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

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