How do I nourish properly?

You should select foods that are as natural and unprocessed as possible. With a diet that is predominantly full-value and vegetarian you supply your body with all necessary nutrients and encourage the self-regulation of your acid alkaline balance. Too much acidity providing food disturbs this equilibrium of your organism.

Particularly in old age the organism can no longer compensate dietary sins like it did in younger years. The danger of overacidification rises with progressing age because the performance of liver and kidneys declines. Simultaneously the alkaline reserves in the body decrease. It is also of importance that older people are less physically active.

Alkalinity providing foods

The majority of the daily nutrition, approx. 80 %, should consist of alkalinity providing or neutral foods.

Alkalinity providing foodstuffs are primarily of vegetable origin. In addition to the main nutrients carbohydrates, protein and fat plants contain various health-promoting vital substances, e. g. alkalinity generating minerals like calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, copper or iron and innumerable vitamins, secondary plant substances and enzymes. These multitudinous vital substances fulfil diverse tasks in our organism. Magnesium for example is on the one hand incorporated into our bones, on the other hand it participates in over 300 enzymatic reactions.

When consuming alkalinity providing foods our organism produces more alkaline than acidic constituents after metabolising them. Of greatest importance is that the alkaline effect of the plant-based vital substances in our organism only develops during their digestion. Our metabolism regulates its acid alkaline balance with the help of these substances, buffers acids and exudes them. All organs like e. g. the digestion organs are strengthened by vital substances.

Our organism needs the entire variety of vital substances to run smoothly. Incorporate alkalinity generating plants like vegetables, potatoes, leafy greens, fruits and raw foods into your daily diet.

Vegetables and fruits

In the first place of alkalinity providing foods are vegetables. Vegetables and fruits should be eaten at a ratio of approx. 2 : 1. Vegetables are the most effective alkalinity creators.

Fruits also are creators of alkalinity but this only applies to the intact metabolism and if fruits are well tolerated. If this is not the case the fruit acids remain in the organism and plunder minerals from the reserves of the body. Thus vegetables are always in first place of consumption. This experience is shared by many therapists like e. g. the well-known F. X. Mayr-physician Dr. Erich Rauch.

Regional, seasonal and fresh – always keep in mind this catchphrase when shopping! Sadly we are accustomed to buying everything at all times. Strawberries and asparagus at Christmas, tomatoes in January – these goods come from the other side of the world. No wonder that foods are oftentimes highly polluted with pesticides and harvested when still unripe so they can survive long transportation routes.

You should rather turn towards seasonal plants that were able to grow in the right time under ideal circumstances. These plants are harvested when ripe and are oftentimes easier to digest and have only travelled short routes. This has a positive impact on their nutrient content and also on their taste. Seasonal calendars can be found in various cooking magazines or the internet. If necessary use frozen food instead of preserved food.

Vegetables and fruits should be washed and chopped only shortly before preparation so that valuable water soluble minerals and vitamins do not go down the drain. Vegetables should generally be braised lightly and not cooked to rags to preserve precious vitamins and enzymes. Many vital substances are solved very fast and aggregate in the cooking water. Thus you should always use as little water as possible. It is recommended to use the cooking water for preparation of for example sauces.

Microwave – no, thanks!

Foods should never be prepared in the microwave. Microwaves do not cook foods evenly. Besides that a study has revealed that broccoli looses 85 % of its antioxidants when prepared in the microwave. Particularly the warming of breast milk should never be done with a microwave because all substances that serve the immune defence of the child are thus destroyed.

Protective cooking – yes, please!

Instead of warming in the microwave a gentle heating in a pot is recommendable.

Cooking in a steamer basket is a preparation method for vegetables that preserves vital substances very well. Also a steamer basket is very cheap. This valuable preparation method is suitable for all foods. Hot water vapour embraces the food from all sides and prevents dilution. The natural taste and appearance of the foods is preserved.

Herbs, germ buds and sprouts

Fresh herbs, germ buds and sprouts are a feature of a healthy diet. Most herbs can be bought as a potted plant and cut when needed. Already prepared herb bunches should be enveloped in a moist cloth and stored in the vegetable compartment of the fridge. Particularly rich in vitamins and minerals are fresh herbs like lemon balm, basil, parsley, chives or dill. Why not prepare pesto with fresh herbs and good oil? Healthy food can be so delicious!

Germ buds and sprouts are valuable fresh foods particularly rich in vital substances that are delicate or crunchy and taste from mild to piquant depending on species. They can be added to salads, vegetable meals, soups and dips. The preparation of buds and sprouts at home is very easy with a sprouter.

Potatoes

Next to carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins potatoes contain a lot of valuable protein. Thus they are an important alternative to animal foods for vegetarians and vegans. Because of their high content of water potatoes are very low in calories and fat. Additionally they are very rich in dietary fibres if prepared as potatoes boiled in the skin.

Avocado

The avocado is a real power fruit. Approximately 30 % of it is fat and so it is one of the fat-richest fruits next to the olive. The avocado’s fat is composed mostly of healthy unsaturated fatty acids that have a positive impact on the fat metabolism. Avocados include a large variety of vitamins like e. g. vitamin C and some B-vitamins and also minerals like potassium. It has also been demonstrated that avocados contain numerous bitter constituents.

Do you actually know …?

You should try to incorporate these valuable alkalinity providing foodstuffs regularly in your diet.

Pollen

Pollen are composed of many valuable contents like e. g. a broad spectre of vitamins, enzymes and minerals. Health-conscious people eat them to strengthen the body’s defences.

Chufa sedges

Chufa sedges are also called earthalmonds and have an almond-like sweet taste. They are distinguished by their high content of dietary fibres of about 30 %. The valuable protein of the chufa sedges is easily digestible.

Bitter constituents

Bitter constituents are part of the so-called secondary plant substances. As their name implies they are of bitter taste. Bitter constituents encourage the salivary flow and the release of digestive juices. They are particularly good for flatulence.

The intensity of the bitter taste ensures a limitation of the sensation of hunger and results in a quicker feeling of satiety. The vegetables grown nowadays have lower values of bitter constituents because the majority of the consumers prefer a sweet taste. Thus the bitter constituents have mostly been grown out of our vegetables by the agricultural industry.

Try to include fresh herbs and bitter vegetables like e. g. witloof and Brussels sprouts in your diet. Bitter constituents are also found in the many plants of the product AlkaLife (WurzelKraft) like e. g. common centaury, dandelion, rosemary, thyme and dill.

Spices

We recommend you to use sea salt or salt seasoned with herbs from the health or organic food store or a specialised drugstore instead of using isolated or iodated fluoridated table salt. According to the World Cancer Research Fund the overall average salt consumption of an adult should not exceed five grams per day. Unfortunately reality tells a different tale. A study from the year 2008 in Germany (2. Nationale Verzehrsstudie) found that every German consumes six to ten grams table salt per day.

Our kidneys can only excrete a limited amount of table salt per day. The rest is deposited in the body. The capacities of the kidneys and their supply with vital substances as well as the drinking quantity of a person determine how much table salt can be eliminated.

You should salt in moderation. Fresh herbs give an aromatic taste to all meals, too.

Surveys show that approx. 80 % of the salt we take in nowadays stem from industrially manufactured foods like e. g. ready-to-serve meals and chips and not from our salt shaker.

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Neutral foods

Neutral foods are neither acid nor alkalinity providing. They contain acid and alkalinity generating constituents in roughly equal amounts. Neutral foodstuffs can be ideally combined with alkalinity providing foods. Fats and oils class among the neutral foods and are very rich in essential constituents and should be consumed regularly.

Fats and oils

Fat has been ill-reputed as a thickener in our dieting society for a long time. But the “proper” fats are essential components for our organism and by no means fattening. Cold-pressed oils supply our organism with vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids of vital importance. These have numerous positive effects on the vascular system like for example the regeneration of cell walls, joints, blood fats, the blood pressure and the skin. Additionally fats help with the detoxification of fat-soluble toxins like e. g. pesticides. When preparing foods fat ensures consistency and stability. It is an important flavour carrier and provides a lasting feeling of satiety.

Our body can not independently produce the polyunsaturated Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. Therefore they have to be taken in with the nutrition. Most important are the Omega-3 fatty acids because oftentimes they are insufficiently supplied.

To these also belongs the important alpha-Linolenic acid. Only linseed, hemp, walnut and wheat germ oil and the fish species rich in fat like e. g. salmon, herring and trout contain noteworthy quantities of it.

Manufacture of oils

Many valuable plant ingredients of plant oils can get lost during the industrial filtering. Vitamin E and linolenic acid for example are destroyed by the high temperatures when hot-pressing oils. Protective manufacturing techniques like cold-pressing do not have this negative effect on these valuable plant ingredients. Also cold-pressed oil tastes better than hot-pressed oil.

When buying oils you should pay attention to take native cold-pressed oils. These oils are not heated during manufacturing. Only these native cold-pressed oils contain all valuable plant substances.

Trans-fatty acids

If unsaturated fatty acids are heated or chemically hardened trans-fatty acids are generated. During the manufacture of most margarines liquid fats are made spreadable by fat hardening. Particularly baking margarines and pastry, snacks and fluffy pastry prepared with baking margarines as well as fries, chips and chocolate bars contain a high amount of trans-fatty acids. Thus particularly people who consume large quantities of industrially manufactured foods take in large amounts of trans-fatty acids.

Trans-fatty acid increase the share of “bad” LDL-cholesterol in the blood and therefore count as a risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases. A high consumption of trans-fatty acids is also discussed to be associated with increased levels of diabetes, allergy and cancer risk.

The amount of trans-fatty acids contained in a foodstuff does not have to be given on the list of ingredients. But if you find the notation “hydrogenated vegetable oils” in the list of ingredients you can assume that a lot of trans-fatty acids are contained.

Snacks

Chips, peanut doodles etc. contain lots of unwanted saturated fatty acids and trans-fatty acids. Additionally flavour enhancers and large quantities of salt and calories are contained. If you want to enjoy a small snack you should better help yourself to tasty and healthy nuts or dried fruit instead of eating chips.

Which oil for which meal?

Not every oil is suitable for every method of preparation. Some oils can be heated, others only qualify for cold preparation.

For salads we recommend all native cold-pressed oils like safflower, pumpkin seed, linseed, corn germ, sunflower, olive and canola oil. Prepare your dressing with oil and a small amount of vinegar or some lemon juice. Dressings are delicious with cold-pressed vegetable oil, fresh herbs and spices.

Tip: Particularly linseed oil contains many unsaturated fatty acids and thus oxidises easily. Therefore it should be kept in dark bottles and protected from direct contact with light and oxygen.

Oils soused with for example chilli peppers are especially tasty for dressings. Mixed with some seasoned salt they provide a delicious dressing. You can confidently abandon vinegar when using seasoned oils.

For steaming and stewing vegetables you can very well use olive, pumpkin seed or canola oil. For the additional refinement of vegetables small quantities of cream or butter are recommended. If the meal has cooled down to eating temperature native cold-pressed oils can be added. This advice should also be observed when preparing baby food. If you resort to readily prepared jars you can add a small quantity of valuable vegetable oil.

For frying or other preparation methods where the oil is exposed to high temperatures you should use peanut, red palm oil or coconut oil or fat. Never use cold-pressed vegetable oils for frying. The more unsaturated fatty acids the oil contains the more susceptible to heat it is and the less suitable for frying. Oils begin to burn when heated up to a certain temperature (smoke point) and change their structure. As a result cancer-causing agents like e. g. trans-fatty acids are formed.

For baking we recommend coconut fat or butter. Both are formed from saturated fatty acids that can be heated without any problems.

As spreadable fats butter or vegetarian spreads are sufficient. The artificial product margarine is not sufficient for a full-value and natural diet even though it is thus commended in proficient advertisements.

You should diversify your oils like you do with vegetables and fruits. No two oils are identical in their composition. Each oil contains different constituents that our organism needs in their whole diversity to function optimally.

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The definition of health, disease, healing and aging
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The significance of minerals
The 3 steps of purification: break up of impurities, neutralisation of acids and elimination of impurities
The metabolism difference between a man and a woman
Alkaline body care

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How do I nourish properly?

Alkalinity providing foods

Vegetables and fruits

Microwave – no, thanks!

Protective cooking – yes, please!

Herbs, germ buds and sprouts

Potatoes

Avocado

Pollen

Chufa sedges

Bitter constituents

Spices

Neutral foods

Fats and oils

Acid-forming foods

Meat, lunchmeat and sausages

Fish

Eggs

Milk and dairy products

Cereal products

Cereal-similar plants

Semiluxury food and tobacco

Low-calorie products = poor pleasure products

Ready-to-serve meals and additives

How to supplement nutrition?

Provide a daily plan for an alkalinity providing diet

The intestine – the root of the “human plant”

Drinking keeps you fit: People who drink alkaline water double their daily drinking amount.

Overview of alkalinity and acidity providing foods

You are what you eat!

This well-known proverb illustrates a serious problem that affects a lot of people in our prosperous society since our nutritional habits have radically changed during the last centuries.

For more than two million years human beings have fed on vegetable and plant based foods like wild uncultivated vegetables, nuts, roots, seeds, berries and fruits. Additionally they moderately consumed animal protein in the form of mostly raw meat or fish. Our ancestors often moved for up to thirty kilometres per day on their search for something edible. On the basis of this nutrition and exercise the metabolism, cardiovascular system, physique and digestive tract of the human being were developed.

With the help of vital substances from foods that we eat and drink on a daily basis our organism forms its cells, organic system and physical structures and keeps up regeneration itself.

Nutrition today

Today we eat large quantities of animal protein, salt and fat, sweets and treats as well as white flour products. Acidity providing foodstuffs like sausage rolls, Pizza Salami with extra cheese, soft drinks and chocolate bars are to be found daily in the diet of many people. The oversupply with foodstuffs that contain many “empty calories”[1] does in the long run not only lead to overweight and nutrition- or overacidity-related diseases of civilisation. It also brings about a lack of health-promoting and essential vital substances. In a way it is as if we starve having a full stomach.

Particularly overweight is a serious problem in all age groups today. In Germany 1.9 million children and teenagers between 3 and 17 years are overweight. That is 15 % of this age group. In the age group of grown-ups 55 % of females and 65 % males are overweight. People oftentimes turn to ready-to-serve meals or got to fast food restaurants because they lack time and cooking experience or fall victim to the clever strategies of the advertisement industry. Another important factor that promotes overweight is lack of exercise.

Dietary lessons for parents-to-be and for children and teenagers are not held. Thus a healthy alkalinity providing diet remains a secret for many people.

When is enough enough for the human being?

In addition to the unhealthy eating habits oftentimes lack of exercise or extreme exercise can be observed. Exercise is an important part of a good acid alkaline balance as long as it is pursued in a healthy degree. During exercise acids are eliminated due to increased breathing. Also the enhanced intake of oxygen supports all metabolic processes.

Emotional and physical stress, noise, harmful substances and pollution, emission from mobile phones and other energetic burdens oftentimes are this “enough” for the human being. All these influences promote the development of overacidification of the organism and civilisation diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, gout and rheumatism that result from it.

We can counteract many of these factors that endanger our health. We have to get active and inform ourselves on healthy nutrition. This brochure wants to make an informative and important contribution to this and throw light on alkalinity and acidity generating foods. It wants to show you how you can create a simple, healthy and alkalinity providing diet. What do you want to change? What are you able to change? Even small changes can make a difference. Take over the reins of health. The decision what you eat and drink every day is yours alone.

How do I nourish properly?

You should select foods that are as natural and unprocessed as possible. With a diet that is predominantly full-value and vegetarian you supply your body with all necessary nutrients and encourage the self-regulation of your acid alkaline balance. Too much acidity providing food disturbs this equilibrium of your organism.

Particularly in old age the organism can no longer compensate dietary sins like it did in younger years. The danger of overacidification rises with progressing age because the performance of liver and kidneys declines. Simultaneously the alkaline reserves in the body decrease. It is also of importance that older people are less physically active.

[1] Foodstuffs that are rich in calories but contain few or no vital substances.

The return to the principle of alkaline body care
Human skin is a true multi-function organ. It serves as a sense organ, a means of contact with each other, as well as a presentation of inner health. It marks the physical boundaries between inside and outside. The skin has important functions in the field of metabolism and immunology. It is instrumental in the regulation of heat balance and protection of homeostasis. Also the skin protects us daily from adverse environmental influences. Here the so-called acid mantle of the skin is given great importance. To support this protective layer, using soap with a low pH value, should be reconsidered: the application of acid cosmetics can promote acidification of the organism. The return to alkaline skin care is especially important today and is highly recommended.
Man is around the clock in contact with acids, both body’s natural acids (such as lemon acid, or lactic acid, or hylauronic acid) and acids foreign to the body (such as maleic, fumaric, and salicylic acid). The acids not only penetrate considerably damaged outer layers of the skin, but also reach to the epidermal cells, where they usually produce irritation. An experience of the direct effects of acid on the skin has been experienced by anyone who has come into contact with nettles.
The legend from the protective acid mantle
The physical pH-value of healthy skin is currently listed with averages in the range between 5.2 to 5.7. This raises the question how the normal pH-value of the skin is determined, and who is actually responsible for the definition. The answer is simple: Since the end of the fifties selected army soldiers are tested, young people age 18-25, as exemplary examples to determine the values defined as healthy. Concerning any current standard, whether it is the blood fat level, the uric acid level, or the pH-value of the skin, is identified in this population and the average value is transferred to the general population. It is striking that the average pH-value of the skin was still 6.0 to 6.2 in the sixties, while the current value is in the range 5.0 to 5.5.
PH-value and wealth
With the industrialization of food a number of lifestyle diseases like rheumatism, gout, diabetes, eczema, psoriasis and cellulite have arisen too. The increasing consumption of fast food, sugar, coffee, meat and alcohol, and an explosion of environmental toxins have also damaged our skin, because it has to withstand a hitherto unprecedented number of acids from outside and from inside the body. The body’s buffering systems are overworked and when this happens the body begins to deposit excess acids into the subcutaneous tissues. Sebum and sweat, both acidic in nature, leave deposits under the skin, triggering blemishes, eczema, and itching.

Discovery of the acid mantle of the skin
Many of the acidic ingredients on the skin surface come from waste matter deposits in the connective tissues and subcutaneous tissues, and have nothing to do with the normal skin texture. When skin analysis started in the 1930 thies these acidic ingredients were thought to be “normal”.
After the introduction of the first acidic body care products, some short success could be observed in problematic skin, such as with atopic diseases. The so-called “pH-neutral” products have pH levels between 5.0 and 5.5 and are therefore acidic in nature causing acids transported to the skin surface to be transported back into the subcutaneous tissue. Here, only the symptoms of the disease are suppressed, the underlying cause remains.
Function of the acid mantle of the skin
For many decades the function of the acidic protective layer of the skin has been discussed. First the indirect microbiological defence and the direct effect of protection against alkaline pollutants and toxins was in the foreground. The classic findings and insights about the significance of the acidic pH-value of the skin, however, were refuted by more recent biochemical and molecular biological investigations. The thought that in the acidic milieu pathogenic germs are prevented from spreading and eczema formation is avoided, is proven again and again to be false. The number of atopic diseases and bacterial skin infections was never as high as in the last decade (and growing). This, in a period in which the acidic body care in industrialized countries has become widely popular!
Possible symptoms caused by over acidity
Headache, heartburn, gum bleeding, hair loss, fungus, flatulence, haemorrhoids, tendency for allergies, skin diseases, rheumatism, arthritis or gout, osteoporoses, irritability, psychological disorders, fatigue.

Acid from the bathroom cabinet
Many acid body care products are not suitable for continuous, daily use. Some contain a whole range of toxic materials which can be absorbed through the skin pores and deposited in the body.
Often medicated soaps are used, containing very aggressive substances such as sulphur or tar and damaging healthy skin. The use of medicated soap with certain skin diseases, such as psoriasis is therefore questionable. Also perfume soaps contain acidic perfume oil. In the nursing area, these soaps are not used because perfume oils can lead to allergies. “Syndets”, so-called “synthetic detergents” derived from synthetics, and detergents are also in the acidic range concerning the pH-value. Synthetic detergents and soaps containing surfactants (detergent-active substances) lead to an increase in transepidermal water loss. With frequent washing the skin can dry out and become sensitive to fungi, viruses and bacteria.
Oil applications in form of bath oils are often used for dissolving waste deposits like dandruff and scabs as well as used for moisturizing dry skin. Their impact can be harmful: skin pores can be clogged by oil, reducing perspiration and waste transport from the subcutaneous tissues to the skin surface. Oil-containing products should never be applied to irritated skin.
Ointment with high fat, (Vaseline, Bag Balm), coat the skin surface with an insulating and waterproof film. This film prevents evaporation of secretions and creates swelling on the top layer with a sustained hydration; also the release of heat is blocked. It is obvious that their moisturizing effect is very questionable.
The majority of cosmetics contain ethanol or isopropanol (monohydric alcohol), which serves as carrier solution for additives. They dry out the skin and block the natural moisturizing mechanism. Frequent applications of alcoholic body care products can be a starting point for dermatoses, eczema and allergies. Same applies to disinfectants with antibacterial ingredients.

The return to alkaline body care

The history of body care is a history of alkaline body care. The Romans, Ancient Greeks, Persians, Assyrians, Egyptians, all used basic fundamental components that were derived from wood ash and plant ash. The Romans used the fine-grained ash left behind from iron production, as a popular detergent. They noted the beneficial effects on the skin. Cleopatra enjoyed her beauty baths of donkey milk, which has an alkaline effect on the skin. Until 70 years ago body care was alkaline. The well-known example for this is the alkaline washing soap (pH value 8.5-9.0). People with skin problems may recollect the use of washing soap and appreciate its mild, itch-relieving effect. Alkaline body care means better cleansing, better regeneration of the skin by thoroughly clearing away old skin layers. Unfortunately, this knowledge increasingly faded into oblivion over the past decades. The modern acidic body care has a pH value of 5.0-5.5. In the light of modern knowledge one has to ask whether acidic cosmetics should enjoy popular usage, in particular, because the preservation of the acid protective mantle is not dependent on acidic skin care.
A return to alkaline body care is evident. For a few years alkaline body care products with a pH-value of 7.5 to 9.0 for all care needs have been available. Individuals taking regular alkaline baths also change their entire skin care products to alkaline products, and take alkaline body supplements. Individuals made the following observations:
• The hitherto excess or inadequate secretion process of the sebaceous glands, which leads to extremely oily or dry skin, can normalize.
• Under the skin surface deposits (such as cellulite) can be removed permanently. Atopic dermatitis patients may benefit from a reduction in itching and development of eczema.
• Blemishes such as black heads and comedones are rare.
• Skin can become resistant and feel supple.
• For individuals who tend to skin mycoses or bacterial eczema, a significant decrease in infections is observed.

Principles of alkaline body care
The principle of alkaline body care is subject to the basic idea of rejection of acids, such as fat acids from tallow and from callus layer lipids. Basic skin care is meant to aid the opening and regenerative ability of the skin and to accelerate the natural process of homeostasis, i.e. the decomposition of cells and excretion of metabolic waste products. Such a self initiated regulation leads to excretion of acids and wastes forming a protective film. Under the influence of alkaline applications the pores of the skin surface become more permeable, the emerging acids buffered and the natural detoxification and expansion process of the skin layers accelerated. With alkaline body care the skin is gently stimulated to preserve its natural moisture and fat content or rebuild it. For this no supply of external fat carriers like oil or artificial moisturizers necessary. The skin care should take into account the following points for understanding:
• Departure from the so-called “detergent” cleaning (soaps, synthetic detergents)
• Prevention of desiccation and leaching of the barrier layer in the callus skin zone by alcohol treatments (often the starting point of dermatoses).
• Avoiding emulsifiers such as stearyl alcohol, stearate, cetearyl alcohol, etc.
• Prevention of occlusive effects (e.g. crude oil layers on the skin surface)
• Skin repair with skin-identical or up-close skin ingredients
• Moisturize with natural ingredients such as urea, allantoin, mineral salts
• Use of natural biochemical and physical principles such as osmosis, to relieve the skin in addition of deposited waste/impurities.
As an appropriate medium for excretion of waste products and acids from the body alkaline bath salts have proven successful. They are suitable for full, foot, arm, and hand baths, skin liniments, as well as full body compresses and partial body compresses. Regular alkaline water applications can be an effective adjuvant treatment option for cellulite, uric acid diathesis (gout), rheumatism, skin blemishes, psoriasis, eczema and other diseases of civilization. However, not every bath salt is alkaline; The salt from the dead sea is, despite its attributed healing properties, not alkaline and should be used cautiously as a bath additive, because allergic reactions cannot be excluded with extended applications taken by sensitive individuals.
The alkaline full bath
The effectiveness of alkaline skin care can be most clearly demonstrated with alkaline full baths. A few spoonfuls of alkaline bath salts are added to the tub water to achieve a pH-value of 8.0 to 9.0. During bathing, the skin pores open and the deposited acidic impurities are released from the subcutaneous tissue via the principle of osmosis and are brought to the skin surface, where they are neutralized in the alkaline milieu. First the free fat acids become dissolved and then the wax and fat layers, finally the outer callus skin particles being softened and removed. After taking a bath and depending on the individual’s level of acidity, the water pH-value can fall below 7.0. Interestingly there is no skin irritation. The observational evidence is that people using alkaline skin care products regularly, rarely suffer from skin irritation associated with eczema, dry skin and itching.
Alkaline full bath:
Indications: Cellulite, Blemish skin, Acne, Dry skin, Dandruffs, Neurodermitis, Psoriasis, Pityriasis Versicolor, Diaper dermatitis, Contact eczema, Limited set of detoxification function of liver and kidney, Gout, Rheumatic discomforts, Hair loss, Decontamination of intoxication, Detoxification during fasting and diets

Alkaline Foot and Hand bath
One tablespoon of alkaline bath salts should be given in a large bowl of warm water. Bathe both feet or hands 45 min. to 2 hours. It is recommended to regularly add warm water.
Alkaline foot and hand bath:
Indications
Fatigue of legs, Corns, Cold hands and feet, Circulatory disorder, Calf cramp, Gout, Diabetic foot, Warts, Fungus, Spider veins, Sleep disorder, Dry and stressed hands
Degradation of acids against civilisation diseases
A functional dismantling of acids is important for the prevention of lifestyle diseases. In addition to alkaline body care, cosmetic and medical treatments can be significantly enhanced by various measures: Here first and foremost a conscious diet is recommended: food rich in fiber, vitamin- and mineral helps to reduce the acid supply. Herbal teas and mineral water make the blood thin and support the kidneys during acid flushing. Avoidance of stress may be helpful. Through regular exercise or relaxation waste deposits and stress mediators in the body decompose quickly. Where it is possible, the addition of nicotine, alcohol or drugs should be avoided.
Author: Stephan Wilmes is an Ayurvedic therapist and the AlkalineDietGuy. He is promoting the alkaline life style to prevent diseases in rebalancing the alkaline levels in your body through regeneration, purification and cleansing.
Literature:
M. Steiner “The return to the principle of alkaline body care” in Die Naturheilkunde. M. Steiner is the founder of pH-Cosmetics skin care line. To purchase it visit www.youinfocusproducts.com

I got a critical email from a MD concerning some statements I made about the connection of body-mind-soul, the importance of being a happy heart and the power of belief. The doctor wanted to see clinical evidence which I understand completely. If you study app. 15 years in a mental system/structure that is based on scientific evidence then you need proof.

Beside the fact that scientists have a hard time proofing/defining love, most people realize “some importance” of love in their lives.

Modern medicine is based on the statement that all disease is caused by external viruses and bacteria. These are our enemies and we need to fight viruses/bacteria and the symptoms of disease they cause. This approach is founded by Louis Pasteur in the late 19th century.

At the same time Antoine Bechamp founded a completely different approach: all micro organisms exist already in our body and mute into fungi which create toxic waste but only in an acidic environment!

Please read more about this in Robert Young’s book “The pH-Miracle”
“pH-Miracle” Amazon

Also I like to share a general thought concerning any clinical trials and studies: Famous physicist Werner Heisenberg stated that the outcome of every scientific experiment is determined by the consciousness of the one who is creating the experiment. In my words: As humans we are powerful beings which have the power to influence the result of an experiment via mind power. In Germany there is a saying concerning surveys: “Never belief a survey you did not fake yourself.”
That is why there are 50 scientific books on the market telling you to eat meat and 50 books warning you to eat meat.

Nevertheless it is always interesting to listen to good arguments, try things out and then take decisions in your life based on your experiences.

And now I am happy to let you know about this study:
A US study found out that meditation (Being aware of one’s breathing) reduces the perception of pain by 40%. People had these results only after a 4 day introduction to meditation.
Meditation and Pain

Great book! The book is loaded with motivating and encouraging examples of people who not only lost lots of weight but also recovered from life-threatening diseases.

Dr. Fuhrman’s approach is his insight that health is determinate by the ratio of nutrients to calories. The more nutrient-dense your food is, the less you crave for fat, sweets, and high-calorie foods and the healthier you are.

Besides lots of info on how to stay healthy he gives plenty of recipes for fresh healthy cooking. His book on Amazon.

This is something everybody over the age of 20 years has to do: The sensational liver cleanse by Andreas Moritz. It is truly life changing to get rid of 20-300 liver and gallstones in one weekend cleanse. The liver is the most important organ for blood cleansing. Just imagine what boost your system will experience if you get rid of such a large quantity of calcified stones. All diseases are related to acidification of organs and your liver cleanse will show you the consequences of acidification, but also is a quick remedy for the liver/gallbladder.

The procedere is very simple and improved version of Hulda Clark: You start drinking app. 1 liter of apple juice per day for 1 week to soften up the stones. This is very important to avoid any risk!!
Cleansing day should be Saturday: You stop eating after 1.30 p.m. and flush/cleanse your digestive system with 2 Epsom salt drinks (1 table spoon on small glass of water) at 6.00 and at 8.00 p.m.

At 10.00 you drink a glass mixed with organic olive oil and freshly pressed grapefruit juice (without pulp). Lay down immediately.

At 6.00 and 8 a.m. you drink another 2 Epsom salt drinks to flush out the softened liver and gall stones. You will see results.

At 10.00 a.m. you can start drinking some freshly pressed juice and at 12.00 you enjoy your first light meal again.

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In recent years, many people have found that they or their children are intolerant to gluten. This is actually a protein and it exists in food in a variety of ways because it’s found in wheat, rye, and others. Sometimes, even if it doesn’t create a great intolerance, it can affect the skin. So, you can enjoy a gluten free diet and beautiful skin combined.

That means that if you are suffering from rashes, acne, or other skin problems it would be in your favor to cut out this protein that could be affecting you. Certainly, it causes inflammation in the abdomen. If your digestive system is not working properly, it will affect the rest of your organs and body.

Everyone should understand that the digestive system is much like the sewer system in the city. If it’s not functioning properly, diseases will ensue for those who live there. The same is true in humans and their digestive system.

Having said all that, it’s important to understand also that the level of acidity and alkalinity are very important in the body. All must be well-balanced to have great skin, not to mention better health. Therefore, it is important to increase the amount of alkalinity as most people have way too much acidity in their blood.

Therefore, it’s important to consume more vegetables. A variety of different colors are extremely important. Greens like broccoli, celery and such will help to oxygenate your cells. Sprouts are also highly recommended. Beans and other legumes, as well as low sugar fruits like lemon, tomato, avocado and lime are too.

To be healthy and have great skin, you need 10 times the amount of alkalinity to neutralize one part acidity! If your levels of acidity are higher than the recommended amount you could be feeling off, irritated, fatigued, and even suffer from headaches.