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Welcome to Alkaline Diet Health Tips.com! This website is a one-stop alkaline foods and diet information shop where you’ll find an array of articles, tips, recipes, products and alkaline health guidelines to help you in the pursuit of your optimum health via the consumption of our friends, the green vegetables, that your mother so sensibly advocated!

But don’t worry, there’s lots more tasty things you can eat! Visit my recipes page and download my alkaline diet recipes book

You’ll find information and reviews on things such as wheatgrass benefits and green drinks, why an alkaline water machine is advisable in following an alkaline diet and how alkaline foods and supplements can be the best home remedies for yeast infections, diabetes, cancer and other diseases, which so many people have these days and can be caused mainly by an acidic diet.

I’m passionate about health and fitness and I’ve researched and implemented many ‘healthy eating’ regimes over the past 10 years and this is the one which makes the most sense and helped me knock an hour off of my marathon-running time (3:48 by the way ;-) ), as well as lose weight, feel great and look around 10 years younger than my actual age!

Some of the benefits of going alkaline…

• Prevention and cure of disease, helping to avoid many widespread and preventable diseases such as colds, yeast infections, even diabetes and cancer.
• Weight loss, as your body releases excess acid stored in fat.
• Anti-aging, as your body’s cell life is prolonged.
• More energy than ever! No afternoon sluggishness.
• Great skin, as it no longer needs to release acidic toxins through it.
• Better sleep and great sex life!
• Optimum health – there’s more to health than absence of disease. An alkaline diet lifestyle will make you feel alive and vital, improve concentration, mental and physical stamina and overall self-esteem.

What is an alkaline diet?

In a nutshell, an alkaline foods diet (also known as the alkaline ash diet, alkaline acid diet, alkalising and the acid alkaline diet) is a healthy eating lifestyle based on eating foods that metabolise (burn) to leave an alkaline residue (ash) of minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium and copper. Foods are therefore classified as alkaline, acidic or neutral according to the pH of the solution created with their ash in water.

What can I eat?

In general this means eating lots of alkaline foods (i.e. alkaline forming foods), such as green vegetables, some fruits, nuts and seeds, healthy oils, taking dietary supplements, such as wheatgrass juice and drinking plenty of water. It also means avoiding acidic foods, such as meat and dairy products, refined sugars and carbohydrates, processed foods, artificial sweeteners, caffeine and alcohol.

There is no single definitive alkaline foods list and you’ll find that as you research this subject more, there are many lists of alkaline foods and they all have some discrepancies between them. Please see my alkaline foods list for an explanation and a guiding list.

“Why should I eat alkaline foods?” You may be asking.

It all comes down to body chemistry. Your blood is your body’s living ‘river’ and needs to be kept at a pH (potential of Hydrogen, scale of how acid or alkaline something where 1= extremely acidic and 14= extremely alkaline) of 7.35, slightly alkaline. Your body has a buffer system that it uses to keep your blood within a tight range of this pH, a deviation from which can be fatal.

The alkaline diet originated in the observation that an underlying metabolic acidity, caused by the widespread Western, fast food lifestyle, is a common denominator among many degenerative and autoimmune diseases, which can be preventable by proper nutrition.

Dr Robert Young is the leading researcher and advocate of the benefits of an alkalising. He has conducted well-designed scientific research with substantiating results and his book The pH Miracle has been a bestseller for years. Anthony Robbins, world-famous inspirational speaker, is a big promoter of it, as well as many other heath gurus and celebrities.

Take a look around my site and get excited that you've discovered the benefits of alkaline based foods and lifestyle!

good qualities

Proactiv Solution is probably the best known acne treatment system, thanks to its infomercials that seem to run 24/7. Proactiv promises to banish acne breakouts to reveal clear skin, and the Proactiv makers claim that it really works. As I’ve said before about infomercials, they are just so convincing that you almost feel stupid if you don’t buy from them because they promise to finally fulfill what you covet most.

My experience with Proactiv
When I was suffering from adult acne, I was suspicious of infomercials, but after months and months of no relief, and fruitless trips to the Dermatologist, I ordered Proactiv because the commercials were so convincing. Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Vanessa Williams - they all say it cured their acne in the infomercials. Later I found out they got millions of dollars to do the commercials!

I ordered the three-step kit for $39.95, which is a cleanser, toner, and lotion, plus a free mask. After using Proactiv twice a day for almost two months, I saw no improvement in my skin. I was only using the three products (and the mask) and no other skin care products. My face got super duper dry (but I live in the desert). My skin did not get any worse than it was before the Proactiv, nor did it get better.

My boyfriend at the time also used Proactiv (just once a day) and he thought it was working for him a little bit. I didn’t see a difference really, but he felt his skin was slightly better. But after two months, he didn’t think it was worth the money, so he stopped buying it. He went back to just cleansing with shampoo (which is really bad for your skin).

I now realize my assessment of Proactiv is not completely scientific because I was wearing some makeup at the time. I had not yet discovered the cosmetic acne list, so there is a chance some of the makeup I wore contributed a bit to my acne. Because the Proactiv really dried out my skin, I also occasionally used a hydrating mask, and I later found out that did have some pore-clogging ingredients.

Proactiv - Its good qualities
The good thing about Proactiv is that it contains no ingredients that will make your acne worse (unless you are allergic to Benzoyl Peroxide). It might dry your skin out a bit initially, but if you use a good non-pore clogging moisturizer on top of the Repairing Lotion, it will hydrate your skin. The regular Proactiv kit doesn’t contain sunscreen, so you would need to wear a separate non-pore clogging sunscreen because the sun makes your acne worse in the long run.

If someone is using super pore-clogging skin care products, and then switches to Proactiv, they will probably see an improvement in their skin. Proactiv also contains no alcohol, which is good. My estimate is that 75% of skin care products contain ingredients that can make acne worse, so if you happen to be using pore-clogging products, a switch to Proactiv can help.

The products come with a money-back guarantee. Since I was too lazy to send the products back, I don’t know how easy it is to get your money back if you are not happy with your purchase.

Proactiv - Its bad qualities
While Proactiv may help a bit, I don’t think it will get rid of most people’s acne! The only acne-fighting ingredients the products contain are Benzoyl Peroxide, and Glycolic Acid. For people with mild acne, or maybe a handful of lucky people, this is enough to achieve clear skin, but it’s not enough for most acne sufferers. And again, a switch from bad products to Proactiv is my belief why it does work for some people.

I’ve also read that a lot of people have trouble cancelling the auto-renewal plan once they’ve ordered from the Infomercial. I ordered my Proactiv online, and didn’t opt for the auto-renewal, and had no problem.

How to get rid of acne
As I’ve discovered in my guide to cure acne, for me at least, and I’m sure most people, several more steps need to be taken to get rid of acne. The routine I use is pretty simple once you get the different products you need. You could even use the Proactiv Repairing Lotion as one of your steps, since it’s a decent 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide lotion. The Proactiv cleanser is okay also, but I would rather use a cleanser without Benzoyl Peroxide, since it can be irritating to your eyes, and it’s sort of unnecessary since you are already going to be using a Benzoyl Peroxide lotion (which doesn’t get washed down the drain like the cleanser). The cleanser is a bit drying, which is fine for oily skin, but for dry skin I would recommend a more hydrating cleanser. I would skip the toner, not because it’s bad, but because Salicylic Acid is better than Glycolic Acid for acne, and you don’t need both. Glycolic Acid is good for wrinkles, so the toner would be a good mild 6% Glycolic Acid treatment for wrinkles.oxycontin detox

Sometimes I’m not real quick when it comes to trying new products. MAC Strobe Cream has been out a long time now, and I just tried it! After writing about unsuccessfully trying to find a face highlighter, I found a bunch of good reviews about MAC Strobe Cream. It turns out Strobe Cream is not a highlighter (oops) so I’m still looking for one, but I bought the Strobe Cream anyway. I can never say no when I get to the MAC counter!

I couldn’t find its ingredients online, and didn’t bring my cosmetic acne list to the store, so it turns out it does have some pore-cloggers, starting with the 7th ingredient in the list. I haven’t noticed any acne forming, though, yet…

What is MAC Strobe Cream?
It’s a cream that will “add glow and vitality to tired, stressed-out skin.” It turns out it’s a light moisturizer that adds a subtle pearlescent sheen to your skin. You can wear it alone (under sunscreen), or mix it with your favorite moisturizer or foundation. After a few hours, my skin still felt hydrated, and I like the brighter, and slightly shiny, glowing look. This is definitely a cream for someone with normal to dry skin. On oily skin this would just accentuate shininess. If you like a matte finish to your makeup, then this is also not for you.

Bonus ingredients
The packaging of the cream is good (there it is in the picture) and it has lots of antioxidants in it. So the added antioxidants makes it a good moisturizer to wear every day (with sunscreen), since antioxidants can help slow down aging. If you have dry skin, you might need an additional moisturizer.

If you are really acne-prone, you should probably stay away from this, just to be safe:( And the pictures in this post have nothing to do with the Strobe Cream - they are just pretty!

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improve the immune system and enhance health.

The benefits of a water diet are abundant.

Water diets are based in electrolyzed water
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well improve skin quality, detoxify the
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The key ingredient in such diets is
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Electrolyzed water has the distinct
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Also known as Alkaline Ionized Water.

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