Get Off Your Acid

An acidic lifestyle-consuming sugar, dairy, excess animal proteins, processed food, alcohol, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, refined grains - along with lack of exercise, food allergies, and food sensitivities-causes inflammation. And inflammation is the culprit behind many of our current ailments, as well as causing weight gain and preventing weight loss. It''s a vicious cycle-being acidic and inflamed makes you fat, and being fat encourages inflammation. Modern diets are so acidic that our bodies must work overtime to neutralize the excess acid. Darryl Gioffre is a chiropractor and raw foods chef who discovered the healing power of foods after his own battle with sugar addiction and highly acidic foods. Now, his chief passion is getting people to remove these toxic foods from their diet-and that''s exactly what he does in Get Off Your Acid. Dr. Gioffre''s signature program shows you how to alkalize your diet and balance your pH, which frees up your body''s resources to n