In this article, I want to talk about the benefits of the alkaline diet for osteoporosis. Fans of this diet make numerous claims for its healing properties, going so far as to claim that it can cure cancer. Personally, I am pretty skeptical about these assertions. However, the fact that some people are overenthusiastic about the alkaline diet does not mean that this diet is a fraud. Scientific research does support the idea that the alkaline diet plan is beneficial for certain conditions. In particular, there is compelling evidence that an alkaline diet can help prevent osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease. The conventional wisdom is that it is a more-or-less inevitable result of a decline in estrogen levels following menopause. However, not all women are equally susceptible to osteoporosis. The disease is common in the United States and other developed nations, but it is virtually nonexistent in some Central American and African societies in which a traditional alkaline diet is consumed.
Could an acid-forming diet be part of the explanation for osteoporosis? Growing evidence suggests that the answer is yes. When your body becomes too acidic, it responds by drawing minerals from your bones in order to neutralize the excess acid.
By following an alkaline diet, on the other hand, you are helping to prevent osteoporosis in two ways. First, you are supplying your body with more alkaline minerals, especially potassium from fruits and vegetables. Second, you are reducing your body’s acid load so that it does not need to use up so many minerals in the process of neutralizing acid.
In conclusion, there is good reason to believe that an acid-forming diet is at least partially responsible for osteoporosis. In turn, this means that an alkaline diet may help to prevent this devastating disease.
