The diet acid base practice

Detoxify the body, it can not be! To be sure hunt toxins and kilos, experts now offer the method of acid-base reduce acidifying foods and favor those that have a potential base. But how to practice?

Basel regime acid acid-base system based on the following: our diet has changed enormously since the inception of humankind. Today, our bodies are not suited to certain products too fatty, too sweet or too refined. Some foods are said acidifying result in an imbalance, including fostering the emergence of free radicals, harmful excess to the body. In contrast to other so-called basic foods will be protective. Basically, refined cereals or meat red acidifiers while fruits and vegetables are alkaline.
The balance primarily

The golden rule is a balance: not to eliminate an entire category of foods that are considered acidic, not risking deficiencies. However, we must balance the acid with basic foods, according to a ratio of 70% of basic for 30% acid). Thus it is possible to eat red meat if you are accompanying vegetables, or cheese with salad.
Assessing the potential of food

To sort out the food, an index was created, the PRAL (Potential Renal Acid Load). It helps to evaluate the potential of acid or alkaline foods.
Here are some benchmarks:



We must therefore try to respect the proportion of basic 70% and 30% acidic foods. And in any case, remember that balance is made on several meals, not one. You can still catch your excess to the next menu!

Acid method: the true regime Detox!

Feeling tired, stressed, you have chronic pain and you have a few pounds ... All your problems may have a single cause: the acidity of your body. Dr Hervé Grosgogeat, author of "The acid-base method", explains how to restore balance.

The acid-base method you propose is designed to fight against the acidification of our body. Why is this?
Dr Grosgogeat: This goes back to the rapidly changing dietary patterns, which are sometimes harmful to the body. At the beginning of humanity, people were hunters and gatherers, they had plenty of exercise and ate mostly fruits and vegetables and lean meats. But the settlement was accompanied by animal husbandry and the cultivation of varieties of plants. In addition, the stress that had been submitted men have changed. There was an acidification of the body. Acidity is measured by pH or potential hydrogen. The more we go to 1, the more acid, the more one goes to 14, is more basic. The blood pH is 7.4 and does everything to remain as stable as possible.

Doctissimo: Why this change in the acid-base balance to the acidity of the body is it harmful?
Dr Grosgogeat: Our bodies normally systems neutralization of acids that allow it to restore the acid-base balance of blood. It will therefore make use of its reserves base to neutralize acids. For example using calcium from bones to fight against acids. But if the imbalance is too large and chronic, is emerging fatigue, muscle and joint pain that may seem trivial. In addition, it will have an effect on the bone, with a gradual demineralisation, especially among women. In general, acidification of the body will cause premature aging. But the acidity is a silent, such as hypertension or pre-diabetes, which gradually erodes the body until a health problem revealed.

How to fight against this acidification?
Dr Grosgogeat: We must fight against the causes! The daily stress, for example, is responsible for acidification of the body, linked to the level of a hormone: cortisol. Lack of physical activity is also linked to acidification. But be careful, too much exercise is also deleterious because acid producer.
And of course, food is essential to change to restore the balance between acids and bases. In my book, I insist on the index that lets you know the potential acid or base of each food: the PRAL. It was through him that we can compose a plate balanced by acid-base method. Many carbohydrate-rich foods are acidifying. Red wine it is slightly alkaline, coffee poses no problems and no chocolate. Be aware that some mineral waters also have potential acidifying. And the important thing is not to avoid acid foods and eat only the others, but balanced meals, ie compensate providing food acids by food bases. For example, the liver has a calf PRAL under 14 and spinach over 14. A dish with both food allows us to achieve balance. As against, if you take a steak, pasta with parmesan, a little cheese and a sweet dessert, you arrive at a total very acidifying.

No way to demonize a food: nothing is forbidden, the important thing is balance and compensation. Overall, the ideal is to put on his plate 70% of basic foods and 30% acidic foods. And for the most stubborn of food supplements rich in bases can counteract acidification.

how to change his lifestyle?
Dr Grosgogeat: You have to do some physical activity, approximately 10 000 steps per day (easy to measure with a pedometer). Then you can add three sessions of sport per week without neglecting the strength training. For stress management, I recommend meditation, or yoga for example.

The acid-base balance can also affect the weight?
Dr Grosgogeat: Indeed, acidifying diet accompanied by weight gain overall. And the balance of power by its acid-base method has a direct effect on the line, to eliminate excess fat.

You made an interesting parallel between human health and the planet. Can you tell us more?
Dr Grosgogeat: As in humans, it could be the finding of acidification on the planet, acid rain, soil acidification ... There is also at the level of the oceans that the calcium-rich coral play the same role that the bones in the body, and disappear in response to acidification of the water. Today, the men who are abused his body as he mistreats his environment ...