When you are eating, I am sure you aren’t asking yourself is this meal promoting or impeding  my healing. When you have diseases like cancer, heart disease, depression, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, candida or insomnia you must start looking at your food and its ability to increase or decrease circulation. When you eat a more alkaline diet (more fruits and vegetables) you improve your circulation and your ability to heal.  Acid-alkaline balance is a very simple concept that most of you don’t know about because it is another emerging science like the lymphatic system. Your inner body should be neutral or in balance, between acid and alkaline. When you are ill your body has become either too acidic or too alkaline. Most people I have seen who are ill have been severely acidic.

The food and drinks that you consume are made of minerals that, once metabolized in the body, breakdown into an ash which is either acid, neutral or alkaline.  Our traditional diet is full of foods that create an acid residue in our body that constricts the body and limits circulation. When you are combating any disease you need to first balance your internal body. When the body is in balance your cells function better, your lymph and blood vessels dilate (open) and circulation improves. Many individuals who are ill drink coffee for energy, unfortunately that energy is short lived and the acid residue from the coffee makes you more acidic and tired.

You really are what you eat.  As I have said, what you eat can either help you heal or slow your ability to heal by increasing or decreasing circulation. Increased circulation helps detox acid waste from the body and carries nutrients and oxygen to the cells. If you eat more acid foods like, meat protein, grains, white flour or whole wheat, white rice, chocolate, coffee, tea or alcohol then you become too acidic and your health and ability to heal becomes compromised.

When you are ill you should aim to eat more alkaline foods. About 80% of your diet should be fruits and vegetables, to help bring your body into balance. Some of the more alkaline foods are cucumbers, radishes, squash, ginger, spinach, dried figs, shitake mushrooms, red beets, celery, carrots and fresh tomatoes. Lymphatic activation helps detox acid waste and move the nutrients from your food and oxygen into areas of the body that may already be congested with waste and have limited circulation. Choose the right foods to improve your ability to heal.

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