alternative. An apple, an
apricot, or a slice of pineapple is convenient enough to eat after a jog or on your break at work.

2. Use a Little Meat to Add Flavor

Many people have steak, roast beef, or fried chicken as the main course. Sometimes the only "vegetable" in sight is a sprig of parsley. For a healthier and more alkalizing meal, have a vegetable-rich salad, saute, or soup, with a few ounces of lean meat, beans, tempeh, or almonds to make sure you get your protein.

3. Eat More Vegetables

Whether you have them steamed, stir-fried, or raw, vegetables are the single most valuable category of food for weight loss and optimal internal pH. Many people rarely think beyond lettuce and tomatoes, but they're missing out on many health benefits. For example, yellow, orange, and red vegetables can make sure that you get enough beta-carotine. Meanwhile, dark leafy green vegetables like chard, collard greens, and spinach are often a great source of vitamin K.

4. Avoid High-Calorie Dips

For a healthy snack, cut up raw vegetables and smear them with a bit of hummus, bean dip, salad dressing, or salsa. But avoid fattening (and acidifying) cream- and cheese-based dips, such as onion dip.

5. Don't Overdo It on Alcohol

Nearly all alcoholic beverages cause your body to become more acidic. Even moderate alcohol consumption can have other negative effects on your health, as well. For example, studies indicate that alcohol raises the risk of esophageal and laryngeal cancer, and may also increase the risk of breast cancer by as much as 60 percent.

Graham Stoking is a passionate advocate of nutrition, exercise, and the healing power of nature. He writes about alkaline diet food, which is one of the keys to the alkaline diet.

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Update Feb. 13 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

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The Acid Vs Alkaline Diet - Key Facts

By Graham Stoking

Acid vs alkaline diet is a relatively uncommon synonym for the alkaline diet. This healthy diet is sometimes also termed the acid alkaline diet or the acid alkaline balance diet. Despite the differences in terminology, however, these phrases all refer to the same concept: By eating more alkalizing foods and fewer acidifying ones, you can cause your body to become more alkaline. In turn, a mildly alkaline internal pH will provide you with the best chance to experience a perfect state of well-being.

In large part, health is a matter of balance. Perfect balance equals perfect health. On the other hand, an imbalance leads to illness. For instance, too high a caloric intake causes obesity, while too low a caloric intake causes wasting. Too high or too low a dietary sodium level... Too high or too low a blood level of LDL cholesterol... Too much or too little acidity... In every case, the center of the balance beam is the best place to be.

In practice, however, few people in the United States are at risk of taking in too few calories or too little sodium, or of having a dangerously low level of LDL cholesterol. Our contemporary diet pushes us in one direction. Similarly, it is far more common for our bodies to be too acidic than too alkaline. This is because we eat a great deal of meat, dairy products, processed grains, sugar, and alcohol, but few of us get enough alkaline-forming fruits and vegetables in our diets.

People often think of an opposition between acid and alkaline elements. But if we want to be exact, instead of thinking of it as the "acid vs alkaline diet," it would be better to think of it as the "acid alkaline balance diet." Like yin and yang in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acidity and alkalinity are not inherently positive or negative. It is our responsibility to attain a state of balance between these interconnected elements.

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Part A. - The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet - Pros and Cons

Part B. - 5 Myths About an Alkaline Diet

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Part A. - The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet - Pros and Cons

By Graham Stoking

The acid alkaline balance diet is often termed the acid alkaline diet, and sometimes it is simply described as the alkaline diet. Nevertheless, although there are a number of different names for this popular approach to eating, the acid alkaline balance diet may be the most suitable one. That is because the core fact at the heart of this diet is that you should eat in a way that helps you to achieve a balanced internal pH.

It is true that some fad diets that you may have seen tell you to eat exclusively alkalizing foods. In actuality, however, eating only alkaline-producing foods is both unhealthy and impractical.

To begin with, a 100 percent alkalizing diet would be pretty boring. Not only would poultry, fish, and dairy products be entirely off limits, but so would beans, tomatoes, and even whole-grain breads.

A second issue with such a diet is that you would miss out on important nutrients which are found in some acidifying foods. For example, tomatoes are high in cancer-fighting lycopene. And at least one study shows that prunes may guard against osteoporosis.

As its name suggests, the goal of the acid alkaline balance diet is not to go to an extreme of alkalinity. Since this is the case, you don't need to eat only alkalizing foods in order to create an ideal acid-alkaline balance.

But you probably do need to eat many more alkalizing foods, and fewer acidifying ones. Whether you eat this food or that food is not as important as the overall ratio of acidifying to alkaline-forming components in your diet.

This is to say that if you completely remove sugar and acidifying beverages like soft drinks, you have a little more margin for error, which means that you can eat a little more meat and dairy products without your body becoming too acidic. To give you another example, if you choose to eat poultry, you should compensate by eating less dairy, and so on.

There is no one right answer for how to use your "budget" of acidifying foods, but in general it is always a good idea to emphasize foods that are low in calories and rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other health-giving nutrients.

The bottom line, however, is that no matter what kind of diet you currently have, you can start making simple changes to create a healthier acid alkaline balance.

Graham Stoking is a passionate advocate of nutrition, exercise, and the healing power of nature. He writes about the acid alkaline diet also known simply as the alkaline diet.

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Part B. - 5 Myths About an Alkaline Diet

By Christina Baker

The alkaline diet principle is based upon the belief that when we eat foods, they release either acid or alkaline bases into our systems after digestion. For example, foods such as meats, poultry, dairy products, grains, and salt produce acid. Fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts, and tuberous vegetables such as potatoes produce an alkaline base. Today, most modern doctors do encourage more consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, for example, but most do not believe in the basics of an acid versus alkaline diet.

Many people believe that acid-based diets promote health problems, including headaches, ovarian cysts, nervousness and irritability, frequent illness such as colds, excessive mucus and nasal congestion, and a lack of energy overall.

Further, some people believe that an acidic diet can cause cardiovascular damage, weight gain and obesity, diabetes, a weakened immune system, kidney stones, osteoporosis, premature aging and slow digestion and elimination, which in turn can lead to buildup of toxins in the system.

Proponents of the alkaline diet say that consuming it restores the body's natural pH balance of between 7.35 and 7.45. There are many places on the Internet you can find that will sell you pH strips so that you can test yourself to see what your own pH balance is.

There are many myths about the alkaline diet.

Among them are:

Myth 1: It's hard to follow.

Is it hard to follow and alkaline diet if you want to try it? No, not hard at all.

In fact, the alkaline diet is very much like the common vegan diet, with the exception that it greatly limits the amount of grains eaten. However, you can take any vegan recipe (recipes abound on the Internet) and simply substitute grains for any other type of starch allowed on the diet, such as potatoes.

Myth 2: You're greatly restricted in what you eat.

To some extent, this is true, but this diet basically seeks to restore your body's balance. Yes, you're greatly limited in the amount of sugar, simple carbohydrates, and other unhealthy foods you can eat, including an excess consumption of meat and dairy. But in fact, you are allowed an unlimited amount of fruits and vegetables, beans, legumes, and the like, as well as tuberous vegetables and starches. This in fact provides a wide array of foods available to you, so that you're you won't feel deprived once you get used to it.

Myth 3: You can never have "forbidden" foods again once on the alkaline diet.

In fact, this isn't true, either. If you want to, you can occasionally have meat, dairy, or grains, for example. Doing this "once in a while" isn't likely to greatly impact your body's pH. However, you may find that once you're on the diet, you will not want to eat these other foods, because they'll lose their palatability.

Myth 4: An alkaline diet is unhealthy because it doesn't let you eat meat or dairy, two foods that are believed to be very important to health.

In fact, for centuries, vegans have eaten diets completely free of animal products, including dairy or meat. And in fact, vegans have lower incidences of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and may also be at reduced risk for osteoporosis. They are also much less likely to be overweight or obese.

Myth 5: You can't get enough protein on an alkaline diet without meat or dairy.

This, too, is false. Plant-based sources provide plenty of protein for those who consume them. It's long been a myth that animal-based proteins are superior to plant-based proteins. In fact, with the standard American diet, most Americans get too much protein, not too little.

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Update Jan. 19 - 2010 Pro's Or Con's " Alkaline Diet - Weight Loss Program " By Health Experts

Alkaline diet is defined as a diet program which helps to maintain the blood Ph levels in it's natural state between 7.35 and 7.45, thereby helping our body in absorption in vitamins and minerals resulting in weight loss. Today, our diet contains more acidities leading to chronic illness and loss of health. By increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, it helps to reduce the intake of meat, salt, and refined starches,thereby benefiting our health. It is recommended by some practitioners if a person has the following symptoms of lack of energy, excessive mucous production, nasal congestion, over weight, etc. Please consult your doctor before applying.

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Why the Alkaline Diet Beats Low Carb

By Graham Stoking

The alkaline diet is a way of eating that focuses on foods which shift your internal pH toward the alkaline end of the spectrum. This theory is not new, but its popularity has dramatically increased over the past decade, and interest continues to grow.

Many are confused because the words "alkaline" and "alkalizing" are two different things. This is to say that a food that tastes very acidic, such as lemon juice or apple cider vinegar, can actually have a strongly alkalizing effect once it has been digested and assimilated. By the same token, a food that tastes sweet rather than acidic, such as cane sugar, is often strongly acidifying once it has been absorbed.

The Alkaline Diet vs. Popular Low-Carb Diets

If you have thought about trying the alkaline diet, you may be wondering how it contrasts with other common diets, particularly low-carb diets including the Atkins diet and the South Beach diet.

Initially, the alkaline diet seems to be the polar opposite of the low-carb diet, but the truth is more complex. As you are constantly reminded, the low-carb diet restricts your intake of carbs, including bread, pasta, potatoes, sugar, beans--even fruits and vegetables. On the other hand, you are allowed to eat as much as you want when it comes to pork rinds, cheese, and other foods that are rich in protein and fat.

In contrast, the alkaline diet restricts consumption of meat and dairy products, nearly all foods that make the body more acidic. Another difference is that while low-carb diets limit fruits and vegetables, these foods are strongly encouraged on the alkaline diet. This is because fresh produce has the most nutrients and the fewest calories of any food, making it a must-have for anyone who wants to boost energy and lose weight.

Surprisingly, however, the alkaline and low-carb diets do have something in common. Both diets encourage people to eat less sugar and processed grains, but for different reasons. Fans of the low-carb diet point out that these abundant carbs are a major reason that people have become so much fatter over the past few decades. In the words of diet guru Barry Sears, the central aisles of any grocery store are basically one big chunk of carbs divided up into different bags and boxes. (There's a lot of fat in those packages, too.)

Interestingly, these processed carbs also tend to be acidifying. This is because the most common grains, namely corn, rice, and wheat, contain acidifying compounds.

When you get down to it, the main difference between these two diets is that the low-carb diet takes a sledgehammer to carbs, while the alkaline diet uses a scalpel. True, some carbs are very harmful, particularly when you eat too much of them. But something is wrong when anti-carb hysteria reaches such a pitch that people remove even apples, carrots, and celery from their diets. These nutritious foods are highly beneficial, and they're definitely not why so many people are fat. On the contrary, they are the key to losing weight, because they fill you up without adding many calories to your daily intake.

Graham Stoking is a passionate advocate of nutrition, exercise, and the healing power of nature. He writes about health and the alkaline diet. For more information, please visit The Alkaline Diet Blog.

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Alkaline Diet Explained

By Yuri Elkaim

Have you heard about the alkaline diet? Have you wondered what exactly that means? Are you a little curious as to the benefits of this plan? Want to know how it differs from being a vegetarian, a vegan, or a raw food eater?

The first thing you need to understand is what an alkaline food item is. These are raw food items that, if you were to burn them in a flame, they would leave behind an ash that has a basic pH rating of seven or higher. Rather than use this as cooking information, followers of the acid alkaline diet use this combustion as a comparison to how the body breaks down and uses food as a fuel source.

These foods leave behind minerals like calcium, copper, iron, magnesium and zinc when they are consumed by fire. Foods that leave this kind of residue include low-glycemic index fruits and vegetables, citrus fruits, tubers, roots and nuts. Switching your diet to solely these food items, it is believed, will help keep the body's overall pH balance at a slightly alkaline level, which is thought to be a natural and healthy state. Foods to avoid on this plan include animal proteins, processed foods, unnatural sugars, and stimulants like caffeine.

A diet rich in alkaline foods is also thought to reduce the body's reliance on stored pH balancers such as the calcium in bones. Some studies have even shown that an alkaline-rich diet, or a regular use of supplements, can increase the amount of bone mass and muscle mass in older people, helping to offset conditions like osteoporosis in women and degenerative muscle wasting in the elderly. And while many say that more research is needed on the benefits of an alkaline diet, there have been studies done that show that the formation of kidney stones is largely prevented with an alkaline-rich diet.

Followers of the alkaline diet say that their food consumption is closer to what our ancestors would have originally eaten. They say that, before the onset of Western civilization, a typical human diet was unprocessed and uncooked plant matter. Grains were not edible until the discovery of tools like the mortar and pestle, and meats were an uncommon addition, depending on the hunting prowess of the tribe, rather than domestication of meat-bearing animals. Instead, people had to rely on the plants, fruits and vegetables that could be eaten without problematic preparations.

Proponents of an alkaline diet may do so to alleviate symptoms that they believe are due to larger amounts of acidic foods in the modern diet. Practitioners say that people suffering from frequent illnesses and headaches, or an overall lack of energy, and women who have ovarian and benign breast cysts might benefit from an alkaline diet, or at the very least, a reduction in the amounts of red meat and processed grains that a person consumes.

Yuri Elkaim is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and author of the raw food diet book Eating for Energy. Visit http://www.eatingforenergy.ca to get started with his FREE "Energy Secrets" e-course and discover what your diet has been missing.

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