The Ultimate PH Solution: Balance Your Body Chemistry to Prevent Disease and Lose Weight

This is a fast and easy read! Very helpful! My pH was 5.5 when I started and I've remained a healthy 7.0 since following her guidance! Bravo!

I just finished reading "The Ultimate pH Solution". As the first book that I read on the topic of acid/alkaline balance, I thought it gave a great overview and was easy to read. I was first introduced to the acid/alkaline balance concept during a recent vacation (a cruise). There were a series of health seminars with the focus on acid/alkaline balance and detoxification. I thought this book supported what I had been told in the health seminars and made a lot of sense. I plan to read other books on the topic, but I highly recommend this book as a starter. I have not yet tried any of the recipes, but soon will. I have already begun drinking water with lemon added, green tea and green drinks instead of my usual coffee and diet cokes. It's only been a week but I am already feeling a ton of energy and am excited about the future weeks and months...and the changes that will occur. Again, I recommend this book for anyone interested in the topic, especially "newbies" like me!

This is an outstanding book both in content and in readability. It is practical, many of the books out there on acid-alkaline are over the top extreme, recommending all vegan or only raw foods - this book has a plan I can actually implement in my life. Also, she includes a bibliography in the back of the book (references - yeah!) which I find reassuring as there are too many health and alternative medicine books out there that make many a statement and claim, but you have to wonder if they have a foot to stand on. A section of recipes is included also, every one that I have tried has turned out well, tasting great and surprisingly satisfying. I think this will be a life changing book for many. I should add that those who have read a great deal of alternative medicine/health books may not like this book, as it is with out all the hype and salesmanship type motivational talk (but that is what I like about this particular book).

I am sitting here drinking lemon slices squeezed into my water, and I just have to tell you: this is the best health advice book I have ever read. I am still reading it, but this book WILL change your life. I have lost about 7 pounds in a few weeks by adding lemon water, juicing my carrots, apples, fruits - eating oranges and more salads and a LOT less of the processed foods I used to eat. In truth, I used to drink a quart of orange juice a day and eat mostly salads. But that was before kids. Things got very busy and I had a bad accident, which hampered my energy for a few years. So then the poor eating habits started. But man, I will tell you, I really appreciate having my great eating habits back. People have told me for years that I look way younger than my chronological years. Great skin, for one. I used to exercise a lot but that has fallen a bit. But back to the book. European eating habits have been following this for years. This is not a newcomer idea according to the way I grew up. What is this pH stuff and what is 'balance your body chemistry'? You may remember pH and acid/base - acid/alkaline from Chemistry class perhaps. Michelle Schoffro Cook tells us that our bodies function best when the pH is on the alkaline side - that our blood is more alkaline than acid. That would mean a pH or litmus reading of about 7.0- to 7.364 or slightly higher. Sounds easy? Well, most people in the Western industrialized world eat foods that are processed as acid in our body, Michelle tells us. Our beloved dairy, meat, chicken, fish, eggs and even grains are all processed as acids, leaving us often with acid-blood levels rather than alkaline blood levels. Add to that all the stuff we eat that is not actually food but a food product: Mickey D, other fast food and many other foods we eat are all processed with preservatives added and nutrients that have been removed or rendered inactive by Pasteurization and other processing. The enzymes in food are all rendered inactive by Pasteurization or any heating above 118 degrees Fahrenheit. Meat processing is full of antibiotics as well as bacteria. So our beloved meat is not as healthy as it was for our grandparents, when cattle and poultry roamed free and were not given antibiotics or growth hormone, or had water or other agents injected into them to make the product more appealing. So what is happening? Michelle tells us that meat, dairy and grains are largely acidic in our blood. The countries that consume the most dairy products ALSO have the greatest amount of osteoporosis. How can that be? We've been told from time immemorial to drink our milk for strong bones and teeth. Our diets are acidic - acid diets cause the elimination of calcium in our bones. So how do we make our bones strong? By changing our diets from acidic to alkaline. Are there other benefits to having an alkaline diet? You bet, Michelle tells us. Research Michelle quotes reveals some potential links between aci