Description
The alkaline diet consists of modifying your diet to influence the acidity and pH of the body fluids. The goal is to consume more alkaline foods. Our body functions optimally when it has an alkaline environment. A pH above 7 indicates alkalinity.
Possible Benefits
- Helps prevent obesity
- Helps prevent cardiovascular disease
- May improve digestion
- Promotes cell health
- Can help prevent type 2 diabetes
- Can improve mood
- It has a high nutritional value
How to Do It
The alkaline diet consists of increasing the percentage of alkaline foods in your diet.
It increases the consumption of:
- Fruits and green leafy vegetables
- Ginger, onion, garlic
- Nuts
- Sugar-free juices
- Soya, tofu
Decrease or avoid the consumption of:
- Dairy products
- Highly processed foods
- Sugar
- Animal Protein (under discussion)
Why it works
- The main argument is that by consuming alkaline foods, the pH of the blood can be influenced, making it more alkaline. In this way, the general health of the body is expected to improve.
- The high consumption of legumes helps to obtain a protein with high nutritional value, without the risks of highly processed foods and sugar.
- The high content of vegetable fiber and the avoidance of dairy products can improve the digestive process, as well as improve the health of the gut, affecting the gut microbiota.
- Highly processed foods lead to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and obesity. Avoiding them decreases the risk.
- The high nutritional value of this diet makes the body's overall condition better, so the mood is likely to improve.
Time Commitment
10-20 minutes
Suggested Frequency
Daily
Time of Day
Throughout the day
Possible Side Effects
Don't forget to add fatty acids, like the Omega-3s your body needs. Sometimes this diet does not contain enough of it.
It can lead to protein deficiency. For this reason, the issue of animal protein is under discussion.
Tips
- It is not known to what extent the diet affects the pH of the blood.
- Although there is debate about the scientific evidence, it is a fact that fruits and vegetables improve health.
- Some research mentions that people who follow this diet report feeling increased energy levels.
- There is no conclusive scientific evidence regarding this diet.
Related Products
Make sure the water you drink has the right pH. Use a water ionizer from Air Water Life. That way you choose the exact pH level of your water!
Supporting Studies and Articles
Expand Collapse- The Alkaline Diet: Is There Evidence That an Alkaline pH Diet Benefits Health?. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3195546/
- Systematic review of the association between dietary acid load, alkaline water and cancer. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4916623/
- Alkaline Diet and Metabolic Acidosis: Practical Approaches to the Nutritional Management of Chronic Kidney Disease. https://www.jrnjournal.org/article/S1051-2276(17)30257-1/fulltext
- Health Effects of Alkaline Diet and Water, Reduction of Digestive-tract Bacterial Load, and Earthing. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27089527/
- Reducing the Dietary Acid Load: How a More Alkaline Diet Benefits Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. https://www.jrnjournal.org/article/S1051-2276(16)30188-1/fulltext
- Antidepressant foods: An evidence-based nutrient profiling system for depression. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147775/
- Nutritional psychiatry research: an emerging discipline and its intersection with global urbanization, environmental challenges and the evolutionary mismatch. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4131231/
