Acid vs. alkaline diet: being alkaline is crucial because the human blood ph level needs to be on the alkaline side of the equation.
Much of the food we eat is very acidic. I received a question about coffee and meat specifically.
First, let me go back and explain the ph level of human blood. The ph level range is from 0 to 14 with 7 right in the middle. Any number above 7 is alkaline, getting more so as it gets to 14. On the acidic side, the lower the number, the more acidic it is.
The human blood ph level is 7.35 to 7.45, definitely on the alkaline side of the equation. When there is too much acid in the food, the body must neutralize it to protect itself. It does this by “borrowing” calcium from the bones.
Therefore an acidic food like cow’s milk actually deprives the body of calcium because of the neutralizing that occurs and the calcium in the milk cannot actually be processed by the body.
Meat and coffee are both acidic, around the 3.0 ph level. If you are going to indulge in acidic foods at times, you need to offset it with lots of fresh greens, the most alkaline foods there are.
There are many factors in the Hippocrates Health Institute program that combine to help you into accelerated healing. Being on a very alkaline program and away from the acidic foods that we are tempted to eat is an important part of why it works so well.
A really great question in the comments below has prompted me to add that for you who are interested in understanding the science behind these statements and learning a lot more about why eating animal protein weakens the bones: you need to read The China Study by T. Colin Campbell. On page 205 he discusses the research behind this.
But the entire book, The China Study, is the product of several decades of research in China that demonstrated beyond all doubt, at least for me and many others, that meat and dairy are very unhealthy for our bodies.
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