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2009 Handbook of Life: 3. Eat More Foods That Grow On Trees And Plants And Eat Less Food That Is Manufactured In Plants.
By Ria | May 5, 2009
We have heard a lot about the 4 food groups and clearly fruits and vegetables are among the groups that you are supposed to consume in large quantities throughout the day. However, most Americans eat more processed foods, breads, and cereals than ever before. It’s no surprise that our forefathers were healthier than our generation. They ate what they cultivated on their own land, and guess what? It consisted of lots of fruits and vegetables! They didn’t have raisin bran, corn flakes, oodles of noodles, canned soup, hamburger helper or deli meats! They ate just plain vegetables and fruits that they grew in their own backyard!
The reality is that those fruits and vegetables are very alkalizing for the body, while the processed foods are acid forming. The more acidic the body, the more unhealthy and the more likely dis-eases will begin to rear their ugly heads. Eating processed and other highly acid forming foods is also a prominent cause of weight gain and obesity. Everyone wants to find a “quick fix” for losing weight. They follow the lemonade diet, the cookie diet, take drink supplements, and all kinds of pills. Then others continue to eat normally, but find results with acai or goji drinks. The only reason those drinks seem to work is because acai and goji are potent antioxidant fruits that work to alkalize your body. You could probably get the same results if you drank massive amounts of apple cider vinegar, which is also a great alkalizer. Your grandmother or great-grandmother probably swears by it. Ever hear the addage: “an apple a day keeps the doctor away?” Apples = alkalizing. Or how about the kid in school who always ate a lot of oranges and never got sick? Oranges = alkalizing.
Those other methods can help you jump start your weight loss but there is no replacement for eating a healthy (and therefore alkalizing) diet, and exercising. It’s the only “diet” plan I know that shows consistent results. And, the results I’m talking about are not just weight loss. I’m talking about overall health. Thin people are not necessarily healthy people! Ever wonder what it would be like to never catch a cold, have high blood pressure, get diabetes, have a skin disorder, fill-in-the-blank-for-your-own-ailment-here?
I know because I — on-again, off-again — live this philosophy. In 2005, I lost weight, maintained the loss for several years, reduced the inflammation in my body that was causing my illnesses, and I felt better than ever. I followed an akalizing way of eating and kept it off along with the bronchitis and sinus infections I would acquire several times a year. My Chronic Fatigue Sydrome also disappeared. I was living life again. I won’t say it’s easy because it takes a tremendous amount of discipline to eat the “right way” (i.e., love yourself enough to put your health first). It’s all too easy to go to a movie and get buttered popcorn, or dine out and want that lovely, decadent chocolate lava cake for dessert. I did mention that I was on-again, off-again, didn’t I? It’s hard for me to resist chocolate in any form!
Spring is the perfect time to get your mind in a healthy place and start a program that will lead to great health. In fact, let’s take the challenge to great health together! There is an $8.00 book you can get called “The Acid Alkaline Food Guide” that will help you distinguish the foods that are highly alkalizing from the ones that are highly acidic. Try it for 1 month and see the results you are able to achieve. For those of you who want to take it to the extreme, you might want to try the raw foods diet. I WISH I could be so disciplined! But if you are, these resources are for you!
http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Eat-a-Raw-Food-Diet?&id=2294049
http://www.rawfoodlife.com/
Here’s to great health!
Ria
www.ilovemecollection.com
–Be loving, happy, yourself, free.
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