Alkaline Acid Chart Food Theory For Healthy Living
If you are already in good health we recommend eating at least 60 alkaline forming foods.
Alkaline acid chart food theory for healthy living. The front of the chart lists foods and shows clearly where they each fall on a scale from extremely alkaline forming through to extremely acid forming. Scroll down for the charts to see which foods have a very low to highly alkalizing vs. The ph of the body controls and affects all the functions of the body. Acidic effect on your body.
The back of the chart has additional information to make it easy for you to improve your body s ph and future health. Alkaline acid chart food theory for healthy living books alkaline acid. As illustrated on the alkaline acid food chart there are a few groups of foods that are always generally considered alkaline low acid foods. Most nuts and seeds.
Fresh fruits and vegetables. Consume 80 alkaline forming and 20 acid forming foods and drinks each day to build a healthy body. Everything taken into the body and all situations including emotional mental or spiritual can affect the body leaving an alkaline or acid residue. Anti inflammatory herbs and spices.
I know it is quite confusing to see such differences in the charts. Start by making gradual changes and you will see a massive difference in a relatively short amount of time. If your diet is largely composed of meats fish cheeses breads cakes white sugar confectioneries pasta white flour foods greasy takeaways chocolate coffee tea wine beer and cigarettes all acid forming you may suffer from acidic complaints. One of the seven principles of eating the alkaline way is to select predominately alkaline foods.
Also download this printable alkaline acid food chart to stick on your fridge. Asparagus alfalfa barley grass beets beet greens broccoli cabbage carrot cauliflower celery chard greens chlorella collard greens cucumber dandelions dulce edible flowers. I noticed changes in my digestion energy and mood within 5 days of eating based of these principles. If your immune system is compromised or reacting to something or your health needs to be restored in any way we suggest an 80 alkalinizing diet to help calm your immune system and support digestion.
Eat 80 alkalizing foods and 20 acidifying foods. Food theory for healthy living. I recommend that you aim to achieve a 70 80 20 30. This amount of conflicting.
A detailed list of alkaline foods the ideal health alkaline diet adhers to the 80 20 rule. So before we start i want to clarify why how we have classified the foods contained within this list. Your diet should consist 80 of alkaline food. For instance alkaline foods may contain higher amounts of potassium calcium magnesium and iron and will leave an alkaline ash while acidic foods may contain higher amounts of sulphur phosphorus and chlorine leave acid ash.