High Alkaline Diet?

[shogun7]

The only problem with this diet is it lacks the protein requirements needed by most on this board. Furthermore I was reading an article a few days back regarding the effectivness of managing ph with diet. The article was out of harvard medical school and stated that your body would not allow you to stay in an alkaline state due to its checks and balances. I agree with the antioxidant properties this diet can promote however modifications would need to be made to reach training goals. It is primarily a vegetarian diet so unless you want to eat a pound of tofu everyday I would incorporate some meat in order to achieve protein needs. Also many of the health promoting benefits are largely hypothesis and have yet to be proven.

I agree. I've actually tried the higher alkalinizing foods while strength training and it didn't work for me at all. I lost strength, size and gained fat. All three formulas for a horrendous disaster. Grains, nuts, veggies don't work for me personally due to the anti-nutrients. I can't help but notice the horror stories from those who enjoy weightlifting/bodybuilding when trying to incorporate a vegan or vegetarian diet. I don't believe it's the way we were meant to eat, but I digress. I only found after experimentation that I function very well on a total meat diet, with some occasional eggs. I also eat fruit when going for refeeds or carb ups and this has worked very well thus far.