Alkaline diet

Alkaline diet

The Alkaline diet (also known as the alkaline acid diet and the acid alkaline diet) is a controversial dietary protocol based on the consumption of mainly fresh low sugar fruit, vegetables, roots and tubers, nuts, and legumes and avoiding grains, dairy, meat and excess salt, in order to balance the acidity and alkalinity (the "pH balance") of one's body. [ [http://www.healthstatus.com/articles/pH_and_Health.html diet - pH and Health ] ] [ [http://altmedicine.about.com/od/popularhealthdiets/a/alkalinediet.htm Alkaline Acid Diet - What is the Alkaline Acid Diet ] ] [ [http://www.energiseforlife.com/list_of_alkaline_foods.php List of Alkaline Foods | Acid Alkaline Food ] ] In recent years it has been a popular topic among authors of diet and nutrition. [ [http://doi.contentdirections.com/mr/mgh.jsp?doi=10.1036/0658016954 The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet (McGraw-Hill) doi:10.1036/0658016954 ] ] [ [http://www.blueberrypress.com/freebies/acid-alkaline-diet-for-optimum-health.html The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health - Eat Wisely & Feel Better @ BlueberryPress.com ] ] A common belief among many medical practitioners, however, is that the blood alkalinity (pH) is not significantly affected by diet, [Stephanie Vangsness, "Alkaline Diets and Cancer: Fact or Fiction?" May 3, 2006 [http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH?d=dmtHMSContent&c=465747&p=~br,IHW|~st,24479|~r,WSIHW000|~b,*| IntelliHealth] (accessed April 8 2008)] [Gabe Mirkin, [http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/DSH/coral2.html Acid/Alkaline Theory of Disease is Nonsense] (accessed April 8 2008)] except for pathological cases ("e.g"., of ketoacidosis produced by diabetes). Without well designed human research studies showing that these diets actually do what they say they can, many qualified dietitians, nutritionists and other health care professionals have not recommended these diets to their patients [quoted from [http://www.dana-farber.org/pat/support/nutrition/ask-the-nutritionist.html#number9 Ask the nutritionist] (accessed April 8, 2008)] .

A similar theory, called the Dr. Hay diet, was developed by the American physician William Howard Hay in the 1920s. A later theory, called nutripathy, was developed by another American, Gary A. Martin, in the 1970s. [ [http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/reams.html Quackwatch link] ] Others who have promulgated alkaline-acid diets include Edgar Cayce, D. C. Jarvis, Robert Young, Herman Aihara, [Aihara, Herman, "Acid and Alkaline", Macrobiotic Foundation, 1986. [http://books.google.com/books?id=fgvKAAAACAAJ&dq=Herman+Aihara&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fq%3D%2522Herman%2BAihara%2522%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26client%3Dfirefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=3&cad=author-navigational available online] ISBN 091886044X] , Fred Shadian and Victor A. Marcial-Vega.Fact|date=March 2008

ee also

*Robert Young (author)
*Food combining
*Dr. Hay diet

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