Alkaline Diet - Revolution or Rip-Off?

Alkaline diet fans boast that their favorite diet is the best way to lose weight and overcome health problems. But are these claims correct? Is there really any reason to believe that the alkaline diet can improve your health, or is it just another fad diet is based on celebrity hype and hearsay? That's the question that I am going to address in this article. After carefully considering the evidence for and against this diet, I believe that there are reasons to believe that the acid alkaline diet is beneficial for human health.

Even critics of the alkaline diet acknowledge that maintaining a proper acid-alkaline balance is essential for health. Skeptics say that the foods you eat have no effect on your internal pH, because your body will simply self-regulate to the proper pH level. But some reputable studies have found that eating the typical Western diet can indeed lead to a low grade, but nonetheless serious, state of acidosis. And since this condition is caused by eating too many acid-forming foods, the only real solution is to adopt a well-balanced alkaline diet.

In addition, I believe that this way of eating has additional health benefits which are not related to acid-alkaline balance. For example, the alkaline diet emphasizes fresh fruits and vegetables, which are universally knowledge to be good for you. Other foods that are emphasized on the alkaline diet include certain whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and oils that are rich in monounsaturated and omega-3 fats. All of these foods have been shown in scientific studies to have numerous health benefits, including a reduced risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other serious conditions. So even if acidity had no effect on human health, the alkaline diet would still be a smart choice.