The creators of the Alkaline Diet believe that eating foods that are less acidic and more alkaline that you are extremely protected from many health issues.
Unfortunately when it comes to diets, we live in a time where ANY celebrity or influencer can make an instrgram post of a diet, claim that ‘it works’ and BOOM! Suddenly it goes viral – gaining traction from all corners of the web as well as content-thirsty media platforms and we all of a sudden have the next fad diet. It might even trend for a little while or a long time depending on the celebrity factor. I believe the reason the Alkaline diet got so popular is Victoria Beckham made a tweet about an alkaline cookbook and talked about how great it was. And after that some other celebrities said the same thing and then the alkaline diet became popular in mainstream media. The philosophy of the Diet is that the foods you eat change your body’s PH level.
The creators of the Alkaline Diet believe that eating foods that are less acidic and more alkaline that you are extremely protected from many health issues. Unfortunately, there really isn’t any scientific research that backs this belief or philosophy. The diet focuses on the PH individual of foods. So, the question is what foods should you eat and shouldn’t you eat?
What are the Alkaline Foods to eat:
- Fruit
- Vegetables
- Seeds
- Raisins
- Nuts
- Wine
- Unsweetened Juices
- Potatoes
What are the Acidic Foods you can’t eat:
- Fish
- Chicken
- All Types of Meat
- Yogurt
- Icecream
- Alcohol
- Soda
- Cottage Cheese
- Processed Food
- All Types of Cheese
In all honesty, the Alkaline food diet focuses on fruits and vegetables over processed foods. The focus on the diet isn’t the weight-loss aspect, it’s the speculative disease treatment and prevention that supposedly it does by retaining a certain PH level. There are no definitive studies that it has any effect on cancer, kidney disease or any major diseases. There also claims that the Alkaline foods diet can help the reduce the risk of osteoporosis. There are no long-term studies that validates that clam or theory.
The negative and positive takeaways of the Alkaline Diet
The healthy food aspect of the Alkaline diet is the fruits and vegetables part of it. And fruits & vegetables are great antioxidants which play a part in reducing the risk of some diseases. But the alkaline foods diet doesn’t have enough protein in the diet and most people don’t know how to obtain protein from plant-based foods. And when you are deficient in protein intake you will feel hungry, and you will lose lean muscle mass. And none of us want to lose lean muscle mass because it helps to speed the metabolism.
The Alkaline foods diet is very restrictive and doesn’t have enough balance nutrients wise, so it lends to you being deficient in so many other areas dietary wise. If you are going to try the Alkaline diet you want to talk to your doctor and make sure you aren’t doing anything harmful to your well being.
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