You may have heard a little bit about the Alkaline Diet.
I was in the gym recently at the Dragon Hotel in Swansea with one of my Personal Training clients sipping away at my alkalising salts. A few hours later she text me, telling me I was ‘bang on trend’ as she’d just read in a magazine that Victoria Beckham was following an alkaline diet now! I bet she secretly wants to be a TARAnsformer ;-D
So I thought I’d give you a little low down on what it’s all about.
The theory of the alkaline diet is that eating certain foods can help maintain the body’s ideal pH balance to improve overall health. Your body works constantly to keep your acid/alkaline blood levels in balance and our ideal pH is slightly alkaline – 7.30 to 7.45.
Acidity has been linked to pain, disease, excess weight and many other health issues
You may be able to help your body keep your pH in balance more easily by eating certain foods that have a higher pH than others. You can test your pH levels regularly by using a pH test strip in your saliva or urine first thing in the morning before eating or drinking anything. I do this from time to time on myself and with my clients and you can buy them easily online.
Benefits of following an alkaline diet include reducing inflammation, assisting your body in becoming healthier and increasing energy.
So what should you be doing?
Eat your greens! Make sure you regularly eat foods such as spinach, kale, cucumber, broccoli, avocado, celery, sprouts (yay!). So fill up you plate with a salad or veggies at each meal.
(I’ve added a little alkaline food chart for you to see easily.)
Snack on whole almonds. Almonds are packed with natural alkaline minerals.
Drink plenty lemon water as this has an alkalising effect in the body. While lemons may seem acidic, they have the opposite effect on your body as it metabolises them.
Avoid sugar, alcohol, coffee, processed foods & pastries
Go for a brisk walk, this is great for helping to better eliminate acidic waste products & toxins.
Supplement, like I do, with a greens drink or alkalising salts
So on the whole follow a healthy balanced diet, drink plenty of water and exercise regularly and you can’t go far wrong. We kinda knew that anyway right?!
I wouldn’t say stop eating meat, stop drinking coffee or anything, I go on about the benefits of protein all the time and love my morning cuppa, but it’s all about balance and as long as we assist our body, it’s pretty good at doing its job for us!
Keep fit & fab ( and full of greens )
Tara x
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