The Science Behind a Healthy, Lean Body
For years I wondered what I was missing when it came to losing weight and maintaining it. What I didn't know could hurt me - and did. If you're tired of following diets out there that only end up in disappointment, you should read further.
The Alkaline Diet most closely follows that of our ancestors and this is a key element to its effectiveness. Plus, its' been proven and documented for the past 70 years. Let's take a closer look.
First, we've got to take a look at what's wrong with our eating today:
Almost 70% of Americans are either overweight or obese! If you’re overweight, you probably experience other symptoms like fatigue, swelling, sore joints, and a host of other signs of poor health.
You probably feel like giving up on ever enjoying the body you want and deserve. Perhaps you’ve been told that you’re just getting older, but that simply isn’t the truth. Don’t buy into that lie. Other cultures have healthy, lean seniors who enjoy great health into their 80′s and 90′s!
In fact, your body is a brilliantly-designed machine and if you have any symptoms of ill-health this is a sure sign that your body’s chemistry is too acidic. Your symptoms are just a cry for help. This is because the body doesn’t just break down one day. Instead, your health erodes slowly over time.
The Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) focuses on refined carbohydrates, sugars, alcohol, meats and dairy. These foods are all highly acid-forming. Meanwhile, despite pleas from the nutritional experts, we simply don’t eat enough of the alkalizing foods such as fresh fruits, veggies, nuts, and legumes.
In short, our S.A.D. lifestyle upsets the natural acid-alkaline balance our bodies need. This condition causes obesity, low-level aches and pains, colds and flu, and eventually disease sets in.
What is this alkaline-acid balance that the Alkaline Diet promotes?
Most of us are familiar with the term pH. pH refers to the level of acidity or alkalinity contained in something. Alkalinity is measured on a scale. You can take a simple and inexpensive test at home to see where your alkalinity level falls, as well as to monitor it regularly.
Medical researchers and scientists have known for at least 70 years this lesser-known fact….your body requires a certain pH level, or delicate balance of your body’s acid-alkaline levels – for optimal health and vitality.
This concept may seem far fetched or irrelevant, so let’s see why alkaline balance and an alkaline diet matters to you?
Why does the proper pH balance and alkalinity matter to you?
To best answer this question we’ll use two examples of how acid and alkalinity plays a role in your body.
Example #1: We all know that our stomach has acid in it. Along with enzymes, this acid is essential for breaking food into basic elements that can be absorbed by the digestive tract. What if we didn’t have any acid in our stomachs? We would die from malnutrition in no time because the body couldn’t utilize a whole piece of meat or a whole piece of anything, for that matter! Make sense?
Example #2: Different parts of our body require different levels of acidity or alkalinity. For example, your blood requires a slightly more alkaline level than your stomach acids. What if your blood was too acidic? It would virtually eat through your veins and arteries, causing a massive internal hemorrhage!
While these examples demonstrate that the various parts or systems in the body need different pH levels, we don’t need to worry about that.
Our problem is simple and it’s this…..we are simply to acidic overall, period.
Just how is an alkaline diet different from other diets?
Yes. Many diets focus on the same foods that cause you to be overweight or sick in the first place! They simply ask you to eat less of those things, to eat more time per day, or to combine them differently.
In fairness to these diet’s creators, they know that many of us don’t want to make the bigger changes for our health. We like a diet that’s focused on processed and refined foods, our meat, our sugar, alcohols and such. The diet creators are simply trying to help us make easier changes.
Meanwhile we’ve gotten used to eating this way, and it’s not ALL our fault! Greedy food processing giants have a vested interest in keeping us eating this way. Profits are much higher in this sector of the food industry than in the production of your more basic foods like fruits and veggies.
So, again, YES…this diet is different.
If you want massive change, you have to make at least a moderate change. What you’re doing now is NOT working.
If you were feeling lean, healthy and vital you wouldn’t need to read this article, right?
What kinds of foods are included in an Alkaline Diet?
On an alkaline diet, many of the foods you eat today are still allowed and encouraged!
Fresh fruits and freshly made juices*
Fresh veggies and juices*
Cooked veggies*
Some legumes and soy
Lean proteins and some eggs
Certain grains
Healthy fats and nuts
*You may be surprised to learn that some veggies and fruits are better for you than others!
You can consume some of these foods and beverages, but they should be minimized:
Dairy
Many common grains
Refined foods and sugars
Alcohol and caffeine
What can you expect from an alkaline diet?
Like any change in diet or lifestyle, you’ll have an adjustment period when you begin the alkaline diet. Yet because you’re burning the cleanest fuel, which your body craves, so unlike many diet plans, you won’t ever need to feel hungry!
Plus, you can eat all you like until you’re satisfied! You also won’t need to count calories, ever! And you’ll enjoy plenty of variety, so you’ll never get bored with eating.
Why will an alkaline diet work better for you and how much weight can you expect to lose?
Think of an alkaline diet as a type of ‘juice fast’ for the body. Only it’s not so extreme. You’re eating nutrient rich, easily digestible foods that your body craves. When you provide all the cells of the body that it so desperately needs, your hunger goes away. And there are tons of delicious recipes available, so you don’t need to feel annoyed with your meals. No boring veggies here.
Here’s the best part about following an Alkaline Diet:
When followed properly, you can expect to melt the fat away easily and quickly! Many people report losing 2-3 pounds or more per week – a number that wouldn’t be safe in most traditional diet programs. (Normally, the only diets that produce this much weight loss are fad diets, where you regain the weight and then some once you start eating like you did before.)
The difference with an alkaline diet is this…
You fully support your body’s needs by eating an alkaline-based diet, so all those fats, toxins and ‘sludge’ will drop from your body without you having to think about it! This is because fats are kind of a buffer for our sensitive tissues and organs, protecting them from an overly-acidic diet. Once you make it ‘safe’ for your body to shed this fat, it will do so automatically!
The alkaline diet does two important things that traditional diets don’t.
1. It provides a superior quantity and quality of nourishment to your body’s cells.
2. AND it naturally helps to detoxify and cleanse the trillions of cells in your body!
These two facts are behind the reason why the Alkaline Diet work so quickly and safely.
If you've read this far, congratulations! I know it's a lot of information to take in. I also don't expect that you'll run right out and try this diet tomorrow. But if it intrigued you enough, check into the alkaline diet lifestyle. One excellent resource is the work of Robert Young, who pioneered the recent documentation of alkaline living.(I don't receive any commission by referring you to this site, I am simply passionate about this topic.)
Thanks for reading, and all the best to you!
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