The risk 风险性

No doubt you’ve heard of the increasingly popular“raw food”and“whole food”diets.

你一定听说过，现在“生鲜食物”和“天然食物”的饮食方式已经越来越流行了。

Why are people so interested in eating raw food or whole food? One reason is that eating these types of food reduces the risk of acid accumulation in your body.

为什么现在的人们会对生鲜食物和天然食物如此感兴趣呢?这其中的一个原因是：吃这些食物可以减少人体内酸性物质的积累。

Raw and whole foods are usually digested more efficiently¹ than cooked and refined foods.When we cook foods, we destroy the natural enzymes³ that are part of the food in its raw form.

生鲜和天然的食物通常比烹饪过的、精制的食物更容易被人体吸收。在烹饪过程中，食物中酶的原本结构就被破坏了。

These enzymes were intended by nature to help us digest the food.When we consume food without these natural enzymes, our bodies either digest the food improperly⁴ or allow an excessive amount of nutrients⁵ to be absorbed into the bloodstream.

而这些酶是帮助我们消化食物的。当我们吃了没有那些天然酶的食物时，我们的身体要么是无法正确地消化食物，要么会让过量的营养物质进入到血液中。

In both instances, the result is obesity⁶.When too many nutrients are absorbed at once, the body converts the excess glucose⁷ into fat.

这两种情况导致的结果都是肥胖。当一次性吸收过多的营养的时候，身体就会把多余的葡萄糖转化为脂肪。

Improperly digested food moves slowly through the digestive tract⁸, where it becomes increasingly acidic.To protect its vital organs from this acidic waste, the body converts the acid into fat and stores it safely away from the organs.

没有被正确消化的食物在消化道中缓慢移动，然后酸性变得越来越强。为了防止重要的器官被这些酸性垃圾腐蚀，我们的身体就把这些酸转化成脂肪储存起来，达到与重要的器官隔离的目的。

Chemical additives⁹ in processed foods make the situation worse.These chemicals confuse the appetite mechanism¹⁰ that tells us when we’ve had enough to eat.

加工食物使用的化学添加剂会使这种情况更加糟糕。这些化学物质会影响我们的食欲——它告诉我们什么时候才算吃饱了。

Processed foods also upset the digestive cycle.The body will either identify these foods as allergens and then store them safely away from the organs as fat, or the remnants of undigested food will become acidic and enter the bloodstream as acid waste.

加工过的食物也会影响我们的消化循环。我们的身体同样会认为这些食物是过敏原，并把它们以脂肪的形式储存起来，以免损害重要的器官，否则这些残余的未消化的食物会变成酸性物质进入血液。

The damage 危害性

Acid waste that is not converted into fat remains¹¹ in the bloodstream, where it sticks to the blood vessel¹² walls and blocks the passage of vital oxygen and nutrients headed for the body’s cells.The body’s metabolism¹³ becomes sluggish¹⁴, and the result is weight gain and obesity.

未转化成脂肪的酸性垃圾会留在血液当中，粘附在血管壁上，阻塞氧气及营养物质到达细胞的通道。于是身体的新陈代谢减慢，导致体重增加和肥胖。

If the metabolism continues to grow sluggish, all of the body’s organs are potentially affected¹⁵.Degenerative disease sets in.

如果新陈代谢持续减慢，那么我们身体的所有器官都会受到潜在的危害。

Cells die, acid continues to accumulate, and the cycle repeats on a more damaging scale.

病变开始发生。细胞死亡，酸继续积累，并在这样的循环中增加损伤的规模。

The accumulation of acid in the digestive tract makes digestion¹⁶ increasingly inefficient¹⁷.

酸的积累使消化道的消化功能下降。

When that happens, even healthy foods can become acidic and the food allergies¹⁸ will become more prevalent.Undigested food allergens will continue to be deposited in fat cells, leading to greater obesity.

到这个时候，甚至健康的食物都会被转化成酸性物质，食物过敏会越来越严重。食物过敏会继续增加脂肪的储存，并导致更严重的肥胖。

Because acidity¹⁹ disrupts the body’s chemistry, the hormones²⁰ needed to convert fat into fuel also fail to function properly, so the obesity persists no matter how healthy your diet becomes.

由于酸会破坏人体所需的化学反应，激素转化脂肪成为能量的反应就无法正常进行，这时无论多么健康的饮食都无法阻止你继续肥胖了。

The benefits of a balanced pH

合理pH值的好处

To stop this vicious circle in its tracks, you need to consume food and supplements that will neutralize²¹ the acid already accumulated in your body.

要阻止这种恶性循环，你需要吃一些食物和补品来中和体内积累的酸。

You also need nutrients that will help restore your body’s hormonal²² balance.Eating the right types of raw and whole foods in the right sequence can help.

你同样需要一些营养物来恢复激素的平衡。适当吃一些生鲜和天然的食物会帮助你恢复健康。

It’s also important to restore your enzyme² balance so that your digestive system will work properly again.

酶的功能也同样重要，这样你的消化系统才能再次正常的运行。

Proper digestion means that you will crave²³ less food, accumulate less acid waste, convert less of your food intake²⁴ into fat cells, and create additional digestive enzymes.

正常的消化意味着渴望更少的食物，积累更少的酸，转化更少的食物为脂肪，生成更多的消化酶。

To set this positive spiral in motion, you need to identify and eliminate the foods that cause acid elevation²⁵ and consume the foods that increase enzyme production.

要让这个积极的状况运转，你需要识别和除去那些能够增加酸的食物，吸收能增加酶的食物。

This will help restore the pH balance in your digestive system and will make a significant contribution to your overall health.

这能够帮助你维持消化系统pH值的平衡，并为你的健康做出贡献。

If you truly want to change and help your body heal itself you need to take a proactive approach.Don’t expect to feed your body processed foods, not exercise, then pop a pill and be all better? it just doesn’t work that way.

如果你真的需要改变或帮助你身体的自我治疗，最好要提前预防。经常吃加工过的食物，不锻炼身体，不要以为吃一些药片就能够万事大吉。这是没有用的。

If you want to bring your body into pH balance then you need a complete approach.

如果你想维持身体pH值的平衡，一个完整的方案是非常有必要的。