至尊英语阅读资料之健康与卫生专题第37集.pdfVIP

health articles 37 [901]A Health Warning! Beware of Acid Foods There is a familiar saying: You are what you eat. This however, is not really true. Its more appropriate to say: You are what your body digests and then absorbs. The point of setting the record straight on this matter is when you consider certain foods and their possible harmful affect. I am talking about the types of food that when digested and absorbed give an acid ash residue in our bodies. This unhealthy internal acidic environment can be a prerequisite to the introduction of so many illnesses, since many harmful microorganisms can invade and cause disease. Cancer, for example, can occur through the result of an acid body by eating too many acid-giving foods. The bodys blood pH is normally around 7.4 a healthy alkaline state, but acid foods lower this figure. Besides cancer, other affects of eating too many acid foods include: Overweight, diabetes, immune deficiency, kidney and bladder problems, fatigue, premature aging, osteoporosis, aching joints, acing muscles, heart disease, high blood pressure strokes, parasitic infection, digestive disorders, mood swings and difficulties in concentrating... -As you can see the list of ailments is vast. Generally, the acids foods to be careful of are: Meats Beef, pork and pork-based products, lamb, mutton, chicken, turkey and pheasant... Crab, shrimps, prawns, lobsters...i.e. crustaceans. Sardines, cod, haddock and salmon. Dairy Foods Cheese, cream, butter, milk and milk-based drinks, eggs, yogurt and ice cream. Miscellaneous Spaghetti, macaroni... i.e. all types of pasta foods, white bread, wholemeal bread, bran oat, bran wheat, whet germ, blueberries, honey, oatmeal, peanut butter, peanuts, pistachio nuts rice (brown and white), plums and prunes. From the Convenience store All refined sugar products. Microwavable, ready made or instant meals. Beware of the cans of, tins of, packets of... foods with all their mysterious E -numbers,