The common foods that people usually eat release either alkaline base or acid into the blood after they pass the digestion process. Foods such as meat, fish, poultry, grains, shellfish, salt, milk and cheese produce acid. Overconsumption of acid releasing foods can cause the body to become over acidic and dispossess of its minerals. In the long run, people who failed to balance their diet with essential alkaline foods may become apt to develop chronic diseases and gain weight. This book has various alkaline diet recipes which will help you to follow the diet.

DASH diet recipes are focused on having your food in portion sizes, with a variety of ingredients, and consisting of proper amount of food nutrients. The meaning of DASH is "Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension". However, DASH diet recipes are not only good for lowering blood pressure, but also for losing weight and preventing diabetes. If you want to follow DASH diet, you have to minimize your amount of sodium and increase varied foods that are rich in plenty of nutrients such as magnesium, calcium, and potassium.

The Paleo diet assumes eating foods and drinking beverages that are at their most natural forms. Paleo is short for Palaeolithic; it is the era where our early ancestors appeared on earth. This diet therefore follows what a Paleolithic man ate: freshly caught fish, game and meats, eggs, fruits and vegetables. There is no room for food additives, flavorings and chemicals to preserve food. Proponents of the Paleo diet believe that by following what our ancient ancestors ate, we will also be able to achieve healthy and strong bodies like what a Paleolithic man had.

Proponents of a grain free diet say that eating grain free meals could be one of the best ways to avoid a lot of gastrointestinal and medical conditions. The reason for this is that most grains contain gluten which is a kind of protein that is the main cause of celiac disease and a sensitive gastrointestinal system. Gluten is one of the hardest proteins to digest and having gluten stay longer in your gut can ultimately lead to a damaged gut, the presence of autoimmune diseases, skin problems and so many more health conditions. This book has various grain free recipes which will help you to...

The secret of the Shred diet is a combination of a low gastrointestinal diet which eases work on the digestive system, efficient meal spacing so that your body will be able to digest the foods you eat faster and using meal replacements. In this diet, you will be constantly eating which is ironic in a weight loss plan. This diet plan also introduces a new concept called diet confusion which is basically tricking the body to increase its performance to be able to lose weight. The Shred diet also recommends using a personalized workout plan to help lose weight more effectively. Recipes found in...

You may not know much about the people of Amish, their religion, customs or traditions but you must surely know about their food or would've at least heard someone raving about it. But before we talk about their food, lets first look at who the Amish are, for people who don't know. The Amish are a separate and distinct part of the Traditionalist Christian Church whose roots stem from Swiss Anabaptist origins. Amish people can easily be identified in a group of people as even after so many years (and modernization) they have kept a simple lifestyle in which not only do they dress differently,...

The Autoimmune Paleo Diet has grown into popularity over the past several years and it certainly cultivated a lot of members or followers of this kind of diet. The idea of this type of diet is to only consume foods that were present during the Paleolithic period like the fruits, vegetables, plants and even meat that were consumed by the people in that time.

The mechanisms and operations of the body are guided by a set of homeostatic processes. This state of equilibrium includes a normal balance and blood concentration of various compounds, hormones and enzymes designed to operate optimally at certain blood pH. Although blood and body pH are designed to be slightly alkaline, there are instances when the pH of the blood and of the body are made slightly acidic from various factors such as diet, stress and exposure to pollutants.

Rather than focusing on the diet, Beyond Diet is a program that seeks to help the user change the lifestyle into a healthier, more fulfilling life. Rather than describing how and why one needs to go on diet, the program helps one change his or her thinking and eating habits. The program seeks to do what many diet plans have so miserably failed to do, help everybody lose weight and live healthily. The plan therefore is like a manual that clarifies what true nutrition is and what foods should and should not be eaten so as to achieve an ideal weight and to avoid the many lifestyle diseases that...

In todays day and age, many serious changes in health and living have happened over the past few decades and the past century for that matter. Many health programs and diets have been created and practiced over the years to try to battle obesity and for a healthier lifestyle. And speaking of diets, there is one that has become quite a fad at this time and is getting more popular each day, the Paleo Diet and a form of this diet is the Autoimmune Paleo Diet.