Your body cells need a balanced
acid-and-alkaline environment to fight against free radicals. Acid and alkaline
are substances that have opposing qualities. Your body functions at its best
when the pH is optimum, which is slightly alkaline. The pH of your blood,
tissues, and body fluids directly affect the state of your cellular health, in
particular, that of the eye.
The pH scale ranges between one
and fourteen. Seven is considered neutral. Anything below seven
is considered acidic, while anything above seven is considered alkaline.
Deviations above or below a 7.30 and 7.40 pH range can signal potentially
serious and even dangerous symptoms, forewarning you of a disease in process.
When your body is too acidic, the
tissues of your cells are forced to relinquish their alkaline reserves,
depleting them of alkaline minerals, which are the components of the tissues
themselves.
Over acidification comes from excess intake of foods containing great
amounts of acid (animal proteins, sugar), and insufficient elimination by the
body through the kidneys (urination) and the skin (sweating).
Alkaline foods contain little or no acid substances, and they do not
produce acids when metabolized by your body. Alkaline foods include: green
vegetables; colored vegetables (except tomato); chestnut; potato; avocado;
black olives; bananas; dried fruits; almonds and Brazil nuts; alkaline mineral
waters; cold-pressed oils (e.g. olive oil).
Alkaline medicinal plants also maintain the
optimum pH level.
Black currant fruits are a good source of vitamin C and
other vitamins and minerals, including an omega-6 fatty acid to increase blood
flow to the eye.
Cranberry has been in use since the Iron Age, but the
Romans were the first to recognize its medicinal values. Cranberry contains
anti-asthmatic compounds, and is high in vitamin C and antioxidants. Eat fresh
or dried cranberry, not the sugar-loaded cranberry juice obtainable in the
supermarket.
Alkaline energy boosters can enhance your
alkalinity to fight against free radicals.
Blackstrap molasses is an excellent source of iron and
calcium, copper, magnesium, manganese, and potassium.
Make a healthy alkaline drink with a tablespoon of
organic blackstrap molasses (mixed in some hot water first) and ¾ cup of
soymilk. Add ice.
Cod liver oil, which comes from fatty fish, such as
salmon and sardines, is rich in vitamin A and vitamin D, and essential omega 3
oils. It enhances the absorption of calcium and maintains a constant level of
blood calcium. Cod liver oil improves brain functions and the nervous system,
which play a pivotal part in vision health.
Alkaline supplements, such as coral calcium, can keep all mineral levels up,
and each and every mineral in balance. Alkaline
supplements should contain calcium (Ca), sodium (Na), silica and copper, and
other minerals to aid de-acidification of the body. More importantly, they
should contain every mineral in similar proportion to that found in the human
body. Remember, the human body functions synergistically: the whole is greater
than the sum of its parts. Every mineral has its crucial role to play in the
human anatomy, including the eye.
Essential Fatty Acids
The high consumption
of foods loaded with saturated fats and cholesterol, as well as man-made fats
in egg substitutes, margarines, and basked foods, has led to a host of
age-related eye disorders, such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, and retinal
vein occlusion, among others. The explanation is that the tiny blood vessels
located in the eye may become easily clogged with fats and other deposits that
may cause eye problems.
The omega-3 fats, on the other
hand, are good fats that help the normal functioning of the eye:
Regulating eye pressure
Moistening the eye
Relieving spasms in the eyelids
Reducing the eye’s sensitivity to the sun
Boosting the immune system
The omega-3 fats are
found in chestnuts, flax seed, northern beans, soy, walnuts, wheat germ, and
fish, such as cod, mackerel, salmon, and tuna.
For the omega-3 fats to be potent in protecting against free radicals, they must be combined with antioxidants.
For the omega-3 fats to be potent in protecting against free radicals, they must be combined with antioxidants.
Stephen Lau
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