Weight gain caused by hyperacidity is partially offset by eating raw foods. Cooked foods raise stress hormone levels thereby causing the body to produce more nutrients than it needs. The nutrients the body can’t use are converted into fat molecules and stored in the fatty tissues, thus adding unwanted pounds.
The fat-inducing effects of cooked foods can be reversed by eating enzyme-rich raw foods. Raw foods normalize stress hormone blood levels, and by doing so guarantee that the exact quantity of food molecules needed by the cells to function will be produced and no more. Thus a healthy level of enzymes in the digestive tract the result of consuming raw foods with each meal ensures that no excess nutrients will be produced and converted into fat.
Eat at the Right Time of Day
One to two hours after eating dinner at 6:30 in the evening, Bob and Amy Geraghty used to come down with acid indigestion. Although they didn’t go to bed until the symptoms lingered, preventing them from getting to sleep. They blamed their indigestion and insomnia on the food they ate for dinner.
Their typical evening meal consisted of red meat, mashed potatoes with butter, salad, and a vegetable. Having heard so much about the harm a diet heavy in red meat and saturated fat can do to the heart and arteries, they became convinced that the food they had for dinner was at the root of their digestive problems. So they switched to chicken, fish, and polyunsaturated oils, but it didn’t ease their indigestion.
Control Your Stress Levels
If you have a sudden scare, an alarm response in your brain sends a signal to the body’s adrenal glands. The glands, in turn, release a surge of stress-promoting hormones. This induces feelings of anxiety even after the stressful event is over, which can drive you to binge on calorie-rich foods. But once stress hormone levels return to normal, nervous tension subsides and your impulse to gorge on junk food dies out.
According to a study in which rats were used as subjects, eating calorie-rich foods to calm the nerves in stressful situations is a natural response that is biologically driven. Dr. Pecoraro, the author of the study, states that energy-rich food “provides a brake on the brain’s chronic stress response. Once energy stores are replenished, a signal, probably from fat, flows back to the brain saying it is all right to calm down. The chronic stress cycle is then turned off.
Eat 60 Percent Carbohydrates, 25 Percent Fat, and 15 Percent Protein
Although people differ in the kinds of protein, carbohydrates, and fat they can eat, almost everyone needs approximately the same proportion in terms of volume of these three food groups: 60 percent carbohydrates, 25 percent fat, and 15 percent protein.
If you consume complex carbohydrates, fats, and protein in the ratio of 60-25-15, you are far more likely to lose weight than if you don’t observe this ratio. By providing your body with the quantities of carbohydrates, fat, and protein it needs to function most efficiently, there will be fewer acid waste by-products left over. When acid waste is minimal, none of it is converted to fat.
Cleanse Your Body Through Fasting Before You Begin
Brief fasting can be a safe and effective way to lose weight and detoxify the body. Like being too thin, fasting for long periods is not conducive to good health. It can cause an upset in the body’s potassium balance. Furthermore, the rapid melting of fat releases toxins stored in the fat molecules at too rapid a rate. These toxins are carried by the blood to the liver to be neutralized and eliminated from the body, but because of the excessive amount, the liver can’t neutralize them, so they remain in the liver, impairing its ability to function.
