Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It! by Kris Carr, Rory Freedman (Preface), Dean Ornish M.D. (Foreword) Read Free Book Online Page A
makes changing ingrained habits challenging.
Know this, sweetheart: Your diet and lifestyle choices will either help or harm your delicate pH balance and your overall health. In this chapter you learn how to groove in the optimum health zone. Grab the reins of alkalinity. Yee haw!
The secret to super-sexy health is a slightly alkaline pH.
pH Scale
PH 101
If you’re like me, you ditched high school chemistry in favor of flirting and bumming cigs (acidic). Luckily, I went back to the books to learn what I missed. The pH of a substance tells you how acid or alkaline (basic) it is. pH is measured on a scale from 0 to 14. If something’s neutral, it has a pH of 7.0. Above 7.0, it’s alkaline; below 7.0, it’s acidic. The higher above 7.0, the more alkaline it is and therefore the more oxygen it has; the farther below 7.0, the more acidic it is and the less oxygen it has.
Technically,
pH
stands for “potential of hydrogen.” It is the measurement of hydrogen ions in a particular solution. The more ions, the more acidic the solution, and vice versa.
Okay, so why is this so important? Your brilliant body is designed to operate within a very narrow pH range. Optimally, you want to be a little on the alkaline side, with a blood pH of around 7.365. Blood is the most important, and therefore most protected, pH measurement. Even a minor fluctuation in your blood’s pH (either too alkaline or too acidic) creates distress signals. Symptoms generally start out small and then ramp up as the imbalance continues.
Everything from a runny nose to skin eruptions, heartburn, eczema, inflammation, arthritis, poor circulation, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, a weakened immune system—even cancer—can be traced back in some way to an acidic inner terrain. In fact, a blood pH lower than 7.0 is extremely dangerous. Oxygen levels decrease, and cellular metabolism comes to a screeching halt. Guess what that means? Casket time!
It’s much easier to become too acidic than too alkaline. Your body regularly deals with naturally occurring acids that are the by-products of respiration, metabolism, cellular breakdown, and exercise. But when our acidic diets and lifestyles add to the load, our bodies get overwhelmed. You can meet your amazing God pod halfway by shifting your pH balance toward the alkaline side. By simply eating a more alkaline diet—veggies, greens, fresh organic green juices and smoothies, sprouts, wheatgrass juice, certain grains, and other fabulous plant foods—you will explode with vibrant energy and well-being.
An acidic condition is also a breeding ground for bad bacteria, yeast, and fungi, while an alkaline environment helps keep these critters in check. We assume that colds and viruses happen when we “catch” a bug. In fact, many common infections are actually caused by bacteria that are part of the normal flora already present in our systems. When our diet and lifestyle choices suck, we create a fertile ground for them to multiply and revolt on the inside.
But it’s not just diet that affects your pH. Lack of exercise, anger, drugs, cigs, and stress can all make you acidic. Stress is not a laughing matter or a badge of courage. The work-hard, play-hard, dealwith-it-later approach is a big pH no-no. Emotional stress releases acid-forming hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline that flood your system and muck up your soil. Plus, stress gives you wrinkles! When you’re sixty you’ll wish you had fixed that shit. Do the DIY now instead. Dump the doughnuts and chaos and watch the clock reverse.
PEE IS FOR PH
pH ranges, vary slightly throughout your body. Your blood needs to be slightly alkaline for optimum health; so do your tissues. Your bowels, skin, and (for women) vagina should be slightly acidic—this helps keep unfriendly bacteria away. Your stomach is the most acidic environment in your body (with a pH that ranges from 1.6 to 2.4) due to the
Know this, sweetheart: Your diet and lifestyle choices will either help or harm your delicate pH balance and your overall health. In this chapter you learn how to groove in the optimum health zone. Grab the reins of alkalinity. Yee haw!
The secret to super-sexy health is a slightly alkaline pH.
pH Scale
PH 101
If you’re like me, you ditched high school chemistry in favor of flirting and bumming cigs (acidic). Luckily, I went back to the books to learn what I missed. The pH of a substance tells you how acid or alkaline (basic) it is. pH is measured on a scale from 0 to 14. If something’s neutral, it has a pH of 7.0. Above 7.0, it’s alkaline; below 7.0, it’s acidic. The higher above 7.0, the more alkaline it is and therefore the more oxygen it has; the farther below 7.0, the more acidic it is and the less oxygen it has.
Technically,
pH
stands for “potential of hydrogen.” It is the measurement of hydrogen ions in a particular solution. The more ions, the more acidic the solution, and vice versa.
Okay, so why is this so important? Your brilliant body is designed to operate within a very narrow pH range. Optimally, you want to be a little on the alkaline side, with a blood pH of around 7.365. Blood is the most important, and therefore most protected, pH measurement. Even a minor fluctuation in your blood’s pH (either too alkaline or too acidic) creates distress signals. Symptoms generally start out small and then ramp up as the imbalance continues.
Everything from a runny nose to skin eruptions, heartburn, eczema, inflammation, arthritis, poor circulation, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, a weakened immune system—even cancer—can be traced back in some way to an acidic inner terrain. In fact, a blood pH lower than 7.0 is extremely dangerous. Oxygen levels decrease, and cellular metabolism comes to a screeching halt. Guess what that means? Casket time!
It’s much easier to become too acidic than too alkaline. Your body regularly deals with naturally occurring acids that are the by-products of respiration, metabolism, cellular breakdown, and exercise. But when our acidic diets and lifestyles add to the load, our bodies get overwhelmed. You can meet your amazing God pod halfway by shifting your pH balance toward the alkaline side. By simply eating a more alkaline diet—veggies, greens, fresh organic green juices and smoothies, sprouts, wheatgrass juice, certain grains, and other fabulous plant foods—you will explode with vibrant energy and well-being.
An acidic condition is also a breeding ground for bad bacteria, yeast, and fungi, while an alkaline environment helps keep these critters in check. We assume that colds and viruses happen when we “catch” a bug. In fact, many common infections are actually caused by bacteria that are part of the normal flora already present in our systems. When our diet and lifestyle choices suck, we create a fertile ground for them to multiply and revolt on the inside.
But it’s not just diet that affects your pH. Lack of exercise, anger, drugs, cigs, and stress can all make you acidic. Stress is not a laughing matter or a badge of courage. The work-hard, play-hard, dealwith-it-later approach is a big pH no-no. Emotional stress releases acid-forming hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline that flood your system and muck up your soil. Plus, stress gives you wrinkles! When you’re sixty you’ll wish you had fixed that shit. Do the DIY now instead. Dump the doughnuts and chaos and watch the clock reverse.
PEE IS FOR PH
pH ranges, vary slightly throughout your body. Your blood needs to be slightly alkaline for optimum health; so do your tissues. Your bowels, skin, and (for women) vagina should be slightly acidic—this helps keep unfriendly bacteria away. Your stomach is the most acidic environment in your body (with a pH that ranges from 1.6 to 2.4) due to the
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