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Try Alkaline Foods to Feel Better
Adapted from The Acid-Alkaline Diet, by Christopher Vasey, N.D. (Inner Traditions, 2003).
Because of factors like diet and stress, many people in industrialized nations are too acidic, and so we are afflicted with health problems that run the gamut from minor skin irritations to depression, chronic fatigue and back pain to arthritis, ulcers, and osteoporosis.
Take a look at the checklist of symptoms that indicate acidity. Then find out what to eat (and what to avoid) to improve your health!
Interested in joining an online discussion group about the acid-alkaline diet? Join us at Acid-Alkaline Diet Discussion Group!
First, see the list of symptoms to find out if you may be too acidic.
Here is a list of alkalinizing foods that will help you to balance your over-acidity:
Alkalizing Foods
Potatoes
Green vegetables, raw or cooked, salad greens, cabbage, etc.
Colored vegetables: carrots, beets (except for tomatoes)
Corn (kernels or cooked as polenta)
Milk (liquid and powdered form), large-curd cottage cheese, cream, butter
Bananas
Almonds, Brazil nuts
Chestnuts
Dried fruits: dates, raisins (except those that are acidic to the taste—apricots, apples, pineapple)
Almond milk
Black olives preserved in oil
Avocado
Cold-pressed oils
Natural sugar
Acidic Foods to Avoid
If you are too acidic, eating these foods could cause more of a problem.
Refined flour products: White bread, pasta
Grains: White rice
Sugary cereals and desserts: Cakes, pies, cookies
Sugars: White and brown sugar
Beans: Soybeans, chickpeas, red beans, garbanzos
Red meat: Beef, mutton, pork, cold cuts
Fatty fish: Salmon, carp, herring, mackerel
Crustaceans: Lobster, shrimp, mussels
Condiments: Capers, pickles, pimentos, mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise
Fats: Hydrogenated margarine, lard
Beverages: Coffee, tea, chocolate milk, sodas, tomato juice, orange juice, grapefruit juice, wine, strong spirits
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add your comment »I agree with Tom above. The goal is to keep food intake as alkaline as possible, but it will never be perfect. I prefer the lists that range from very alkaline through neutral to highly acidic. It seems the majority of discrepancies fall in the mildly acidic to mildly alkaline range. I just try to stay away from the highly acidic stuff including coffee and artificial sweeteners. Since stress has more effect on how acidic we are than many foods, getting stressed out about the discrepancies on the lists probably doing more harm than eating slightly acidic foods. I just chucked animal protein, dairy and wheat and try to make green vegetables the mainstay of my diet. Keeping well-hydrated is helpful too. I just went the baking soda-lemon water route. Maybe someday I'll buy an expensive water ionizer, but I'd rather have an air ionizer first. As with anything, just do the best you can and don't stress out about it. Meditate, meditate, meditate.
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The more the food is cooked, the more acidic it becmes. With the exception of a very few foods , like rice, potatoes, and other foods that must be cooked to be edible, then there is a fine line between cooked to be alkilin rich, and overly cooked and acidic.
most citrus fruits in moderation are fine when raw. once again, moderation. lemons are alkaline when added to water, but processed foods should be avoided always!
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I think it matters how the food is prepared as to how alkaline it is. Different ways of preparation would naturally alter the chemical state of food. I have the book 3-Season Diet and it talks of preparation being one of the key factors in some foods, like raw potatoes would be acidic, fried potatoes too i think, but I think baked potatoes are alkaline...I could be wrong on the ratios though. Perhaps some foods are borderline and the different preparations are what throws it over the mark in some ways...
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I don't want to be a killjoy but how come natural sugar(presumably you mean fructose) is included as an alkalising food. Surely all sugar is acid forming, which means the sweeter the fruit the more acid(the idea that fructose is sufficiently different from sucrose is wishful thinking). Additionally the more sugar you take in, the greater your insulin fluctuations, which heightens your hunger so you eat more, which is acid forming in itself.
Also, I cannot believe you are suggesting milk is alkalising: there is plenty of protein in milk and all protein is acid forming, surely!
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Just collect a couple of lists and circle the ones that are conflicting and keep your diet to 75% alkaline and 25% acidic. letyourlifebegin.com TJL
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I agree with Jan above - why is there so much contradictory evidence on all the different websites?
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I know what you mean. I am having a fit..potatoe acidic or alkaline, buckwheat. I am really getting sick of it! Go to http://www.ph-ion.com
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why does every site i have been on totally contradict each other? how on earth am i supposed to know who to believe? eg. A grapefruit with no added sugar has just got to be alkaline surely?
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