Anyway, I was reading one of my juicing books earlier and it was talking about how our bodies, all of our organs down to the cellular level, function best when their internal pH is alkaline. Check the research.
So what is an alkaline environment? Well, if you ever took a science class you probably had to learn about acids and bases. Acids are obviously acidic and bases are alkaline. The scale for acids and bases is measured on the pH scale.
I won't get into the whole science behind it, but the human body functions best when around the neutral pH of 7-8. When we eat a mostly plant based diet, our body becomes more alkaline which in turn gives our organs and cells the optimal environment to live in. When we eat meat and diary, the opposite occurs.
As you can see from the chart (courtesy of kangensui.us), it's processed food, meat and dairy that will cause the body to be more acidic and prone to a variety of diseases like cancer and heart failure.
So that's what I got for ya today. Keep it fresh, keep it raw, keep it juicy!
Juices of the Day
Cucumber Squash
1 Cucumber
1 Yellow Squash
1 Small Apple
1 Lime
5 Bok Choi stalks
Handful of Chickory
Orange Radish
1 Orange
2 Small Apples
1 Dongchimi Radish
4 Carrots
1 2 inch piece of Ginger
