What is Ph?

The term PH stands for "potential" or " hydrogen" and is a measure of the acidityl or alkalinity of a solution represented on a scale between 0-14.  Neutral sources are a 7 on the scale.

 What is the Normal PH?

7.35-7.45.   This is called homeostasis.

How to add more alkaline food to your diet...

Avoid too much meat, alcohol, soft drinks caffeine, coffee, most nuts, eggs, vinegar, sourkraut, ascorbic acid, pasturized milk, cheese, white sugar, and medical drugs.

Add more ripe fruit, veges, soy beans, bean sprouts, water, raw milk, onions, figs, carrots, beets, miso, calcium citrate, and vitamin K.

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Nutrition 101

ACE Manual Volume 2002

There is so much to learn about nutrition and energy expenditure that it can overwhelme your brain and make you want to give up before you try.  Let's just make it a simple concept instead.

Let's just say that this is your day from the time you wake up to the time you sleep....

6:00--9:00--12:00--3:00--6:00--9:00

         When you wake up your body has been fasting throughout the night.  That drop in insulin could be your weight loss advantage or DISADVANTAGE-Play your cards right.  This is the best time to tap into fat with a 20-30 minute cardio session, and/ or the most crucial time to eat a nutritious meal.  Let me show you why:

Let's say you wake up but don't eat until 12:00.  Your insulin would take a drop from 6:00to 9:00am storing fat for your starvation ("but I'm not starving", you say)  YOUR BRAIN THINKS DIFFERENT.  Remember we as humans are designed for famine and times without food and water----this leads to fatty deposits----and ugly fat.  We are designed to move, so eat clean and keep your furnace above the line by eating every three hours.

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• BROCOLLI
• ASPARAGUS
• LETTUCE
  BRUSSEL SPROUTS
  CUCUMBERS
  CAULIFLOWER
  GREEN BEANS

Good Fats vs. Bad Fats   eDiets Chief Nutritionist Susan L. Burke is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian, and a Certified Diabetes Educator who specializes in both general and diabetes-related weight management. By Susan L. Burke, MS, RD/LD,CDE eDiets Chief Nutritionist
June 15, 2005
Are you stuck in the '70s, and afraid of fat? Fat-free still registers in some people's psyche as a healthy way to eat. It's time for an attitude adjustment, because all fats are not bad. In fact, some are essential to health, including vitamin and mineral absorption, hormone production and cell structure. New USDA Fat Recommendations The U.S. government has changed the recommendations for the 2005 Dietary Guidelines. The old guidelines had fat way up top of the pyramid, in the narrowest part, next to sugar. Fat was to be kept to a minimum, which made consumers think that all fats are bad. However, some actually help lower cholesterol and prevent disease, leading the USDA to change the fat recommendation. They've flipped the pyramid on its side, so that consumers understand that within the fat category, some fats should be included regularly, but others should only be eaten occasionally, if at all. The new pyramid reflects the ruling that takes effect on January 1, 2006. Soon consumers can read the number of grams per serving of trans-fat, which is linked to coronary heart disease. Good Fats/Bad Fats Populations who eat their fat calories from nuts, seeds, olive and canola oil, avocado and fatty fish like salmon, sardine and mackerel remain healthier than those who eat a lot of fried foods, fatty meat and hydrogenated fats in packaged foods. Fat tastes good, and makes food taste good. But, since fat has twice the calories of protein and carbohydrate, most people can't eat it indiscriminately. Fat needs fine tuned, especially when you're trying to lose weight on a balanced program.

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Truth be told, the more scientists discover about the roots of dementia the more they are shifting their focus from the brain to the heart.

1.  Take B Vitamins-

2.  Ginko Biloba

3.  Snuff out inflammation

4.  Exercise your brain

5.  Watch for diabetes

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FITNESS ARTICLES

Controlled Obsession

By: Kelly Nauyokas, CPT

      What determines what is on the borderline of obsession with weight?  Could dangerous weight-loss aides, starvation diets, and over-exercising be the main fix or could low carbohydrate fads be “best new thing”?  There is more of an underlying problem in society and the obsession to be thin in not new.  The look of extreme thinness is out, fitness is in, and muscle is what women now want to achieve.  Just when we think we’ve heard it all, an even more startling problem has come into the picture: steroids.  Being a female fitness and bodybuilding competitor I ,personally, have not taken these substances. I do know of women who have tried controlled substances such as deca durabolin, Anavar, Winstrol Depot, and even a very liver-damaging drug, Primobolin.  Many of these women  still continue to add it to their weight-loss and fitness regimen.   Unfortunately, the uproar of athletics and fitness has lead coaches, society, and peers to take the hard work and dedication out of athletics by focusing  more on the reliance of some athletes use of chemical substances.  Many people have the misconception that these drugs can make athletes feel that they need steroids to get better, faster, and more muscular to help them become an elite athlete (Volkow, 2005). 

    The recently popularity of steroids now is affecting  women as young as nine to begin using bodybuilding steroids to reduce body fat (Johnson, 2005).  Charles Lesalis, Pennsylvania State University Professor of the Health and Human Development, states that the abuse of steroids and young women is at an all time high right now and that overall 5 to 7 percent of girls under the age of 16 have admitted to using these substances(Johnson, 2005).  These illegal steroids have been under major investigation with Congress and have become a strict focus involved in numerous hearings since March 17^th, 2005 (Volkow, 2005). 

     Anabolic steroids are the synthetic version of the human hormone testosterone.  Steroids can be taken by pill, injected, or transdermally.  First of all, there is no regulation without a prescription.  These drugs are highly abused and can easily result in an overdose.  The negative side effects differ from person to person and there is no true way to know how they will affect an individual regardless of whether it has been prescribed or not (Volkow, 2005).

     The possible side effects far outweigh the benefits and the body's  response to steroids is definitely not as beneficial for women as they have proven for men and their testosterone levels.  The effects of steroids on women are paranoia, masculine features, acne, enlarged genetalia, excess facial hair, inconsistent periods, or amenorrhea, which is the cease of menstruation.  Worst of all, "roid rage" or agressive explosive behavior results when steroids interfere with the mormal production of estrogen levels (Volkow, 2005).

            Secondly, the negative side effects include and are not limited to the rise of LDL or the “bad” cholesterol in blood lipid levels. The dangerous amount of toxins can be carried through the blood, damaging the liver and causing more complications which could become severe and life-threatening.  The liver is taxed by cleaning out the toxins from the blood.   Externally, the risk of an injection site abscess is even greater from a variety of air-borne bacteria.  This problem results from poor sanitation of  needles, being given or having access to a contaminated bottle, and the reuse of needles.  Reusing needles also leads to a greater risk of HIV and Hepatitis (Volkow, 2005).

In addition to the  facts stated, the steroid effects on women are paranoia, masculine features, acne, enlarged genetalia, excess facial hair, inconsistent periods, if not a cease of menstruation (amenorrhea),  and worst of all it, “roid rage” when steroids interfere with the normal production of estrogen thus leading to abnormally aggressive behavior.