Today is my Day 2 of the World Wide Cleanse for Health. On Day 1, after my morning green shake, I consumed water till noon. I was pretty occupied yesterday that I had my lunch at 3.00 p.m. I took half a glass of green shake. Then I had a home massage for an hour by an ex-nurse who is 69 years old. Pretty strong lady. By 5.20 p.m. I started to feel like having something to eat. I made a raw vegetable soup using cherry tomatoes, garlic, broccoli, asparagus, lettuce and olive oil. All these goes in the blender and I get a raw veggie soup! I spiced it up with a dash of lemon and pepper. It's yummy. Saves time on cooking, too! My challenge came during dinner. I cooked dinner for my family and ended up taking rice plus the dishes i.e. stir fry broccoli & carrots, anchovies with chillies and mixed veggie in coconut milk. I ate very much less than usual though.
The best part about this is I had a comment from one colleague and she called me to ask what food is acidic and which one is not. I told her I will pass her a copy of the pH Miracle to read. Another friend sent me an email wanting to join the cleanse. Hey, this is great!
Anyway, I learned 2 things I need to work on. One, I did not drink enough water. Two, I did not exercise enough .i.e. only 20 minutes of walking.
How much water (alkaline) should we drink? 1 liter for every 30 pounds of weight. It's your weight in pounds divided by 30. That's how many liters you should drink a day. How many cups is that? Multiply by 4.25. For example, if your weight is 120 pounds, you should drink 17 cups of water.
Our body is 70% water. Water makes up 75% by volume of our muscles and heart, 83% of our brain & kidneys, 86% of our lungs, and 95% of our eyes. Even 22% of our bones actually water. Our blood is 90% water. We are what we drink. If we don't drink enough water, we will compromise our body and our health.
What are the alkaline foods we can eat: Avocado, broccoli, lettuce, cucumber, spinach, kale, asparagus, tomatoes, lemons, soy nuts, almond, pumpkin seeds, olive oil, coconut oil, coconut water, flaxseed oil, cod liver oil, tofu, green beans, bell peppers, garlic, celery, okra, cabbage, lime, lemon, grapefruit, and most greens. The greener the better as it is richer in electrons.
A friend asked me about oats and raisins. Oats is moderately acidic and raisins as a dried fruit is acidic too. The idea is to try and hit 80% alkali. We can have 20% acidic food in a meal and 80% raw alkali food.
All these information is available in the book pH Miracle by Dr. Robert Young who studies live blood cells. He is a microbiologist and studies human bodies at the cellular level. He has shown results of patients who has diseases, put them on alkalizing diets and the red blood cells become healthy cells. Interesting findings and amazing discovery!
This morning I am back on track, and made a slightly different shake recipe:
Blend cucumber, lemon, spinach, soaked almonds, ice and soy powder. With lemon, the taste is different and it's really delicious. Try it out!
1 comment:
Wow! your recipes sound great. I am going to try them out. Going to the market in the morning to buy the stuff. BTW, you need to continue your walks la. I am religiously walking between 3 to 4 km's every morning. You should join me!! thanks for sharing the recipes.
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