Alkaline Diet Myths Exposed

The alkaline diet can help you to lose weight, increase your energy level, and prevent muscle wasting, among other positive consequences of this natural way of eating. Unfortunately, however, there are some myths about the alkaline diet that can scare you off, or make it less likely that you'll see the results that you want to achieve.

The first myth is that the alkaline diet is inevitably extremely restrictive. A lot of people think that if they follow an alkaline diet, they will have to give up all of their favorite foods. Well, just how drastic a change the alkaline diet will be depends on how you currently eat. It's true that if you exist on steaks, hamburgers, french fries, and ice cream washed down with sugary soft drinks, you will have to make some significant changes in order to reap the benefits of this type of diet.

However, this does not mean that following this diet will force you to give up flavor. It's really more a matter of finding ways to prepare healthy alkalizing foods in a way that preserves their nutritional value at the same time that it maximizes flavor. It's also a matter of retraining your taste buds to appreciate flavors more subtle than fat, sugar, and salt.

A second myth is that in order to have an alkaline diet, you must give up all this in acid-forming foods. this is related to the belief that all acid-forming foods are bad for you. In fact, your goal on the alkaline diet should be to achieves a proper balance of acidifying and alkalizing foods. To eliminate all acidifying foods from your diet would be difficult, and it also might lead you to miss out on valuable nutrients. Fortunately, such extreme measures are not necessary.