Alkaline Diet For Gestational Diabetes

[BellyBelly]

Here's a snippet from one of his books, the pH Miracle, which I don't know if it will help or hinder if the basics of acid and alkaline in the body aren't understood:

"Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and high blood sugar (diabetes) - which are really just low energy and high acidity - are rampant today and devastate a lot of lives. They both stem from - surprise! - dietary and metabolic acid and microform overgrowth.

Most people do not realise that the sugar is not a source of energy but an acidic waste product from the breakdown of body cells. The more sugar or acid we eat, the more we risk an increase in bacteria, yeast and moulds. Their mycotoxins and exotoxins penetrate, overwork and poison the pancreas, liver and adrenal glands (among others).

For example, pancreatic cells are directly poisoned and destroyed by the myotoxin alloxan. The pancreas produces not only alkalizing buffers - sodium bicarbonate - for alkalising the foods we eat, but also insulin, the alkalising hormone that controls the blood sugar acid. A deficiency in alkaline compounds such as sodium and potassium bicarbonate and insulin leads to hyperglycemia or the high-acidity disease called diabetes.

Bacteria and yeast also feed on our electron energy resources and can cause energy deficiencies. Blood glucose is blood acid and is increased with an acidic lifestyle and diet, which can give rise to bacteria and yeast and more metabolic acids.

People with diabetes have low or normal blood sugar levels when their pH (measured in urine) is up (alkaline, over 7.2) - and high blood sugar levels when their pH is down (acidic, below 7.2).

Type 2 diabetes is the natural physiological and metabolic result of consuming large quantities of sugars, refined carbohydrates and meat proteins, especially without engaging in regular physical exercise (which could help compensate for such dietary practices).

... what that means, amongst other things, is that the solution is quite straightforward: cut out all forms of sugar, eliminate animal proteins and get regular exercise."

[meow]

Having been vegetarian and now converted to an omnivore diet I feel quite strongly that animal protein is healthy, or else I wouldn't be doing this! I think you would be doing your health a disservice to cut out animal protein. Do you keep in animal fats?

[Arcadia]

I find this interesting for people suffering systemic candida too. When mine was really bad, I felt acidic in my very blood and I felt my urine was so, so acidic. Now I don't have that feeling, since I've changed my diet completely, to no sugar or processed food, or wheat. I am on a loose version of the anticandida, so I still have black tea and decaf coffee and dairy, but otherwise it's pretty restricted to just whole foods, legumes, veg and meat. It's amazing the comments I've had about my hair and skin since the change. I am also a healthy weight (I am heavier slightly than before kids) without trying, nor do I look skinny and stressed like I used to.

A diet overhaul is beneficial for the whole family!

[BellyBelly]

While you're trying to fix or correct something they suggest you focus more on the alkaline than normal then you can reduce as you balance out, but I do incorporate some meat protein and egg into my diet - just load up the meals with alkaline foods to balance it out as best I can. The meals are mostly salad/veg though with the side bit of meat opposed to the protein and carbs with a side bit of veg. For example I might have grilled chicken on my salad one day, fish another, but its loaded up with lots of other things like avocado, tomato, salad leaves, dressed with lemon juice, himalayan salt and its yummo and very filling. We make veggie soups at night where we can, we love soups here. If we have meat protein we aim for eating it at lunch, and only once a day. The meat ideally is organic and all that, out here in the country there isn't much choice sadly - there's not even a fruit and veg shop, only Coles and Safeway. But we do what we can. Even with making small changes, you do notice a huge difference. I did a full on 10 day alkaline diet last year, and before I had even finished the end of it, all my friends were noticing I had lost weight, my eyes were a sparkling blue and my skin was baby soft (which people normally comment on anyway, but it was super soft).

I'm a bit more lax with it now that I am pregnant, but I am definitely eating much better than I have in the past and with both previous pregnancies - and I have put on much less weight this time by far. You can get protein from so many other sources though and I do love chia seeds on pretty much everything! Luckily I am craving and devouring avocado and tomato (sprinkle chia seeds all over it on a small piece or two of rice chia bread) which are both very alkaline - have been craving cherry tomatoes for ages, so I know its great for my body.

[meow]

The meals are mostly salad/veg though with the side bit of meat opposed to the protein and carbs with a side bit of veg. For example I might have grilled chicken on my salad one day, fish another, but its loaded up with lots of other things like avocado, tomato, salad leaves, dressed with lemon juice, himalayan salt and its yummo and very filling.

Sounds like dinner at our place too. I love that cutting out the grains means we're eating SO many more veggies. Have you looked into making bone broth? Most amazing super food and would make a great addition to your veggie soups