Diet

[SSben]

By following the 80/20 rule, (80% of your food chosen from alkaline- forming group, 20% from acid-forming group) and avoiding STRESS you can create a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle and change your pH. It may not be easy, of course, because many people are physically addicted to a diet consisting of acidic food, and this is where Ionized alkaline water is such a boon.

It’s important to understand that a food may be acid, but after it is burnt up by the body, the remaining minerals will be alkaline. The foods listed below relate to their potential to form alkaline or acid residual minerals in the body.



ALKALIZING FOODS


VEGETABLES


Garlic

Asparagus

Fermented Veggies

Watercress

Beets

Broccoli

Brussel sprouts

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower

Celery

Chard

Chlorella

Collard Greens

Cucumber

Eggplant

Kale

Kohlrabi

Lettuce

Mushrooms

Mustard Greens

Dulce

Dandelions

Edible Flowers

Onions

Parsnips (high glycemic)

Peas

Peppers

Pumpkin

Rutabaga

Sea Veggies

Spirulina

Sprouts

Squashes

Alfalfa

Barley Grass

Wheat Grass

Wild Greens

Nightshade Veggies


FRUITS


Apple

Apricot

Avocado

Banana (high glycemic)

Cantaloupe

Cherries

Currants

Dates/Figs

Grapes

Grapefruit

Lime

Honeydew Melon

Nectarine

Orange

Lemon

Peach

Pear

Pineapple

All Berries

Tangerine

Tomato

Tropical Fruits

Watermelon


PROTEIN


Eggs

Whey Protein Powder

Cottage Cheese

Chicken Breast

Yogurt

Almonds

Chestnuts

Tofu (fermented)

Flax Seeds

Pumpkin Seeds

Tempeh (fermented)

Squash Seeds

Sunflower Seeds

Millet

Sprouted Seeds

Nuts

OTHER


Apple Cider Vinegar

Bee Pollen

Lecithin Granules

Probiotic Cultures

Green Juices

Veggies Juices

Fresh Fruit Juice

Organic Milk

(unpasteurized)

Mineral Water

Alkaline Antioxidant Water

Green Tea

Herbal Tea

Dandelion Tea

Ginseng Tea

Banchi Tea

Kombucha


SWEETENERS


Stevia

Xylitol

SPICES/SEASONINGS


Cinnamon

Curry

Ginger

Mustard

Chili Pepper

Sea Salt

Miso

Tamari

All Herbs


ORIENTAL VEGETABLES


Maitake

Daikon

Dandelion Root

****ake

Kombu

Reishi

Nori

Umeboshi

Wakame

Sea Veggies

 

[semag]

and the benefit of changing your pH (doubt that's really possible) is??

 

[Warboss Alex]

My pH is perfectly happy the way it is, thank you very much.

 

[AbAbber2k]

More rediculous hippy bullsh1t.
JK. Not really sure what the point of this post is. Most of those foods (or many of them) should be regular parts of anyone's diet anyway, especially if they're into fitness/bodybuilding/just eating healthy. Your pH is something your body maintains through homeostasis and it's incredibly hard to change it (a significant change over a short period of time will actually kill you). Most things you do that would normally change your pH are counteracted by your body anyway though.

 

[snintel]

Yeah, try and raise your pH. I dare you. Your enzymes will denature and you'll probably die.

 

[whistler]

Blood pH is maintained within a small range (like 7-7.5 or something). Long-term adjustments are handled by the kidneys. If you eat lots of alkaline food, your kidneys will just be busy shedding it through your urine. Your blood pH won't change much but your pee will be nice and alkaline . mm mm good.

It's like thinking that eating fat will make you fat, and eliminating all fat will mean you'll stop getting fat. It's just ill-informed.

Thank god the body has built in maintenance systems... with all of our dietary "theories" we'd probably all be dead by now.

 

[thefonz]

I'm no doctor...yet, but I do know that your ph level should be 7 even and going too much either way is VERY unhealthy....Kick the guy who told you ph levels should be around 10-12 following that 80/20 rule