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Our blood pH and our results from our blood work are really a reflection of what we eat so why not address a diet of good foods instead of prescribing a pill that masquerades a lifestyle of bad eating habits? I have a philosophy…there is the white coat chef that we love and the white coat doctor that we trust. There is a disconnection though, because the two of them aren’t talking. Or at least the doctors don’t seem to care so much or even ask us about our food choices. They ask us how much alcohol and caffeine we drink, but really nothing else, especially if we are about the right weight for our height. I see this all as a problem.

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I’ve seen the masquerade that people are creating. There are those who take statins for high cholesterol, but still order the giant rib-eye and I have see the obese person order a super sized sweet tea or drink a can of coke (11 teaspoons of sugar), not to mention the allergy sufferers who can’t get control of their allergies but continue to eat a diet rich in dairy. The unhealthy heart folks are to have just 600 mg of sodium if they are at risk. This 600 mg is less than half of what a 51 plus person should have (1500 mg). Sodium can be a hard habit to break. Just one tablespoon of soy sauce has 1000 mg of sodium. Processed foods typically have high sodium and restaurant food in establishments that buy many processed foods have items with sodium off the charts! Get control of what we are doing to our bodies by checking out what we put in our mouths.

Consider too, that we should be flushing our bodies out with half our weight in ounces of water, but at the same time we should make better choices too. Best way to do this is to eat closer to the earth and chose more produce and less processed. Bottom line, pay the farmer over the pharmacist. Begin to choose a diet rich in gently steamed or raw vegetables, fruits, beans, greens and grains (honest to goodness grains!). Read labels and don’t be fooled by words like enriched (which means stripped) of the benefits.

Work to keep your body alkaline by testing your body pH with saliva and urine test (use two test strips and average the results between the two). Your pH will give you a better blood work (adult report card) at the end of the day (Test at random times during the week and test 2 hours after not having anything to eat or drink). The test strips (from a health food store) allow you to see if you have been eating acid or alkaline foods. Alkaline is what you want for a healthy body. A rich green test strip is perfect! Things that make you acid include the processed foods and sodas. A diet rich in greens helps you to reach optimum alkaline results. An acid body pH is simply stated. The cells oxidize and get damaged (just as wine tastes bad when left uncorked overnight.) If your cells oxidize they have more potential for disease so we protect them with antioxidants. The more healthy foods from the earth that we eat, the better the chance of keeping the cells healthy. There are charts on the internet to guide you to the alkaline foods.

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