Acid and alkaline forming foods

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Acid & alkaline forming foods

Science has divided foods, like chemicals, into two classes: Alkaline forming and Acid forming foods.

Your diet should have 80% alkaline forming foods

If you eat over 80% alkaline foods, you preserve the normal alkalinity of the blood and will not need to think about diets. Your body will stay in balance and will adjust to its ideal weight. Acid forming foods need not be excluded entirely - but use them sensibly and in the correct balance, so they will supply the greatest good.

Other alkaline forming facts

Rest and sleep are alkalinisers. So are exercise, fresh air, pleasure, laughter, good conversation, enjoyment - especially love!

Acid forming facts

Acidifiers are worry, fear, anger, hatred, envy, selfishness and greed, so try to cleanse these out of your system as well.

ALKALINE FORMING FOODS (around 80% of your diet)

FRUIT
Apples	Apricots	Avocados	Ripe Bananas	All Berries
Cantaloupe	Cherries	Currants	Dates	All Melons
Grapes	Mangoes	Raisins	Peaches	Pears
Papaya	Figs	Olives (fresh)	Lemons	Grapefruit

 

Citrus Fruit: These are acidic, yet because of their high calcium content, they produce an alkaline effect during digestion. However, some people experience citrus fruit as acid and others as alkaline.

VEGETABLES - alkaline forming

VEGETABLES
Alfalfa	Aubergine	Green beans	Lima beans	Sprouted beans
Beets	Broccoli	Cabbage	Carrots	Celery
Cauliflower	Chard	Chicory	Chives	Cowslip
Cucumber	Dandelion Leaf	Dill	Dulse	Endive
Seaweed	Mushrooms	Lettuce	Kale	Parsnip
Potato	Peppers	Pumpkin	Radish	Swede
Sorrel	Spinach	Soybeans	Squash	Asparagus

*Asparagus can be experienced as acid by some people.

Dairy products - alkaline forming

 

DAIRY PRODUCTS
Acidophilus yoghurt	Buttermilk	Milk (raw)	Goats milk yoghurt	Whey

 

MEAT

None

 

CEREALS & GRAINS
Millet	Fresh corn (for 24 hr after picking)

 

MISCELLANEOUS
Agar	Coffee substitutes	Root ginger
Honey	Kelp	Molasses

 

NUTS
Almonds	Fresh coconut

 

 ACID FORMING FOODS (around 20% of your diet)

 

FRUIT
Citrus fruit	Green bananas	Cranberry
Plums	Prunes	Olives
All preserves	Pickles & jellies	Candied, sugared or glazed fruit

 

VEGETABLES
Dried beans	Brussel sprouts	Chickpeas	Lentils
Onions	Peanuts	Rhubarb	Tomatoes

 

DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter	All cheese	Cottage cheese	Cream	Icecream	Custard	All milk (in any form - boiled, dried, pasteurised or canned)

 

MEAT
All meat	Chicken	Fish	Shellfish	Gelatine	Gravies

 

CEREALS & GRAINS
All flour	Buckwheat	Barley	Bread	Cakes
All biscuits	Cornflakes	Crackers	Corn	Cornmeal
Dumplings	Noodles	Pasta	Oatmeal	Doughnuts
Pies	Pastries	Rice	Rhyvita

 

NUTS
All Nuts, especially if roasted (except almonds)	Dried coconut

 

MISCELLANEOUS
All Alcohol	Candy	Cocoa	Chocolate	Coca-cola
Coffee	Preservatives	Condiments	Sauces	Vinegar
Ginger	Aspirin	Drugs	Flavourings	Marmalade
Soda water	Cornflour	Tobacco	Dressings	Eggs (especially whites)

 

Overwork	Worry	Tension	Anger	Jealousy
Resentment	Lack of sleep

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FOR ACIDITY

Mix lemon juice with 1 tsp cider vinegar. Add water & honey and drink. ________________________________________________________________________________

NEUTRAL

All cold pressed oils such as: Olive, Flax, Cotton Seed, Corn, Soy, Sesame etc.

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