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The Acid Alkaline Diet – Maintaining a balance between alkaline foods and acidic foods

Posted on 02 December 2009 by Michael

Acid and alkaline are chemical opposites. Whenever these bases interact with acids, there is a struggle between them and salt is the result. In the chemist’s lab, these interactions are very simple and straightforward. However, in our bodies, the interaction becomes more complex because of the scale at which acids and bases meet.

The free radical oxidation that occurs when you eat acidic foods makes you age faster. Vitamins and minerals are not absorbed as readily. Friendly bacteria in the small intestine die, which puts the digestive system off balance. Further hurting the function of the intestine is the fact that a high level of acidity inhibits the ability for intestinal walls to absorb nutrients. Cells become stressed with the toxins that build up and cannot remove them. The vast majority of bodily systems cannot run at full capacity.

On the other hand, alkaline foods have a wide variety of benefits to your health. Eating them improves your muscle output. They also have antioxidant effects in the body. They increase assimilation at the cellular level and allow cells to operate in the manner that they should. There is a reduction of parasites and yeast overgrowth with the use of alkaline foods. Alkaline foods promote deeper and more restful sleep, more youthful skin and relieve suffering from colds, headaches and the flu. Alkaline foods promote abundant physical energy.

How does the pH diet work?

The main concept behind the pH miracle diet is to maintain a balance of pH in the foods that you eat. The human body is slightly alkaline and therefore it is better for your health to eat a diet composed of alkalizing foods. When you eat too many acidic foods, your system becomes unbalanced and it can cause a whole host of problems, including weight gain, poor concentration, fatigue and depressed immunity that can lead to more serious conditions.

The pH miracle diet relies on lists of foods that are acidic (to be avoided) and alkalizing (to be emphasized). The alkalizing foods are better for your health and help to balance the pH of your body. While acid, alkaline and pH are common terms, many people do not understand exactly what they mean and what they have to do with nutrition and health.

Alkalizing the diet has many benefits, in addition to cancer prevention. The alkaline food list is a selection of choices that will benefit your health when you start incorporating them into your body.

Dr. Golding On Why and How To Alkalize Your Body

Posted on 02 December 2009 by Michael

Dr Craige Golding, a specialist physician in anti-aging medicine and medical director of Solal, does a nice presentation on why you should alkalize your body and how to do it. He discusses implications of acidic residue in weight loss and various diseases.

How To Lose Weight Fast

Posted on 23 November 2009 by Michael

Working in an office type environment and spending countless uninterrupted hours in front of the computer was bound to take a toll on my weight, so slowly but surely I started gaining weight (in all the wrong parts :). I knew that sooner or later I should start doing something about it because people around me kept saying getting back in shape was not going to be as easy as I thought.

Why most diets don’t work
Turns out they were wrong. Most people get their information from TV programs and commercials, and the general consensus on losing weight is that you should eat less calories. But that’s just misinformation, gaining or losing weight has nothing to do with counting calories and calorie intake. It has everything to do with the acidic residue in your body that stimulates the accumulation of fat tissue.

How To Lose Weight Fast in 3 Easy Steps

Step 1. Flush Out The Toxins
The fastest way to start losing significant weight is to undergo a detox diet to flush out the toxins that clog up your colon and poison your body. Your system is not designed to digest all those different types of fake foods advertised on TV. You need to clean and “grease up the engine” a little bit.

Step 2. Restore Your Alkaline Balance
The single major cause of disease and obesity is acidic residue, caused by our improper imbalanced diet. All this talk about calories is just nonsense. I bet you know plenty of people eating how much they want and not gain weight. How come? They have a more alkaline diet by eating more fruits and vegetables. It’s not about calories, it’s about pH.

Most high protein foods and “fake foods” (like doritos, cheerios…) have a higher acidity level than your body. So the body starts producing fat tissue to “glue” to the acidic molecules to try to get back to the normal pH level. Once you start eating a more alkalizing diet, the body’s need for fat decreases and you’ll start losing weight.

Step 3. Exercise to increase your metabolism
There’s no way around it so I’ll just be blunt with you: You can’t lose weight just sitting around. For thousands of years we’ve been nomads, hunter-gatherers. We actually had to walk to find plants to eat or run around chasing animals. But that’s changed recently and the lack of activity is having a huge impact on us. You definitely need to get some exercise.

To help you keep motivated during this process, start a daily journal and track your progress. Write down what you eat daily, what exercises you’re doing and for how long. Your mind is looking for fast satisfaction so being able to track progress is going to help you stay on course.

Acid Reflux Diet Plan

Posted on 23 November 2009 by Michael

For both immediate and long-term survival, the body must maintain balance between acidity and alkalinity. In fact, the link between dietary pH balance and various health issues has been recognized by physicians since the early 20th century, although it is only recently started creating buzz.

This is because the modern diet is vastly different than it was 100 years ago due to the wide availability of protein. Since protein is now a significant component of most meals, the bulk of the current diet consists primarily of foods that leave an acidic residue within the body. This occurs when food is metabolized and broken down, leaving certain chemical and metallic residues which yield either acid or alkaline potentials of pH for the body.

Fact: acidic waste is the single largest cause of heartburn, acid reflux and all major digestive disorders.

The human body genuinely wants to seek balance, in all forms – GERD (Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease) is simply a result of a long-standing pH imbalance. When too much acidic food is consumed, the stomach can’t digest it completely. The excess undigested food then turns into acid waste, which causes stomach spasms or twitching leading to an increase in stomach gas. This gas increase forces open the valve between the esophagus and stomach allowing stomach acid to retreat into the esophagus.

The acid reflux diet – acid alkaline diet, relies on lists of foods that are acidic (to be avoided) and alkalizing (to be emphasized). The alkalizing foods are better for your health and help to balance the pH of your body. While acid, alkaline and pH are common terms, many people do not understand exactly what they mean and what they have to do with nutrition and health.

How To Lose Belly Fat Fast

Posted on 10 October 2009 by Michael

I used to be really thin, but since I started working online, the long hours in front of my PC took a toll on me. Slowly but surely I started to grow a magnificent flabby belly and change pant sizes. That’s a common problem of people working a long time in an office and not exercising regularly. So how did I get back in shape?

Step 1. Detoxify your body
You would be surprised (and horrified) to find out how much residue your body has collected from all the junk fake food you’ve been fed by the fast food industry. Your body isn’t designed to digest any of the “os” stuff (cheerios, doritos…), carbonated drinks, industrial colorants and food preservatives. Over the years this toxic residue clogs up your intestines and starts releasing toxins into your system. Regular body detox sessions will flush out most of the toxins and residue and improve your general health.

Step 2. Alkalinize your diet
Most of modern day diseases are known to be caused by our diet for the most part. Acid residue left by the modern high protein diet is increasing the pH imbalance in our body. To restore that balance you need to increase the amount of alkalizing foods in your diet. We have a natural 70/30 ratio of water and matter in our body and to respect that proportion you have to maintain a ratio of 70% alkaline food – 30% acidic food in your diet.

Step 3. Get some exercise
There’s no way around this, no matter how much you want to believe. All the diets in the world, all the “superfoods” or weird “no-work” fitness machines will not help you. Our species used to live in caves and run around a lot hunting for food. That’s what our bodies are built for. The invention of agriculture solved the food problem for us, but created another one: sedentarism. Running for your food (instead of driving to it) could be one way of getting fit again. Use it (your body) or lose it. You can’t go against mother nature with this.

Also, there’s no better time than the present time. Start today by writing down and keeping trak of progress to keep you focused.

Natural Acid Reflux Cures

Posted on 19 August 2009 by Michael

Traditional medicine has taken a lot of criticism over the last century from the western medicine, the latter considered to be science-based. Modern doctors will tell you that traditional natural cures are not proven to work. But you have to understand that the tests they do on a medicine are rigged so that the only commonly accepted solutions can pass.

There’s a research institute that get sponsored by the Big Pharma to do these tests and they come to an agreement with similar testing labs and certify a certain drug. This doesn’t mean that it works. It only means that there’s a transfer of trust from the drug authorities to a commercial product to increase sales.

Also, natural cures are usually cheap, most of them consisting of plants that grow around pretty much everywhere, so commercializing them is difficult. Companies make a lot more money selling patented products for a premium price.

Proven Natural Cures For Acid Reflux

Some of these cures have been used successfully even from Egyptian times. Centuries of traditional medicine practice have proven the effectiveness of these cures, all of them with no dangerous side-effects like the modern drugs.

The apple cure is one of the most surprising that I’ve personally used. Eating a fresh red apple right before bed calms the stomach and guarantees a restful sleep. Usually during the night I woke up with heartburn, sore throat and dry mouth. Drinking water only aggravated the unease feeling. One apple a day keeps heartburn away.

Ginger tea is available in health food stores, and is helpful for acid reflux when used either with the meal or immediately following the meal. Ginger is helpful for indigestion and acid reflux, especially if caused by spicy foods.

Aloe Vera Juice – an anti-inflammatory component in this plant has popularized this extract to be one of the simplest yet most effective remedies. It has been used for thousands of years, dating back to ancient Egypt.

Cabbage Juice and Potato Juice – there have been studies which found raw cabbage juice to be useful in treating ulcers, in some cases in approximately 10 days.

Apple Cider Vinegar – having a few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar servings per day provides instant relief with heartburn and GERD. It doesn’t taste very good though, I myself find it very hard to drink it mixed with water. So use it in a salad dressing at meal times.

Alongside these natural cures you have to also keep a food diet for acid reflux for maximum effects.

Foods To Eat With Acid Reflux

Posted on 11 July 2009 by Michael

Changing your daily diet is a surefire way to get rid of heartburn and stomach pain. Some foods with low acidity also known as alkaline foods can greatly improve your condition.

Fruits: apples, bananas. both are well known to decrease acidity and have immediate effect calming pain
Vegetables: baked potatoes, broccoli, peas. Avoid frying them, instead cook the vegetables by baking and boiling.
Grains: rice, graham bread, corn bread.
Dairy: low fat cheese. I also found yogurt great, but it doesn’t work for all people.

I also use teas made from medicinal plants to decrease the acidity levels in my stomach with awesome results.

Acid Reflux – Foods To Avoid

Posted on 11 July 2009 by Michael

Although Acid Reflux and heartburn are both treatable, reports say few try to. Left untreated, this condition can take your life. Due to the damage caused in time to the esophagus by acid, in time cancer develops. It has now become apparent, through studies and research, that people who suffer from acid reflux are likely to be predisposed to carcinoma of the esophagus.

There are a few well known foods that negatively impact the hyper-acidity in the stomach:

Fatty Foods – this includes all junk food. Hamburgers and hotdogs may taste great, but they will only aggravate the situation.
Acidic Foods like lemons, oranges, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, spaghetti, cheese.
Caffeine – It’s to be found in coffee and tea, and certain sodas as well. Read all labels if in doubt. Taking caffeine will cause gastric acid secretion, and that will lead to acid reflux.
Alcohol – try to limit your alcohol intake as it increases the risk of cancer by 3.5 times
Tabacco makes acid reflux worse. It increases acidity and further hurts the esophagus. Heartburn is a consequence of smoking.

Simple changes in diet can easily decrease the acidity levels and improve general condition.

Why You Can’t Lose Weight

Posted on 02 January 2009 by Michael

The Easy Way To Lose Weight Fast