You have probably heard the saying that if you don’t have your health,
then you don’t have anything in life.
Embarking on a Health & Active program is all about regaining your
health in total so that you are back in the “driver seat” when it comes to how well you feel on a daily basis.
How well we feel on a daily basis depends on
what kind of fuel we put in our body. In many
ways, we become what we eat.
Another metaphor that applies here is exercise. Running your body without exercise is like
running a car without a tune-up. Sooner or later your health just breaks down.
Feeling Unwell is a Call
to “Go Alkaline”
Whenever your body sends you a symptom, such as weight gain, fatigue and
high blood pressure, it is a sign that all is not well and that is time to make
some lifestyle changes. It is a biochemical “flag” that is waving wildly to
warn you that it is time to change your diet and eat alkaline to prevent your
body’s pH from becoming so acidic that your cells begin to suffer from free
radical damage.
An acidic blood pH level causes most disease. This is corrected by
eating foods that are considered to be alkaline. Do not take this idea literally. Just because
something is sour, does not mean it is acidic.
This way of looking at food is about biochemistry. Some foods are simply more alkaline than
others and when you embark on a Healthy & Active Program you will begin to learn which foods are acidic and which are alkaline.
For instance, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol and colas, and eating
refined sugars and starches and lots of fatty red meat creates an acidic amino
acid profile in your blood. Eating raw, vegan and fresh as much as is possible for you helps
to create an alkaline condition in your body that is repellent to free radical
damage to your cells. Disease cannot find a foothold in a body that is mostly
alkaline.
Healthy & Active
Living Prevents Acidosis
Healthy and active living means getting enough exercise and eating
alkaline foods so that you can prevent your body from going into a state of
acidosis. Once the body enters acidosis,
you begin to experience issues such as phlegm, inflammation, lowered immunity
and joint pain. If a state of acidosis is left to fester than you are at risk
of cellular degeneration, premature aging and disease.
Acidosis is a problem that is easily solved
because preventing it is all about diligence and making the right choices when
it comes to your diet. Many people experience relief from symptoms almost
immediately when they switch their diet to alkaline foods. Some people go
through what is called a “healing crisis” caused by the body throwing off the
poisons and toxins it was storing in the liver, blood and the fat as the result
of being in a state of acidosis.
For many individuals all that this entails is
cutting sugar, junk food and refined foods and trading them in for fresh raw
foods, juices, smoothies, salads and homemade meals.
