Acid Alkaline Diet For Dummies

Our caveman ancestors followed a diet full of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, and legumes, but with time and the advent of agriculture, our diets changed drastically to include grains, dairy products, salt, and large quantities of meat. These new foods altered the level of acid in our diets, disrupting our ideal pH balance and increasing the loss of essential minerals, making us more prone to illness.

This easy-to-follow guide shows you how a simple change in diet to restore your body's crucial pH balance can help you lose weight, combat aging, and keep you healthy! Acid Alkaline Diet For Dummies covers the gamut of this healthy lifestyle choice, from the symptoms of a high acid diet to the food you should have on hand to implement an acid alkaline diet—and everything in between.

• Covers food to avoid and food with a high alkaline quality
• Discusses how to lose weight with the acid alkaline diet
• Offers trusted guidance on how the acid alkaline diet can prevent illnesses like brain disorders, asthma, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and many more
• Includes 40+ healthy recipes to help balance your pH

Acid Alkaline Diet For Dummies is essential reading for the millions of people with health problems interested in combating illness with a holistic, successful lifestyle change.

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting to Know the Basics 7

Chapter 1: Rebooting Your Body 9

Chapter 2: You Are What You Eat 19

Chapter 3: Detecting Acids in Your Body 35

Chapter 4: Your Acid Alkaline Toolkit 51

Part II: Homeostasis: Keeping Your Body Happy 65

Chapter 5: What the Heck is a pH and What Can You Do about It? 67

Chapter 6: Finding Some Balance in Your pH and Your Life 85

Chapter 7: Reversing Your Acidic Trend 101

Chapter 8: Getting Personal about Your Plan 117

Part III: Making the Switch: Starting Your Diet 129

Chapter 9: Checking Out Your Cupboards 131

Chapter 10: Talking to Your Doctor 145

Chapter 11: Figuring Out What You Can Eat 157

Chapter 12: Supplements, and Drinks, and Pills (Oh, My!) 169

Part IV: Let’s Eat! 185

Chapter 13: Making a List, Checking It Twice 187

Chapter 14: Breakfasts, Soups, and Salads 199

Chapter 15: Munching on Mains: Filling Up on the Right Stuff 221

Chapter 16: Snacks: Keeping the Belly Happy 239

Chapter 17: Delicious Desserts 259

Part V: Overcoming Obstacles to Your pH Goals 271

Chapter 18: Dining Out 273

Chapter 19: Navigating Holidays and Special Occasions 287

Chapter 20: Dealing with Weight Loss Pitfalls 297

Chapter 21: Finding Support 307

Part VI: The Part of Tens 317

Chapter 22: Ten Worst Foods for pH Balance 319

Chapter 23: Top Ten Ways to Embrace pH Balance 323

Chapter 24: Top Ten Acid Alkaline Swaps (Eat This, Not That) 327

Part VII: Appendixes 331

Appendix A: Substitute Foods for Better pH Choices 333

Appendix B: Metric Conversion Guide 341

Index 345

A patient advocate and active registered nurse, Julie Wilkinson RN, BSN has achieved multiple commendations during her career, including the Meritorious Achievement Medal for Civilian Service from the Department of Defense. She is the Guide to Colon Cancer on About.com and writes for many healthcare publications as a freelancer, including LiveSTRONG.com.

Learn to:

• Naturally balance your pH and improve your wellness
• Eat, exercise, and alter your lifestyle to combat disease-provoking acidity
• Lose weight, increase vitality, and feel great
• Test your pH and understand what the results mean

Expert tips and strategies to help you restore your pH balance and live a healthier life!

Our diets today are drastically different from our caveman ancestors, who flourished on fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, and legumes. We now eat a lot more grains, dairy products, meats, and fat than our ancestors could ever imagine, resulting in higher levels of acid in our bodies, an unbalanced pH level, and a host of illnesses. This easy-to-follow guide shows you how a simple change in diet to restore your body's crucial pH balance can help you lose weight, combat ageing, and keep you healthy! Acid Alkaline Diet For Dummies is your guide to understanding how having a balanced pH can help you live a healthier life.

• Grasp the science — learn how high-acid foods affect your body's pH balance, and why it's important to have a balanced pH in the first place
• Get familiar with your food — discover which foods to avoid and which foods to embrace
• Start cooking — try out our easy and delicious high-alkaline recipes for breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, and dessert that will help you restore your pH balance

Open the book and find:

• The numerous health benefits of eating more alkaline and less acidic foods
• How to detect acid in your body
• The importance of homeostasis and how it works
• Strategies to meet your weight loss goals
• Tips on navigating holidays and special occasions
• Easy substitutions for foods you should avoid
• Suggestions for which foods to have on your grocery list
• Ten foods for pH balance