BENEFIT OF ALKALINE DIETS
The Key to Longevity and Fighting Chronic Disease.
??What Is An Alkaline Diet?
An alkaline diet is one that is intended to help balance the blood pH level of the fluids in your body, including your blood and urine.
?? Health Benefits
Alkaline foods supply important nutrients that help stop accelerated signs of aging and a gradual loss of organ and cellular functions.
1. Protects Bone Density and Muscle Mass
Your intake of minerals plays an important role in the development and maintenance of bone structures.
More alkalizing fruits and vegetables someone eats, the better protection that person might have from experiencing decreased bone strength and muscle wasting as they age, known as sarcopenia.
An alkaline diet can support bone health by balancing the ratio of minerals that are important for building bones and maintaining lean muscle mass, including calcium, magnesium and phosphate.
2. Lowers Risk for Hypertension and Stroke
One of the anti-aging effects of an alkaline diet is that it decreases inflammation and causes an increase in growth hormone production.
This has been shown to improve cardiovascular health and offer protection against common problems like high cholesterol, hypertension (high blood pressure), kidney stones, stroke and even memory loss.
3. Lowers Chronic Pain and Inflammation
Alkaline diet reduced levels of chronic pain. Chronic acidosis has been found to contribute to chronic back pain, headaches, muscle spasms, menstrual symptoms, inflammation and joint pain.
4. Boosts Vitamin Absorption and Prevents Magnesium Deficiency
An increase in magnesium is required for the function of hundreds of enzyme systems and bodily processes. Many people are deficient in magnesium and as a result experience heart complications, muscle pains, headaches, sleep troubles and anxiety.
5. Helps Improve Immune Function and Cancer Protection
When cells lack enough minerals to properly dispose of waste or oxygenate the body fully, the whole body suffers.
Vitamin absorption is compromised by mineral loss, while toxins and pathogens accumulate in the body and weaken the immune system.
6. Can Help You Maintain a Healthy Weight
Alkaline diet meal help in weight loss and help protect against obesity.
?? Best Alkaline Foods
Fresh fruits and vegetables promote alkalinity the most.
Examples Are:
Mushrooms, citrus, dates, raisins, spinach, grapefruit, tomatoes, avocado, summer black radish, alfalfa grass, barley grass, cucumber, kale, jicama, wheat grass, broccoli, oregano, garlic, ginger, green beans, endive, cabbage, celery, red beet, watermelon, figs and ripe banana.
? Plant proteins: Almonds, navy beans, lima beans and most other beans are good choices.
? Alkaline water.
? Green drinks: Drinks made from green vegetables and grasses in powder form are loaded with alkaline-forming foods and chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is structurally similar to our own blood and helps alkalize the blood.
? Other foods to eat on an alkaline diet include sprouts, wheatgrass, kamut, fermented soy like natto or tempeh, and seeds.
■ ((What Kinds Of Habits Can Cause Acidity In Your Body?))
? Alcohol and drug use.
? High caffeine intake.
? Antibiotic overuse.
? Artificial sweeteners.
? Chronic stress.
? Declining nutrient levels in foods due to industrial farming.
? Low levels of fiber in the diet.
? Lack of exercise.
? Excess animal meats in the diet (from non-grass-fed sources).
? Excess hormones from foods, health and beauty products, and plastics.
? Exposure to chemicals and radiation from household cleansers, building materials, computers, cell phones and microwaves.
? Food coloring and preservatives.
? Over-exercise.
? Pesticides and herbicides.
? Pollution.
? Poor chewing and eating habits.
? Processed and refined foods.
COURTESY: RightLiving Health Foundation (RC:131063) - a registered Non-Governmental Health Maintenance organization focusing on Preventive Medicine and Nutritional Therapy with emphasis on Natural Health..