Alkaline!!

From First Magazine:

"Go for 70% alkaline. Aim to fill 70% of your daily diet with nutrient-rich, alkalinizing foods. Top choices include all  veggies; citrus fruits; tomatoes; avocadoes; edamame; lima and navy beans; raw almonds; quinoa; spelt; buckwheat; olive, flaxseed and coconut oil, coconut milk and almond milk. Cook suggests using coconut or almond milk instead of cow's milk."


"For in a deep breathing break. Oxygen is alkalinizing to the body, so the deeper we breathe, the better we are keeping that pH balance," says Cook. "Oxygen feeds all our cells, but most people hold their breath without realizing it." For an alkalinizing boost, pause once every few hours to take a deep breath, feeling our lungs expand as you inhale through your mouth for 5 seconds, then exhale through your nose for another 5 seconds. Cont. for one."

Acidity & Our Body

What I love to do when I get a non-creative minute is read magazine or journal articles on health and nutrition.

In First magazine (3/31/14) there was an interesting article where Michelle Schoffro Cook, Ph.D. was quoted...here is what she and the article stated...

Acid has a corrosive effect on vital organs like the heart, so when the body detects an increase in acid, it diverts resources away from non-vital functions. This stalls slimming in several ways, most significantly by hindering the liver function. Cook notes, "Because the liver is the body's major detoxifying organ, it has to work overtime to filter out acid. Its other functions, like producting enzymes that break down fat, are forced to take a backseat."

Acid also damages glands: "Acidity can impair the thyroid- and that further disrupts fat burning." Cook says. "And acid depletes the pancreas, which regulates blood sugar. The blood sugar swings that result make it easer to gain weight, and harder to lose it."

AS the toxic effects of acid continue to stress the body, symptoms such as tiredness, anxiety, headaches and joint pain set in.

"The body accumulates fat as a way of storing the acidity it can't process. Fat is damage control; when your fat stores are growing, it's a sign of acidic buildup that the body is trying to buffer."

"Every single function of your body will improve when you give it the alkaline diet it needs."

"The liver is freed up to burn fat, the thyroid functions properly so metabolism revs and the pancreas is able to regulate blood sugar."

Cook has even sen people cured of fibromyalgia within one month of going alkaline.

patiently waiting...

for the tomato festival at Garden of Eve in Riverhead, New York.

Can't wait to harvest tomatoes this year.

YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS!!

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the globetrotting gamine <3