Don't Battle the Bathroom Scale: Weight Charts are Your Weight-loss Friend

I have witnessed people who have a crazy relationship with the size of the bathroom and weight charts. When I used to work for a weight-loss centers, weigh-in ritual often include shedding shoes, belts, and even the tiniest of earrings. A woman will even insist on taking off his pants. As I protested it was a public place and the men and children can walk in any moment he was unzipping down to his skivvies.

Chart a friend or enemy the size and weight of your bathroom? Even for those who successfully lose weight, or to an ideal weight, are often feelings of awe-inspiring and angst as they step size bathroom, and keeping a chart of weight is the farthest thing from their minds.

Important to calm our relationship with our bathroom scale and weight chart welcome a running tally of body weight on specific dates in our lives. This means calming our feelings about our weight and then reprogramming the message to us to judge ourselves according to how much we weigh any given day.

Normalizing our relations with the size of the bathroom and keeping a weight chart is important because, when used correctly, the size of the bathroom and weight chartscan be a good indicator of whether (or how) we need to change our behavior.

The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) is tracking more than 5,000 individuals who lost significant amounts of weight and kept it for long time periods. They evaluated the behavioral and mental characteristics of weight maintainers, as well as the strategies they use to maintain their weight loss.

One of the common denominators of their habits are the steps to the bathroom scale. In fact, 75% of participants weighed themselves at least once per week, and many stepped on their size bathroom every day.

To maintain an appropriate weight, I use the same strategy that I suspect many people using the NWCR. I see what I can get through in terms of calories pampering, and when the size of the bathroom starts tipping to the right, I rein it in and take off a few pounds.

But befriending the bathroom scale is not enough, as I said above, keeping a weekly chart of the weight is also important. People actually lose weight tend to convince themselves it into a plateau, that dietis not working, they should be doing more, etc..

Judy is an example. He lost 19 pounds in six months and now is an appropriate weight range. But he keeps telling himself (and group) he is not exercising enough (three times a week), he eats too much cake, and more. He actually say the words that I m ​​losing weight when he had just got off the size of the bathroom and it falls to a half pound. Good solid, black-and-white evidence in the form of readings on the size of the bathroom and a chart of weight. Also good on a diet coach or support group to lend some insight.

The same is true of people gaining weight and convincing themselves it's just a few pounds and they have to worry about later. Seeing them in a bathroom size or weight charts, black and white in a range of time, can help. It could be only a few pounds. . . But when you see it in months or years, it can give you a reality check that may prompt you to make the decision to reverse the trend.

How often do you weigh?

When it comes to how often to step on the scale of the bathroom and make notations in your weight chart, the best advice I can give a coach of food, funny enough, is to tell people to do the opposite of what they are now doing. If you do not get the size of the bathroom or keep a chart of weight, then you should weigh once a day for a couple of months, and keep a day-to-day chart with weight it. This will help you get rejection if you are having and also give you a realistic picture of your change in weight due to salt intake, hormones, air travel, time of day, etc.

If you are getting the bathroom scale daily or even more than once a day, and keeping a fairly frequent weight chart, then it maybe time to take it back to once a week. Monitor and record your weight at the same time each week, but also a thorough inventory of your behavior last week. You must remember your regrets as well as your accomplishments about your diet and exercise regularly. In the big picture, the size of the bathroom and chart weight is only one piece of feedback.

If you inventory your behavior, and doing well, yet the number on the scale of the bathroom or the trend of your weight chart is disappointing, then try using the smart words of my client to Shirley: A numbers on the size of the bathroom is not a reflection of who I am, this is a reflection of who I used to. I'm a person who exercises regularly and eats right. I was at my goal weight. The numbers on the bathroom scale measures in the development of my body catching up with me now.

Getting Adapted To The pH Miracle Diet - How To Cook Interesting New Meals!

When you adopt the pH Miracle Diet, you also change the way you eat and cook your food. While many people find it easy to change their dietary habits, an equal number find the world of fresh fruits and vegetables quite oppressive.

Many people who adopt the pH Miracle Diet are not sure how to maintain it. Before adopting this diet, they used to eat ready-to-eat packages, meat, and other acid-forming food. While the pH Miracle Diet permits people to eat these occassionally, the rest of the diet is something totally new to those who have newly adopted it.

Learn New Recipes

If you search online or in books written about pH Miracle Diet, you will find any number of recipes that have an alkalizing effect on your body. Keep looking for fresh ideas, and you will find that you are never short of meal plans. At first, you will find the meals and the methods of cooking them strange. However, a day will come when they form an important part of your nature.

Plan Diverse Meals

The biggest mistake that many families who adopt the pH Miracle Diet make is to learn and cook only a few types of meals. You could end up getting bored with this and going back to your old acid-forming diet. You can avoid such a thing from happening by finding ten pH Miracle recipes that interest you and trying a new meal plan every week. Learn new recipes every week and collect alkalizing recipes till you have a very good collection of meals that the entire family can enjoy.

Cook Your Family's Favorite Foods

Study the lists of alkalizing foods and choose the ones that are already favorites in your family. Find some recipes in which you can use your family's favorite fruits or vegetables. Then, your family will not find the changes in diet a torture. They will find it easier to adjust to the new diet. Start your new diet with foods that your family already likes, instead of bombarding them right away with items such as kale, tofu, and dandelion root. 

Alkalizing Broth

First and foremost, try an alkalizing broth. You can modify it in many ways to suit your family's taste. The basic ingredients that go into it are a few alkalizing vegetables and pure water. Taking this broth will not only give your body the nutrients it requires, but also balance your body's pH level. It detoxifies your organs and tissues. You can use the basic broth for more complex recipes. Alternatively, you could make it the first course of an alkalizing meal.

Try Alkalizing Juices

Many people who have adopted the pH Miracle Diet drink juices to get rid of the excess acid in their bodies. You could use one of the popular alkalizing juice recipes. It will make your new diet all the more exciting. You could drink juice for your breakfast. Juice also serves as a hearthy snack in case you feel hungry in the middle of the day. You don't really need a juicer becaues you can easily make most of these juices on your blender.

Modify Recipes

You will require all your creative power to find recipes that would interest children. A number of children's vegetarian recipe books could come to your aid. You could simply modify these recipes to make them more alkalizing. 

For example, a lot of fruits such as apples, strawberries, and raspberries are on the list of alkalizing food. Many children love sweet potatoes, which are highly alkalizing and good during the winter. Fresh vegetables, such as celery, make excellent snacks during the hot days of the summer. You could also use homemade hummus or lemon juice and mayonnaise sauce to dip them in.

You need a little time, research, and practise to create dozens of mouth-watering alkalizing dishes. Soon, the pH Miracle diet will be an established dietary habit in your family.

Use the Law of Attraction to Make Your Miracle

Have you seen any miracles lately? Or maybe experienced one or two of your own? Do you even believe in miracles these days? Regardless of how you define one, when you start looking for miracles, you'll find life is filled with them. Even better, when you understand the nature of miracles and how they come about, you can create your own at will.

Miracle-making is a highly underrated activity, as many assume it's left in the hands of a higher power and not within our personal purview to create magic. Although there are books on the subject and plenty of folks practicing it already, most of us weren't taught to believe we can create whatever we want.

In fact, we're usually taught the opposite: that it takes hard work and perseverance to get by. Anyone believing in wishes, fairy tale endings, or spending time daydreaming is admonished to be realistic and not get their hopes up. We're trained to deny our wants and desires to avoid disappointment in a harsh and unfair life.

Nothing could be further from the truth, it turns out. We can create miracles. We can create whatever we want in our lives. All it takes is believing it and daring to want whatever we want.

What Makes a Miracle?
What would constitute a miracle in your life? Some of us use the term loosely, but that doesn't deny the wonder and marvel we feel when the swim suit looks as good on us as it did in the catalogue, or we discover the job of our dreams we didn't know existed, or the vet tells us there's an effective affordable treatment for our ailing dog.

I suspect it's partly because we're so used to bad news that when things do go our way, it feels extraordinary or magical. The more we think something is unlikely or impossible to happen, the more miraculous it feels when it does.

Webster defines a miracle as an "extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment." On his ABC Radio National show "Encounter," David Rutledge questioned whether miracles really even occur, since all miracles could be "explained rationally if our rational apprehension was up to the task." He paraphrased St. Augustine in saying when something extraordinary can be explained rationally, it's no longer miraculous.

Indeed. It sounded miraculous to me when researchers recently announced they successfully made a copper cylinder appear to disappear. But after reading their explanation of how metamaterials guide electromagnetic waves around a central region so objects within the region don't disturb electromagnetic fields, thus creating invisibility, it seemed perfectly logical to make something disappear. What took so long to create that? After all, it's just metamaterials guiding electromagnetic waves around the object. What's next, walking on water?

But just because something can be explained logically doesn't make it any less miraculous. In fact, if anything, it brings us closer to believing in and allowing miracles into our daily lives. Why wait for the logical explanation before we believe in it? Let's embrace the miracles awaiting us now.

This brings up two important points regarding miracles and our ability to manifest them.
When we're consciously aware of and grateful for the miracles present in life, we invite more in (because like attracts like and we get what we focus on). Second, when we believe miracles exist and that they can happen to us, we're aligned to experience them.

Our Personal Miracles
What miracles do you take for granted? They are present everywhere, in each of our lives. As you begin to see them, you allow more to manifest. What miracle would you like to see happen next?

A woman who has always struggled in relationship feels like she's been gifted by the gods when Mr. Right appears. Someone who's fighting the weight battle feels like a superhero when he drops 20 pounds and keeps them off through the holidays. One of my favorite personal miracles was quitting my corporate job after five years of talking about it, throughout which I dreaded every work day and feared financial ruin to give up a steady paycheck. People around me, and myself for that matter, were incredulous when I actually did it. It felt like a miracle that I found the courage to create change.

Morris Goodman, dubbed the "Miracle Man," broke nearly every bone in his body (including his skull and spinal cord) when he crashed his plane. Although he wasn't expected to live, Morris not only survived, but recovered from a coma and proved doctors wrong after they said he would never walk, speak or function normally again. Today he's one of the most inspiring motivational speakers on circuit.

Morris' wife, Cathy, created her own miracle by reversing a breast cancer diagnosis simply by using laugh therapy. We often hear stories of people who use the power of their mind to eliminate tumors or survive severely terminal cancer diagnoses.

Regardless of what makes a miracle for someone else, what would yours be? What would amaze and astonish you, and make you believe that not only do marvelous things happen, but that they happen to you?

Once you get a handle on what you'd love to see happen in your life, you've taken the first step to experience it.

Miracle Making 101
It might even be a miracle that today we can openly discuss creating them, since in the past this sort of "blasphemy" could have earned a spot at the burned stake. In fact, there are many contributors spreading the word about deliberate creation today.

Todd Michaels' "Twelve Conditions of a Miracle," Michael Rann's "Shortcut to a Miracle," "The Secret" movie, "Ask and It Is Given" by Abraham-Hicks, even the mysterious Emerald Tablet by Hermes - the list is long of those encouraging us to embrace our powers to create miracles. Larry King even got in on the action last month when he interviewed various authorities on creating reality with your thoughts.

Are you ready to order up a miracle this holiday season? Here's how to get started:

1) Believe it's possible. It's a challenge to create something you don't believe in, so the first step is to embrace your ability to manifest what you want. Even if you can't completely buy into the thought that you can create whatever your heart desires, start by entertaining it as a possibility. The more you consider the thought, the more successful results you'll experience - and the easier it becomes to believe.

2) Choose what you want. Get clear about what you'd like to see happen in your life, whether it's something you'd like to do, be or have. The sky is no limit and you get what you ask for, so make it good!

Start small if that feels more comfortable. Enjoy manifesting rock star parking spots during holiday shopping traffic and truly delightful company parties. Once you gain confidence in your miracle-making capabilities, you can work your way up to the more exciting stuff.

Don't let anyone talk you out of what you choose, and forget whatever you've heard or believed in the past about what is or isn't possible. We live in a realm of infinite possibilities.

3) Feel it now. Your miracle-making capacity lies within (in your thoughts and feelings), so you won't need magic wands, hats or potions - although they might add to the fun. All you need is the discipline to direct your thoughts and feelings in the direction of the miracle you're conjuring up. Focus on what you want, instead of the absence of it.

Set an intention that you will allow this miracle to unfold in your life, and enjoy the feelings that thought brings up. Imagine what it feels like to experience this event or thing now. So much of your energy has been unconsciously directed toward "not wanting" the things you deeply want in life that this step may feel like a breath of fresh air for your true self.

4) Do what feels good. Many of us have lives filled with things that don't feel good, so this final step could entail dramatic change. It may mean new jobs, new relationships, new lifestyles. The way you feel dictates what you attract, so as you make feeling good a higher priority, you'll find life naturally gets better. Feeling good is a fun practice that allows you to naturally and effortlessly create miracles on purpose.

Remember that everyone's "feel good" is different, so don't look to anyone else for what should feel good to you. Trust your inner guidance and follow it.

With this process you become much more deliberate about what you create in your life. You believe in your ability to get what you want; focus on what you want instead of what you don't want; feel what it feels like to have it; and purposely do what feels good - raising your vibration and increasing your power to create the life of your dreams.

So have fun flexing your miracle muscles as you wrap up 2006, and set your sights high for the New Year. It is our destiny to continually expand what we believe possible for ourselves and our world. Now that we've got invisible figured out, we can move on to reversing aging and disease; an abundance of time and money; and loving our "enemies." There are no limits when we free ourselves from the boundaries of what we thought possible!

Living Life As A Miracle

Do you live your life as if everything is a miracle? Albert Einstein is credited with stating that there are two ways to live life: One, as if nothing is a miracle; the other way is as if everything is a miracle.

Living life as if everything is a miracle has many benefits. The benefits include:

• Overcoming the odds.
• Synchronicities - being in the right place at the right time. Meeting the right people at the right time.
• Synchronicities - information and answers to questions when needed.
• A fortunate experience.
• Escaping life threatening situations.
• Health in mind, body and spirit.
• Events created by divine intervention.
• Wonderful events regardless of its likelihood.

Today choose which way you desire to live your life and connect with the twelve Universal Laws:

• Divine Oneness - Everything is connected to everything else. Everything you do, say, think and believe affects others and the universe.
• Vibration - Everything in the Universe moves, vibrates and travels in circular patterns. Every sound, thing and thought has its own vibrational frequency, unique to itself.
• Action - You need to engage in actions that support your thoughts, dreams, emotions and words.
• Correspondence - Energy, Light, Vibration and Motion have their corresponding principles in the etheric or universe. As above, so below.
• Cause and Effect - Every action has a reaction or consequence and you 'reap what you sow.'
• Compensation - is the Law of Cause and Effect applied to blessings and abundance that are provided for you. The visible effects of your deeds are given to you in gifts, money, inheritances, friendships and blessings.
• Attraction - You create the things, events and people who come into your life. Negative energies attract negative energies and positive energies attract positive energies.
• Perpetual Transmutation of Energy - You have the power within you to change the conditions of your life.
• Relativity - When you encounter an issue it is for the purpose of strengthening the Light within. You need to consider each issue as a challenge to resolve and remain connected to your heart when proceeding to resolve the issue.
• Polarity - Everything is on a continuum and has an opposite. You can suppress and transform undesirable thoughts by concentrating on the opposite pole.
• Rhythm - Everything vibrates and moves to certain rhythms. These rhythms create seasons, cycles, stages of development, and patterns. Awakened people know how to rise above negative cycles by avoiding negative things to penetrate their consciousness.
• Gender - Everything has a masculine (yang) and feminine (yin) principle, and these are the basis for all creation. The spiritual Initiate needs to balance the masculine and feminine energies within to become awakened as a true co-created with God.

Pause in this moment - right now. Make your decision - If you choose that living life is only miracles, go ahead now and connect with the beauty and miracles that are waiting for you.

How Do I Know If the pH Miracle Diet is Right For Me?

The pH Miracle Diet has been described as one of the most exciting eating plans in today's world of dieting and nutrition. The pH diet claims that it can restore the natural balances in your body if you follow the program. Not only will you loose weight but you will also rid yourself of numerous ill-health conditions. In addition to losing weight, problems such as indigestion, painful muscles and tiredness will become a thing of the past.

Most of the low carb diets on the market let you consume huge quantities of protein, which in turn lead to other problems. The pH alkaline diet consists of alkaline foods like fruit, grains, vegetables and some vegetarian protein sources. As the human body has a slightly alkaline pH, eating these kind of foods can help support and maintain the pH balance. Too many people eat wheat, dairy products and animal protein that are acidic.

Dr. Robert Young who created the pH miracle diet, says in his book that excessive acidity in the body is the main cause of many people's problems with their health. He blames health problems like arthritis, muscle pain, leg cramps, excess mucous production, nasal congestion, frequent infections, colds and headaches, dry skin and hair, stress and anxiety on the excessive intake of acidic foods.

Are you suffering from one or more of the above-mentioned health problems? If you do, you are eating too many acidic foods. Dairy products and animal protein all have high levels of acid. You should seriously consider giving the Alkaline diet a try.

The acid alkaline balanced diet will bring relief to many who have been on low carb diets and who have seen little or no results. The foods prescribed on this diet are easier to digest than all those heavy proteins of the low carb diets. The protein to carbohydrate ratio is better balanced because the proteins used are selected for their acidic level. These proteins consist of foods like beans, nuts and alkalizing tofu.

Vegetarians will simply love the pH miracle diet. This diet does not include any meat and goat's milk is the only alkaline dairy product allowed on the pH miracle diet. One of the mainstays of a vegetarian diet is tofu and it also plays a major role in the pH miracle diet.

If your normal diet includes lots of processed foods and only a small amount of vegetables, you will benefit from an alkaline diet. Processed foods contain very little natural nutrients. It can affect your health adversely and you will end up suffering from malnutrition even if you feel that you eat enough. The pH miracle diet focuses on fresh foods and vegetables that will put back natural minerals and vitamins into your diet. Even by adding just a small amount of foods that are alkaline will have a positive influence on your overall health.

This healthy diet fits the lifestyles of different types of people and that is why it is so successful. If you recognize yourself in any of the above-mentioned scenarios, you should seriously consider the pH miracle diet and improve your health by starting to eat the correct foods.

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Vegetarianism and the pH miracle diet

The pH miracle diet is a program for restoring balance in the body by eating alkaline foods. The body’s cells are slightly alkaline and by eating alkalizing foods you can support your body’s natural function. In addition to eating alkalizing foods, Dr. Robert Young, the creator of the diet, also recommends avoiding acidifying foods like meat, wheat and dairy. Those that want better health, according to Dr. Young, should become vegetarians.

The standard American diet certainly isn’t alkalizing and definitely isn’t vegetarian. Animal protein is a mainstay of most people’s diets. However, the necessity for animal protein is a not.

There is a prevailing belief in out society that consuming a lot of protein encourages health and especially physical fitness. Men especially are expected to eat massive quantities of meat in order to have strength and vitality. This myth has prevailed as far back in history as many can remember. In the beginning of the twentieth century, scientists began to believe that consuming meat equaled physical strength, especially in the world of sports. This specific belief, the link between sports and protein, has been one of the driving forces behind meat consumption in the last 100 years. 

In actuality, the body’s need for protein is actually a lot less than many people think. There are plenty of sources for vegetarian protein that are alkalizing, and acceptable on the ph Miracle diet. 

But why does the program specifically forbid animal protein? Animal protein, like meats, eggs and dairy products all have acidifying effects on the body. These effects become even more prevalent when you consume non-organic meats. Consuming conventionally processed meats can expose you to hormones, drugs and other chemicals that have been given to the animals before they were killed. There are no conclusive studies about the safety of hormones, but there are perceived risks. Animals are routinely given antibiotics as well, which will increase your consumption of antibiotics and will reduce helpful bacteria in your body. The reduction of these helpful bacteria will allow more metabolic acid to accumulate in your system, and create disastrous health effects.

The elements in meat that are good for you (protein, vitamins and minerals) can be obtained from vegetarian sources without all of the dangers. Just one cup of tofu, an alkalizing protein source, has 20 grams of protein. The average man or women needs less than 40 grams per day. Protein needs can easily be met without eating acidifying meat.

Making the switch to vegetarianism is more of mental struggle than a physical one. The body runs much more efficiently without the acidifying presence of animal protein. Eating meat is a habit and the benefits of eating it are a culturally propagated myth. There is no physical need for meat. The most difficult part of eliminating it from your diet will be opening your eyes to the wide variety of new foods that can replace meat.

When you follow the pH miracle diet, you’ll notice that Dr. Young recommends a balance of 70% alkaline foods and 30% acid foods. This means that there is some leeway for eating foods on the acidic list. Although it may be tempting to eat animal protein as part of this 30%, your body will be in better balance if you choose something that is just slightly acidic, like eggs, oats or pasta, instead of highly acidic meats.

Becoming a vegetarian on the pH miracle diet is certainly your choice. But you owe it to your health to start reducing the amount of  animal protein in your diet. 

Transitioning into the pH miracle diet

The pH miracle diet is one of the most revolutionary diets to grow in popularity in the past few years. The eating principles of the diet (vegetarian, organic foods) are not new, but the addition of the “pH factor” is definitely something that has not been readily seen in the world of nutrition. The acid/alkaline balance of our bodies is something that many people have never heard of, although the concepts have been part of Chinese medicine for thousands of years. The pH miracle diet may seem strange upon your first encounter, but once you find out more about the concepts and benefits you’ll be impressed and motivated to try this way of eating.

The pH miracle diet is a definite transition from the standard American diet. If you are embarking on a journey to health and plan to use the pH miracle diet you will definitely experience a transition in your life. This diet requires you to think about food and eating in an entirely new way. You’ll be challenging old stereotypes about nutrition, such as meat is an important part of every meal and milk is beneficial to your health. It can be difficult to make a completely 180-degree turn in your way of eating and cooking.

However, in order to have success on the pH miracle diet, you don’t have to make that 180-degree turn in just one week. The book outlines 7 specific steps for dietary change. They do not all have to be done at once. If you radically change your diet and are eating unfamiliar foods, cooking unfamiliar recipes and missing out on your favorite meals, you will not stay on the diet for very long, no matter how healthy it is. The best approach to adapting the pH miracle diet is to do it slowly and at your own pace.

Taking a slower approach is also helpful because it will help you understand how the diet is affecting your body. Even if you’ve read the book a dozen times and understand all of the science behind the acid/alkaline balance, you won’t really know it well until you’ve done it yourself. Incorporating this new way of eating into your body step by step will allow you to feel the effects of the acid/alkaline process. You can measure the science against your personal opinion and how your body responds.

Everybody is different and you may find as you start the program that certain aspects of the program don’t work for you. Maybe you cannot go vegetarian completely, or you find it difficult to go without certain acid-forming fruits. Testing out the principles of the pH miracle diet on your own body will allow you to decide what works and what doesn’t. The goal of the diet is find a balance of 70% alkaline and 30% acid foods. This means that you can still enjoy the foods that you love as long as they are balanced by alkalizing foods.

The transition to an ideal pH diet balance is something you should take at your own pace. This is particularly true if you have had a diet full of acid-forming foods or if you have any major health problems. Your body will need time to respond to this new way of eating and adjust to operating on natural foods. The transition into pH balanced eating is a journey that should be traveled in incremental steps. 

The pH miracle diet as a cleansing diet

One of the most important principles in the pH miracle diet is the concept of cleansing your body of the acidic materials that are built up within. The ph miracle diet is a cleansing diet. It performs a cleansing of the body and its tissues and organs. This cleansing is almost like setting the “restart” button on your body. Any conditions you have developed from improper diet and lifestyle will start to dissipate. Cleansing diets like the pH miracle diet will help give your body the nutritional support it needs to function at an optimum level.

To understand what a cleansing diet is you need to understand how the body cleanses itself. The body rids itself of harmful elements through the colon, skin, lungs and bladder. The liver, kidneys and lymphatic system all assist with this cleansing. The liver is the organ in the body that is primarily responsible for body detoxification. When the liver is not functioning properly it cannot change toxins like alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, pesticides, drugs, antibiotics and additives into waste matter. If your liver doesn’t work, you are poisoning yourself. The liver can become stressed through improper digestion (eating processed foods), yeast overgrowth, parasites, dehydration and inadequate water intake. 

Cleansing your liver is the best thing you can do for your health and for the restoration of proper pH to your body. When you undergo a program, like the pH miracle diet that cleanses the liver it normally requires the liver to work harder than it has before. You must add live enzymes to the diet rather than drawing them from the liver. The live enzymes will alkalize the body and restore your proper pH. You can accomplish this by incorporating organic vegetables into your diet. The proper alkalizing vegetables in the pH miracle diet will support the liver and help restore it to its natural functioning. 

If the liver is helped by a cleansing diet, then the whole body will be helped. Once the liver is functioning at proper performance it can begin to do its job of eliminating waste. It will support the other detoxifying organs and perform more effectively in doing its own job. 

The pH miracle diet qualifies as a cleansing diet because it performs a cleansing function of the liver and the rest of your body. The diet is made of mostly raw foods, simple proteins (beans and legumes), alternative whole grains and plenty of fresh and pure water. Cleansing diets include, at minimum, five servings of vegetables per day. In most cases, people eat twice that when they are on the pH miracle diet. This is accomplished with the use of fresh vegetable juices. There are four to five servings of vegetables in just two cups of juiced vegetables. 

Eating small and frequent meals is also an important part of the cleansing function of the pH miracle diet. The small meals will keep calorie intake up and give you the opportunity to add more vegetables to your day. Although raw vegetables should be favored, lightly steamed veggies are also beneficial. Plant based proteins like beans, soy and nuts should also be included at each small meal for energy and balance.

The effects of the pH miracle cleansing diet depend entirely on your previous level of health. If you’ve had a diet that consisted of meats, processed foods and other acid forming choices then the cleansing effects may be very difficult at first. Your body will have to adjust to living off of natural elements instead of chemical ones. However your efforts are well worth it. You will be learning the most natural way to eat and teaching your body to live to eat instead of eat to live. Remember that learning to eat in this manner and adopting a cleansing diet will be a process of healing, and not an overnight occurrence. As you take on the principles of the pH miracle diet, you will begin to change your health for the better.

Sugar and the pH miracle diet

The pH diet stresses a balanced approach to eating. By limiting the intake of acidic foods and increasing the intake of alkaline foods one can achieve optimum health. One of the main factors in the fight against acidic pH levels is sugar. Sugar is an epidemic in our modern world. The average American consumes 2 to 3 pounds of sugar each week, that translates to over 135 pounds of sugar per person per year. This alarming number is attributed to the wide popularity of sugar as an additive. Sugar is in everything, hiding in various forms. Sucrose, dextrose, and high fructose corn syrups are active ingredient in all processed food and condiments. These highly refined sweeteners leave a bitter taste in the mouths of those who are starting out on the pH diet due to their universal acceptance as a “necessary evil’

With sugar’s radical effect on insulin levels, the body has no fighting chance against the damage. When insulin levels drop; so do the release of growth hormone. These growth hormones depress the immune system that leaves the body open to a host of diseases and maladies. Insulin also inhibits the body’s ability to fight off weight gain and elevated triglyceride levels. Put quite simply, the higher in simple sugars a food is, the more likely it will promote fat storage in the body. These stored fat cells play a host to acidic waste that in turn degrade the structure of red blood cells in the bloodstream.

Sugar also fights for control of the cellular development in the body with Vitamin C. From a structural standpoint, Vitamin C and Simple Sugar are quite similar. As sugar levels go up in the body, they compete with one another when they enter cells. If there is a higher concentration of sugar in the bloodstream which will allow more sugar into thirsty cells leaving little to no room for Vitamin C. Without the phagocytizing effects of Vitamn C on cellular structures they are unable to fend off the attacks of viruses and bacteria. Lower white blood cell counts equal a suppressed immune system that isn’t strong enough to protect the body.

Sugar is devoid of vitamins and minerals and upon absorption steals vital micro-nutrients to help it metabolize into the system. A deficit is created when these micro-nutrients are not replaced. This deficiency causes fat cells and cholesterol to not be metabolized thus leading to high blood pressure and obesity. The ability of sugar to raise insulin levels artificially eventually leaves the pancreas dysfunctional and the body dependent on sugar. This is commonly referred to as diabetes. Simple sugars have also been attributed to gallstones, mood disorders, heart disease and even asthma. With all of the negative effects that sugars have been clinically linked to, is it any wonder that sugar is also one of the most acidic things you can put into your body.

Cancer is the most dangerous result of heavy sugar dependence. Cancerous cells thrive on lactic acid. This lactic acid produced by fermenting glucose is transported into the liver. A more acidic PH is produced by this buildup of lactic acid in the cancerous cells, the highly acidic nature of cancerous tumors is testament to this. The connection between sugars and unhealthy acidic levels in the bloodstream is clearly drawn through the connection of glucose (sugar) and cancerous cells. Simple sugars are quite simply a poison to the body that will eventually deteriorate the quality of cellular development and suppress the immune system to the point of failure.

By balancing the diet with an 80% alkaline and 20% acid induction of foods, supplements, and beverages you can decrease the risk of disease in the body. By replacing simple sugars with more complex ones or alkaline-based sweeteners such as Stevia, one can decrease the dependence on simple sugars and avoid bad health. Look carefully at ingredient labels and be aware of the many names that simple sugars hide behind. Become educated on how the body metabolizes simple sugars, as well as how carbohydrates can be broken down into simple sugars in the bloodstream. By arming yourself with information you can improve the quality of your life.

Stress and the pH miracle diet

The pH miracle diet is a new way to look at how you eat. By addressing each food, beverage, supplement, and additive by it’s acidic or alkaline signature a balance can be negotiated. Our bodies work according to the pH scale, which works on a range of 1 to 14. A ranking of 1 on this scale denotes a high level of acid while a ranking of 14 indicates that there is a high concentration of alkaline present. A ranking of 7 on the pH scale represents neutrality in pH. The blood in the human bloodstream regulates at the level of 7.35, which is mildly alkaline. The pH miracle diet advocates keeping the intake of food into your body in line with this optimum level. The method of implementation is quite simple, by coordinating an eating planned structured around a comprehensive list of foods, and supplements you can create an effective strategy to lower acidity in your body. 

Alkaline intake will counter act this stored acidity by being metabolized and neutralizing them at the source. With balance as the benchmark for a workable health plan; constant monitoring of the body’s pH levels is essential. Saliva pH test strips with a base range of 4.5 to 8.5 will allow for accurate readings that can assist you in making the proper adjustments to your diet. Even with all of this knowledge and action there are outside influences that will affect your body’s acid production. These outside factors will greatly determine how you will implement the alkalizing foods and supplements. The most significant of these external factors will be stress.

Stress is ubiquitous, it is everywhere and it affects everyone. This universal problem has a very traumatic effect on your body. The body works overtime to combat stress that in turn creates more stress. This vicious cycle is propagated by an increase in acid production. As stated previously, acid is a detriment to your body. When the body is overly acidic it does not run well, on the cellular level, the body cannot maintain the immune system. The circulation is adversely affected with the heart having to compensate by working harder. With the heart beating at a higher rate to push this sticky blood through the bloodstream many of these sticky cell clumps break free from the path and attach themselves to the arterial walls creating further slowdowns in the circulation. Your body needs blood to function if the blood reaching the cells and organs are of poor quality this can have serious repercussions. Stress is an acid-producing killer.

There are many techniques in addition to diet that can help in your quest for a balanced pH level. Getting the adequate rest is always the best way to achieve stress relief, as well as meditation which can be two to three times more restful and rejuvenating than actual sleep. Limiting the intake of caffeine and other stimulants also works toward lowering stress in the body by removing these narcotics from the equation. At the heart of stress reduction is eating more foods that are alkaline in nature that will neutralize the acid waste in the body. Exercising is by far the most effective way to receive direct stress relief, and will also help reduce the fat stores of the body where acid waste inhabits in abundance.

Shopping tips for the pH miracle diet

If you’ve read about the pH miracle diet and you’ve decided to give it a try, you have a few tasks ahead of you. Depending on how committed you are the program you may begin with clearing out your pantry and your refrigerator of all highly acidic foods. If you live with others who won’t be on the diet with you, you may just want to remove the high acid treats that you find irresistible. Either way, whether you do a “kitchen purge” or just remove a few items from your shelves, you’ll need to go grocery shopping.

Shopping for the pH miracle diet can be done at any grocery store, but occasionally people find it easier to get specialty items at health foods stores or natural food chains like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. However, if you live in an area where there is no access to these types of stores, you can still easily purchase the items you need at a standard grocery store.

Before you make your shopping trip, you’ll need to start a list of items. You don’t want to walk into the grocery store blind and try to remember what you need to buy. Some people like to work from the alkaline food lists in the book. This is a good approach if you have a lot of money to spend and just want to fill your kitchen with these foods. However, a better and more organized approach is to first make out a menu list for the following week. When you shop from a planned menu and the recipes that go with those meal choices, you’ll only buy what you need. Additionally, many of the foods on the alkaline list are fresh vegetables. You’ll want to make sure that you actually need them before you buy them so you won’t risk wasting money.

Remember, when you first start, your diet doesn’t have to be 100% alkaline. In fact, even on strict versions of the pH miracle diet a balance between acid and alkaline is recommended. So when you make your menu and your grocery lists, keep that in mind. Foods that are slightly and moderately acidic include bananas, whole grain pasta, dried beans, eggs, milk, nuts and wheat bread. There are many others and you can consult different resources on the levels of acidity in foods. Strive to have balance in your daily diet of 70% alkaline to 30% acid. 

When you arrive at the grocery store, with your list in hand, you’ll notice that you will be staying along the outer rim of the grocery store. Generally, the foods along the walls are fresher and more natural than the foods within the aisles. If you think about it, all of the foods in the center of the store are processed and packaged. The outer edges consist of the produce section, the dairy section and the deli and/or meat counter.

Produce, especially vegetables, is going to be the primary focus on your pH miracle diet shopping trip. Buy organic produce if you have the means to. However, the real importance is that you buy the vegetables and use them in your cooking. If you have to use conventionally grown produce or frozen produce that is better than using no produce at all. 

The only word of caution is to avoid canned fruits and vegetables. The canning process has negative effects on the alkaline state of these foods. There is also a lot of sodium in canned fruits and vegetables. If you cannot buy fresh, look for frozen. Many stores that do not carry organic fresh produce will have organic frozen produce.

It’s best to purchase balance of alkaline and acid foods as you get used to this way of living and eating. If you go cold turkey on your favorite foods and believe that you have to be super strict in order to be healthy, you will end up rebounding back to you acidic ways of eating. Strive for mostly alkaline to begin with, and then you can move further up the alkaline spectrum and eliminate more acidic foods. 

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Preventable death and the pH miracle diet

The Center of Disease Control and Prevention evaluates several health factors when it compiles its list of preventable causes of death. Among the expected conditions on the list were death from tobacco, death from alcohol consumption and death from drugs. However, surprisingly, poor diet and lack of physical activity is actually the number 2 cause of preventable death in the U.S. It is poised to take over the number 1 spot from tobacco in the coming years. 

Poor diet and lack of exercise currently count for 16.6% of total deaths, or 400,000 deaths in the United States each year. Yet the last twenty to thirty years have been marked with an increased interest in dieting and exercise. Most adults, especially women, claim they are on diets at least once a year. Despite this commitment, the nation is continuing to get fatter. Obesity rates are at an all time high, and childhood obesity is on the rise for the first time ever.

If many people are on diets, but the vast majority of the population is still overweight and unhealthy, the problem lies with the diets that people are trying. The pH miracle diet addresses the missing ingredient in today’s diet that is causing people to gain weight even when they think they are eating healthfully. Conventional diets disregard the body’s natural pH. They encourage eating a variety of foods that are acidic to the body. 

Low-fat diets fail because they often substitute sugar for fat. They also allow processed grain products, dairy products and acidifying vegetables. Low-carbohydrate diets fail because they emphasize meat and other dairy proteins, which knock the body’s natural pH off balance.

Dr. Robert Young, the creator of the pH miracle diet, explains that the best diet will address the pH factor. The body has a pH of 7.4, which is slightly alkaline. Eating alkaline foods and taking steps to reduce stress will help bring the body back into balance. Many of the conditions that people suffer from are a result from too much acidic waste in the body. This acidic waste builds up when you eat acid-producing foods, experience a lot of stress and ignore your body’s need for exercise.

Alkalizing the body with the pH miracle diet will bring your bodily pH back to normal and will give you relief from a variety of symptoms. However, you cannot alkalize your body if you continue to drink or eat high sugar drinks and fruits. Drinking alcohol will also disrupt the pH of your system, as will drinking coffee, soda and teas. The best beverage to drink for alkalizing is ionized water. Starchy foods like potatoes, pasta and breads all break down to sugar, and then produce acid waste that collects in the body. Eating any of the animal proteins (chicken, beef, pork, lamb etc) will create excess acid waste in your body as well. Dairy products have concentrated sugars that break down into lactic acid, which creates acidic waste. 

Non-food related behaviors also increase the level of acidity in the body. If you don’t exercise regularly you are allow acids to build up in your tissues. These acids increase your fat production and cause lethargy.

The solution for the acidic waste and the cure for the second most prevalent preventable disease both lay in some simple steps. Eat whole, natural unprocessed foods as the basis for your diet. You should emphasize alkalizing green foods, which have the vitamins, minerals and nutrients your body needs to restore balance. Drinking pH alkaline water will help, as will daily exercise. You need to get out there and get moving in order to release the excess acid from your body.

pH miracle diet critics

When something becomes popular, it invites criticism from other sources. The recently popular pH miracle diet is no different. As the program has gained followers, it has gained just as much criticism from different individuals.

The main criticism of the diet is that it encourages people to become vegetarians and vegans. Critics say that this diet, particularly with its omission of dairy products (a vegetarian protein source), is dangerously low in protein. However, this criticism comes from the common misconception that humans need massive amounts of protein. The recent popularity of low-carb diets (which are really just high-protein diets) has re-cemented this myth in the mind of many people. Health has become equivalent with eating red meat and dairy. 

However, there are many sources of natural and healthy proteins that don’t have the harmful acidic effects of red meat and dairy products. The truth is, most people get too much protein and not too little. Women require about 45 grams of protein per day, and men need 55 grams. Once single cup of tofu (which is acceptable on the pH miracle diet) contains 20 grams of protein. Beans contain at least 8 grams of protein per half cup. So it is really quite easy to get enough protein on a vegetarian diet.

Another criticism related to this issue is calcium. Many people equate drinking milk with strong bones. However, American women consume an average of two pounds of milk per day and yet 30 million of them develop osteoporosis. If drinking milk helped make bones stronger, then the opposite would be true. A study conducted by Cornell-trained nutritionist Amy Joy Lanou showed that there was no specific link between dairy products and bone health in children and young adults. There are plenty of sources of calcium available in the alkalizing food categories that will provide protection against osteoporosis.

Many critics also claim that the emphasis on vegetables and fresh foods is the real reason behind the success that people receive from the diet. The pH miracle diet suggests eating almost 70 percent vegetables and acceptable fruits. At this level, whether you are eating alkalizing foods or not, anyone will have an improvement in health. Critics disregard the importance of the pH balance of the diet. 

However, there have been many people who have experienced great results after eliminating wheat, an acidic food. Wheat is not a food that one normally associates with ill health, however, eliminating wheat has been a godsend to many people who have suffered the symptoms of over-acidified diets. The amount of alkalizing vegetables in the diet will definitely do anybody good, whether or not they take the rest of the diet to heart. By eating from the list of alkaline foods, you will be improving your health no matter how strict you are on the diet.

This leads to another popular criticism of the book. Many people claim that the pH miracle diet program is too strict for daily life. The elimination of common foods like animal protein, milk and wheat seems overwhelming for people. They cannot fathom going through a whole day without eating something from one of these foods groups. The idea of sticking to a diet that is primarily plant based seems too rigid and strict. However, many people who use the pH miracle diet have seen beneficial results without being 100% strict with the rules of the diet. 

Like with many other diets, the pH miracle diet outlines steps toward better health. The emphasis here is on steps. It is unreasonable to expect anyone to do a complete 180-degree change in his or her eating habits overnight. Taking a slower approach to changing your diet will create longer and more successful results. If the diet is followed word for word, it is difficult at first because people are so used to eating a certain way. With time and practice though, you can move toward better health and a more pH balanced diet. 

pH miracle diet creator Robert Young

The pH diet is an innovative way to interact with food. The diet stresses the need for balance in the diet of alkaline and acid. This balance will help maintain a healthy flow through the bloodstream and keep cellular growth and development working at optimum levels. By lowering destructive acid levels with more alkaline a host of benefits can result, namely sustainable energy and good health. By following a simple regimen of balanced eating along with testing saliva for pH levels, one can achieve better health. The primary proponent of this alkaline diet is a man by the name of Dr. Robert Young.

Dr. Young heralds that a diet that is made up of 80% alkaline producing foods and 20% acid producing foods will allow people to achieve their healthier bodies and healthier lives. Through his research Dr. Young has surmised that the optimum pH level of the human body is 7.35. The pH spectrum is from 1 to 14 with 1 being highly acid and 14 being highly alkaline. With the body leaning toward moderately alkaline he contends that people can supplement their diets with more alkaline. Dr. Robert Young stresses that a body that is ravaged by excess acid will be more prone to serious health problems.

Dr. Robert Young began is studies in the early 70s at the University of Utah, where he studied biology and business. He earned as MS in nutrition, a DSc in science, a PhD in nutrition, and a ND from Clayton College of Natural Health during the 90s. Critics of Dr. Young question the validity of the school in which he received his degrees. The impact of his teachings is undeniable, he has helped many people obtain better health through a regimen of increased fruits and vegetables and more water consumption. He also stresses avoiding caffeine and alcoholic beverages to maintain vitality.

He is also a staunch supporter of pleomorphism, the belief in the ability of bacteria to morph shape dramatically or to mutate into many morphological forms. This idea has firmly split the microbiologist community into two schools of thought, the pleomorphists who support the claims; and the monomorphists who vehemently dispute them. In the current scientific community the monomorphic perspective of microbiology has emerged as the dominant theory. Modern medical science supports the monomorphic theory of cell development in which cells derive from previously formed cells of the same size and shape.

Dr. Young holds retreats where he educates the patrons on the Alkali Diet as well as a live red blood cell examination in an in-depth microscopy seminar. According to the National Council Against Health Fraud (http://www.ncahf.org/digest05/05-14.html#young) Dr. Robert Young pleaded guilty in 1996 to a misdemeanor charge of attempted medicine without a license. He was promised that the charge would be dismissed if he stayed clear for 18 months. Young allegedly had examined blood samples from two women who were seeking nutritional advice. 

Critics of his live red blood cell examination conclude that his test have no scientific validity. Dr. Young counters his critics citing many papers and sources validating his claims including Understanding Acid-Base by Benjamin Abeloh, M.D., a lecturer of medicine at Yale school of Medicine and Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base by Burton David Rose, M.D., a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

According to his website (http://www.phmiracleliving.com/press-kit.htm), Dr. Young is a member of the American Society of Microbiologists, the American Naturopathic Association, and an honorary member of the Connecticut Holistic Health Assocations, the Presidents Council at Brigham Young University. He is also a consultant for InnerLight, Inc. and an advisor to Dean Lawrence Carter at the Martin Luther King Chapel, Morehouse College. He was also honored by Professor Lawrence Carter at Morehouse College with an induction into the collegium of scholars as well as placed on the advisory board. He has been praised by Professor Carter for his efforts in understanding the balance of body chemistry and the effects of this balance on health.