| Actually realizing that I could reduce the rate at | | | | pains were natural. Well they are not. Actually a |
| which I age never crossed my mind. When ever I | | | | better way to say it is they are natural if you eat |
| got a new ache or pain, I examined each one in | | | | the Standard American Diet, S.A.D. |
| front of the mirror an tried to decide if it was | | | | A S.A.D. diet is one of, lots of meat potatoes, |
| just passing or if this was one of the ones I was | | | | rice, dairy and the "Grinch" that stole health, sugar |
| going to have to live with. | | | | in all it's various forms. That includes a very |
| One method I used was to keep mental track of | | | | harmful unnatural product called, high fructose |
| it. Is it worse or is it letting up? Should I tell | | | | corn syrup. Food processors use many different |
| someone? I could tell my wife and we could talk | | | | sweeteners to make their foods taste better. |
| about it. | | | | These foods processed foods are very acidic and |
| If I tell the doctor that might cause xrays or a | | | | make you fat. Wow! That is a deadly combination |
| MRI. That could be thousands of dollars, or if not | | | | if I ever saw one. |
| that, pills to take forever. I usually decide to keep | | | | These acidic foods and sodas overpower the |
| it to myself and wait and see. Then something | | | | body's ability to neutralize the excess acid and this |
| happened to change my outlook forever when a | | | | acid causes premature aging of our cells. Acidic |
| friend of mine became sick and wanted to | | | | fluids cause the walls of healthy cells to rupture |
| explore alternative medicine. | | | | prematurely. This is the aging process. Along with |
| We both got on the Internet and started | | | | killing off our own life force, there is a more |
| researching health and alternatives to drugs. What | | | | ominous thing that takes place. Not all these |
| we immediately discovered was that when your | | | | damaged cells die. Some actually live on but with |
| body chemistry is changed by what you eat,from | | | | damaged DNA. Since one of the jobs of DNA is |
| optimum pH to acidic, a lot of bad things happen. | | | | to control cell growth, the result of damaged DNA |
| Some right away and others slowly over a period | | | | is that it can send out the wrong message to the |
| of time. | | | | cell and tell it to grow wild. The result can be |
| What we immediately discovered was that when | | | | cancer since cancer is essentially, uncontrolled cell |
| your body chemistry is changed by what you eat, | | | | growth. |
| from optimum pH (slightly alkaline) to acidic, if you | | | | Cancer needs a acidic environment to stay alive. |
| are acidic a lot of bad things happen. Some right | | | | Cancer can not live in an alkaline environment. |
| away and others slowly over a period of time. | | | | That is pretty straight forward. Eat and drink |
| The things that happen right away might include, | | | | alkaline. There are some good food charts on the |
| indigestion, heartburn, irritation of the esophagus, | | | | Internet that show you the best foods to eat. |
| constipation, and incomplete elimination. Long term | | | | So what's a body to do. The first basic rule is, |
| problems can be cancer, high blood pressure, | | | | don't leave cancer food around in your body. For |
| arthritis, and diabetes. Many of our common | | | | example, If you don't leave food scraps on the |
| diseases are not really diseases, they are more | | | | kitchen floor and you take the garbage out every |
| self inflicted. I mean you don't catch diabetes | | | | day, you won't attract mice and cockroaches. |
| from someone in the elevator. | | | | You should treat your body the same way. The |
| On the other hand, keeping your systems and | | | | way you take the trash out everyday for your |
| organs a bit alkaline, can have good and rapid | | | | body is to not over consume acidic foods and |
| results. When I started cutting down on what I | | | | drinks. Then drink enough alkaline water, I use a |
| call the "white stuff", such as pasta, white bread, | | | | water ionizer to make my drinking water. This |
| sugar (all forms), white rice, and ice cream, and | | | | along with some regular exercise. I know most us |
| big servings of red meat, I had a dramatic health | | | | don't want to exercise but take the dog for a |
| change. | | | | brisk walk. You will look and feel better and the |
| What changed? I had a 30 year old yeast skin | | | | dog will like you a lot more. |
| rash disappear. About two months later I | | | | When you make these healthy choices, you are |
| discovered that I was no longer using a | | | | slowing down and in some cases even reversing |
| glucosamine drink for my knee joint pain. I am 70 | | | | the aging process. |
| years old and just assumed that these aches and | | | | |