Among celebrities and stars of show business for several years, a new food type is popular - an alkaline diet. The principles of this approach also adhere to the followers of yoga. About the new system, which reveals the secrets of a slim body and smooth skin, first spoke Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kirsten Dunst. What is an alkaline diet, in which its benefits and harm in our material.
Alkaline diet: what it is
Alkalin diet (English Alkali - "Alkali") was originally developed by doctors not for weight loss, but was intended to normalize the acid-alkaline balance of the body in people with gastrointestinal diseases. Normalization of appetite, improved absorption of nutrients and weight loss turned out to be "side" effects.Normally, the pH level indicator in the blood is at 7.35-7.45. Deviations in a large or smaller side lead to an increase in the acid or alkaline level. This, in turn, causes pathology and health problems, up to death. Excessive accumulation of acid reduces immunity, problems arise with digestion, excess weight, spindlers, chronic fatigue, avitaminosis appears.
For neutralization of acidity, alkaline products are needed: vegetables, solid grain, legumes, nuts and fruits with low sugar (apples, pears, kiwi, melon, cherry). Increased acid content - in dairy and dairy products, potatoes, buckwheat, white rice, fatty varieties of meat and fish, eggs, dried fruits, tea and coffee. Prohibited in the menu: Fast Food, alcohol, snacks, artificial sweets and flavors.
Alkaline diet, unlike others, does not oblige a completely abandonment of a separate group of products.
The main principle of an alkaline diet is the compliance with the ratio of 80 to 20 in favor of alkaline dishes.
Benefit and harm
Authors and followers of an alkaline diet celebrate it favor : Improving health, lifting of vitality and energy, improving skin condition, reduced risk of heart disease and cancer tumors, subject to nutritional mode and more than a month.
Any diet implies a refusal of a certain type of dishes or minimizing them. This approach to nutrition leads to a lack of some useful vitamins, minerals and nutrients, which can apply harm organism. Therefore, the missing elements are required to be filled with vitamin complexes.
Alkaline diet suggests focus on vegetable origin and is similar to vegetarianism. But lean grades of meat and fish are needed in the menu at least 3 times a week, so as not to provoke a protein deficiency in the body. Also arrange unloading days to replenish the lack of nutrients and vitamins.
Alkaline diet is not suitable for example, for example, pregnant women, athletes and people with some diseases. Before changing the usual nutrition principles, consult with a nutritionist. In addition to benefits and advantages for the body, adverse consequences are possible - fatigue, general ailment.
Nutrisonists and nutritionists argue about an alkaline diet, there is an opinion that the type of food does not affect the alkali balance and acid and homeostatic processes in the body.