This year, it’s time to get serious about your health and not only make resolutions, but to get permanent results. In order to achieve permanent results, it’s important to not only take action on a goal, but it’s equally important to get a full understanding about the body and how it works. When you have this understanding and respect for the human body, you’re more likely to succeed.

For many of you who know me, you know that I’m a very spiritual person who not only believes the Word of God, but lives it, as well. My spiritual journey is what has helped me get closer to understanding and respecting my body, and loving it for all it does for me every day. We are all uniquely and wonderfully made to function at our best on a daily basis. Read that again. If we’re not functioning at our best, it’s because of our own doing. Thankfully, because of grace, mercy and the will to choose, we have the ability to reverse certain conditions in our body for the better, and one of them is acid-base balance.

Acid-Base Balance is the body’s balance between acidity and alkalinity. Simply put, it is the regulator of homeostasis (balance) in the body’s blood chemistry. When there’s an imbalance, there’s a potential for disease and disorder in the body. Our bodies may appear on the outside to be very simple: we have eyes to see, ears to hear, hands to touch, legs & feet to walk. But on the inside, everything is very intricate in the way the body functions. I won’t get too detailed here, but just know that any imbalance in your body chemistry can be a cause for disease.

There are foods that are more alkaline (good) and there are those that are more acidic (bad). The most alkalizing foods are green vegetables, but you will find some fruits, nuts, seeds, grains, legumes and oils are also alkaline. Acidic foods are: All meat, fish, seafood, dairy, eggs, most grains, some nuts, canned, processed and microwaved foods; condiments such as vinegar, ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, soy sauce, white sugar and artificial sweeteners; as well as alcohol, coffee, black tea and a few others.

So, how does all of this affect your weight? Our bodies will go through a spectacular range of processes to keep the blood at a pH of 7.4 (balance), which is slightly alkaline. When we eat an acidic diet, such as the Standard American Diet (S.A.D. – an appropriate acronym), our bodies have an arsenal of actions to counterbalance the excess acids that would otherwise kill us by damaging our vital organs and tissue. One of those actions is to retain fat to use as handy, safe storage pockets to store excess acid! WOW! Isn’t this amazing! Even when we’re not doing our best by eating the right things, our bodies still do right by us by protecting us from harm.

But, at some point, we must take responsibility and do better. Because although the body does some miraculous things to keep us from harm, they can have a downside, as well. Holding onto fat in order to use it for acid storage isn’t quite that beneficial in the long run. I am thrilled that my body is innately smart enough to save my heart from dangerous acids by storing them in extra pounds on my backside. At the same time, I won’t be as excited about that tropical vacation when I have a fat rear end. How about you? These coping strategies extend our lives, but if these strategies go on unchecked, they create a whole host of other problems that I’m sure I don’t have to mention here.

Here are 5 simple things you can do right away to create a more alkaline balance in your body to promote weight loss:

1. Reduce or omit dairy from your diet. As much as the Dairy Council promotes “Got Milk?”, I continue to say “Got Nut Milk?”. It’s easier today, than ever before, to incorporate healthy almond milk into your diet. Allergic to nuts? Give soy milk a try. Fact: the casein in dairy is a well-known cancer-causing agent. The less dairy you consume, the better.
2. Cut back on, or eliminate, meat from your diet. If you’re a meat-lover, don’t fret. You can reach your weight loss goals and still eat meat by sticking to a portion that is no bigger than a deck of cards, lean and not charred on the grill. The ultimate goal here is to reduce your consumption of meat, and not just red meat.
3. Get off the bean. No matter how many times you’ve heard that coffee is good for you, I’m here to say that it’s not. Yes, the coffee bean is high in antioxidants. But it’s also very acidic, especially when you add the cream (dairy) and sugar. Do yourself a favor and wean yourself from the bean.
4. Drink your veggies. This is my ultimate favorite! Fresh juice is fantastic and good for the body and soul. You can also drink your veggies in the form of smoothies. Adding fruit helps to ease into this transition.
5. Eat more salads. Get your leafy greens on by eating more salads. Explore different leafy greens outside of your norm: Arugula, watercress, bib lettuce, butter lettuce, mache, mesclun, chard, just to name a few. There are many varieties of leafy greens to explore and they each have different nutritional benefits. 

Remember, knowledge and wisdom is the key to life. Here’s one of my favorite scriptures to prove it: “Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” (Proverbs 24:3). Your “house: is your body. You live in it day in, and day out. By understanding how it works for YOUR good, it is established, as the scripture promises above.

Your Compassionate Transformation™ Assignment:

Choose one of the 5 steps above and start to alkalize your body. Practice each step fully for 2 weeks each. In as little as 10 weeks, you’ll feel and look better, for sure!

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