by Ross on December 17, 2009
Alkaline Christmas – oxymoronic?
An oxymoron is a literary effect created by placing words of directly opposite meaning next to each other – which you probably knew. So when Christmas comes, is it really best just to forget the whole alkalising thing and wait until the 1st January to hit the alkaline de-tox button?
It may seem that enjoying the festive period is at odds with alkalising your blood and body tissue, but here are five tips that might help keep you somewhere near the rails, if not necessarily totally on them all the time!
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by Ross on December 17, 2009
Feeling like something special? A nice drink to celebrate, but don’t want to blow your diet? This is the perfect drink for you – it’s the Alkaline Margarita!
Feel free to mix it up with some other fruits or spices!
Alkaline Margarita
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 lemon
2 limes
4 sticks of celery
1 cucumber
1 inch stick of fresh root ginger
Optional: Himalayan salt
Instructions
Peel the lemon and lime and juice through your juicer or just halve and juice by hand. Peel the ginger and juice this next.
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by Ross on December 11, 2009
As Dr Young always says, there are five primary ways for the body to eliminate toxins:
- Urination
- Defecation
- Respiration
- Perspiration
And while you can drink plenty, eat the right things and exercise to help encourage these processes, the skin needs a little more help. The skin is the largest organ you have and it is absolutely amazing at helping to keep you healthy, eliminating the acids and wastes that your body creates through it’s normal, daily bodily functions.
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by Ross on December 11, 2009
Hey everyone!
Each fortnight we’re putting the best alkaline diet questions we receive from you to our Alkaline Diet Expert, Dr Young trained blood analyst and highly qualified nutritionist – Gareth Edwards.
Gareth is right at the very top of his field, so these answers are absolutely the best you’ll find from arguably Britain’s most qualified expert in this area!
Q&A With Gareth Edwards
Question One: Blood Sugar
Dr Young Says that sugar is bad for the body, but why is it we have blood sugar? Dr Young also says hormones are acidic waste products of the body but don’t we also need them. Your thoughts on this would be much appreciated.
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by Ross on December 4, 2009
Why to include it, how to start out and the benefits
by Gareth Edwards
Not now …… Not right in the middle of winter. Not in the build up to Christmas…! Well the reality is that you can gain the same health benefits from eating raw foods in winter as in those (hard to remember!) summer months.
If you’ve been working hard alkalising and energising all year why would you want to stop now! Cruising through Christmas in good health and with loads of energy could be a reality for you.
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