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How acidic is your diet or lifestyle? If you’re getting to much acid, it can be very dangerous to your health.

Ideally, you want a pH that’s balanced between acidic and alkaline. Most people are too acidic.

Your body can be too acidic if you are 1) taking prescription drugs 2) Eat meat or eggs 3) Have food chemical in what you eat 4) eat fish 5) eat most dairy products 6) consume refined sugars 7) have poultry in your diet or eat most grains.

Alkaline-producing examples are: Fruits, cereal grasses, vegetables, sprouts or herbs.

Now you can see WHY our bodies are usually too acidic… To balance your body, you can eat more of the last examples or find supplements that can help do that balancing act. In either case, everyone needs to balance the acid/alkaline in their bodies for good health.

One remedy for this is to drink 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water each morning before breakfast. Done on a regular basis, this has been known to help with many problems including weight gain. If you cannot do this, then the options below will assist you in getting a more balanced pH in your body.

Walking may be the ultimate form of exercise. It puts more muscle mass to work and you can quickly derive benefits–better fat metabolism, improved glucose tolerance, a lower resting heart rate and reduced stress.

Prior to your walk, do some stretching exercises to warm up your muscles. After getting used to a daily routine of walking, you must increase your pace to put more muscle mass to work. BOOST YOUR SPEED - SWING YOUR HIPS - STAND UP STRAIGHTER and last but NOT least, get yourself a good pair of shoes.

A pair with moderate cushioning.. a low beveled heel..roominess in the toe box…flexibility…an “Achilles notch” at the back of the collar (to allow space for your Achilles tendon). Have a sales person check the wear pattern on your old shoes before he/she recommends a new pair.

In any pharmacy or health food store you will find yourself surrounded by nutritional supplements fro vitamins to bee pollen.

Even if you aren’t sick, a few well–chosen supplements can make you feel much, much healthier. Few American get the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of all nutrients. The RDA is based on the amount of each nutrient needed to prevent deficiency-related diseases-scurvy, beriberi, rickets, etc. Hundreds of studies confirm that risk of chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease can be minimized only by taking these nutrients at level in excess of the RDA. And it is true that it is virtually impossible to get sufficient quantities of key nutrients from food alone-even with the most healthful diets.
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