So many
people are challenged with acidic health challenges such as excessive stomach and
skin acidity. Yet, find relief for these
health challenges can be very difficult. Usually they are prescribed over the counter
and prescription medications which can cause such side effects as bone loss and
nausea. There are many reasons why a person’s body becomes over acidic such as
poor digestion, ill functioning pancreas, eating too many acidic foods,
drinking excess alcoholic beverages and smoking cigarettes, all of which helps
to create an acidic environment in the body.
But there is
also the trial and tribulations of everyday life, the stresses that one experiences
each day are a definite contender for the making of an over active acidic
stomach and skin. Also working long hours, not getting enough rest, being in an
unhappy relationship, unable to meet financial commitments, and not having a
support unit all add into the mix.
However there is
always hope, we all hope to get out of a difficult situation, we hope to find
the support we need, to find happiness, comfort and live in our best life, but
we must change the way we think. It is said that when you shift your thinking, your
circumstances shift. So, of all the things one can do, first and foremost one
must shift ones thinking, from where you are to where you would like to be, and
then allow the Universe to support you in making the change you want. There is one
thing I know for sure it is that the healing and shifting all begins with you.
An alkalized
body helps to ward off illnesses such as
- Cancers
- Heart burn
- Weight gain
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Kidney disease
- Immune deficiency
- Weakened or Bone Loss
- Slow Digestion
- The inability to have regular elimination without aids such as laxatives or enemas.
Alkaline
foods help to restore a healthy digestion and neutralize the acids in your
body. In a book titled A New Health Era - Dr. William Howard
Hay wrote, “Now we depart from health in
just the proportion to which we have allowed our alkalies to be dissipated by
introduction of acid-forming food in too great amount…”
Alkalization
starts with a positive attitude; seeing the good in you and others, thinking
positive thoughts and doing positive deeds.
Eating fresh
seasonal fruits and enjoying delicious salads, drinking fermented beverages
such as rejuvelac, a drink made from sprouted wheat berries. And removing or
reducing acidic foods such as animal flesh and processed sugars from your diet.
Visit http://www.jazzupyourlifenow.com/health---wellness-info.html for Alkalizing and Acidic Food Chart.
So, how does
one shift from where you are, struggling with an acidic stomach to where you
would like to be with an alkalized healthy body environment?
1) Increase your intake of alkaline
foods such as watermelon, lemons, asparagus, spinach and broccoli, green beans
okra and sweet potato.
2) Begin to shift your thinking from
negative to mostly positive - so that instead of seeing the glass half empty,
you will be able to see the glass half full.
3) Increase your raw/living food
consumption – as the weather becomes warm increase to 90% raw and fermented
foods.
4) Reduce your acidic foods intake.
Eliminate sugars, pinto beans, bottled fruit juices, artificial sweeteners,
chocolate, peanuts, pastries, beef and pork.
5) Drink herbal teas in place of coffee.
Such as green and kukicha twig tea which alkalizes your body and increases your
health and wellness.
6) Use alkalizing spices in your food
preparation – such as mustard seeds, ginger, cinnamon and chili pepper.
7) Enjoy a probiotic beverage such as kambucha
and rejuvelac after lunch and dinner or in between.
8) Add meditation and prayers to your
daily spiritual schedule.
N.B.: Please consult your health and wellness
practitioner before starting any new program.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This article is not
intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Jazz Fenton
is a Health and Wellness Coach a graduate of the Institute Integrative
Nutrition. She is also a Living /Raw Vegan Chef and teaches as Festive Palate
Cookery School and Jazz Up Your Life Now.
