It is the latest fad diet. The promotion of this 'Alkaline diet' is ardently made by a large number of female stars, the very thin Victoria Beckham in mind who has Tweeted the benefits to its subscribers (almost seven million!).
Alkaline Diet (alkaline diet): acid-base balance of the body
the acid-base balance
the dogma of the alkaline diet, which is also called 'plan anti acid', is to restore the acid-base balance of the body
An acid is a substance which releases ions hydrogen (H), residues of energy metabolism. These H ions are neutralized by a basic substance (or alkaline, it's the same thing).
The witness for the balance between the two is the pH of blood or possibly that of the urine.
pH
pH, it is the 'potential hydrogen. It measures chemical activity of hydrogen (H) ions. Established on a scale from 0 to 14, it is neutral around 7. It is below this figure, it is acidic. And, vice versa, more it is above, it is alkaline. The normal pH of blood and cellular fluids lies between 7.35 and 7.45: so it is very slightly alkaline and especially very stable.
This balance between acid and base - substances that are all then eliminated by the kidneys in urine - is normally and permanently in the body
Except in some rather dramatic circumstances where one is dealing then with acute metabolic acidosis when the system is overwhelmed and the kidneys can no longer eliminate excess acids. This can occur when a poorly controlled diabetes, too long fasting, significant diarrhea, intoxication to aspirin (which is salicylic acid).
But in the case of the regime alkaline, it does not alter the pH of the blood, because it is stable, but simply to decrease rather acidifying foods and increase food rather alkalizing.
Do you eat too acidified?
Foods are classified alkalizing or acidifying based on their content of protein and mineral salts and the nature of their metabolic waste.
There are several classifications of alkalizing or acidifying foods that give rise to many controversies.
Food acidiants
for acidifying foods, the consensus is on meat and all animal protein-rich foods: not only they contain acidifying minerals (chlorine, sulfur and phosphorus) but they also deliver a lot of waste acids.
We find this same consensus on industrial products, sugary, caffeinated and alcoholic beverages. Everything acidifierait you a max!
Food alcanisants
as to the alkalizing foods, everyone is agreed on the fruits and vegetables because they contain the alkalizing minerals: magnesium, calcium, sodium and potassium, but also very little protein, phosphorus, chlorine, and sulfur.
As in other foods (cereals, dairy products, fats), they are more or less alkalizing or acidifying.
Therefore, if you eat few vegetables and fruits, if your diet is very rich in animal protein, if you overuse of industrial products, sugar, coffee and alcohol, you have great chances to be too acidified (e).
How know if you eat too acidified and is it dangerous?
Proponents of the diet alkalizing recommend to measure the pH of the urine, one or more times per day.
How?
Peeing on a strip (litmus paper, pharmacy) which changes color according to acidification. More red, more urine is acidic.
If your diet is too poor in products alkalizing your body, keeping your acid-base balance, must go pump in your basic mineral salts and mainly in the calcium your bones and your teeth because it is here that there is in stock
According to some, this would be the explanation of this increasingly common disease is osteoporosis and that weakens the bones. It has been shown that a diet rich in fruit and vegetables (magnesium and potassium) favoured a good bone density.
According to fans of the alkalizing diet, the majority of our current ailments, big and small, would come from what we ate too much acid. Fatigue stress, through weight gain, cancer and cardiovascular disease, everything comes from our too much acidification!
No research, for the moment, has yet demonstrated this. On the other hand, the benefits of regular and significant consumption of vegetables and fruits and less consumption of meat has been widely proven.
Is the alkaline diet dangerous?
In a pure and hard, alkaline diet should eliminate or significantly reduce meat, fish, cold cuts, eggs, all processed products, desserts, beverages containing caffeine and alcohol which are primarily acidifying. Need to reduce more moderately dairy products and cereals.
Should eat fruits, vegetables, almonds and seeds, all seasoned spices and herbs, because all these foods are alkalizing.
If you brake too much on animal proteins which are essential for the renewal of all body tissues and dairy products leading supplier of calcium, alkaline diet can be dangerous for some.
How to put into practice a good Alkaline Diet?
The first and essential rule is to eat plenty of vegetables and fruit at every meal: you're so sure of having a max of alkalizing products.
The second is to forget industrial products (flat kind prepared, pizza, etc.), products and sugary drinks. And slow up on alcohol and coffee.
The third is to reduce consumption of red meat and cold cuts: If you are fan of the big daily steak, eat two or three times a week and replace with fish and eggs, less acidifying. If you start each meal with a good piece of dough, replace it with raw vegetables or soup of vegetables.
The fourth is to leave a place to dairy and cereal at every meal.
This looks like a balanced diet, we recommend here has always been and that is the key to thinness!
In other words, the famous 'Alkaline Diet', current darling of the stars, is nothing else than a balanced diet! And it is a good thing.
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