DNA is the most basic unit of life. We are both made up of and communicate through DNA. This genetic code/language is made up of amino acids and amino acids are how we share information and understand our world. An example of this is eating. When we eat, we consume amino acids and we digest, absorb and assimilate them into our bodies. Because both us and our food are made from DNA, and therefore amino acids, it is through this language that our food and bodies communicate.
When amino acids are linked into a chain, it is called a protein. Protein in plants is in amino acid form and in animals is protein form. When plant protein enters the body it is made into the proteins the body needs. When animal protein enters the body, it has to be broken down first into amino acids and then built into the protein it needs. So, consuming animal protein is an extra step for the body and therefore requires more energy.
Not only is it an extra step, but that extra step leaves behind an acidic ash. The body performs optimally when it is kept at a neutral pH and is put under stress if turned acidic. To balance acidic foods it is best to eat alkaline or neutral foods such as fruit, veggies, herbs, nuts, seeds, grains, seaweed, berries, etc. Meat, dairy, eggs, sugar, refined/processed/cooked foods, and protein all leave behind an acidic ash/residue. (Feed Your Body, Energize Your Life by Dr. Jane Hendrix)
Blood especially needs to stay a constant pH, it is the lifeline of the body. If the blood becomes acidic, the body will sacrifice surrounding tissues to keep its perfect integrity. Prolonged acidity in the blood can lead to chronically diseased organs and tissues. Organs and tissues have been showed to heal when kept alkaline and fed well (The China Study by T. Campbell & Feed Your Body, Energize Your Life by Dr. Jane Hendrix)
More than 70 years of comprehensive medical, empirical, and scientific studies have revealed that eating a whole-foods, plant-based diet can help prevent, curb and even reverse most western diseases such as Heart, Bone, Brain, Kidney, Joint, Cell (Cancer), Obesity and Lung Disease (T. Campbell). Evidence also suggests that the cause of this is how we eat, alkaline or acidic (T. Campbell). However, if you are really sick, you will have to confront the disease on the mental, emotional and spiritual level as well the physical (movement and nutrition). Additionally, sometimes the body requires emergency drugs and or surgery, but this should be temporary and the real problem should be addressed. As this year comes to a close and you begin make your usual resolutions, commit this to thought...you are perfect and whole just the way you are...and consider this simple basis upon which we are made and make nutritional decisions that allow you to fulfill not just fill yourself this next year. May your new year be filled with health and wellness and lots of laughter .
