Acid Alkaline Foods
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Hello-
Today I wanted to share some information with you about acid alkaline foods. Do you remember back in high school chemistry when you learned about acids and bases? Well alkaline is another name for bases.
Healthy people are slightly alkaline. Sick and unhealthy people are linked to acidic body environments. Healthy cells naturally have a slightly alkaline pH level, and since acid and alkaline are chemical opposites, high acid levels destroy cells. The goals is to have an alkaline pH level. Balancing your blood’s pH can have an amazing transformation toward good health.
You want to try and balance your acid/alkaline foods for a 75% alkaline to 25% acid ratio. Alkaline foods build and tone organs, nerves and glands, keeping us calm and reflective (examples are sweet and sour fruit, green vegetables, milk, yogurt and lemons).
Green leafy vegetables are a great example of alkaline foods. Leafy vegetables are the best for your health.
Stimulants like tobacco, coffee, tea, alcohol, soft drinks and drugs are extremely acidifying and should be avoided or minimized as much as possible. Additionally, we eat acid producing processed foods like white flour and sugar. Artificial chemical sweeteners like NutraSweet, Sweet ‘N Low, Equal, or Aspartame, are also extremely acid forming. When you cut back on these acid producing foods and substitute alkaline foods your body will feel better.
Calcium is one of the minerals used to “buffer” the acids and eliminate them from the body. This explains why if your body is too acidic, it will get calcium from your bones which is detrimental to your health. Foods high in calcium are yogurt, low fat milk, tofu, cabbage and some cottage cheeses.
Eating more of the most highly alkaline foods and less of the most acid foods can make a huge difference in your overall alkaline reserves. Calcium, magnesium and potassium are the most important alkaline minerals. Eat less “junk food which is acid on the body” and eat more “healthy alkaline food which is alkaline on the body”.
-Adam
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