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    The Alkaline 5 Diet: Lose Weight, Heal Your Health Problems and Feel Amazing!
    The Alkaline 5 Diet: Lose Weight, Heal Your Health Problems and Feel Amazing!
    The Alkaline 5 Diet: Lose Weight, Heal Your Health Problems and Feel Amazing!
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    The Alkaline 5 Diet: Lose Weight, Heal Your Health Problems and Feel Amazing!

    By Laura Wilson

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    This incredibly easy-to-follow diet allows you to eat five meals a day without restricting calories, and create the best health you've ever had! Written by ultra-marathoner and health coach Laura Wilson, who has used these principles to turn her own health around, this plant-based diet is grounded in solid science.

    Simple, satisfying, sustainable, super-healthy, and systematized, The Alkaline 5 Diet harnesses the healing power of alkaline foods, providing you with all the nutrients you need. It will give you:

    • consistent and easy fat loss – no more yo-yo dieting!

    • healing of health issues and reversal of disease

    • greatly increased energy throughout the day

    • better mental clarity

    • natural beauty – great skin, hair, eyes and nails

    • improved athletic performance and endurance

    A diet that you can follow for 21 days or 21 years, The Alkaline 5 Diet makes it possible to eat big, delicious meals and get into the best health and shape of your life. You really can have it all!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHay House UK
    Release dateApr 6, 2015
    ISBN9781781805336
    The Alkaline 5 Diet: Lose Weight, Heal Your Health Problems and Feel Amazing!

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      The Alkaline 5 Diet - Laura Wilson

      Introduction

      Welcome to Abundance, Balance and Harmony

      I am so excited that you’ve picked up this book because I have seen how this diet can change lives for the better. So if, like many people, you yearn to look and feel your best, or are struggling with a health challenge and have lost faith in the possibility of ever healing yourself, then you’ve arrived at the right place, because the road to feeling fantastic starts here. Thousands of other people are already enjoying the results of following the Alkaline 5 Diet (A5D), and my hope is that you too will find that following the diet for just three weeks will be transformative to your health, your eating and your relationship with food.

      So get ready for a truly great experience.

      The principles of the Alkaline 5 Diet (A5D) are simple: abundance, balance and working in harmony with your body’s nutritional needs. However, there is more to a healthy lifestyle than just food, so the A5D takes care of your emotional wellbeing, fitness and rest needs too. Taking care of both your physical and your emotional needs means that at the end of the 21 days, you’ll not only be in the best shape ever, but also be radiant and glowing with energy, calm and confidence – so much so that other people will comment on how great you look.

      The Alkaline 5 Diet is grounded in solid science and has a simplicity to it that makes it unique in the landscape of all-too-common faddy, restrictive, pseudo-healthy diets. This is because A5D is the diet that humans were designed to eat and, for that reason, it’s satisfying on many different levels.

      In Part III, you’ll get a clear 21-day meal plan and using the diet for just three weeks will return your body to a more natural, healthier state. From that point, it’s likely that you’ll be able to delight in a simpler, yet deliciously tasty, way of eating; one you may not have experienced before and that’s free of cravings and hunger. Using the diet may also change how you think and feel about food, and many people find that they adopt some of, if not all, the meal types and ways of eating long into the future.

      I had no idea that my decision to follow the Alkaline 5 Diet would change my life so much for the better. All my health issues went away within a few months – and I had a fair few – I also became so much happier. Now I look at the world from a more positive perspective and the 55lb weight loss is really just an added bonus! – GRETA

      I have been using the Alkaline 5 Diet for many years and it has allowed me a level of health and vibrancy beyond that of the vast majority of people. Here are the benefits of following A5D for 21 days:

      Fat loss, usually 3.5–9kgs (8–20lbs).

      Greater vibrancy and sustained energy throughout the day.

      Positive mindset and a general sense of calm, happiness and wellbeing.

      An improvement in any health issues you may have.

      I have lost 9lbs in the past 21 days and feel amazing, thank you, Laura! – TRACY

      When you follow the A5D over the longer term – for three months or more – you may also experience the following:

      Looking and feeling years younger than your actual age.

      Active signs of age-reversal: toned and blemish-free skin, eyes that look whiter and brighter, and shiny healthy-looking hair.

      Excellent fitness and recovery.

      Balanced hormones.

      Reversal of minor and even major health issues and diseases.

      Improved body tone and muscle definition.

      Today’s reality

      We live in a world like never before. The Internet has changed how many of us live, shop, socialize and access information – forever. The new paradigm of the world is infinite instant choice, and this has its good and bad attributes.

      On the one hand, we can type anything we want into an online browser and find thousands of pages of information to answer our query, or find what to buy – and the cheapest place to buy it – and have it delivered the next day, which is pretty incredible when you think about it.

      On the other hand, however, we can also become information overloaded – bombarded with messages, alerts, pings, emails, updates, phone calls, videos and advertisements. Unchecked, it’s easy to spend all day long just reacting to the incoming information around us, rather than actually making considered choices and being truly productive. Everything is fast – fast information, faster travel, fast food, fast eating – and this brings with it some negative consequences.

      With so many choices and options, instant availability and information overload, we can get pulled all over the place and lose track of the most important things. Ironically, too much choice can be like having no choice at all – we can become confused, caught up and just end up going with what’s easiest and grabbing our attention right now, rather than right for us. What’s more, fast information and living often leads to having a slow body – sat in front of computers, devices and TV screens instead of being out walking and exercising.

      The result? Western societies are now facing huge problems: many people are now overweight or obese; preventable disease is rife – cancer, heart disease and diabetes are major causes of death; lifestyles are characterized by stress, long working hours and trying to keep afloat in the economic crisis, which all adds up to just existing rather than living.

      According to statistics published by the World Health Organization, more than 1.4 billion adults, aged 20 and older, were overweight at the time of the study (this could be even more now). Of these, more than 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese.¹

      We are also taught to devolve our power. Feeling ill or stressed? Take a pill. Got no cash? Borrow to the hilt (look what happened with that). The media and governments tell us that everything is bad and that this is normal.

      I am here to tell you that this is not normal!

      It is absolutely within your power to have an abundant, happy and healthy lifestyle. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ‘The first wealth is health’, and so the first step in reclaiming your power is about taking care of your health by nurturing your body and making smart food and lifestyle choices. This book is about just that.

      The new model and opportunity

      One definite major benefit of the Internet, and having unparalleled access to information, is that we can find out about our health and wellbeing, and make more informed choices. Thanks to online information, many more people are now aware of alternative medicine and health options, which are not presented in the mainstream media. Obviously we have to choose our sources of information wisely and do due diligence, but there is a shift towards self-diagnosis and self-doctoring, as we have an elevated awareness of our health needs and the science of wellbeing.

      It’s also true that many people have lost faith in the advice given by traditional authority figures, such as the government and medical professionals – particularly since we are seeing economic and health crises all around the globe. Intuitively, we are looking for alternative, improved, trustworthy guidance and leadership.

      The net result: we are more intelligent and empowered. We are no longer prepared to settle for second-rate and are demanding higher standards of health. Since you are reading this book, I know that you are also one of these people. I know this to be true because I get emails every day from many of my 15,000-plus website subscribers seeking ways to improve their health and overall quality of life.

      The new model of reality is one of consumer power. After all, if we are unsatisfied with something, anything, at the click of a button we can send our views to the world via social media. Furthermore, we can seek advice to challenges from a collective online community of friends and gurus.

      Knowledge about alkaline diets is part of this new model and awareness. In the 15 or so years since I set up my first alkaline diet website and wrote my first books and articles on the subject, I have connected with many other people who are also informed about the powerful benefits of an alkaline diet and the benefits of drinking wheatgrass juice or following a raw diet, for example. So the new opportunity is this: we have the information and support to help us lead our best lives – healthy and vibrant – at our fingertips.

      Anthony Robbins, a hugely respected US life coach and author of many bestselling books on personal power, emphatically advocates ‘getting the edge’ in life and achieving ‘supreme health power’ by eating a predominantly raw and plant-based diet, while other respected authors and doctors, such as John McDougall and Neal Barnard, advocate a holistic approach to health; and many expert nutritionists, such as Jason Vale, advocate juices and smoothies for great health.

      It has been said that with great power comes great responsibility and this is no exception. We must take the initiative to nurture our own and our loved ones’ health. Reading this book will help you to increase your power. In return it is important to take responsibility for your health and commit to living your best life, starting today, no matter how old, young, ill, bored, happy, unhappy, apathetic you may have been prior to this point. The amusing paradox is that to commit and take responsibility leads to greater freedom and isn’t that what we all desire?

      So armed with the knowledge you gain from this book, seize the new opportunity – grab on to the possibility of your supreme health and life with both hands and go get it!

      Is ‘supreme health’ really possible for me?

      If you’re asking this question, then I totally get how you’re feeling because I used to ask it too. I used to be unfit, a smoker, a bit overweight, totally lethargic, regularly get illnesses and felt pretty awful most of the time… and I was in my early twenties. In fact I felt like this from 16 to 21 years of age.

      I remember having friends at school that were very sporty – one who was an Olympic swimmer and others that were brilliant at basketball, hockey or athletics. I was pretty good at badminton, but when it came to the team sports I was usually picked last. Stupidly, I started smoking, eating badly and losing fitness and vitality; and this trend continued when I went to university. I am embarrassed to say that I became known as ‘The Pot Noodle Kid’ – not a great reputation to have and a far cry from where I am today.

      Now I am very fit and healthy. I have energy to do the things I really love: run long-distance, complete marathons and ultra-marathon endurance races with very respectable times; dance salsa for hours on end; and sing two-hour live concerts as a soprano member of a classical philharmonic choir. On top of that, I look youthful and feel vibrant and happy.

      So if you are asking ‘Is this really possible for me?’ Then, yes, absolutely! You can do this. You can have the health, vitality, joy, self-esteem and happiness that you deserve and it won’t take long to start seeing great results either.

      The secret

      The simple secret to great health lies in keeping your body alkaline. Alkaline foods, such as raw leafy greens, enhance your body and brain chemistry. Enhanced body and brain chemistry fosters positive emotions such as happiness, enthusiasm and hope, which are, in turn, alkaline.

      When you start detoxifying your body of acidity, it is difficult to be unhappy and unhealthy, and the good news is that you can choose to do something alkaline for your body next week, tomorrow or right now. For example, deep breathing clean fresh air is alkaline. Furthermore, your body, being the amazingly intelligent thing it is, will respond positively and almost immediately to the new and enhanced choices you make and fuel that you provide it.

      If you are sceptical, imagine the following Friday-night scenario:

      One person chooses to drink a few glasses of wine and then goes out to a club with work colleagues, commiserates with them about the unfairness of the management team, has a few more drinks, eats a greasy Indian curry, sees a drunken fight on the way home before going to bed at 3 a.m. and getting five hours’ sleep.

      The other person goes for a walk in the local park after work and takes some time to reflect on the past week and enjoy nature; goes home and rings a friend whom they haven’t seen for a while, and laughs about old times; reads a chapter of an uplifting book whilst drinking a cup of herbal tea; and has an early night, sleeping for eight hours.

      On Saturday morning, who is likely to feel better and healthier? The first person is likely to feel dehydrated, tired, hungover; and with a fuzzy mindset at best and a depressed mindset at worst. The second person is likely to feel refreshed, healthy, calm and ready to take on the new day with enthusiasm.

      It’s self-evident that the different decisions we take today have vastly different consequences for how tomorrow pans out. So imagine making better-quality decisions on a day-to-day basis. They don’t have to be huge. Just making small shifts here and there will make a massive difference over the long term. In the same way that changing a ship’s direction by one compass point makes hundreds of miles’ difference in destination over its entire course.

      In this book, we’ll be exploring how to achieve great health in an unhealthy world, based on the ‘Seven-Point Framework for Optimum Health and Healing’, which I developed in 2008 and have since seen help thousands of people to create healthier lifestyles.

      I am going to show you some simple, quick and practical ways to become more alkaline – and therefore more vibrant and healthy – so that you can do it any time for an instant boost. You will discover:

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