| The body needs to have a balanced pH level to | | | | establish nutritional balance between |
| promote health and normal system functions. | | | | alkaline-forming and acid-forming foods in your |
| Incidentally, the kinds of food that most people | | | | diet. |
| consume add to the acidity and fat stored in the | | | | Flushing off the acid and fat in the body is easier |
| body. | | | | when you increase alkaline foods in your diet. If |
| Coffee, Alcohol, Corn, meat, beans, fish, fowl, | | | | you are currently overweight, eating more alkaline |
| coffee, eggs, yogurt and active cultures, and | | | | foods may assist rapid and long-term weight loss |
| most fermented foods and aged cheeses are | | | | benefits. Nutritionists recommend at least 5 dishes |
| examples of acidic foods which leave an acid | | | | of vegetable and green foods per day. |
| residue in the body. When the body consumes | | | | Most fruits and vegetables are alkaline foods. |
| too much acidic food, toxins build up and the body | | | | Examples of very alkaline foods include bananas, |
| tries to protect itself by storing fat cells. Hence, | | | | apples, pineapples, tomatoes, potatoes, fogs, |
| too much acid results in weight problems and | | | | potatoes, celery, lettuce, cabbage, spinach and |
| illnesses. By increasing alkaline foods in your diet, | | | | dandelion greens. Simply put, all green vegetables |
| you can neutralize the effect of acid, lessen the | | | | and herbs are alkalizing. To make sure that your |
| fat stored inside the body and improve your | | | | diet is alkaline, begin balancing your diet. So how |
| weight.pH or 'potential Hydrogen' is actually a | | | | should it work? |
| rating system that indicates the acidity or alkalinity | | | | First, be conscious about your food choices. Start |
| of a fluid. 7 is the neutral pH level. pH value that is | | | | finding alternatives to high-acid foods. By |
| less than 7 means acidic and values greater than | | | | preferring an alkaline diet and keeping your body |
| 7 indicates alkalinity. The body functions best | | | | more alkaline, you can actually gain significant |
| when its pH value is slightly alkaline. Consuming | | | | health benefits such as increased energy and |
| more high-acid foods may compromise the pH of | | | | vitality. More importantly, it allows your body to |
| bodily fluids. | | | | process fat, converting it to energy instead of |
| One classic symptom of pH imbalance is weight | | | | storing it as solid body fat. |
| problem; either you become overweight or | | | | The optimal strategy for good health and healthier |
| underweight. The food you ingest greatly | | | | body is by observing 50 to 80% alkaline foods |
| influences the body's pH level. To a person who is | | | | diet daily. The enzymes and nutrients you get |
| used to continental breakfast, processed foods | | | | from alkaline vegetables and fruits hasten cell |
| and foods that are high in fat and sugar, he or | | | | rejuvenation and provide the body with enzymes |
| she is most likely to become acidic. And one way | | | | that are essential in building and maintaining health. |
| of decelerating and interrupting the critical | | | | Following this eating style awakens the cells and |
| processes of over-acidification of the body is to | | | | frees the body from built up toxins. |