At the very end, the very last half hour of ‘walking’ The Natural Food Show in Anaheim, which ran Thursday thru Sunday, (don’t I look exhausted?) lol I found the answer to my water concerns: Robert O. Young and his WaterMark Machine. On his third book about getting healthy, with countless of followers, who were in the midst of fighting cancer and thanks to changing their diet and water to a non acid (total alkaline) environment, they were able to drop weight, reduce inflammation and turn their lives around without chemotherapy, without any evasive procedures…. and once again, become well.
According to the Specialty Food Newsletter I receive, water is replacing soda as America’s top beverage. Americans now drink an average of 44 gallons of soda a year, a 17 percent drop from the peak in 1998. Over the same time, the average amount of water people drink has increased 38 percent, to about 58 gallons a year. Bottled water has led that growth, with consumption nearly doubling to 21 gallons a year. For more than two decades, soda was the No. 1 drink in the U.S. with consumption peaking in 1998 at 54 gallons a year, according to Beverage Digest, reports CBS News.
And for me? I’ve been wanting a water machine that makes the water alkaline for the last year. I know food tastes better when you cook with it (many chefs are changing to it), and I know I’d like to live into a painless old age! But $2,000-$5,000? I’d rather travel the world with that money! lol
So, at the show I went up to a booth that displays the fancier machine. “Interesting”, I said, “but I still can’t do it”. And wouldn’t you know it? As I walked down the isle a man pulled me aside and said: “There’s a guy signing books downstairs about good PH water and he has a new machine that works just as well but is a quarter of their lowest price. And this ‘angel’ did one more thing for me…. when he got to the booth? He texted me the booth number. Now, it doesn’t get any better than that! So a big thank you to my friends in Colorado for helping me! Great people. He and his wife were so helpful! And when they’re in town again? Guess who’s cooking for them! lol
Now I have been talking to you about keeping your body alkaline to prevent cancer and heart disease. Remember what foods are Alkaline? My good ‘rule of thumb’?
SORRY CHEF MARIAN. WE CAN’T REMEMBER EVERYTHING YOU KNOW….
ok… ok….Fruits and Vegetables? Alkaline. Everything else? Acid.
Now there are many machines out there costing $2,000-$5,000. But why spend that and get a complicated machine that has many levels, talks to you and is difficult to install, when for a quarter of the competitions lowest price, you can get an easy to install simple machine that gives you a good PH on the current water coming from your sink (instead of running to a store or other place saying they’ve got the good ph water)?
It makes sense to me…. keep your body Alkaline and it’s a happy body. Aren’t you glad we live in California and are getting the ‘cutting edge’ info thrown at us on a regular basis?
Not convinced? Need to read up more? Here’s the book —————->
I mean, there’s still our own ‘due dillegence’ that each of us must do, to be sure things are right for us individually but… when you hear the same story over and over about people that went from unhealthy to healthy, there’s got to be some merit to it!
Look: You don’t have to be a saint. I’m certainly not! But what you do have to do is create a lifestyle where most of the time, you’ve got a ‘game plan’ you stick to, that includes only 5% animal protein, no sugar, no soy or any GMO processed items, no chemicals or high fructose/partially hydrogenated items that our bodies can’t process…. and you may just want to try gluten free for a bit, to see if you’re less tired and sluggish.
And now we are adding Alkaline water to that game plan.
Did you know that seltzer and tonic water are acid? Not alkaline? Being a New Yorker, I like to make Egg Creams (chocolate syrup, milk and seltzer). No. There are no eggs in egg creams. lol
In my healthier state of mind, I take RAu chocolate drink (no sugar), coconut milk and seltzer. So with the seltzer being an acid, I’m not going to be drinking that every day. But it certainly helps cut down on cravings and makes me feel like I’m livin’ the life! lol
In the upcoming months, I will be creating Gift Packs on 800-Candygram.com, to give that company a selection of healthier goodies, including organic, soy free, gluten free, dairy free snacks…. and also some healthy creams and supplements that you can send people as gifts. So keep watching for them!
Happy Eating,
Chef Marian
mm@chefmarian.com