12 Steps to Whole Foods
Achieving an Alkaline Inner Terrain The stress that occurs through difficult circumstances in life, job deadlines, relationship problems, and more contribute to acidosis, or more acidity than our body can effectively neutralize, thus burning out the potassium, calcium, magnesium, and sodium in our tissue binders. Environmental toxins in the air and water contribute, too. These things we have little control over. But an enormous contributing factor is our diet, and that is where we do have control. All our body systems try to balance our acid/base internal terrain. As we lose that balance, we experience the milder of the hundreds of complaints common in the Western world: allergies, sinus problems, succumbing to viruses, skin problems, headaches. As time goes on, chronic underlying issues occur that include malfunctions of the adrenal and thyroid glands. And tipping the scale even further, for years, acidosis causes our decreasing oxygen levels and a burnout of our cellular metabolism, so that we develop cancers and very serious diseases that kill us. A highly acidic internal environment in the body causes us to gain body fat, since fat cells carry acids away from our vital organs to protect them. As helpful as that is as a non-ideal coping mechanism, when you eat more alkaline foods, your body doesn’t need the fat stores anymore and weight problems correct themselves. When our internal terrain becomes acidic, yeasts, molds, bacteria, viruses, and fungi thrive. They, along with the cancers they eventually lead to, proliferate in a low-oxygen climate. And even worse than that are the highly acidic waste products they create, microforms that Dr. Young calls mycotoxins and exotoxins, poisons that feed on glucose and pollute our bloodstream, lymph, and cells. 28 WHY Should I Drink Alkaline Water? Dr. Young says that in the blood, 20 parts base (alkaline) are required to neutralize 1 part acid, so it’s easier to maintain than to correct an imbalance. Eating 20 lbs. of alkaline food for every 1 lb. of acid is difficult. (However, I highly recommend minimizing your acidic foods intake, especially processed foods and animal proteins.) So, drinking alkaline water as often as possible on an empty stomach is the easiest and most effective way to alkalize your body. Adding an excellent dehydrated greens product (like my favorite, Ormus Greens) to your water throughout the day is another way to boost your alkaline intake. WHEN Should I Drink Alkaline Water? You should drink alkaline water any time and always, except during a meal. The best habits to achieve are drinking lots of water upon waking up, and avoiding drinking for 20 min. before and two hours after a meal. This gives your body a chance to do the work of digesting with digestive juices intact and undiluted. For that reason, do not drink alkaline water during a meal. Also do not drink it with medications. (Take any needed medications an hour or more before or after drinking alkaline water.) 328 12 Steps to Whole Foods © Copyright Robyn Openshaw
Achieving an Alkaline Inner Terrain HOW Do I Get Alkaline Water? You can purchase sodium chlorite ion drops online. This product will increase the pH of your water. Over the long run, however, this will be more expensive than purchasing an ionizer and installing it in your kitchen to make all of your drinking water alkaline (as well as giving you acid water for other purposes, such as killing bugs on plants in the garden, washing and cleaning, or gargling for a sore throat). I’m also a little uncomfortable with this way of making water alkaline (or adding hydrogen peroxide to water). I started out trying alkaline water this way and felt no difference in my energy or health. A network marketing company called Enagic was the most dominant presence in the U.S. market, with its high quality but very expensive countertop machine. The $4,000 price tag necessitated by an eight-levels-deep compensation plan puts the machine out of range for most. When I determined I wanted my own machine, I began to research the competitors, all of whom manufacture in Asia, and the most reputable companies/machines are manufactured in Korea. Through talking with all the company reps and comparing machines, I decided to purchase a Life Ionizer because they have an under-counter-installed model that is very high quality with a five-year warranty. I love that the water comes out of a stainless steel faucet drilled into my counter top (where my reverse osmosis faucet used to be), without the bulky machine and tubes on top of the counter. Because readers of my site asked me to obtain discounted pricing, I do group buys every few months on Life Ionizers (all models) in order to obtain wholesale pricing. By collecting 10 buyers at a time through my local and online communities, we have made wholesale group purchases to save well over 60% over the Enagic price several times now. At the time of this writing (late 20011), Enagic and Jupiter have no under-sink-mounted model. (Life does have other models, and renters or those who split time between multiple homes may want to choose a more mobile counter top model.) If you are interested in participating, you may email us at ionizers@greensmoothiegirl.com for more information on models, wholesale prices, and when the next group buy will be. We also have a short educational series of emails for you, which you can sign up for on the Alkaline Water page under “Robyn Recommends” on GreenSmoothieGirl.com. What Foods Are Alkaline and Acid? I am not going to go into great scientific detail in this book, as I am condensing a massive amount of information on alkalinity, which has been made a lifestyle by the “alkalarians” (most famously including Dr. Gabriel Cousens, Dr. Robert O. Young, and lifestyle coach and speaker Anthony Robbins). Most of my readers will not necessarily want a detailed list of the exact “ash level” of every food. (That’s the pH level of the metabolized residue of any food. We want a food to be “alkaline forming,” or causing a shift toward alkalinity in the body as the food is metabolized.) © Copyright Robyn Openshaw 12 Steps to Whole Foods 329
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Achieving an Alkaline Inner Terrain<br />
HOW Do I Get Alkaline Water?<br />
You can purchase sodium chlorite ion drops online. This product will increase the pH of your water. Over the<br />
long run, however, this will be more expensive than purchasing an ionizer and installing it in your kitchen <strong>to</strong><br />
make all of your drinking water alkaline (as well as giving you acid water for other purposes, such as killing<br />
bugs on plants in the garden, washing and cleaning, or gargling for a sore throat). I’m also a little<br />
uncomfortable with this way of making water alkaline (or adding hydrogen peroxide <strong>to</strong> water). I started out<br />
trying alkaline water this way and felt no difference in my energy or health.<br />
A network marketing company called Enagic was the most dominant presence in the U.S. market, with its high<br />
quality but very expensive counter<strong>to</strong>p machine. The $4,000 price tag necessitated by an eight-levels-deep<br />
compensation plan puts the machine out of range for most.<br />
When I determined I wanted my own machine, I began <strong>to</strong><br />
research the competi<strong>to</strong>rs, all of whom manufacture in Asia, and<br />
the most reputable companies/machines are manufactured in<br />
Korea. Through talking with all the company reps and comparing<br />
machines, I decided <strong>to</strong> purchase a Life Ionizer because they have<br />
an under-counter-installed model that is very high quality with a<br />
five-year warranty. I love that the water comes out of a stainless<br />
steel faucet drilled in<strong>to</strong> my counter <strong>to</strong>p (where my reverse<br />
osmosis faucet used <strong>to</strong> be), without the bulky machine and tubes<br />
on <strong>to</strong>p of the counter.<br />
Because readers of my site asked me <strong>to</strong> obtain discounted pricing,<br />
I do group buys every few months on Life Ionizers (all models) in<br />
order <strong>to</strong> obtain wholesale pricing. By collecting 10 buyers at a time through my local and online communities,<br />
we have made wholesale group purchases <strong>to</strong> save well over 60% over the Enagic price several times now. At<br />
the time of this writing (late 20011), Enagic and Jupiter have no under-sink-mounted model. (Life does have<br />
other models, and renters or those who split time between multiple homes may want <strong>to</strong> choose a more mobile<br />
counter <strong>to</strong>p model.)<br />
If you are interested in participating, you may email us at ionizers@greensmoothiegirl.com for more<br />
information on models, wholesale prices, and when the next group buy will be. We also have a short<br />
educational series of emails for you, which you can sign up for on the Alkaline Water page under “Robyn<br />
Recommends” on GreenSmoothieGirl.com.<br />
What <strong>Foods</strong> Are Alkaline and Acid?<br />
I am not going <strong>to</strong> go in<strong>to</strong> great scientific detail in this book, as I am condensing a massive amount of<br />
information on alkalinity, which has been made a lifestyle by the “alkalarians” (most famously including Dr.<br />
Gabriel Cousens, Dr. Robert O. Young, and lifestyle coach and speaker Anthony Robbins). Most of my readers<br />
will not necessarily want a detailed list of the exact “ash level” of every food. (That’s the pH level of the<br />
metabolized residue of any food. We want a food <strong>to</strong> be “alkaline forming,” or causing a shift <strong>to</strong>ward alkalinity<br />
in the body as the food is metabolized.)<br />
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