Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15891 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 194 pages

Synopsis
Over the last five years, there has been an explosion of best-selling acid/alkaline based diets. These have ranged from weight loss to diabetes management. While hundreds of thousands of people have gone on this diet that balances the pH level of your body, they have had to put up with the limited food guides contained in each book. Now, health experts Dr. Susan Brown and Larry Trivieri have created a complete resource for people wanting to widen their food choices. "The Acid/Alkaline Food Guide" offers dieters an easy-to-follow guide to the most common foods that influence your body's pH levels. The book begins by explaining what the acid/alkaline of your body has to do with the acid/alkaline influence of foods. It then explains how the pH of foods, once eaten, may change in your body, eg. citric acid fruits, once digested, become alkaline. As complicated as this process is, the authors provide the guidelines for the analysis of the foods covered in the book. This section is then followed by a listing of thousands of foods and their acid/alkaline ranges. Included are insets and groups that can help the reader better direct their food searches.

Customer Reviews

Acid Alkaline explaned reasonably - at last
I am somewhat sceptical about the acid/alkaline theory, partly because I didn't find the various proponents convincing and partly because they do not agree with each other about which foods cause acidity or alkalinity. However, because all of them lead to advocating a style of eating that more or less agrees with other theories - high vegetable & fruit intake, modicums of protein, little carbs - I found it plausible.

This book, for the first time for me, gives a reasonably scientific basis (without being dogmatic) for the whole idea. And so I am more convinced, enough to be now following it more strictly - with measurable results.