Alkaline is most synonymous to its energy producing properties, hence alkaline batteries.
it is this same energy generating properties that have been integrated into a diet principle.
The alkalizing diet also known in several other names such as: ash diet, acid alkaline diet and the alkaline acid diet, is a method of consuming food that will leave ash residue therefore prompting a process similar to catabolised foods.
Catabolise or catabolism simply put is a manner of breaking down molecules into simple waste therefore creating energy.
While the diet sounds complex in reality it is not.
Alkalizing diets revolve around simple rules such as consuming several fresh fruits of the citrus family, legumes, vegetables, tubers, nuts and low sugar based fruits.
just about all the food consumed and digested once released to the blood is either converted into acids or alkaline.
Exceptions to the alkalizing diet are fungi, sugar, caffeine and alcohol as well as avoidance of grains.
The reason behind this exception is that these foods once digested will turn into acid.
The goal of this diet is to help maintain the body's natural pH level which is around 7.
35-7.
45, this practice ensures a stable alkalinity in the blood without stressing the body's acid base regulators.
not to say that the body cannot maintain a pH level without this diet, while our system will automatically do this for us, it is however maintained at a somewhat respectable level that can be easily go from good to better or good to bad.
What makes the alkaline diet essential is that it provides the body a different source of minerals like calcium from the bones instead of it having to dip into these said reserves.
As people age the pH balance fluctuates easily and can cause a decline in renal functions and the alkaline diet helps maintain the balance necessary in order to avoid this health decline in the future.
proponents of an alkalizing diet maintain that high acid producing foods can easily disrupts the natural balance therefore incurring a loss in essential minerals such as magnesium, potassium, sodium and calcium when the body tries to restore its balance.
some practitioners attribute this erratic activity towards the cause of illnesses.
Headaches, nasal congestion, sluggishness or lack of energy, anxiety, irritability, excess mucous production, nervousness, cysts, constant colds or flu are symptoms that alkalizing diet practitioners would attribute as a person with an imbalanced alkaline level.
The diet is not widely practiced yet as most physicians do not believe that the reduction of acid containing food such as meats, salts, refined grains and dairies and the increase of an alkaline diet is entirely beneficial to a person's health.
Furthermore doctors will also point out that they are also uncertain that acids in an individual's diet are the main cause of chronic illnesses as claimed by alkaline diet followers.
it is however proven that alkalizing diets do lessen the chances and help prevent osteoporosis, muscle waiting brought about by aging and the build up of calcium stones in the kidney.