The following table shows how each food affects us in a either an
alkaline or acid way and do varying degrees. By eating a 80% alkaline and
20% acid forming diet we can cleanse past impurities as well as choosing
healthy eating for the future. The way to a disease-free body is to stay
within this 80-20 rule. Remember, as with all things, moderation is key.
Do not be concerned with eating perfectly but remember to eat for health by
choosing most of your foods from the alkaline side to the left. Lastly,
since the degrees vary, you will want to keep in mind that it is always best
to aid your balancing with products like Sea Silver?, Coral Calcium, Green
Barley, Colloidal Minerals, Chlorophyll and other alkalizing whole foods and
minerals.
most
alkaline |
alkaline |
lowest alkaline |
food category |
lowest acid |
acid |
most acid |
|
Stevia |
maple syrup, rice syrup |
raw honey, raw sugar |
sweeteners |
processed honey, molasses |
white sugar, brown sugar |
Nutrasweet, equal, sweet 'n' low |
|
lemons, watermelon, limes, grapefruit, mangoes, papayas |
dates, figs, melons, grapes, kiwi, berries, apples, pears, raisins |
oranges, bananas, cherries, pineapple, peaches |
fruits |
plums, processed fruit juices |
sour cherries, rhubarb |
blueberries, cranberries, prunes |
|
asparagus, onions, vegetable juices, parsley, raw spinach, broccoli,
garlic |
okra, squash, green beans, beets, celery, lettuce, zucchini, sweet
potato |
carrots, tomatoes, fresh corn, mushrooms, cabbage, peas, potato skins,
olives |
beans
vegetables
legumes |
cooked spinach, kidney beans, string beans |
potatoes, pinto beans, navy beans, lima beans, soybeans |
carob |
|
- |
almonds |
chestnuts |
nuts/seeds |
pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds |
pecans, cashews |
peanuts, walnuts |
|
- |
olive oil |
canola oil |
oils |
corn oil, flax oil |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
amaranth, millet, wild rice, quinoa |
grains, cereals |
sprouted wheat bread, spelt, brown rice |
white rice, corn, buckwheat, oats, rye |
wheat, white flour, pastries, pasta |
|
- |
- |
- |
meats |
venison, cold water fish |
turkey, chicken, lamb |
pork, beef, shellfish |
|
- |
breast milk |
goat milk, goat cheese, whey |
eggs, dairy |
eggs, butter, yogurt, buttermilk, cottage cheese, soy milk |
soy cheese, raw milk |
cheese, homogenized milk, ice cream |
| lemon water, herb teas |
green tea |
ginger tea |
beverages |
tea |
coffee |
beer, soft drinks |
Please allow me to make a suggestion that has worked for our
family. First print this out. Then put a star or dot next to those
items you like and would commit to eating more of. Do this also on the
low acid foods as well. For our family we choose chicken and turkey as
something to eat small amounts of when we were going to eat animal products
as well as eggs. This is what we would do regardless but it is good to see
it in front of you for your choices. Then circle the things you want
to stay away from and cross out the things you have decided NOT to eat or
you don't like. Take this shopping with you and also build your
meal planning and snacks around this. It will take the confusion out
of the whole thing.
Here is an example: For supper one night we chose broccoli, onions,
garlic and potatoes WITH skins, which makes them alkaline, and saut?d these
in a little olive oil then used one egg per person and made omelet's.
This way we chose all alkaline forming foods and one low level acidic food.
I think we added a little cheese as well on top. Now this is something
anyone can do by looking at this list very easily. You can see by
staying far to the left you can then add small amounts of acid foods rather
than the whole meal revolving around the beef.
Drinking green tea throughout the day is delicious and nutritious AND
alkalizing. Lemon water is a great way also to alkalize AND
drink water.
This is a new page and we will be adding recipes and ideas from our
family and others like yourself trying to be creative. Remember that
adding a salad puts alkalinity right into your start of the meal.
Adding a few leaves of spinach will throw it into a higher category.
We will be adding more foods here as well as the questions WILL come, I'm
sure.
These references are from Acid and Alkaline by Herman Aihara
and
Alkalize or Die
by Theodore A. Baroody, Ph.D., N.D. |
