You are so welcome and I thank you so much for the feedback!
That is definitely news to me about the peanuts – thank you so much for sharing and for anyone else who would like to read up more on it, check out this link:
http://www.peanut-institute.org/Resveratrol_PR.html

Peanuts also contain resveratrol just like red grapes.

Thanks

In terms of one’s diet – there is lots of research out there today, and each one of us have to decide for ourselves what we choose to look into further or what we choose to feel comfortable with eating as is. The only thing I try to relay to people is that all the info for optimal health is there – now it is up to us what we do about it. I know it happens and will continue to happen, where someone says in the future, “I wish I had known”.

Anyhow, the acid-alkaline balance is a well known system in the area of natural health and the basis by which naturopathic doctors work. Having said this, I know it is a foreign concept to most other people out there still and even regular doctors. Modern medicine is all about surface health, instead of looking deeper into things at the original root causes. However, more and more information is coming out about this and more people are supportive of it whether from a scientific perspective or traditional healing.

Our blood is slightly alkaline. This fluid accounts for a huge volume in our body. Even though our saliva should be neutral, and the stomach acid acidic, most of our body is actually slightly alkaline.

So here is what happens, the SAD diet is highly acidic – we are not talking about citrus fruits here, but what “ash” is left over when each food breaks down. As most nutrients are pretty much absorbed into the blood stream, this would cause the pH of our blood to decrease and this cannot happen. As we know it is a matter of life and death and our blood barely moves between 0.1 of units based on the pH scale.

Hence in order to combat this, our bodies will release basic substances to maintain the blood at the optimal pH (the only time it loses is in cases of a drug overdose or similar). Now what are these basic substances that it can use – minerals, like calcium. As our body has a huge reserve of this, it can use it to maintain this delicate balance. A second action is to protect the body from the acid by packaging it in fat cells.

Nothing happens to us at first, but of course over the years, this means lots of things like: weak, brittle bones, overweight and hard to lose weight, more infections, problems with kidneys, etc…

You can read up more on this from many credible sources out there like:
1. The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health by Robert Young
2. Diet for a Poisoned Planet by David Steinman
3. The China Study by Dr. Colin T Campbell
4. Skinny Bitch or Fat Bastard Books
5. The work of known doctors like Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Joel Fuhrman and many others
6. The tradition of Ayurveda
and the list goes on…. but those are just a few sources that I can think of at the moment.

Hope that gives you a better idea of what I was talking about – thanks again for stopping by :)

I’d like to see a source on the “human body is alkaline” stuff; that is vague enough to be meaningless but looks suspect to me. Most of us is pH neutral, and you better hope the stomach is acidic!

While learning from others is one thing, ultimately we have to research ourselves and make the decisions that are best for us based on knowledge, not based on what other people tell us.

@ BEN – Thanks Ben – yup keeping the passions alive indeed!

It has always made me curious when companies went out of their way to advertise for example stuff that is supposed to be “healthy”. Healthy food does not need advertising, we don’t see any for lettuce or apples, now do we…

I really like the thought you included about how you consume wine – it is honest and logical! Awesome job!

And indeed in the end media is almost always about nothing more than fear and hype, two things that hopefully don’t suck us in or pull us down.

I see you’re keeping the campaign going strongly and continuing to spread the word of good health (and education). Excellent post. I am always surprised when people claim one food or another is the key to good health, especially when it’s a thing like chocolate or alcohol. While I admit I do enjoy a glass of wine here and there, I don’t for one minute think I’m helping myself grow healthier! I’m also amazed that the mob mentality still lives on, although I suppose it shouldn’t be such a shock considering how easily it is to consume media messages and take them at face value. Those 24 hour “news channels” may just be the end of us all…sadly, I actually believe that when you actually stop and listen to what they’re “reporting.” Nothing but fear and hype.

Great article, and alternatives to certain things we “should” be having!

~ Kristi