Easy ways to re-mineralise & re-alkalise the body

For those who regularly eat a poor, “scant” diet, a diet high in fast, refined foods, or simply struggle with eating enough fresh, healthy food, can all become depleted and lacking in vital nutrients that ensures health and wellness. We are, after all, a product of what we eat! Even those eating a relatively healthy diet, and with the best will in the world don’t always get their daily “optimum” for nutrients. Work pressures, personal issues, skipped meals, and environmental pollution are just some of the modern-day challenges that can affect nutritional status. The body can (and does) become very acidic from the high stress, fast living, reliance on stimulants, and the overall “adrenal fatigue” of modern-day living. Minerals, especially, are fast utilised by the body during these conditions, being “pulled” out of bone tissue in order to bring blood pH, and acid:alkaline balance back to a healthy homeostasis. It is easy to become mineral-depleted, and some of the most common mineral deficiencies today include magnesium, iron, calcium and zinc.

Here are some very useful, and practical ways to get more of these, and other “alkalising minerals”, into the body, in a natural balanced way…

* Green juicing – Simply, yet highly effective! Kale, lettuce, watercress, rocket or spinach with celery, ginger, lemon and apple, can make wonderful high-mineral breakfast juices or drinks during the day. “Green” drinks, as they are commonly coined are highly alkalising, flooding the system with nourishing and energising “wake-up” nutrition to the body’s cells. These also make the perfect post-exercises food choices.

* Raw leafy greens and fresh herbs in salads – Remember to pack those leafy greens and herbs into salads. Excellent leafy greens to eat regularly include watercress, baby spinach leaf, beet leaves, lamb’s lettuce (maché), rocket, rich green lettuces, or mizuna. Freshly chopped herbs such as parsley, mint, dill, coriander and basil, are also superb additions to salad-based meals. All in all, this strategy is an excellent way to easily, naturally and effectively raise nutrient levels in the body.

* Marine algaes or blue-green algaes – These high-mineral, aquatic foods and organisms, harvested from the world’s seas and lakes, are just a few of the amazing plant foods we now have access to. These “sit” right at the very bottom of the food chain. Whilst not cheap, they can add tremendous nutrient variety to an otherwise “samey” standard diet, and provide an array of naturally present and bioavailable vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants in worthwhile amounts. They are often sold in powdered form, and in liquid form too. Chlorella and spirulina powders are widely available, and “E3 Live” is a superior example of a blue-green algae product, that is freshly harvested and produced, and still “alive” upon consumption. E3 Live is available from “The Fresh Network” -http://www.fresh-network.com/acatalog/e3-live-liquid-blue-green-algae.html

* Green superfood powders – Using a daily green powder is a very easy and practical way to ensure a daily dose of minerals, as well as vitamins, amino acids and antioxidants. Some excellent choices in the marketplace include Nature’s Living Superfood, Dr Schulze superfood powder, Pure Synergy, Ormus Greens and Amazing Greens. All are, once again, highly alkalising and nutritious “supplements” to a healthy diet.

* Seaweeds – Another very easy, practical, and economical way to get an array of organic minerals into the body is to include seaweeds and sea vegetables in the diet. Seaweeds are rich in many vital minerals that are often lacking in an average western diet. Kelp and dulse, for example, is great sources of iodine, which helps to support the thyroid gland, and overall metabolism. Look for ready-to-use sea vegetables, such as nori sheets, nori flakes, or mixed seaweeds that simply need soaking for a few minutes, prior to adding to salads, soups or stir-fries.

* A mineral compound in liquid form can help restore some of the trace minerals that may not be found in sufficient amounts in everyday foods. A product by Higher Nature (UK) called “UltraTrace” is one example of “ionic” minerals in a liquid base. Simply adding drops to water or to a juice gives a worthy dose of highly absorbable, or bioavailable trace minerals. Post-exercise, or during times of high stress, this is an excellent “electrolyte” replacement too.

Think about ways in which you can “re-alkalise” your own diet, and maybe use some of the easy strategies above.

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