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THE PH BALANCE DIET
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Our blood is slightly alkaline, with a normal pH level of between 7.35 and 7.45.

The theory behind the Alkaline Diet is that our diet should reflect a slightly alkaline pH level similar to our blood.

Almost all foods that we eat, after being digested, absorbed, and metabolized, release either an acid or an alkaline base (bicarbonate) into blood.

In the United States, we have a diet that produces high levels of ACID at the intracellular level. This is called ACIDOSIS, and it is a major underlying cause to many diseases. It also allows Candida and parasites to run rampant through your body.
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Processed sugars and starches, which are both a major mainstay of the Western diet, are some of the prime offenders in the acidification process. Natural sugar sources have minerals and vitamins within them. Fruits start out as acids, but have the necessary minerals within them to help the cells turn those acids into alkaline by products. Processed sugars do not, and when they are consumed, they release acid into the body. With heavy use of starches and sugars, the body becomes more ACIDIC.

With the overuse of sugar and the introduction of antibiotics, our friendly bacteria also becomes less prevalent. Candida will mutate and grow out of control. Candida symptoms include uncontrollable sugar cravings, chronic yeast infections, acne, dry skin, fatigue and frequent sinus infections. Parasites also thrive when candida does, because the friendly bacteria are not there to keep them in check. Worms that would normally pass through the body find a hospitable environment and take hold in the intestine.

If you want to maintain health, you'll need to restore balance to your body with an alkalizing diet.
By eating mostly ALKALINE foods, you'll need to restore balance to your body with an alkalizing diet more in line with the alkaline state of your cells.
   
A pH Balanced Diet

The pH balance diet is structured to keep your body at healthy acid-alkaline levels. Your blood must stay at a constant, slightly alkaline pH level of 7.35-7.45. If your diet consists of foods that, once digested, leave acidic residues behind, your body must work hard to neutralize, or buffer, those acidic residues. Examples of acidic residues could be sugars, alcohol, medications or even protein foods which have a high ACIDIC content.
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Your kidneys use key nutrients like calcium, magnesium, and potassium to neutralize acids. Many times, your body resorts to using these nutrients found in your bones so that it can restore a healthy pH balance. Example of the body constantly needing Calcium to balance the pH level of your blood can eventually result in Osteoporosis!

To ease the stress on your organs and nutrient supplies, you can stick to the pH balance diet. The pH balance diet focuses on foods that, once digested, best match the pH levels of your body. Alkaline foods in the pH balance diet include healthy portions of vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, and seeds. Acid forming foods like breads, pastas, meats, and sugars are allowed with the pH balance diet, but they are consumed in moderation.

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To make sure that your pH balance diet is effective, you can use pH test strips and a buffering supplement to ensure that your body is receiving what it needs to maintain pH balance. The pH balance diet definitely takes pressure off your body’s filters, regulating systems, and nutrient stores, leading to a healthier and more energetic you.
   

6 RULES FOR the pH Balance Diet

There are four elementary principles for selecting foods to ensure the proper quantities of acidifying, alkalizing, and acid foods in the diet. These are accompanied by four additional rules to be followed by people who are unable to metabolize acids properly.

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• Rule one: A meal should never consist solely of acidifying foods but should always contain alkaline foods.

A meal of meat with pasta, or fish and rice, with cake and coffee for dessert is not a recommended menu because it consists entirely of acidifying foods; the same applies to a meatless meal of pasta with tomato sauce followed by a dessert sweetened with white sugar. By adding vegetables to this meal in the form of salads or raw or cooked vegetables, the alkaline intake at least partially compensates for the acids. Vegetables are typically included with meals, but often in such small quantities that their effect is negligible.

• Rule two: The amount of alkalizing foods should be greater proportionately than the amount of acidifying foods at anyone meal.

The proportion of foods that produce alkaline elements should always be greater than that of foods that produce acids. Eating in this manner ensures that the acids are neutralized at the intestinal or tissue level without any need for the body to draw from its reserves.

• Rule three: The proportion of alkalizing foods should be even greater proportionately when there is pronounced acidification of the internal environment or when the individual is unable to metabolize acids properly.

The more the body is weakened or exhausted, the less alkaline reserve it has for its buffer system, and the less capable it is of oxidizing acids. Putting less acid into the body makes it easier for the body to maintain its acid-alkaline balance.

• Rule four: A diet consisting solely of alkaline vegetables and plant-based food is possible, but only for a limited period (one to two weeks).

An exclusively alkaline diet, consisting solely of vegetables, potatoes, bananas, almonds, and so forth, cannot be continued indefinitely because it is seriously inadequate in protein. Such diets are useful when acidification is very significant and the disorders it has caused are acute, intense, and painful. The abrupt, complete elimination of all acids allows the body to recover more rapidly and return to a normal acid-alkaline balance. An exclusively alkaline diet should remain a short-term therapeutic action so as not to compromise health.

There are four additional rules that people suffering from an inability to metabolize acids properly should heed.

• Rule five: A meal should never consist solely of acid foods but should always include alkaline foods.

This rule is almost identical to rule one, but it involves acid rather than acidifying foods. Eating fruits and yogurt exclusively or drinking only whey-based beverages is strongly discouraged, as the acid intake from such a diet is not compensated by any alkaline food, which forces the body to draw these substances from its own tissues. The risk of health problems caused by mineral depletion is therefore quite significant. These manifest as a sudden drop in vitality, the feeling that one's teeth are on edge, a chilly sensation, itching, joint pains, and others that have been discussed previously.

Alkaline foods that are good accompaniments to fresh fruits are fresh (unripened) cheeses, soft white cheese (large-curd cottage cheese, low-fat cream cheese, ricotta, quark, mozzarella, farmer cheese, fresh goat cheese, yogurt cheese), cream, almonds, bananas, salad greens, or a blend of raw fruits and vegetables.

• Rule six: The quantities of acid and acidifying foods a person eats should be tailored to meet their personal metabolic capabilities.

The inability to metabolize acids properly is rarely absolute; it varies according to individual physiology as well as circumstances (such as stress, fatigue, work, and vacations). Each person has a certain rate at which he or she can metabolize acids properly, a rate that cannot be surpassed without overtaxing the body's capacity.

As long as the quantity of acids ingested or created by the digestion of food is below these rates, the body manages to neutralize them through oxidation before any of the health problems created by acidification manifest. Accordingly, for certain extremely sensitive individuals, half a golden apple no more-suits them just fine, but even a quarter of a Winesap apple is more than they can handle. For any given person, a certain quantity of a food can be acidifying, yet alkalizing or neutral in a lesser amount.

So if you have difficulty metabolizing acids, you can safely eat acid foods as long as you tailor the amount you consume to your physical capacities. Your tolerance threshold can also change over time. You can discover and keep track of your own threshold through experimentation and observation.

Source: The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health
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