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Aangamik, 60, 62, 140
Abdominal fat, 194
Acetyl-L-carnitine, 120, 121
Acid refl ux, 41–47
Acidic foods
acidic waste differentiated from, 10–11
alkaline food balance with, 10–16, 67–70
obesity prevention and, 72
Acidic wastes
acid refl ux and, 41–42, 43, 44, 45
acidic foods differentiated from, 10–11
alcoholism and, 7, 182, 183– 84
Alzheimer’s disease and, 118
asthma and, 128, 129–30, 134
autoimmue disorders and, 6
cancer and, 6–7
cardiovascular disease and, 5, 84–86,
89–90
disorders caused by, 3–7
fi bromyalgia and, 150
food allergies and, 6
glaucoma and, 158–60
infl ammatory intestinal disorders and,
57–58
insomnia and, 178
kidney’s role in fi ltering, 95–97
migraines and, 112–13
obesity and, 65, 70
prostate problems and, 189, 190
rheumatoid and osteoarthritis and, 143–44
ridding the body of, 9–38
thyroid problems and, 77–80
Ac upu nc t u re, 62, 112, 115, 187
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 79, 148, 169
Adrenal extract, 129, 132
Africa and Africans, 11–12, 49, 67, 83–84, 108
AIDS, 15
Air cleaners, ionizing, 36–37, 114, 128, 134,
139, 140
Air pollution, 125, 127–28, 136–37
A la n i ne, 192–93, 195
Albanes, Demetrius, 196
Alcohol, 24, 32, 112, 113
Alcoholism, 7, 47, 181–87
Alkaline-acidic food balance
achieving, 10–16
obesity prevention and, 67–70
Alkaline minerals, 65–66, 67, 99, 211
Alkaline water, 5, 36, 61, 149
Allergies. See Food allergies
Aloe vera, 126, 133
Alpha gliadin, 106
Alpha linolenic acid (ALA), 193, 196, 204
Alpha lipoic acid, 169, 172
5 a lpha reduct ase, 190, 192, 193, 194
Altman, Lawrence K., 212
A lzheimer’s d isease, 116, 117–21
American Indians, 34, 35, 46
Amygdala, 106, 186
Amylase, 26–27
Amyloid plaques, 117–18, 119, 120
Ancestral diet, 11–12, 34–35
Angioplasty, 83–84
Antibiotics, 51, 59, 85, 131–32
Antidepressants, insomnia and, 179
Appendectomy, 58–59
Appestat mechanism, 65, 165, 211
Arachidonic acid (AA), 29
Arteries, hardening of, 73, 83–86, 117, 167
Arthritis, 24, 63, 73, 151, 190, 208. See also
Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis
Artichokes, 10
Asbestos, 115, 139
Asians, 12
Ask-Upmark, Erik, 191
Asparagus, 10, 92
Asparagus juice, 100
Asthma, 22, 125–34, 136
causes of, 127–28
nutritional therapy for, 129–34
suggestions for, 132
Atkins, Robert C., 67
Atkinson, Miles, 113
Australian aborigines, 108
Autoim mu ne d isorders, 6, 141– 43, 14 4
Autonomic nervous system, 14–15, 16, 203
Avocados, 10, 72
Bananas, 10, 49–51, 72
Banting, William, 66
Barnes, G. E., 87
Barrens, Broda, 74
Basal temperature test, 69, 74, 75, 155, 156
Beans, 78
Beard, John, 25–26
Beef, 4, 26, 72
Beet greens, 99
Beet juice, 10
Beets, 54
Benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH), 190–91
