PH Diet
THE ACID ALKALINE APPROACH TO DIET
Grail Springs prescribes to the acid/alkaline ph balance approach to diet. I believe it saved me from a certain pre-mature death. It sounds drastic but it is true. This simple yet revelatory food philosophy speaks to our chemistry and nourishment through maintaining a proper pH balance in our body. We are chemical beings. Our food choices, supplements and beautiful natural gifts from Mother Earth can all help tremendously and easily to balance the body and mineralize at the same time.
Firstly, food is probably the one area where most people will have to make the biggest change and maybe have the most resistance. We get that. And seeing the list of the more potentially toxic and acidic foods will probably surprise and maybe disappoint because they are in most North Americans every day diet sometimes referred to as the SAD diet; Standard American Diet. SAD diet would consist of red meat, fast food, soda pop, refined sugar, baked goods, hydrogenated fats and coffee to name a few. Considered highly acidic, they create a pH imbalance and cause congestion in the colon, the leading cause of disease. Ailments begin with constipation, diarrhea and other bowel problems. Continued imbalance of the acid-alkaline state can eventuate health problems from inflammation, chronic fatigue, ulcers, back pain and the list goes on.
“Bacteria and disease love an acidic environment BUT dislikes an alkaline environment. Disease cannot grow in an alkaline environment!”
Your body is happiest in a pH balanced state of 7.0 (0.0 being most acidic and 14.0 being most alkaline). An excess of acidity in a person’s body over a long period of time would show up as inflammation, stiffness, tissue degeneration, water retention, itchy skin and more.
It’s not that acid forming foods are bad; they just have to be balanced out with alkalizing foods when it comes to our food consumption. We do need both because of the minerals they each provide. There are several interpretations and food charts out on the market. The rule of thumb is to eat 75 to 80% alkalizing foods to 20 to 25% acidic. In North American right now, it is the reverse of that! Most North Americans are eating 80% acidic foods and 20% alkaline foods. Obesity, heart failure, cancer, is all symptoms of unbalance diet.
“Do you know? It takes 30-8 ounce glasses of water to neutralize one can of soda pop?
Excerpts from the Canada Best Selling book by founder of The Grail Lifestyle program - Madeleine Marentette
“The Acid/Alkaline pH balance approach to diet is the single most important piece of information you can know to ensure clean physical health and longevity!”
The balanced alkaline diet is the missing link to achieving the appropriate weight, to achieving optimum health and ultimately preventing premature aging and disease. There are many fabulous cookbooks now on the market that offer hundreds of delicious recipes on cooking for an alkaline balanced diet. We have supplied one week of recipes in the 'Grail Springs Holistic Detox' book of what an alkaline based diet would look like.
With steady focus, and a willingness to experiment with alternative replacements foods, these things can be given up or in the very least cut back. Our Lifestyle Kitchen at Grail Springs for instant use no red meat, white sugar, white table salt, white flour, white rice, wheat and very little dairy (goat cheese at a minimum). Take a peak at the section on Detox Tips to see a list of replacement foods for to start you off on a healthy kitchen.