The following post was written by Anne Jerome. Anne has experienced first hand the benefits of an Alkaline diet.
Benefits of an Alkaline Diet
Are you experiencing low energy, poor digestion, weight gain, aches and pains, or dis-ease? Perhaps this is the time for you to take a serious look at what you are putting or not putting into your body. Everything we eat and drink has a pH factor which indicates whether the food/drink is either of an alkaline or acidic nature. This factor is based on the residue left in the body after the foods and drinks have metabolized. Maintaining a balanced diet of 80% alkaline and 20% acidic foods/drinks is vital to our wellness.
To determine your pH level, you will need to buy pH strips (try your pharmacist); place a strip in your mouth, and your saliva will show your pH level as compared to the color chart. Ideally, a healthy range is between 6.5 and 7.5. This optimum balance is especially important when the body is in healing mode from surgery or disease. Making the necessary dietary changes is really quite simple. Here is the best pH Food Chart that I have found: www.naturalhealthschool.com/acid-alkaline.html.
Anne,
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with this. I am going to get those pH strips and see what’s going on in my body!