| Whatever diet you choose to live by, the food you | | | | balance can be maintained easily. When this happens, |
| eat has to provide your body with the nourishment | | | | the body will detoxify itself naturally. In addition, |
| to properly balance your body's chemistry. If you | | | | weight loss is a side effect of being properly |
| have health challenges, are overweight or obese, | | | | balanced. When one is out of balance, or overly |
| chances are you are not in balance at all. The typical | | | | acidic, weight gain, chronic illness, allergies, cancer, |
| North American diet is woefully out of balance. Even | | | | heart disease and even diabetes can result. This |
| what are commonly considered as healthy diets, such | | | | chronic overacidity of the blood corrodes the tissues |
| as low fat, vegetarien and vegan diets can be | | | | of the body. It can also be said that the main cause |
| improperly balanced.The good news is you can forget | | | | of all sickness and disease is the disruption of the |
| counting ... cholesterol, calories, fat grams, | | | | balance in the body.With that in mind, how does one |
| carbohydrates, etc, if you eat a properly balanced | | | | get in balance?In order to get in balance, one needs |
| diet. But, just what does a properly balanced diet | | | | to consume about 80 percent of your diet as alkaline |
| consist of?At this time, it is important to remember a | | | | foods. Green leafy vegetables are a great example |
| quick lesson in chemistry. Many people know about | | | | of alkaline foods. So are sprouts, broccoli and many |
| acids. We used to often hear about acid rain and | | | | other green vegetables. A great way to get started |
| almost everyone knows that acids are dangerous. | | | | on this new way of life is to pick up a copy of "The |
| The opposite of acids are bases, or alkaloids. These | | | | pH Miracle" from your local or online bookstore. Inside |
| alkaline substances will neutralize acids. In fact, if you | | | | you will learn how to jumpstart your way into a |
| mix an acid and a base of equal strength, you will get | | | | lifestyle of balanced eating that promotes long term |
| a new liquid that is close to being neutral. The way of | | | | health. In addition you will discover all the foods you |
| measuring how acidic or alkaline a substance is a scale | | | | should avoid and the ones that you can eat as much |
| called pH.It turns out that the body has a set level of | | | | as you like. This book is written by Dr. Robert O. |
| pH that it likes to function in. Just as we all have a | | | | Young and his wife Shelley provides recipes in the |
| normal body temperature, we also have a normal pH | | | | book too. All in all, an alkaline way of life is both |
| for our tissues. Different tissues have different pH | | | | healthy and safe when done properly.A raw food |
| levels. One of the most important ones is the pH of | | | | diet that is rich in alkaline foods is the fastest way to |
| your blood. The pH of your blood is slightly alkaline. | | | | health. We help spread the word of this amazing way |
| The body will go to great lengths to keep that pH | | | | of life at our Raw Food Diet web site. There you will |
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| building blocks in the proper pH such that the pH | | | | |