Acid alkaline diet for optimum - health

Zusatztext " The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health by Chrisopher Vasey is an important book to be read. Designing our own diet to obtain and maintain a balanced body is the next step in having optimum health! something that most of us desire. Let's get rid of over-the-counter antacids and heal our body naturally!" Informationen zum Autor Christopher Vasey, N.D., is a naturopath specializing in detoxification and rejuvenation. He is the author of The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health, The Naturopathic Way, The Water Prescription, The Whey Prescription, and The Detox Mono Diet. He lives near Montreux, Switzerland. Klappentext Most people consume an abundance of highly processed foods that acidify the body. As a result, they are afflicted with health problems ranging from minor skin irritations, chronic fatigue, back pain, and depression to arthritis, ulcers, and osteoporosis. To enjoy optimum health, the body needs balanced quantities of alkaline and acid substances. In The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health, naturopath and detoxification expert Christopher Vasey shows how a simple change in diet to restore your acid-alkaline balance can result in vast improvements in health. With two new chapters, this updated and expanded second edition provides the latest information on proper hydration and deacidification, important alkalizing supplements, and how to eliminate the body's accumulated acids through intestinal cleansing. It also includes a new, detailed example of an alkaline detoxifying diet. Rather than organizing alkaline and acid foods based on their chemical composition, Vasey categorizes foods by their effect on the body, explaining that some foods, such as fruits, can have either an alkalizing or an acidifying effect, depending on who eats them. He describes how to determine your acid levels and how to design a diet best suited for your particular health needs. from Chapter 8 Other Important Supplements In addition to the alkaline minerals mentioned in the previous chapter, there are other supplements that are quite useful for deacidifying the body: green food, enzyme supplements, prebiotic and probiotic complexes, and antioxidant complexes. All four reduce the production of acids by the body. ENZYME SUPPLEMENTS People suffering from an acidified internal cellular environment are generally not eating enough vegetables, the principal food source for alkaline minerals. The result is a deficiency not only of alkaline substances, but also of enzymes. Enzymes play an important role for maintaining the acid-alkaline balance. Enzymes are protein-based molecules that act as catalysts in biochemical reactions, triggering and supervising the reactions. Enzymes perform numerous transformations in the body without which it could not survive. Every enzyme has a specific function that no other enzyme can perform. Enzymes are necessary for the digestion of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates and for their assimilation and incorporation into the tissues; for the production of energy; for cellular repair; for the breakdown and elimination of toxins; for the body’s defense system; and so forth. There are thousands of enzymes in the body, acting in synergy. As each is responsible for only a specific part of the work, different enzymes work together, each stepping in at a specific moment and at a precise place in the long chain of biochemical transformations. Enzymes are distributed throughout the cells and tissues, each type of enzyme located at the exact spot the body needs it. The body is constantly producing new enzymes to replace those that have been used. This production is not a quick-and-easy process, though. It is sufficient to compensate for the normal loss of enzymes, but not when abnormal demands are made on the body at this level. Such demands are made in the digestion of cooked food. Foods also contain en...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Christopher Vasey
• Collaboration: Jon Graham (Traduction)
• Edition: Healing arts press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 14.09.2006
• EAN: 9781594771545
• ISBN: 978-1-59477-154-5
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 212 mm x 15 mm
• Catégorie: Livres de conseils > Santé > Alimentation