Alkaline Diet Recommended for Weight Loss

The alkaline diet has many benefits, including boosting energy and protecting against muscle atrophy and bone loss. But can the alkaline diet also help you lose weight?

Hi, my name is Jane, and today I want to talk about the benefits of the alkaline diet for weight loss. As everyone knows, obesity is a big problem in the United States and other developed countries. Many people have tried almost everything to lose weight, but either these diets fail, or else people do lose weight, only to quickly regain it.

Some proponents of the alkaline diet claim that the body stores fat in response to overacidity, and that when you eat an alkaline diet, your body will naturally let go of the accumulated fat cells.

This is an interesting theory, but I'm not sure that it's accurate. For one thing, it is incorrect to say that your body can ever eliminate fat cells. By the time you are an adult, you have a certain number of fat cells, and this number does not change--no matter how much weight you gain or lose. When you lose weight, your fat cells deflate. You still have just as many fat cells, but they take up less space inside your body.

The bottom line about weight loss is that you need to consume fewer calories than you burn through exercise and basic metabolic activity. So if we want to determine whether or not this diet is effective for weight loss, the question we need to answer is whether or not an alkaline diet leads to a caloric deficit.

Unfortunately, there is no definite answer to this question. Some alkalizing foods are high in fat, while others are not. In general, however, I do believe that the alkaline diet can be effective for weight loss.