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Restore your pH balance and live a healthier life
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.
List of contents
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 Worse 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 VI: Appendixes 331
Appendix A: Substitute Foods for Better pH Choices 333
Appendix B: Metric Conversion Guide 341
Index 345
