Alkalising Your Body

My friend Kate from Alkalkine By Design is a whizz kid when it comes to alkalising the body correctly. It is my view that there is a lot of misinformation about the best way to alkalise the body.  It is something that I myself, pay close attention to in my own life. I do this by measuring my body's PH levels (more on this towards the end of this piece). I've asked Kate to write a small piece to explain exactly what alkalising is and to highlight some of its benefits. Not only has she offered the following for my blog, there is a free alkalising ebook to all those who would like to know more.

Here's what Kate has to say on the subject of Alkalising

Alkalising is a natural hygiene (natural eating) term applied to the practice of eating raw salads and vegetables, with the inclusion of nuts and seeds, and some fruits. Alkaline foods are considered all vegetables (with the exception of root vegetables) and only a handful of fruits such as lemons, grapefruits, avocadoes and tomatoes. Your blood is slightly alkaline, and in order for the blood to maintain its proper form and correct function, it too needs alkaline foods. Without it the blood then starts to steal nutrients from other organs and tissues creating pain and disease from such lack. When you 'alkalise' you give your body correct nutrition for creating blood, tissues and maintaining proper organ function. The benefits of which give you clear skin, much more energy, proper working function of every organ in your body and reversal of aging. Even better is an abundance of digestive enzymes, and good bacteria without the need for supplementation. People who alkalise rarely have pain in any area of their body and are known to reverse painful conditions. Under supervision, alkalising is also known to reverse serious health problems where Western Medicine offers no hope or progress. You lose your taste for sweet sugary foods, your taste changes considerably and your mouth will freshen with the renewal of tastebuds - you literally start tasting your food for the first time as it should be, and will desire salt and other dressings and food additives much less. Your body wakes up and receives the goodnesss for use and blood creation, giving you a glint in your eye, a spring in your step and a return of your sex drive. An 80/20 approach (80% of your daily intake being veges, salads and oils/nuts etc) and 20% being acidic (such as rice, salmon or other fish fillet, millet, quinoa, sweet potato and also any protein or animal based foods) is a very strong long term strategy for living a healthy and socially inclusive life. To find out more about what kinds of foods you could enjoy in this transition please visit my website at www.alkalinebydesign.co.uk and download Alkalising Made Easy for free.

My words on your PH

I've been checking my own PH levels for a while now. When I first started, I was amazed at how easy it was to affect it, particularly by the foods we eat. The PH scale is a measure of the degree of aciditity or alkalinity as measured on a PH scale. PH stands for potential of hydrogen and in effect is the amount of hydrogen in any particular substance. If you look at the diagram above, you will see that the PH scale runs from 0 to 14 with 0 being the most acidic and 14 being the most alkaline. Neutral is around the 7 mark. The scale is a good indicator of good health with the body being more healthy and disease free in an alkaline environment. It is thought that anywhere from 7.2 to 7.4 is the best alkaline environment for our bodies to live in.  There are many other elements that affect your PH and while diet is a very important element, it is not the only one. Drinking pure, clean water will do wonders for keeping your PH alkaline. However, our water supply chain is not pure and clean, so if you can get access to either spring water or get a good water filter fit into you home, this will go a long way towards keeping your body balanced. Keeping your stress levels in check will also help. I have known some people who had the optimum PH levels and did not eat a particularly alkaline diet. However, what they did have was a super attitude to life and oozed happiness and contentment. Being stressed creates acid in the system, which in turn will alter your acid/alkaline levels, so do keep those negative thoughts and emotions to a minimum if possible or at least get help with clearing them out altogether.

Kate and I will be running a series of talks and workshops in September 2011 in Ireland and the UK. The schedule has yet to be confirmed, but we are we are really excited to share this information with you. I will be showing you how to clean up your diet and Kate will be taking you through best way to improve your PH safely. If you would like to be put on the mailing list, please feel free to contact me on kitchengreenie@gmail.com.

Kate will also be running life blood analysis clinics at that time and I will be posting up information on these over the coming days.

For now, I will wish you a super, healthy, happy and empowered day!

Best wishes,

Ruth.