Alkalizing Diets
All tissues and cells that make up the human body are composed of 16 chemical elements.
The balance of these chemical elements in the body is an essential factor in the maintenance of health and healing of disease. The acid-alkaline balance plays an intrinsic role in this balanced body chemistry.
All foods, after digestion and absorption leave either an acid or alkaline "ash" in the body depending on their mineral composition. The acid-alkaline balance for a normal body chemistry is approximately 20% acid and 80% alkaline.
In normal health, the blood is alkaline and that is essential for our physical and mental well-being.
Carbohydrates and fats form about nine-tenths of the normal fuel of the body. Normally, this is converted into carbon dioxide gas and water. Half of the remaining one-tenth fuel is also converted into the same gas and water.
This huge amount of acid is transported by the blood to the various points of discharge, mainly the lungs. Because of its alkalinity, the blood is able to transport the acid from the tissues to the discharge points.
Acidosis (accumulation of acid in the tissues) occurs whenever the alkalinity of the blood is reduced, even slightly, and its ability to transport the carbon dioxide gets reduced.
It is also known as hypo-alkalinity of the blood.
Its symptoms are hunger, indigestion, burning sensation and pain in the pharynx, nausea, vomiting, headache, various nervous disorders and drowsiness.
Acidosis is the breeding ground for most diseases.
Nepthritis or Bright’s disease, rheumatism, premature old age, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, skin disorders and various degenerative diseases are traceable to this condition.
It significantly impedes the functions of the glands and organs of the body. It increases the danger of infectious diseases.
The main cause of too much acid is faulty diet, in which too many acid forming foods have been consumed.
Acidosis can be prevented by maintaining a proper ratio between acid and alkaline foods in the diet.
For example, eggs leave alkaline ash and help in maintaining the alkalinity of the food, while others foods leave highly acidic ash and lowers the alkalinity of the body.
Cereals of all kinds, including all sorts of breads are also acid-forming foods , though much less than meats.
All fruits, with exceptions like plums and prunes and all green and root vegetables are highly alkaline foods and help to alkalinize the blood and other tissue fluids.
So - on an alkalizing diet your daily intake should consist of 80% alkaline-forming foods such as juicy, ripe fruits, tubers, legumes, green, leafy and root vegetables and 20% of acid-forming foods with concentrated proteins and starches such as meat, fish, bread and cereals.
The most agreeable and convenient means of alkalizing the blood are citrus fruits and fruit juices. The alkalizing value of citrus fruits are due to large percentage of alkaline salts, mainly potash, which they contain. Each pint of orange juice contains 12 grains of potassium, one of the most potent of alkalis. Lemon juice contains nine grains of the alkali to the pint and grape seven grains.
The balance of these chemical elements in the body is an essential factor in the maintenance of health and healing of disease. The acid-alkaline balance plays an intrinsic role in this balanced body chemistry.
All foods, after digestion and absorption leave either an acid or alkaline "ash" in the body depending on their mineral composition. The acid-alkaline balance for a normal body chemistry is approximately 20% acid and 80% alkaline.
In normal health, the blood is alkaline and that is essential for our physical and mental well-being.
Carbohydrates and fats form about nine-tenths of the normal fuel of the body. Normally, this is converted into carbon dioxide gas and water. Half of the remaining one-tenth fuel is also converted into the same gas and water.
This huge amount of acid is transported by the blood to the various points of discharge, mainly the lungs. Because of its alkalinity, the blood is able to transport the acid from the tissues to the discharge points.
Acidosis (accumulation of acid in the tissues) occurs whenever the alkalinity of the blood is reduced, even slightly, and its ability to transport the carbon dioxide gets reduced.
It is also known as hypo-alkalinity of the blood.
Its symptoms are hunger, indigestion, burning sensation and pain in the pharynx, nausea, vomiting, headache, various nervous disorders and drowsiness.
Acidosis is the breeding ground for most diseases.
Nepthritis or Bright’s disease, rheumatism, premature old age, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, skin disorders and various degenerative diseases are traceable to this condition.
It significantly impedes the functions of the glands and organs of the body. It increases the danger of infectious diseases.
The main cause of too much acid is faulty diet, in which too many acid forming foods have been consumed.
Acidosis can be prevented by maintaining a proper ratio between acid and alkaline foods in the diet.
For example, eggs leave alkaline ash and help in maintaining the alkalinity of the food, while others foods leave highly acidic ash and lowers the alkalinity of the body.
Cereals of all kinds, including all sorts of breads are also acid-forming foods , though much less than meats.
All fruits, with exceptions like plums and prunes and all green and root vegetables are highly alkaline foods and help to alkalinize the blood and other tissue fluids.
So - on an alkalizing diet your daily intake should consist of 80% alkaline-forming foods such as juicy, ripe fruits, tubers, legumes, green, leafy and root vegetables and 20% of acid-forming foods with concentrated proteins and starches such as meat, fish, bread and cereals.
The most agreeable and convenient means of alkalizing the blood are citrus fruits and fruit juices. The alkalizing value of citrus fruits are due to large percentage of alkaline salts, mainly potash, which they contain. Each pint of orange juice contains 12 grains of potassium, one of the most potent of alkalis. Lemon juice contains nine grains of the alkali to the pint and grape seven grains.
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