Does Eating Alkaline Foods vs Acidic Foods Affect Your Health? #TBT | LiveLeanTV

On today’s #TBT episode of Live Lean TV, I’m answering a viewer question on does eating alkaline foods vs acidic foods affect health and body composition?

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Before I share my quick thoughts, this is a post from our #TBT Q&A series.

Every Thursday, we will be uploading one #TBT question to our YouTube channel, from our old #LLTV Q&A series that I filmed in 2012.

Here is today’s viewer question:
Brad, could you please explain more about alkaline foods vs acidic foods? Does eating alkaline foods vs acidic foods affect your health, performance, and body composition?

Excellent question and it absolutely does.

Did you know that working out actually puts your body in an acidic state due to the by-products created by exercise?

When your body is acidic, it naturally neutralizes the acidity by breaking down muscle tissue.

Not good.

So this makes it even more important for people who workout to be eating more alkaline foods.

Alkaline Foods vs Acidic Foods:
And if this concept of alkaline foods vs acidic foods is confusing, let me simplify it.

After digestion, foods in the body become either acidic or alkaline.

Green vegetables and most vegetables are very alkaline. This is important because you want to make sure your body is in more of an alkaline state.

So on a pH balance, with 7 being right in the middle, you want to have a pH balance a little bit more towards the alkaline state, with an optimal pH of approximately 7.3.

To do this, make sure to always have a good serving of vegetables with each meal.

When it comes to acidic foods, a lot of foods high in protein, which I always talk about being healthy, are more acidic. These acidic foods include: beef, chicken breasts, and eggs.

This is why I always balance my serving of protein with green vegetables, as it gives the meal the necessary balance of alkaline to acidic foods.

Other acidic foods include, dairy, wheat, and processed foods filled sugar.

When your body is consistently acidic from eating too much sugar, this is an environment where cancer cells can breed and grow.

On top of this, an acidic body can also be the cause of weight problems and many other illnesses.

This is just another reason why it’s important to drink a lot of water and eat your green vegetables, to bring your body back into an alkaline state.

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[LiveLeanTV]

QOTD: how many servings of vegetables do you eat in a day?

[zunpphireev]

So I just started eating a lot more veggies, I have testicular cancer, I refused getting it out by the doc, took the matter on my own hands, and ever since i started making myself lots of juices my body hurts less, which means less inflammation, my baby testicle also hurts less, or not at all, this is way greater than me and when I get to finish it off I’ll be able to be living proof and will help lot of people with cancer

[lindseyjane]

I’ve been eating more alkaline for the past week or so and I feel AMAZING. thanks for the tips!

[taylorr]

I never knew about this. Super interesting, thank you so muxh for sharing! Gives me a different way of looking at balancing my meals!

[mrsj]

💖👍 great video lots of good information 😊

[glenncapitanio]

Thank you for refreshing my mind. As far as fruits and vegetables...I try to eat 10-14 servings per day.

[ManzuraRaximberganova]

Hi! So meat is not allowed right if I want to neutralize acid in my body ?

[cmaxbs]

0:20 Wait but many people say the way you grow your muscles is to break the muscles tissue and later the muscles will recover themselves and at the same time grow the muscle. I guess there's another explanation why when body in acid state is not good, like: because the muscles produce many lactic acid

[CareyXO]

I usually have a serving of kale, spinach, broccoli and asparagus every day. Then randomly carrots, lettuce if eating a salad, celery or stuff like that.

[freq]

I have to get my daily allowance with powdered greens... Kale moringa wheatgrass Etc

[jhcqctu]

How are citrus and pineapple on the alkaline spectrum? I'm acid reflux and told those are acidic. I'm so confused who to believe anymore

[pearlblack]

Can acidic body from food cause body odor?

[jcolumbiap]

Does eating acidic foods affect psa for men?

[Freeman]

can you do a video "alkelaine menu" for exsercising people

[mnayak]

Eat balance diet 60 percent vegetables and fruits and sprouted beans and dairy one serving preferably yogurt

[annwilson]

ThAnk.u❗❗
Keeping...it.real..😄👍..haha.
Whew.❗❗

[douglashagan]

We ate because of muscle ass passed 40 but getting the right Foods the counter muscle stripping

[zluuftoaks]

Pretty dumb question but for those lacking common sense yes both affect our health One good one bad Not hard to picture which one is bad.

[douglashagan]

It works just like the pH in a swimming pool

[annwilson]

Hi..brad😎
ThAnks.food.the.great.
Information..wow.didnt.know
This..great.to.know❗❗👍
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