Try this experiment

Mike Kaz Shimizu, my Shiatsu Master, suggested an experiment today during some of our Shiatsu training. He was explaining how an acidic pH balance can effect losing, or trying to lose, weight in the body. Here is the experiment:

1 glass of water (proper pH balance... maybe slightly alkaline)

1 glass of vinegar (too acidic pH balance... pretty much everyone in America)

Oil (The oil in this experiment is like the fats in our body)

Drop a few drops of oil in both glasses and see what happens. In the water, the oil stays clumped together in relatively large portions. In the glass of vinegar, the oil literally changes the solution of the water, making it different than just the vinegar and where the oil now is almost inseparable from the vinegar. What this is actually doing in the body makes a lot of sense. If you're too acidic, the fats and oils in the body are broken down and is aloud to be absorbed by your body. When this happens, no matter how much exercise you do, if you're too acidic, you are replenishing your body with more and more fat. So instead of shipping the fats out of your system you are welcoming them with open arms. In the solution of water, the fats and oils CANNOT be absorbed... so it is sent out of the body. Basic chemistry here folks, no tricks, no gimmicks. When fat can be absorbed into the body... it is. And it is not supposed to be at such the rate we do on a daily basis.

The over acidic pH balance of the body is derived directly from our culture's obsession with getting food cooked fast and tasting great with minimal planning. We live to eat... not eat to live. I have mentioned earlier, animals in the wild are not dying of cancer, obesity, diabetes, and so forth. We, as a culture and a "civilized" society, believe that our bodies are above nature and we can eat anything with minimal side effects. We need to come back down to earth. Truth be told, everything that is happening is derived from our eating habits. It wont change over night, but if it doesn't change any time soon, our children and children's children will be paying the price even worse then we are. Don't expect cures to Cancer, Diabetes, Obesity, and all the other issues western medicine is looking into for cures. You don't cure it... you prevent it.

You think living a healthy life style, top to bottom, is difficult and that "you just can't do it?" Then you need to ask yourself, "Would I rather take on the battle with cancer instead?"