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The alkaline diet is primarily concerned with pH balance of the body and overall well being. By eating a better ratio of alkaline to acid foods than the typical Western diet we are able to keep our body in a better state of balance. As alkaline foods are mainly fruits and vegetables it is apparent [...]
Alkalizing your body is a simple way to start becoming healthier and giving your body the nutrients it needs to make you feel energetic and motivated throughout the day. It is easy to alkalize and the benefits are worth many times the effort it involves.
The alkaline acid diet is straight forward. All it suggests is [...]
Foods that are highly alkalizing are fruits and vegetables. These foodstuffs produce a negative PRAL (Potential Renal Acid Load) rating when the nutritional content is analyzed. For people interested in the alkaline acid diet and optimum pH balance of the body it is worth noting that within this group of alkali producing food, some produce [...]
With the aim of consuming 10-15 servings of fruit and vegetables every day on the acid alkaline diet one of the most useful kitchen items is a fruit and vegetable juicer.
I use a Magimix le duo juicer to help me alkalize my diet. It cost me about $300 which is more expensive than the U.S. [...]
The alkaline acid diet is about more than just bringing your body back to, or keeping your body at, optimum pH balance. Eating a higher percentage of alkaline foods than the typical acidic Western diet certainly will have an overall alkalizing effect. However the foods that the alkaline acid diet advocates that we increase our [...]
As I progress with my alkaline acid diet it is becoming clear that eating more alkaline foods while at the same time reducing my acid food consumption is going to involve giving up meat. Possibly to the point of becoming a vegetarian. Even though meat is an acid food I love it too much to [...]
The conflicting information available online about the alkaline acid diet means that you might have difficulty determining whether coffee is an alkaline food or an acid food. Despite the fact that I originally believed it was an acid food and actually decided to stop drinking coffee based on various alkaline acid food charts I had [...]
How scientific is the alkaline acid diet? The main ideas that the acid diet suggests are straight forward. We should increase the amount of fruit and vegetables we eat while also reducing the amount of low quality nutrition acid foods in our diet. So what are these poor acid foods? These are foods that have [...]