Over the years I’ve found that eating an alkaline diet is the fastest way to burn stubborn body fat, increase your natural energy levels and to look and feel younger.

In fact, it’s now recognized that the primary cause of a sluggish metabolism is living an acid lifestyle. I know that’s a pretty bold statement but once you switch from doing things that cause acid to build up in your body and start doing things to create an alkaline environment, your body will immediately begin to look tighter and younger and you’ll instantly have more energy.

So, what causes acid build up in your body? A poor diet is the number one cause. Specifically, these foods cause acid build-up.

1. Sugars and sugar-containing foods such as pastries and raised baked goods, including most breads, rolls and cakes.
2. Alcoholic beverages: all alcoholic beverages cause acidity in the body.
3. Condiments and sauces: things like ketchup, mayonnaise and salad dressing.
4. Processed or smoked meats: all processed and smoked meats cause acidic build-up.
5. Leftovers: If not promptly and properly refrigerated, these foods trigger acid build-up.
6. Fruit juices and most fruits: the high sugar content of these foods causes instant acid build-up.
7. Caffeinated beverages like coffee and tea.
8. All yeast products and vitamins or minerals that are not yeast free.
9. Soft drinks (depending on where you live, you may call soft drinks soda or pop). There’s absolutely nothing good in soft drinks. Every ingredient in them causes acidic build up in your body.
10. Almost all diet foods, white flour products and white sugar products.
11. Fast foods, artificial sweeteners, all preservatives, cooked oils, fat-free, sugar-free, low-carb, pre-packaged foods and hydrogenated oils.

This might sound like everything you eat. Do you know anybody who eats everything on this list?

Well, now that you know what causes acid build-up,, let’s look at what constitutes an alkaline diet. This is the diet that has the ability to boost your metabolism within a matter of days. It can help you look younger, leaner and sexier and it’s can keep every cell in your body healthy, vibrant and pulsating with energy.

In order for your diet to alkalinize your body, it has to be rich in nutrient-dense foods, such as clean water and a lean, healthy protein source, free of most toxins. I say “most toxins” because in today’s world, it’s very difficult to avoid all toxins because toxins are found in almost everything around us.

Foods that promote a strong, healthy looking, energy-rich, alkaline body are fresh, raw, preferably organic vegetables. Eating fresh, raw vegetables is the single most important step you can take today in order to alkalinize your system. It will allow your body to actually use the live enzymes, the life inside these vegetables and the energy from them, to energize and build health within you so you are able to increase your energy, strengthen your metabolism and reduce the signs of aging from the inside out. Eat raw vegetables all day long. Have a variety of them in each meal. Juice them at least once, preferably twice a day if you can. If you can’t juice them or you don’t like eating vegetables on a regular basis, then buy a ‘greens’ drink and drink it at least once a day.

It really is that simple. An alkaline diet consists of loads of fresh, raw vegetables, lean sources of protein in each meal like fish, chicken, turkey, or egg whites and lots of fresh water. If you don’t want to get that strict yet, then at least begin removing all the foods from the acidic list, especially those loaded with preservatives and other chemicals, and then slowly add the really nutrient-dense foods like organic vegetables, lean sources of protein and fresh water. If you take just this one step toward rebuilding your health, you will notice a huge difference in how you look, how you feel and the amount of available energy you have throughout the day.

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