Vegan for health, the planet, and the animals: Alkaline Lifestyle Is Key For Health

Acidic food vs alkaline.

Some of you may or may not know what an alkaline diet is, or what the health benefits are to incorporating alkaline foods to your daily meals.

Our blood has a pH level, meaning “power of hydrogen multiplied by 10”. What makes food alkaline forming is due to their mineral content. Naturally our liver and kidneys can alkalize our blood, but our liver and kidneys can only alkalize up to 8 units per day. For example: 1 pound of meat is 18 units of acidity. We are only able to clean 8 units naturally within our bodies, so the rest has to come from the minerals in our food.

Alkaline forming minerals are:

· Calcium

· Potassium

· Magnesium

· Sodium

· Iron and silica

Acid forming minerals are:

· Chlorine

· Phosphorus

· Iodine

· Sulphur

These minerals are all necessary to our bodies, however we should be eating MORE alkaline forming minerals than acid forming to allow our bodies to run and work as efficient as possible. All foods have a pH level. Some alkaline forming foods such as a lemon has a pH of 2.0. It’s not the pH level of the food that matters, it is how your body is using its alkaline forming minerals to make your blood pH level alkaline after the food has been digested and metabolized.

Basically if the body is constantly lacking the alkaline forming minerals the body will still be able to draw those important minerals from your body stores. It will pull the calcium from your bones and other important minerals from your cells which will lead to disease and illness. There is a short term temporary fix by using supplements. But that will only last for a short while. Humans are made to eat lots of fruits and vegetables to be able to work and repair cells as efficient as possible. It’s proven that our bodies heal and regenerate when provided with copious amounts of fruit and vegetables because we know they hold the essential nutrients.

Blood pH is measured on a scale of 1-14, with 7 being neutral. Our blood pH should be slightly alkaline between 7.34-7.45. The lower the pH the more acidic our blood is.

Symptoms of an acidic body are:

· Gastric disturbances

· Irritation of skin and mucus membranes

· Impoverishment of the blood (not enough O2 in the blood)

· Heart palpitations

· Rheumatoid arthritis

· Headaches on the top of head “full feeling”

· Feeling fatigued all the time

· Disturbed metabolism

Foods that cause acidic residue in our blood and body are meats, oils, beans, dairy, refined sugars, white breads and grains, and alcohol.

Alkalizing foods are most fruits and vegetables.

Link to alkalize forming and acid forming food- http://greenopedia.com/alkaline-acid-food-chart/