So many individuals today suffer from over acidification of their body (also known as acidosis). The symptoms of an acidic body (such as abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, bloating, heart burn, diarrhea) often get misdiagnosed. The foods that we eat influences our body’s pH level. Body balance, interns of acid-alkaline state, is a pH of 7.356 on the pH scale.
The average individual has a lifestyle high in sugar and simple carbohydrates. This promotes high levels of yeast and fungi to grow inside the body.
The acid forming metabolics of stress and inflammation and of high fat and high protein foods are adequately and effectively neutralized only when sufficient mineral buffering reserves are present. Mineral buffering reserves are the gift that alkaline-forming foods give to our body. A diet that is predominantly alkaline-forming is essential to the maintenance of sustained health.
Simple Instructions to Alkalinize your Diet
- Eat lots of vegetables and fruits. Most are alkalinizing
- Drink the juice of half of a lemon or lime in water as a beverage
- Increase your intake of alkalinizing greens such as kale, collards, mustard greens, rapini and sprouts
- Eat millet and quinoa as an option to the acid forming grains (wheat, brown rice, spelt)
- Choose fish and lamb over beef and poultry
- Use olive oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil over vegetable oils or canola oil
- Use buffered Vitamin C to alkalinize your system
- Minimize stress and anxiety – both of these can acidify the body
- Remember to breathe – this will help your body eliminate acids
An alkaline way of life is a great start to restoring your overall health. By transforming your nutrition into an alkalinizing pH diet, the body’s pH level will gradually be balanced. An alkaline diet helps to boost energy levels, improve skin, reduce allergies and enhance mental clarity.
Increase these Alkaline Foods
- Molasses
- Beans
- Lentils
- Raisins
- Dried Figs
- Baking Soda
- Sea Salt
- Green Tea
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Tangerines
- Honeydew Melon
- Lemons
- Limes
- Pears
- Pineapple
- Papaya
- Watermelon
- Apples
- Avocado
- Mushrooms
- Carrots
- Beet Greens
- Celery
- Sweet Potato
- Onion
- Squash
- Sea Vegetables
- Broccoli
- Parsley
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Poppy Seeds
- Chestnuts
- Pepper
- Sesame Seeds
- Almonds
- Soy Flour
- Garlic
- Parsnips
- Ginger Root
Decrease these Acid Forming Foods
- Wheat
- Wheat Germ
- Pasta
- Rye
- Barley
- Buckwheat Flour
- Brown Rice
- Oat Bran
- White Rice
- Vinegar
- Caffeine
- Oranges
- Apricots
- Bananas
- Strawberry
- Cranberries
- Peaches
- Corn
- Spinach
- Eggs
- Beef
- Cheese
- Honey
- Walnuts
- Pecans
- Peanuts
- Chickpeas
- Hot Spices
- Dairy
- Sugar