Showing posts with label Alkaline Diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alkaline Diet. Show all posts

Importance of an Alkaline Diet

  One of the easiest and most beneficial things we can do for our overall health is to check the pH level of our bodies to ensure we have a good acid/ alkaline balance. If we don't have a good pH level, i.e. an alkaline system, then we need to take steps to rectify this. We can exercise and get rid of toxins, but if our acid/alkaline balance is too far either way, our overall health suffers, and we can develop non specific symptoms like poor digestion, bloating, headaches and weight gain, muscle and joint pains, fatigue and flu like symptoms that just don't go away.

  Then too there can be urinary symptoms and kidney stones, bone loss, skin problems and gum disease.
How can we change this?

  First it is a good idea to check your morning pH. This can be done with a urine test-strip, and from there look at what foods you have on a daily basis, and what foods you need on a daily basis, the two lists may be vastly different!