I read a few books a week ago about a diet that claims to reverse aging. It was about acid/base balance in the body. the basic idea being that we eat to many foods that are acid causing, and our body struggles to counter the extra acid being eaten. The extra acid then goes around the body causing aging and making us fat. According to the book body fat comes from the bodies inability to counter the acid with a base material, and then stores it as fat. Apparently fat is more acidic.
Not a whole lot of science with the pH diet I thought, but being honest the people who follow the diet look young and great. Something is going right with that diet I thought.
The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health
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