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Consume more alkaline forming foods!

Human body requires a blood pH value between 7.35 and 7.45 (slightly alkaline) in order to function properly. Zero is the most acidic a solution can be, and 14 is the most alkaline. 

The pH of food before you eat it does not always determine the pH effect it will have on your body after you digest it. For example, lemons are highly acidic fruits on their own. But lemons actually raise pH levels after digestion, which means that they help bring your blood pH back into balance, and are therefore considered an alkaline food.

The point is not to completely eliminate acid-forming foods; rather it is about BALANCE. To maintain balance, about 60 to 80% of your diet should be alkaline foods.

The key alkaline-forming and acid-forming foods my family consumes are as follows.


Highly Alkaline Forming Foods

sea salt, pumpkin seed, lentils, onion, sweet potato, lime, lemons, nectarine, watermelon, tangerine.
Moderately Alkaline Forming Foods

Apricots, spices, pepper, ginger root, broccoli, cantaloupe, honeydew, citrus, olive, carrots, and mango.
Low Alkaline Forming Foods

Most herbs, green tea, almonds, potato, bell pepper, cauliflower, cabbage, eggplant, pumpkin,pear, peach, and papaya.
Very Low Alkaline Forming Foods

oats, grain coffee, quinoa,most seeds, olive oil, cilantro, okra, cucumber, squashes, lettuces, orange, banana, and strawberry.
Very Low Acid Forming Foods

Curry, honey, cream,  brown rice, canola oil, spinach, fava beans, black-eyed peas, string beans,  zucchini, 
Low Acid Forming Foods

cow milk,  wheat, white rice, pinto beans, white beans, navy beans, red beans, and tomatoes.
Moderately Acid Forming Foods

coffee, soy milk, pork,  green peas, peanuts, snow peas, other legumes, garbanzo beans, 
Highly Acid Forming Foods

 table salt (NaCl), beer, sugar, processed cheese, ice cream, walnuts,  and soft drinks, especially the cola type.  To neutralize a glass of cola with a pH of 2.5, it would take 32 glasses of alkaline water with a pH of 10.

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