Is Your Body Acidic Or Alkaline? Take This Quiz!
JAMES COLQUHOUN
If you want to dramatically improve your energy, get the body you’ve always wanted, say goodbye to inflammation and bring the aging process to a halt, then choosing alkalizing foods can get you there.
Fact 1: The typical American diet is acidogenic, consisting of foods that have an acidifying effect on the body.
Fact 2: Chronic over-acidity removes oxygen from the blood and can result in lowered immunity and premature aging.
Fact 3: The top 16 alkalizing foods are all green!
The alkaline approach to health is all about eating and drinking those things that will have an alkaline-forming, rather than an acid-forming effect on the body. It’s often misunderstood that the alkaline approach is trying to change your pH, but it’s all about supporting your body and giving it the tools it needs to maintain its ideal pH of 7.365.
Take our quiz below to find out whether your current lifestyle choices are making you acidic or alkaline.
What's The Best Way To Alkalize Your Body?
Human blood stays in a very narrow pH range around 7.35 - 7.45. When your body is bombarded with acid-forming foods, it has to rely on its own stores of nutrients to restore your blood pH so that it stays within this very strict limit. This can cause your bones to leach minerals or place more pressure on your kidneys and liver to maintain this balance.
The easiest way to nourish your blood, and in turn, nourish your body is by replacing acidic foods such as processed foods, sugar, caffeine, meat, and alcohol with more alkalizing, nutrient-rich, fresh produce! This helps the body to return to an alkaline state, rid itself of toxins, and allow the digestive system to rest and recuperate. Leaving your body feeling lighter, cleaner, and full of energy!
The alkaline approach to health is about eating and drinking those foods that will have an alkaline-forming, rather than an acid-forming effect on the body.
James Colquhoun is the filmmaker behind Food Matters, Hungry For Change, and Transcendence Seasons 1 & 2 and founder of Food Matters and FMTV. Along with Laurentine ten Bosch, James founded the Food Matters community following the release of the 2008 documentary, giving people the tools (films, books, articles, and guided programs) to take charge of their own health. From here, FMTV was born! It was designed as a place where you can access vital information by watching all of your favorite inspiring documentaries, expert interviews, & recipe videos in one place, and in early 2020 FMTV found it's new home on Gaia.