pH Miracle Diet

pH miracle diet and diabetes

It may surprise you to know that diabetes is the third biggest killer in the United States. Even more disturbing is that it is the leading cause of death for children. The increasing rates of obesity in the US have also led to increased numbers of type II diabetes (also known as adult onset diabetes). Right now at least 1 in every 12 adults suffers from the disease. This basically means that there are over 16 million people with diabetes, with around 6 million of those undiagnosed and oblivious to their sensitive insulin condition.

Type II diabetes can be caused by a number of factors including high stress, physical inactivity, aging, obesity and poor nutrition. The fact is many of the causes can be traced back to one source, high acidity levels. Leading a lifestyle which includes high acidic food choices can have very negative effects on health. And this is borne out by the rapidly increasing rates of diabetes in this country.

Diabetes is not a new disorder. For thousands of years it has been acknowledged but only in recent years has it become an epidemic. Part of the problem is that the nature of diabetes is somewhat of a mystery, even to educated adults. The purpose of insulin in the body is not widely known by most people not how the insulin metabolism affects health. Even current medical science fosters a few misconceptions about the real nature of the disorder.

For example, a lot of the medical institutions believe that obesity is the main cause of diabetes. However, obesity is in fact the result of increased consumption of complex carbohydrates and simple sugars. The consumption of these products, which are made from the acidifying foods of sugar and processed wheat, at a high rate leads in turn to a high acidity in the body. The body tries to cope with this increase of waste acids by using fats to neutralize them. The fat is then stored as a safeguard for the cells in the body.

There is also a belief that insulin is required to regulate blood sugar levels in the body. In the 1950's the term 'insulin dependent' was thought up to create the impression that muscle and fat require insulin to take up glucose (the sugars produced by eating high carbohydrate and sugary food). But recent studies show that many different things in the body transport glucose. Cells need glucose for their respiration process so the body ensures that the cells get glucose no matter how much insulin is available.

The precursor to type II diabetes is insulin resistance. This is brought on by a highly acidic lifestyle and acidic food selection. It happens in the muscles, the liver and the fat cells. An excess of caffeine, sugar, chocolate and carbohydrates stimulate these bodily organs and tissues. When these are stimulated, the cells start to release their glucose and this creates the elevated levels of blood sugar that people find when they do their blood sugar testing. The body cells are disorganized and the highly acidic state can lead to many problems over a length of time including premature aging, high blood pressure, inhibition of the release of glycogen from the liver and the inhibition of the burning of fat.

Damage can result from this over stimulation of the bodily tissues from acidic foods. Type II diabetes is only one symptom of an acidic lifestyle. To help return the body's balance you need to include alkalizing green vegetables, green drinks and good fats in your diet. The previous homeostasis of the body can also be restored by plant proteins from grains and legumes. The pH miracle diet is based on a balanced eating plan to work for your body, rather than against it. By applying the principles of this diet, preventing and controlling diabetes is the simple matter of eating, living and thinking alkaline food.