10 Tips for Creating an Alkaline-Acid Balance

In my quest for health, the most important thing I learned, in 1996, was the principle of creating a pH balance in my own body. This helped me regain my health more than any other food regime in my entire 39 years of looking for answers.

Doing this one simple thing will solve many of your nutritional worries. What you eat and how you live affects your acid alkaline balance. Here are 10 tips to create that balance in your body.

1. Eat lots of powerfood fruits and vegetables.

This is the one thing you can do that can make all the difference by helping balance out the body.

Keep vegetables cut up in the fridge and have a big bowl of colorful fruit on your counter to snack on.
Eat salad with your lunch and dinner; keep a salad made up in advance with all of the greens in it minus salad dressing, cucumbers and tomatoes, which you can add later.

2. Eat 80 percent alkaline foods, 20 percent acid foods by volume daily.

3. Chew your food well.

Saliva is alkaline and you can produce two gallons a day!

4. Drink 2-3 liters of pure water (not tap) per day.

Water alone can make all of the difference as many people are dehydrated keeping in all of the toxins which are acidic.

Drinking Water

5. Bodies function better with more oxygen. Breathe for more energy.

This will also help move the acids out of your body. Learn to breathe deeply into your abdomen. The best place to do this is in a yoga class. So that you can concentrate on your breathing with no distractions, lay down on your bed and breathe into your abdomen deeply and gently. Practice doing this every day till you are doing it naturally all day every day.

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Julie Y.

7:24AM PDT on Apr 15, 2012

Having more oxygen doesn't actually affect your acid/base balance. What does affect it is having more or less carbon dioxide, the gas you exhale. Less carbon dioxide means less acid. More carbon dioxide, more acid.

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Lynda H.

6:02PM PST on Mar 4, 2012

It does, Heidi A. That’s what kidneys are for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_diet

Heidi A.

5:52PM PST on Mar 4, 2012

I am still not clear on the acid/alkaline concept. I thought the body regulates this automatically, by necessity.

Sheila L.

9:07AM PST on Mar 2, 2012

Meyer lemon juice in water -- it's a wonder!

Sarah M.

12:14PM PST on Feb 26, 2012

Thanks for the tips!

Siti R.

4:38AM PST on Feb 21, 2012

there was an video about this issue some time ago.. thanks for the article!

Melinda offline K.

4:02AM PST on Feb 20, 2012

would love to see a link to a an acid/alkaline food list

Harsha V.

2:55AM PST on Feb 19, 2012

yes, lemon is a great detoxifier. I know a few elders who have the habit of taking a glass of lemon juice soon after returning from a travel or a hotel party.

heather g.

2:35AM PST on Feb 19, 2012

I always have a glass of Brita-filtered water alongside me at all times with half a lemon or lime in it. I cringe when I see the 'uninformed' still buying bottled water .... we use far too much plastic and in most areas it is not properly recycled.
This article makes alkaline foods sound wonderful - I wish I could afford more fresh fruit and vegetables and give lunch-time bread a miss !

Lara K.

7:50PM PST on Feb 17, 2012

For those really interested, the PH miracle diet (it is a book) can help you understand more. :)