It has recently come to light, that there are many ‘alkalising products’ on the market that are contra-indicated, or can have an adverse reaction with your health.

The most common out of the current alkalising regime are greens powders, clay and salt.

Why is that?

Well firstly, alkalising is not for everyone.  A base level of alkalising is good for most people, and then others, can go a bit deeper with it.  Currently, you read a book, take the supplements with a ‘suck it and see approach’.   And if you are lucky, it will work, but if not, it can bring about a lot of aches and pains, and desperate fatigue – this is different from ‘detox symptoms’ and can last some time.

Salt, is the most important of the three that can have an adverse reaction. Whilst the body needs a little salt each day, just going forth and drinking the dosage on the container is usually not the best way forward. You actually need to know, that your body needs this resource first.

Things happen when you take too much salt – like heart palpitations (from mild to severe), dizziness, increased thirst, increased urination or not enough urination, bloatedness, extra stomach gass and extreme pain.  There are more, but these are just a start.

Salt is also contr-indicated with medication, and severe health challenges.

With the clay - this can bind your gut so that you become constipated, it can also have a quick withdrawal on any medication that you may be taking making you feel nauseas, headachy and unwell.  Clay is contra-indicated with medication.

Greens powder, while good for initial alkalising, are also contra-indicated with your health – greens are not for everyone.   Experience shows us that there are other ways to alkalise if these products do not suit you – greens are contra-indicated with any form of medication.

The thing is, where do you get your products from?  Who tells you how you can use them, that would be best for you?

Everyone has a metabolic blueprint, and no two persons are the same. This is why, some products will work for you, and some will not.  If you want to use products that are ‘contra-indicated’ then you should really talk to a professional, who is a product expert who can tell you the benefits, side effects and other adverse reactions.  This would be prior to buying them off the internet.

Anyone who offers these products for sale, is responsible for providing you a duty of care.  Do they?

Salt is good for us, right?  Some salt, the right kind of salt, for most of us, yes, is good for us as it alkalises the blood and tissues and literally ‘turns the lights on’. We also need salt for other metabolic processing in the body…but what happens when we get too much?

That could be, because we are ingesting too much salt water (as some practitioners suggest) or getting too much on our food and in our products.

The intake of salt, is not black and white.  Just like there are mild alkalising regimes, and heavy alkalising regimes. How do you know if you actually need salt?  Simple, the body will crave it, and it will crave sugar as well.  Some people with certain metabolic blue prints will be able to handle the intake of salt, but more importantly, others will not.

The ones who cannot, may experience bloating, wind, heart palpitations, bloated eyes (underneath) and bloated limbs and joints. If so, you want to stop what you are doing immediately.  If you are taking any kind of medication, do not add extra salt.

There is a current ‘suck it and see’ promotion with salt in our community. If you try it, and if you do not experience any side effects, then you are ok, apparently. If you try it, have made the expensive purchase, and you get the side effects, then what?  Too late to return the salt, and your body needs to eliminate the excess which is often uncomfortable.

Alkalising is not a one size fits all approach, no blanket covering here.   Wouldn’t you rather know upfront if more salt is required for your exact body metabolic blueprint instead of just being told to ‘take it’ because its good for alkalising?

If you are taking salts, you just need to know that your body’s requirement for this product will shift over time as you increase your alkaline buffers.  This means that you must reduce your intake.

Of something else to note: since the strong promotion of salts started 18 months ago from Dr Young, we are now finding that clients are ‘oversalting’ themselves and causing other upsets in their body because they didn’t get their sodium levels checked.   As you could imagine these people are not happy campers.

Ingesting ‘extra salt’ in your diet really requires your accountability – you need to get proper advice from a reputable practitioner if this is a good move for your body, not because it came in an email.  It must be appropriate, for you.

What’s it got to do with beef?  Nothing, its the topic that is my beef.