Does Alkaline Diet Work

Our current lifestyle has influenced the way we dress, what kind of car we choose to drive, where we want to live, which schools we choose for our children, our preference for vacation, form of entertainment and overall standards of living.  But more significantly, this modern style living has significantly influenced our food eating habits, choices and preferences.

The world we are in is fast-paced, packed by things to do and accomplished on a given day but that given day is almost always not enough to complete each listed tasks.  We are bombarded with deadlines from office work, school work, community services and personal appointments.  Due to our busy and chaotic schedule, we almost always sacrifice the most important segment of our life – our health and the things affecting it – stress, exercise and diet.  If you look closely, the more invention on modern conveniences, the more we take the short route in our eating habits.  Instead of having a daily family breakfast, we take a breakfast bar to go or a sophisticated traveler coffee mug to provide us the caffeine we need.  We always race against time and the most important part of our life gets the least priority in our daily routine.

The acid-alkaline diet claims that because of these factors, our tendency is to consume far more acid-forming foods rather than alkaline-forming foods which are very important to maintain a healthy pH level in our bloodstream.  To much acid-forming foods in the body can disrupt our pH level balance normally at the range of 7.35 to 7.45; this acid-forming foods results in the loss of essential minerals needed by the body such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium.  The loss of these essential minerals can result in an array of medical concerns such as year round allergies, cold, flu, digestion problems, hyper-acidity, skin irritation, headaches, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol and at worst any type of cancer.

So does alkaline diet work?  There are no extensive clinical trials or medical studies to support such as claim and effectiveness of alkaline diet but one thing is sure eating more fruits and vegetables has been proven a long time ago to be effective in keeping your health at tip top shape.