Alkaline Diet
An alkaline diet is the most important factor in maintaining optimum health and fighting cancer. The human body should be slightly alkaline (pH above 7.0). With the average diet consisting of highly processed foods, meats, and dairy products, the vast majority of people are acidic (pH below 7.0). This leads to an inability to absorb oxygen, which is the primary way the body destroys pathogens and removes waste. An oxygenated environment is cancer's worst enemy.
An alkaline diet will also provide the body with desperately needed nutrients since whole, living foods will contain enzymes, vitamins and minerals that the body uses to repair, build, and assimilate. Without these nutrients the body rapidly decays. Processed foods lack these three important elements, which is why they are often "fortified". Unfortunately, adding these items back in after a food has been processed usually means you forfeit quality.
An alkaline diet will also provide the body with desperately needed nutrients since whole, living foods will contain enzymes, vitamins and minerals that the body uses to repair, build, and assimilate. Without these nutrients the body rapidly decays. Processed foods lack these three important elements, which is why they are often "fortified". Unfortunately, adding these items back in after a food has been processed usually means you forfeit quality.
A food's alkaline-forming ability in the body has nothing to do with the pH of the food itself. Meat will usually test alkaline before digestion takes place, bit it quickly becomes acid-forming in the body during digestion. On the other hand, lemons are very acidic, but they can be alkaline-forming after digestion. Some foods are alkaline forming when eaten by themselves or with like-foods but become acid-forming when improperly combined with the wrong foods.
When we digest food we break it down to form water, carbon, and inorganic compounds. The carbon is a waste product that is removed primarily through respiration. The inorganic compounds will be either alkaline or acidic, which determines whether the food is alkaline or acid-forming. If the end result is more calcium, potassium, or sodium it is alkaline. If it contains more sulfur, chloride, and phosphate it is acid-forming. Proper food combining is another very important element in maintaining the body's alkalinity.
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When we digest food we break it down to form water, carbon, and inorganic compounds. The carbon is a waste product that is removed primarily through respiration. The inorganic compounds will be either alkaline or acidic, which determines whether the food is alkaline or acid-forming. If the end result is more calcium, potassium, or sodium it is alkaline. If it contains more sulfur, chloride, and phosphate it is acid-forming. Proper food combining is another very important element in maintaining the body's alkalinity.
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