When people encourage you to
"alkalize your blood," most of them mean that you should eat plenty
of foods that have an alkaline-forming effect on your system. The reason for
making this suggestion is that the vast majority of highly processed foods -
like white flour products and white sugar - have an acid-forming effect on your
system, and if you spend years eating a poor diet that is mainly acid-forming,
you will overwork some of the buffering systems mentioned above to a point
where you could create undesirable changes in your health.
Keep in mind the following basic
concepts:
Organic matter is taken into the
body in the form of food.
This organic matter is broken down
into simple compounds (monosaccharides, amino acids, lipids etc).
After metabolism, these compounds
leave an acidic or alkaline residue in the body.
The simple compounds contain
elements such as sulphur, potassium, sodium, magnesium and calcium. These
minerals determine the H+ concentration and thus the acidity or alkalinity of
the body.
These elements are either
acid-forming elements or alkaline-forming elements. The acid-forming substances
are sulphur, phosphorus and chlorine, while the alkaline formers are sodium,
potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron.
Within the plant kingdom, the
organic acids found in fruits and vegetables are metabolized and eventually
become carbon dioxide and water. The alkaline elements such as potassium,
calcium, sodium and magnesium remain. Although many fruits are acidic in
nature, when broken down into their constituent elements, the acids are
rendered neutral and the alkaline elements are dominant. Therefore, the end
result of the organic breakdown and digestion of fruits and vegetables is
alkaline in nature.
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