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Acid – Alkaline Forming Foods
When they measure how many calories a hamburger has in it, they burn it in an oven. What's left is energy and the ashes.
Similarly, when we eat, foods are broken down, or "burnt", to get the energy we require. Along with the energy, foods leave ashes. Depending on what you ate, the ash will be alkaline or acidic.
Our bodies by nature are 3/4 alkaline, and that is exactly how much alkaline food we need to maintain the balance, 75% to 80% of everything we eat.
Also, note, we're not talking about acidic and alkaline properties of the foods. We're talking about alkaline- and acid- forming properties. For example, lemons are an acidic food, but they are alkaline-forming.
When you consume mostly acidic foods, your body - blood and other fluids, including saliva - tries to restore the alkaline/acidic balance. To achieve the balance, the system uses essential minerals already stored in your body - potassium, sodium, magnesium, and calcium. By doing so, your mineral reserves are eventually depleted if your diet continues to be acidic.
When the reserves are depleted and the body can no longer fight the acidity formed by foods, it stores the by-products in your fat tissue so it may get rid of the acid later. Do you know someone who's been skinny all their life and then suddenly, they're in their 30's-40's and not so thin anymore? Gaining weight is not a normal process that "comes with aging", but rather it's an accumulation of all the by-products that your body was never able to get rid of. Now it's all accumulated in fat tissue.
Fat is a secure storage for the by-products. They're sitting there, waiting for you to give your body a break, so they may be released. If losing weight is your objective, start by cleaning your system and keep it clean.
Besides weight gain, acidity is the cause of majority of degenerative diseases including (but not limited to) cancer, arthritis, ... If your objective is a long and healthy life, clean your system and keep it that way.
Below is a reference table. Ideally, you should try eating 75-80% foods from the left column.
Juice + is a great way
to maintain a healthy balance.
Alkaline-Forming |
Acid-Forming |
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VEGETABLES FRUITS |
Raspberries ALKALIZING
PROTEIN |
VEGETABLES FRUITS GRAINS,
GRAIN PRODUCTS ACIDIFYING
BEANS & LEGUMES ACIDIFYING
DAIRY ACIDIFYING
DRUGS & CHEMICALS |
ACIDIFYING
NUTS & BUTTERS ACIDIFYING
ANIMAL PROTEIN ACIDIFYING
FATS & OILS |
