The Alkaline Food Diet and Competitive Athletics

If you are or ever have been involved in athletics you know that protein shoved down your throat every step of your journey. I am into weight lifting and I have read so many articles on concerning protein and 1.5 times your lean body mass. To get your optimum level of protein which has you eating chicken and beef and loads of cheese just to try and reach your protein goals. Then you have all the hype around the high protein/low carb diet. Any serious athlete should have done more research and found those diets are for people who are inactive. The diet for athletes that will give you optimal performance and health may just be The Alkaline Diet. This new yet old fashioned diet has could have many potentially performance enhancing benefits for athletes. It provides other benefits as well like helping to fight cancer and clearing up your sinuses. Athletes on the alkaline diet have discovered unbelievable levels of energy with little or no recovery time. The diet contains lots of whole raw foods and just eliminates the man made junk.

What about protein?

More and more studies are showing that maybe you don't need quite as much protein as your latest muscle magazine would have you purchase. Imagine that. Not only that, but studies have shown that proteins of cooked food, especially meat, is not as bio-available as previously thought. This means that your body will eat the protein but it can't use most of the proteins found in the food. Hmmm. So what do you do? Well proteins are simple amino acids. All foods contain amino acids. In fact, your body simply takes protein like chicken and turns it into amino acids. What amino acids are able to get into your bloodstream the fastest? Believe it or not the ones found in vegetables and fruits. The ones found in the alkaline diet. Wheat grass juice contains all 8 essential amino acids and is actually almost identical in molecular structure to your own blood. Ever hear about the strength of a gorilla. Gorillas are primarily vegetarian eating mostly leafy greens. I wonder how they get so strong without a protein shake? Somebody should give them a men's fitness magazine.

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