The Alkalizing Diet. Istvan Fazekas

       The Alkalizing Diet

       The Alkalizing Diet

       Your Life Is in the Balance

       Istvan Fazekas

      Copyright © 2005

      by Istvan Fazekas

      5th Printing, February 2011

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      Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      Fazekas, Istvan, 1964-

      The alkalizing diet : your life is in the balance / by Istvan Fazekas.

      p. cm.

      ISBN 0–87604–510–7 (trade pbk.)

      ISBN 13: 978–0–87604–510–7 (trade pbk.)

      1. Nutrition. 2. Food combining. 3. Acid-base equilibrium. 4. Cayce, Edgar, 1877–1945. I. Title.

      RA784.F39 2005

      613.2—dc22

      Disclaimer 2005013341

      The information in this book is not intended to replace medical advice. You should consult your physician regarding any general or specific physical symptoms. The author and publisher disclaim any responsibility for adverse effects resulting from information in this book.

      Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993–2007

      by the Edgar Cayce Foundation.

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      Cover design by Richard Boyle

       Contents

Introduction
ONE:	The Holistic Legacy of Edgar Cayce
TWO:	The Fleshy Machine
THREE:	Physiology Fundamentals
FOUR:	Three Main Nutrients
FIVE:	What Your Blood RecommendsBlood Type and Foods—Quick-Look Chart
SIX:	What Your Genes Recommend—Metabolic Typing
SEVEN:	Food Combining RudimentsFood Combining—Quick-View Chart
EIGHT:	Three Levels of Food Combining
NINE:	Sacred Ideas of Fasting
TEN:	The Seven Types of Fasts
ELEVEN:	A History of Food Narrative
TWELVE:	A History of Food Timeline
THIRTEEN:	Our Fast-Food Fasci-Nation
FOURTEEN:	Food Additives
FIFTEEN:	Phytomedicine—The Healing Power of Plants
SIXTEEN:	Cayce Case Studies
Appendix: Questions and Answers
Endnotes

       Introduction

      AMERICANS SHOULD BE THE HEALTHIEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET. WE spend the most money per capita on health care and have the most medical technology at our disposal of any industrialized nation. But we are not—not really. We are getting more obese, and the risk of resultant pathologies because of our expanding frames is also increasing. A January 2002 Harris pollⁱ states the following:

      Fully 33% [of Americans] are now 20% overweight, a reasonable measure of obesity, compared to 15% in 1983, 16% in 1990, and 22% in 1995. In other words, obesity has more than doubled from less than one-sixth of the population eighteen years ago to one-third today. [Author’s emphasis]

      The idea of one-third of 293 million people being obese—about 98 million Americans—is a startling statistic.ⁱⁱ Is our ever-growing weight problem the main cause of our nation’s health concern? It is our overall lifestyle, with diet being the number two factor right behind the nefarious nicotine nemesis.

      According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2000 the most common actual causes of death in the United States were tobacco use (435,000), poor diet and physical inactivity (400,000), alcohol consumption (85,000), microbial agents (e.g., influenza and pneumonia, 75,000), toxic agents (e.g., pollutants and asbestos, 55,000), motor vehicle accidents (43,000), firearms (29,000), sexual behavior (20,000), and illicit use of drugs (17,000).ⁱⁱⁱ

      Almost a million people a year die as a direct result of poor diet, lack of physical activity, smoking, and excessive drinking! (See Figure 1.) Those statistics are likely quite conservative. We have a skyrocketing obesity rate and appear to be victims of our own advancements in comfort and convenience. When health problems are the result, we rely exceedingly on technology to aid us in our time of disease.