We give up foods that acidify the body and enjoy weight loss.
Gisele Bündchen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Victoria Beckham – all these beauties are united not only by world fame, but also by their love for an alkaline diet. By the way, it was the stars who spoke about it for the first time, thanks to them, such a power system has become a trend.
A bit of history
A weight loss diet that controls the pH of foods is called alkaline or alkaline. Its biological principles are described by Robert Young in The pH Miracle and then by nutritionists Vicki Edgson and Natasha Corret in the Honestly Healthy Alkaline Program.
In Russia, the dietary program has been popularized by Robert Young, a professor of medicine, microbiologist and nutritionist who has recently lived in Moscow. “You are not sick – you are oxidized,” says Robert Young.
Now, in order to be healthy, active and energetic, you do not need to take pills and go to the doctors, it is enough to adhere to an alkaline diet and follow the recommendations given in his book. And you also need to arm yourself with a table with pH indicators of products.
What’s the point
The essence of an alkaline diet is simple – you just need to give up foods that acidify the body. Such a nutrition system is designed to normalize acidity in order to return the body’s pH balance to normal: from 7,35 to 7,45.
It is necessary to formulate a daily diet so that 80% of the foods in it are alkaline, and only 20% are acidic.
Head of the VerNa clinic, doctor of the highest category.
“You need to limit products that do not have a good reputation anyway: yeast bread, especially white bread, pork, chicken, dairy products, sauces, especially mayonnaise, potatoes, alcohol, tea, coffee. And increase the amount of alkalizing foods in the diet: greens, vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, vegetable oils, from cereals – oats, brown rice, buckwheat, lean fish, – says Naida Aliyeva. “It is recommended to include cereals and seafood in the diet no more than 3 times a week.”
Alkaline foods that prevail in the diet, that is, vegetables and fruits, prolong youth and improve health, ensuring the full functioning of internal organs.
Endocrinologist, Ph.D., specialist of the program “Beauty from within. Ageless Beauty ”, ESTELAB clinic.
“Vegetables and fruits are preferably eaten raw,” the creators of the diet recommend. If this is not possible, frying should be avoided during heat treatment. It changes the properties of food, and an alkaline product can turn into acidic, – says Anna Agafonova… – Alkalinization occurs due to microelements that make up the composition, such as magnesium, manganese, potassium, calcium, sodium and iron.
The list of unacceptable foods includes foods that contribute to severe oxidation. This happens under the influence of uric and carbonic acid, which is contained in certain foods. An acidic environment is created under the influence of sulfur, chlorine, phosphorus and iodine, which are rich in some food. “
An acidic reaction is produced by products of animal origin, as well as those that have undergone industrial processing – polished cereals, pickles, smoked meats, canned food.
The creators of the diet recommend categorically refuse from: sugar, white bread and pastries, ready-made sauces, smoked meats, sweets, alcohol, polished cereals, pasta.
Restrict the amount of any meat (poultry, beef, pork, game, offal), cow’s milk and dairy products, eggs, fish, mushrooms, pasta, legumes and cereals, tea and coffee.
Result
Compliance with these principles, in combination with an alkaline product line, according to the authors, guarantees an improvement in well-being within 3-4 weeks.
Leading specialist and expert in personalized and preventive medicine at the Lancet-Center cosmetology clinic. Head of the Center for Personalized Medicine, IMC “LANTSET” (Gelendzhik)
“What is stopping me, as a nutritionist, from recommending this diet to everyone? – tells Andrey Tarasevich. – First of all, the fact that today we can get a stable positive result in health only under one condition – the condition of an integrated, integral approach to all spheres of human life. Undoubtedly, changing the nutritional strategy of behavior, alkalizing nutrition is already 50% of success. But this is only 50%. “
Together with the proposed change in nutrition, it is mandatory and necessary to conduct an audit in other areas of a person’s life.
1) And this is, first of all, the correction of the composition of the microbiota of the small intestine, the restoration of the activity of the immune system.
2) It is necessary to put things in order in circadian rhythms (sleep and wakefulness) and regain the prescribed 7-8 hours of sleep every night.
3) And finally understand that exhausting, high-intensity workouts, so popular today for fat burning, primarily lead to acidification of the body. And having learned this, replace them with long-term, minimal in intensity, regular, at least 4 times a week, aerobic (without feeling short of breath and excessive shortness of breath) physical activity.