Acid & Alkaline Forming Foods

We discussed the importance of keeping our bodies in a neutral or alkaline pH in an earlier post. The reason acidosis (the body staying in an acid state) is more common in Americans is mostly due to the typical American diet, which is far too high in acid producing animal products like meat, eggs & dairy, and far too low in alkaline producing foods like fresh vegetables. Our diets are also very rich in acid producing processed foods like white flour & sugar, and we drink many acid producing beverages like coffee, tea or soft drinks. Americans use too many drugs, which are acid forming; and we use artificial sweeteners which are poison and extremely acid forming. One of the best things we can due to correct an overly acid body is clean up our diets. The diet should be a minimum of 60% alkaline forming foods, but to restore health it should be 80%. An easy rule of thumb is alkaline forming foods include: most fruits, green vegetables, peas, green beans, lentils, spices, herbs, seeds & nuts. Generally, acid forming foods include: meat, fish, poultry, eggs, grains & legumes. The few acidifying fruits & vegetables are as follows: corn, lentils, olives, winter squash, blueberries, cranberries, currants, plums & prunes. Although it might seem that citrus fruits would have an acidifying effect on the body, the citric acid they contain actually has an alkalizing effect in the system. The pH of the actual food has nothing to do with the acid or alkalizing effects it has on the body. Lemons & watermelon are the most alkalizing fruits available. Mineral water that is made with coral calcium is very alkalizing, go to www.xoomaworldwide.com/FORHEALTH & watch the TV presentations. This is one of the highest alkalizing drinks available, not to mention the readily available calcium which is stolen from our bodies every time we drink an acid drink.