I found this a while ago. Basically it is an alkaline diet with very low acid content. We eat lot's of sugar and animal proteins, who doesn't? That sort of stuff creates acid in your body, and "acidizes" your blood and tissues. Bodies oxidize food which gives you energy. Overly acidic bodies ferment sugars and proteins making you kind of sluggish and slows down the bodies cleansing processes. This deprives your insides of oxygens and your cells quite literally begin choking to death, setting into motion a destructive "Cycle of Imbalance, " which, with each revolution, leads to advanced stages of ill health.
The body was designed to operate on 80% alkaline foods and 20% acidic foods, today, our average is 10% alkaline, no wonder we're out of shape. Because of this imbalance our bodies oxidize less and starts fermenting pretty much everything we consume so instead of getting energy the food stays stagnant causing further acidification.
Phytonutrients, or phytochemicals are very beneficial as nutrients, helping prevent cancer, lower cholesterol, relieve arthritis and osteoporosis, and stop hormones from being turned into acids, etc... Dark green and yellow vegetables are excellent choices for this: Asparagus, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, burdock, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, eggplant garlic, green and yellow squash, green beans, pretty much any green stuff is good (rabbits have all that energy to jump around right? smart rabbits), okra, onions parsley, parsnips, peas, radishes, red and yellow and green peppers, rutabagas, salsify, scallions, seag veggies, sprouted grains, turnips, water chestnuts, grasses, you know the stuff you really never think, "Hey, sure could go for <insert any of that stuff above>!"
For those people hittin' the low carb diet thing, you might try this diet out, because it's fairly low carb as well. Complex carbohydrates make acid when they break down, so keep carbs about 20% of your diet. Try to stick with simple carbohydrates, because lots of low fat vegetarian diets prove a favorable environment for microform overgrowth even in healthy digestive tracts. Hi carb veggies even should be eaten in moderation. Red Potatoes are great.
Buckwheat groats and millet are high in protein and digest slowly, keeping blood sugar balanced. Spelt contains more protein. Cooking messes a lot of these enzymes in these foods, so the more you eat raw the better, the goal, 40% raw veggies.
Organic foods avoid exposure to pesticides and other jumnk drumped on most produce. Ideally get the freshest produce you can and clean thoroughly.
I can't emphasize enough, drink water water water water, h2o.
You can get all sorts of proteins in plants, so don't worry about protein difficiencies.
Soy is pretty good for this, all sorts of useful stuff in soy.
Fish is great, full of omega-3 oils, protein, and several other healthy nutrients. Down side is, no fiber and forms acid. Pretty much one of the only real meats you can eat on this diet. Choose the freshest possible.
I haven't personally applied this to my own diet, but I thought someone might find it useful. I know some people who have done this, they say it's great. I like steak.
