Alkaline diet is different form popular diets for weight loss. It is based on the correct input of acid-base food during the day, which should be in the ratio of 4: 1 in favor of alkalis. Alkaline foods contributes to the overall health and prevents disease.
Excessive acidity of the body can be extremely harmful to the overall human health. People who are too acidic are constantly tired, weak, with a lack of energy, and are often subject to colds and infections.
In the difficulties are included also indigestion, gastritis, abdominal bloating, cramping, aching muscles and wrists, headaches. For all that is responsible acidic food!
Alkaline diet has a task to establish a proper pH balance of the body in order to these symptoms disappeared!
Alkaline diet involves daily intake in the ratio of 75% raw food and 25% cooked food. Dr. Ana Gifing, a specialist in the field of anti-aging medicine, claims that the white sugar and industrial supplies are the main triggers for most modern diseases such as diabetes, osteoporosis, high blood pressure and others.
Also, consuming acidic foods disturb the optimal pH for the establishment of the pH balance that range from 7.35-7.45.
Scientists and go even further and claim that the malignant tumor can be developed only in an acidic environment and not in the base, and this is proven by the fact that people who have cancer have significantly reduced pH value, which ranges in scale from 0 to 14, where is the most alkaline value of 14, and the most acidic is 0.
Read which foods to choose for alkaline diet.
Acidic foods to 25% per day:
– Meat: pork, veal, beef, poultry, tuna, venison, shellfish, meat products, canned sardines.
– Fruit: plum, tangerine, raspberry, cranberry, cherry, pomegranate, pineapple, apple, peach, apricot, grapefruit, strawberries, currants, papaya, cherry and others.
Base supplies 75% daily (alkaline foods)
– Vegetables: garlic, broccoli, onions, ginger, seaweed, potatoes, eggplant, cauliflower, chard, Brussels sprout, kale, coriander, chives, carrots, fresh peppers, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, peas, black radish, pumpkin, watermelon, cucumber, celery, artichokes, comfrey, horseradish, dandelion, radishes, turnips, parsnips.
– Fruits: banana, coconut, figs, avocados, lime, lemon, orange, mango, pears.
– Other: pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds, chestnuts, flaxseed oil, coconut oil, olive oil, basil, thyme, barley, oats, millet, soy milk, sea salt, green tea, apple cider vinegar.
Alkaline diet – a menu for one day
Breakfast: omelet from 2 eggs, one slice of whole wheat bread and one fresh tomatoes, followed by a cup of ginger tea.
Snack: one banana, pumpkin seeds (1 handful).
Lunch: vegetable soup, beef with sweet cabbage.
Snack: apple or a handful of almonds.
Dinner: grilled chicken (150 g) with cabbage salad, or fish with mixed salad.
Alkaline diet is quite flexible, so you create your own menu for every day. Pay attention to the amounts of basic and acidic foods during the diet and you will not go wrong.
Experience with an alkaline diet
The taste of the food does not determine its acidity – Example: lemon is very acidic but is extremely basic food, in contrast to the white sugar which is very sweet and has an acidic pH value.
Eat as many fresh vegetables and fruits, and drink at least 2 liters of fluid during the day.
Drink lemon juice every day.
Eat fish and meat without rice, bread and potatoes with the obligatory salad. Fresh salads prepared with olive oil or apple cider vinegar.
Cereals combine with honey.
Less thermally processed foods, avoid transfats and industrial processed food.
The distance between the meals should be at least 3 to 4 hours. Mandatory physical activity (light exercise, biking, nature walks).
Alkaline diet will already after three days regain your energy and you will feel much stronger. To achieve the results visible to the eye (removal of fat around the waist), it is up to eight weeks to comply menu.
Alkaline diet is not instant, nor short-term solution for weight loss that follows the yo-yo effect, but shoes results in the long run.