1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogPureVeganhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/PureVegan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dbTb4OKSot"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/are-you-ph-balanced/">Are you pH Balanced?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/are-you-ph-balanced/embed/#?secret=dbTb4OKSot" width="600" height="338" title="“Are you pH Balanced?” — HappyCow" data-secret="dbTb4OKSot" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/AcidFormingFoodsheader.jpg599171I recently attended a lecture given by a young woman promoting her new healthy food business who shared some of the concepts she learned after going through a 3-month program on nutrition.  She proceeded to draw a line on the chalk board with two arrows going in opposite directions and then wrote “neutral” in the middle.  After writing down a few different foods under each arrow she told us that if we eat these foods our body will become acidic and we’ll likely end up with all kinds of diseases, including diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer and if we eat the other foods we’ll enjoy life-long vitality.  Can you guess what foods were in each category?  Yes, my Vegan friends, of course you can.  But is it really that simple? The first thing you need to keep in mind is that the acid-alkaline theory of disease is not a proven science but rather a theory or hypothesis. The Proposed Science Supporting the Theory Acidity and Alkalinity are measured according to the pH (potential of hydrogen) scale.  Water is considered to be neutral at 7.0.  Anything less than 7.0 is considered to be acidic and anything greater than 7.0 is alkaline.  The […]