For many year I have been careful about my health. Being a single clumsy man is tough enough. I don't want to be sick as well. This post is about keeping a balanced diet. Usually we read about the advice of food and diet experts. Now there seems to be a scientific basis of keeping a balanced diet.
I got to know of this surprisingly from a pressure-vessel old-friend. He alerted us of a good article by a Prof. Dr. Sudhir V. Shah. In this article he explained the body's organs must maintain certain pH values (values of acidity and alkalinity) to work well. The blood going to all the organs has to maintain a slightly alkaline pH value of 7.4. (a pH value of 7 is neutral).
This is why in order not to over strain the organs, the food we take also have to be well balanced. As I wanted to know more about this matter I did some Google and Wikipedia searching. I first searched for the pH values of different types of food.
"The current typical Western diet is largely composed of acid-forming foods (proteins,cereals, sugars). Alkaline-producing foods such as vegetables are eaten in much smaller quantities. Stimulants like tobacco,coffee, tea, an alcohol are also extremely acidifying." [to be continued]
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