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the toxic, acidic waste gets stored in fatty tissues all over the body, as explained in Chapter 1. The more toxins you have in your body, the more your fat cells expand to store the toxins. Since the body is always trying to protect itself, much of the waste gets pushed away from the vital organs—which is why fat tends to collect in the usual “problem” areas, namely, under the chin, on the upper arms, along the midsection, and along the hips and thighs.
    An overly acidic body also greatly diminishes our beauty. Excess acidity can be a major contributing cause of premature aging, along with premature lines and wrinkles; acne; dark under-eye circles; limp, bodiless or otherwise unhealthy hair; and brittle nails. This is why it is important to really understand that these overt symptoms all start with the biochemistry of an acidic body.
    In order to make ourselves the healthiest, most youthful and most beautiful we can be, we must support our body’s effort to stay at its perfect, slightly alkaline pH by making changes in our diet. We must also become conscious of which foods leave an alkaline residue and which foods leave an acidic residue in our body.
    THE 80-20 RATIO
    The way to reach our goal to look and feel our best is to strive to eat 80 percent alkaline-forming foods and 20 percent acid-forming foods. The only foods on earth that leave a truly alkaline residue in the body are fresh, ripe fruits and vegetables (except starchy vegetables, like potatoes) and human mother’s milk, which is obviously not on the menu for any of us! All other foods are, in varying degrees, acidic.
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    VERY ALKALINE FOODS
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Ripe fruits
Sprouts
Greens
Other vegetables (excluding starchy varieties)
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    VERY ACIDIC FOODS
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Alcohol
Drugs, such as antibiotics/steroids
Animal protein
Nicotine
Artificial sweeteners
Processed foods
Caffeine
Refined sugar
Dairy products
Sodas
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    THE BEAUTY FOOD CIRCLE
    We’re all pretty familiar with the food pyramid. Though it has been modified, this more modern pyramid still contains the foods that mainstream health institutions have been telling us to eat for decades. The preponderance of the diet is made up of highly refined starches, while milk and meats are a significant part, with their own separate categories. No wonder obesity is on the rise and, in varying ways, we are all aging faster and faster.
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    THE FOOD PYRAMID

    For your Beauty Detox, we’re going to think about an entirely different way to balance our diets. We must imagine not a pyramid, but a circle. To look our most beautiful, we need to eat mostly alkalinizing foods, like vegetables and fruits, rounding of the diet with certain whole grains, healthy nuts and limited amounts of oil and animal products.
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    THE BEAUTY FOOD CIRCLE

    When we focus on eating more alkaline foods, it becomes much simpler to maintain our weight and improve our health and beauty, without having to get swept into the hype of fixating over one micronutrient or another. Maintaining a high balance of foods that leave an alkaline residue in our bodies will naturally balance our biochemistry. Whole plant foods are easy for our body to digest and will help cleanse our system of toxins so we will get the spectrum of nutrients we need and will absorb our nutrients much better.
    You’ll see in the proceeding chapters that as we break it down per meal, it’s actually a much easier goal to reach the 80% alkaline-forming foods than it might first appear!
    BEAUTY DETOX RECAP
    More Energy = More Beauty
    The real cause of aging is acidic sludge in the body, which constantly impedes energy. Ongoing cleansing, which includes consuming cleansing foods, is the way to clean out the sludge.
    Certain foods and combinations of foods digest more easily than others, taking up less Beauty Energy. Freeing up energy from digestion is the single most important way to redirect large amounts of energy to make weight loss efficient and fight