Transcript 食物的酸鹼性與健康

食物的酸鹼性與健康
• A surprising number and variety of
physical problems and diseases can be
caused by the problem of foods that are
acid-producing after digestion. Today the
vast majority of the populace in
industrialized nations suffers from
problems caused by the stress of acidosis
(酸液過多症), because both modern
lifestyle and diet promote acidification of
the body's internal environment.
酸液過多症成因
• 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 (興奮劑) like
tobacco, coffee, tea, and alcohol are also
extremely acidifying. Stress, and physical
activity (both insufficient or excessive
amounts) also cause acidification.
• Many foods are alkaline-producing or
neutral by nature, but manufactured
processed foods are mostly acidproducing and these are the ones most
heavily advertised in the media, and filling
the shelves of supermarkets. The whole
issue is denigrated (抹黑) as pseudoscience by many in the medical
establishment.
• It is important to consume at least 60%
alkaline-producing foods in our diet, in
order to maintain health. We need plenty
of fresh fruits and particularly vegetables
(alkaline-producing) to balance our
necessary protein intake (acid-producing).
• And we need to avoid processed, sugary
or simple-carbohydrate foods, not only
because they are acid-producing but also
because they raise blood sugar level too
quickly - with high glycemic index (升糖指
數), therefore fattening and stressing our
insulin response - plus they tend to be
nutrient-lacking and may be toxic too.
• The body maintains correct pH in the
blood at all costs, by homeostasis (體內平
衡), but that is stressful for the body's
systems and resources when the diet is
unbalanced in terms of acid-forming foods
(the residue after digestion, that is).
身體的酸鹼值
• Water is the most abundant compound in
the human body, comprising 70% of the
body. The body therefore contains a wide
range of solutions, which may be more or
less acid.
• pH (potential of Hydrogen) is a measure of
the acidity or alkalinity of a solution - the
ratio between positively charged ions
(acid-forming，H+) and negatively charged
ions (alkaline-forming, OH-.)
• The pH of any solution is the measure of
its hydrogen-ion concentration. The higher
the pH reading, the more alkaline and
oxygen rich the fluid is.
• The lower the pH reading, the more acidic
and oxygen deprived the fluid is. The pH
range is from 0 to 14, with 7.0 being
neutral. Anything above 7.0 is alkaline,
anything below 7.0 is considered acidic.
• Human blood pH should be slightly
alkaline (7.35 - 7.45). Below or above this
range means symptoms and disease. If
blood pH moves below 6.8 or above 7.8,
cells stop functioning and the body dies.
The body therefore continually strives to
balance pH. When this balance is
compromised (危及) many problems can
occur.
• An imbalanced diet high in acidicproducing foods such as animal protein,
sugar, caffeine, and processed foods puts
pressure on the body's regulating systems
to maintain pH neutrality. The extra
buffering required can deplete the body of
alkaline minerals such as sodium,
potassium, magnesium, and calcium,
making the person prone to chronic and
degenerative (退化性) disease.
• Minerals are borrowed from vital organs
and bones to buffer (neutralize) the acid
and safely remove it from the body.
Because of this strain, the body can suffer
severe and prolonged damage--a
condition that may go undetected for years.
身體酸化引起的問題
• Research shows that unless the body's pH
level is slightly alkaline, the body cannot
heal itself. So no matter what means you
choose to take care of your health, it won't
be effective until the pH level is balanced.
If your body's pH is not balanced, for
example, you cannot effectively assimilate
vitamins, minerals and food supplements.
Your body pH affects everything.
• Acidosis (酸液過多症) will decrease the
body's ability to absorb minerals and other
nutrients, decrease the energy production
in the cells, decrease it's ability to repair
damaged cells, decrease it's ability to
detoxify heavy metals, make tumor cells
thrive, and make it more susceptible to
fatigue and illness.
• An acidic pH can occur from an acidforming diet, emotional stress, toxic
overload, and/or immune reactions or any
process that deprives the cells of oxygen
and other nutrients. The body will try to
compensate for acidic pH by using alkaline
minerals. If the diet does not contain
enough minerals to compensate, a build
up of acids in the cells will occur.
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Cardiovascular (心血管的) damage.
Weight gain, obesity (肥胖) and diabetes.
Bladder (膀胱) conditions.
Kidney (腎) stones.
Immune deficiency (免疫缺陷).
Acceleration of free radical (自由基)
damage.
• Hormonal problems.
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Premature aging.
Osteoporosis (骨質疏鬆) and joint pain.
Aching (疼痛的) muscles and lactic acid
(乳酸) buildup.
Low energy and chronic fatigue.
Slow digestion and elimination.
Yeast/fungal (酵母菌/真菌) overgrowth.
Lack of energy and fatigue.
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Lower body temperature.
Tendency to get infections (感染).
Loss of drive (幹勁), joy (歡樂), and
enthusiasm (熱忱).
Depressive (憂鬱) tendencies.
Easily stressed.
Pale complexion (膚色).
Headaches.
• Inflammation of the corneas (角膜) and
eyelids (眼瞼).
• Loose and painful teeth.
• Inflamed, sensitive gums (齒齦).
• Mouth and stomach ulcers (潰瘍).
• Cracks at the corners of the lips.
• Excess stomach acid.
• Gastritis (胃炎).
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Nails are thin and split easily.
Hair looks dull, has split ends, and falls
out.
Dry skin.
Skin easily irritated.
Leg cramps (抽筋) and spasms (痙攣).
Spasm vs. Cramp
• The difference between a muscle spasm
and a muscle cramp is the force of the
contraction. If a muscle quickly contracts
and releases without pain, it is a spasm. A
prolonged and painful contraction is a
cramp.
酸鹼值檢測
• By using pH test strips (Litmus Paper，石
蕊試紙), you can determine your pH factor
quickly and easily in the privacy of your
own home. The best time to test your pH
is about one hour before a meal and two
hours after a meal.
Saliva pH Test
• Simply wet a piece of Litmus Paper with
your saliva (唾液). While generally more
acidic than blood, salivary pH mirrors the
blood and tells us what the body retains. It
is a fair indicator of the health of the
extracellular fluids and their alkaline
mineral reserves.
• The optimal pH for saliva is 6.4 to 6.8. A
reading lower than 6.4 is indicative of
insufficient alkaline reserves. After eating,
the saliva pH should rise to 7.5 or more.
To deviate from an ideal salivary pH for an
extended time invites illness. If your saliva
stays between 6.5 and 7.5 all day, your
body is functioning within a healthy range.
• Acidosis, an extended time in the acid pH
state, can result in rheumatoid arthritis (風
濕性關節炎), diabetes, lupus (狼瘡),
tuberculosis, osteoporosis (骨質疏鬆), high
blood pressure, most cancers and many
more. If salivary pH stays too low, the diet
should focus on fruit, vegetables and
mineral water as well as remove strong
acidifiers such as sodas, whole wheat and
red meat.
Urine pH Test
• The pH of the urine indicates how the
body is working to maintain the proper pH
of the blood. The urine reveals the alkaline
(building – anabolic，合成) and acid
(tearing down – catabolic，分解)
metabolic cycles. The pH of urine
indicates the efforts of the body via the
kidneys, adrenals (腎上腺), lungs and
gonads (生殖腺) to regulate pH through
the buffer salts and hormones.
• Urine can provide a fairly accurate picture
of body chemistry, because the kidneys
filter out the buffer salts of pH regulation
and provide values based on what the
body is eliminating.
• Urine pH can vary from around 4.5 to 9.0
in extremes, but the ideal range is 6.0 to
7.0. If your urinary pH fluctuates between
6.0 to 6.5 first thing in the morning and
between 6.5 and 7.0 in the evening before
dinner, your body is functioning within a
healthy range.
• Urine testing may indicate how well your
body is excreting acids and assimilating
minerals, especially calcium, magnesium,
sodium and potassium. These minerals
function as “buffers.“(緩衝物) Buffers are
substances that help maintain and balance
the body against the introduction of too
much acidity or too much alkalinity.
• Even with the proper amounts of buffers,
acid or alkaline levels can become
stressful to the body's regulatory systems.
When the body produces too many of
these acids or alkalis, it must excrete the
excess.
• The urine is the method the body uses to
remove any excess acids or alkaline
substances that cannot be buffered. If the
body's buffering system is overwhelmed, a
state of "autointoxication" (自體中毒)
exists, and attention should be given to
reducing this stress.
鹼性飲食的作用原理
• The concept is actually fairly simple - the
diet just focuses on regaining the balance
that was lost when man started to eat a
more domesticated diet.
• Instead of focusing on foods that are high
in sugar, simple carbohydrates (like white
bread and chips) and fatty meat and dairy...
an alkaline diet primarily moves the
balance toward fresh fruits and vegetables,
whole grains, wholesome protein sources
such as beans and legumes, and healthy
oils such as olive and flax (亞麻) seed.
• These foods may be either alkaline or acid
in their natural state, but after the process
of digestion they all produce what is
termed as an "alkaline ash" once digested
and metabolized by the body. When the
body's pH is kept at a slightly alkaline level,
all the systems can work more efficiently.
beans and legumes
• A legume (豆科植物) is simply a plant with
a fruit that grows in the form of a pod,
though not all plants with pods (豆夾) are
legumes. Classic legumes include peas,
beans or penauts. Typically the pods are
not eaten.
• A bean (豆實) is just a seed of a certain
variety pf plant species. But these days we
refer to the whole plant are
“beans”. Classic beans include green
beans (四季豆), lima beans (皇帝豆),
soybeans, chickpeas (鷹嘴豆), kidney
beans (花豆), pinto beans (斑豆), or blackeyed beans.
• In other words, beans are legumes, but
not all legumes are beans.
身體酸鹼值的影響
• The pH level of the body has the ability to
affect every single cell of the body. When
the blood has an alkaline pH instead of an
acidic pH, it will have a positive effect on
how every bodily system functions. The
brain, circulatory system, nerves, muscles,
respiratory system, digestive system, and
reproductive system can all benefit from a
proper pH level.
• On the other hand, when the pH of the
body is too acidic, it is susceptible to many
diseases and problems. Weight gain, heart
disease, premature aging, fatigue, nerve
problems, allergies, muscle disease and
cancer are all more prevalent (普遍的)
when the body's pH is not optimal.
• Because these problems are all more
likely to occur when the body's pH is too
acid, it makes good sense to eat a diet rich
in alkalizing foods. The primary goal is
usually to eat approximately 75-80%
alkaline foods along with only about 2025% acidifying foods. If this level is
maintained in the diet, the end result is a
slightly alkaline pH in the body, which is
perfect for optimum good health.
鹼性食物的種類
• It's actually quite easy to eat a diet rich in
alkaline-producing foods. Most fresh fruits
and vegetables are excellent choices. Red
meat is not a good choice, but you can
add plenty of protein to your meals by
using soy products, delicious beans,
legumes, and nuts such as almonds.
• You should eliminate unhealthy fats from
your diet, but you can use good fats such
as olive, canola (菜籽油), and flax seed oil.
High fat dairy products should be avoided,
but you can drink soy milk and goat's milk.
Cheeses made from soy milk and goat's
milk would also be good choices.
• Replace the empty calories of soda with
delicious iced herb tea, green tea and
lemon water. Coffee should be avoided,
but you can drink hot herbal or green tea.
Replace pasta (義大利通心粉，細麵條)
with healthy whole grains such as wild rice,
millet and quinoa (藜麥).
• When sweetening your foods, focus on
natural products such as raw sugar, Stevia
(甜菊) and maple sugar. As you can see,
you'll have many nutritious choices that
are both delicious and high in alkalizing
properties.
食物酸鹼性的迷思
• Note that a food's acid or alkaline-forming
tendency in the body has nothing to do
with the actual pH of the food itself. For
example, lemons are very acidic, however
the end-products they produce after
digestion and assimilation are alkaline so
lemons are alkaline-forming in the body.
• Likewise, meat will test alkaline before
digestion but it leaves acidic residue in the
body so, like nearly all animal products,
meat is classified as acid-forming.
身體酸鹼值的維持和調整
• To maintain health, the diet should consist
of at least 60% alkaline forming foods and
at most 40% acid forming foods. To
restore health, the diet should consist of
80% alkaline forming foods and 20% acid
forming foods.
• there are inconsistencies between the
acid- or alkaline-forming values given in
the lists provided by many websites, and
few reliable references.
• Sites copy information (and errors) from
each other and we're not scientific
institutes.
• Nevertheless, the principles are clear: eat
plenty of vegetables, some fruit daily, and
don't eat too much of dairy products, grain
products, and direct protein from eggs,
meat and fish (as is typically the case in
Western diet).
• But remember... you don't have to cut out
all acid-forming foods - some are
necessary, typically 40% - otherwise you
probably wouldn't get enough protein and
variety of nutrients, yet alone make
interesting meals that you enjoy. But you
DO want to shift the overall balance of
your diet over toward the alkaline, and
away from the excessively acid-forming
diet of a quick-food culture.
• Free range eggs, fish, beans, unsaturated
oils - these are healthy foods, low
glycemic and nutritious, and even if
marginally acid-forming (or alkaline or
between the two depending on how you
measure or what chart you read). They are
NOT the culprits (罪犯) in an acid-forming
diet.
• The real culprits are highly sweetened
foods, pastries, red meat, colas and highly
processed foods - these are the ones to
reduce to a sensible amount or cut out of
your diet if they also contain stimulants
and undesirable chemical additives.
• Similarly, be sure to include your share of
the high alkaline-forming foods to balance
those low-acid foods you eat for their
overall nutritional value. And make alkaline
choices, e.g. better to have brown rice
than white rice, even though both are on
the acid-forming side, because it moves
you in the right pH direction - less acid and also it is more healthy and nutritious in
other respects.
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• All natural, raw, vegetable and fruit juices
are alkaline-producing. (Fruit juices
become more acid-producing when
processed and especially when
sweetened.)
酸性檸檬變鹼性
• The answer is simply that when we digest
the food, it produces alkaline residue.
That's why we classify it as an alkaline
food. When we digest a food it is
chemically oxidized ('burned') to form
water, carbon dioxide and an inorganic
compound.
• The alkaline or acidic nature of the
inorganic compound formed determines
whether the food is alkaline or acidproducing. If it contains more sodium (鈉),
potassium (鉀) or calcium (鈣), it‘s classed
as an alkaline food. If it contains more
sulphur (硫), phosphate (磷酸) or chloride
(氯), it's classed as an acid food.
毒性血液
• In order for the body to remain healthy and
alive, your body keeps a delicate and
precise balance of blood pH at 7.365,
which is slightly alkaline. The body does
whatever it has to in order to maintain this
balance. The problem is that most people
have incredibly acid lifestyles. Acid is
produced in your body whenever you have
stress, upset emotions and when the food
you eat is acid-forming.
• The typical diet is significantly acidic. So
what happens to your body when you're
over-acid? Your body will store excess
acid in your fat cells (which is why so
many people have such trouble losing
weight).
• Over time, your body will leach calcium
and alkaline stores from your bones in a
desperate attempt to retain the pH balance
in your body (which is why some people
"shrink" as they get older).
• Your blood plays a very important role in
your healthy and energy: it carries oxygen
to all your cells! This gives you energy,
and it's what keeps you alive. It also plays
a key role in how energizing your sleep is.
• When the blood cells are apart from each
other, your blood can move freely
throughout your entire body, and get into
all your small capillaries, so you feel like
your whole body is getting energy. During
deep sleep, proper blood flow and
hydration is important. When your blood
looks like this, your sleep is also really
energizing and you need less of it!
• Blood cells have a negative charge on the
outside and a positive charge inside; this
is what keeps them healthy and far apart
from each other. However, when your
body is over-acidic, the acid strips your
blood of its negative charge. Your blood
cells no longer have the same repelling
force and clump together.
• When your blood is clumped together, it no
longer can get to all the little capillaries in
your body to give you the life giving
oxygen you need. It no longer can give
ever cell of your body the energizing and
rejuvenating (恢復精神) effects.
• This is the major reason why some people
feel horrible when they wake up, and why
they need to sleep longer. It‘s also why
you tend to wake up feeling de-hydrated
(脫水).
• The truth is most of us create toxic
environments inside of our body and this is
why disease and fatigue happens. It
doesn't happen TO YOU, instead, "you"
make it happen...
• There are a few other things, in addition to
diet, that can be done to help correct an
over acidic balance. These include taking
enzyme supplements, organic calcium and
magnesium supplements, colloidal (膠狀)
minerals, vitamin A and D, and drinking
alkaline vegetable juices (carrot, celery
and beet) and lemon/maple syrup drink.
• We can remedy our over-acidic bodies in
the short term with alkalizing supplements,
but going forward, we must also choose a
diet which is balanced on the side of
alkaline-forming foods.
• Fortunately most of these are also low
glycemic, which takes care of the second
primary factor in our creating a healthy diet.
Ensure adequate Omega 3 with oily fish in
our diet, which is another primary factor,
and we can be sure to live long and
healthy lives.###