The Acid Base Diet
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The acid base diet. 5 1 to 6 2 roast turkey. Soy such as miso soy beans tofu and tempeh unsweetened yogurt and milk most fresh vegetables including potatoes most fruits herbs and spices excluding salt mustard and nutmeg beans and lentils some. Some alkalizing or neutral foods and beverages you can incorporate into your diet include. Convenience meals alcohol milk caffeinated drinks processed cereals pizza artificial sweeteners peanuts cheese pasta rice bread wheat products butter cold cuts refined vegetable oils french fries hot.
6 5 to 6 7 freshwater fish. Other good examples of naturally acidic foods that promote alkalinity are grapefruits limes brown rice berries apples pears legumes and peppers just to name a handful. 3 1 to 4 1 ground beef. In the alkaline forming category for.
According to the traditional acid ash hypothesis underlying this diet acid ash is produced by meat poultry cheese fish eggs and grains. Alkaline ash is produced by fruits and vegetables except cranberries prunes and plums. Most fruits and vegetables soybeans and tofu and some nuts seeds and legumes are alkaline promoting foods so they re fair game. Its premise is that your diet can alter the ph value the measurement of acidity or alkalinity of your body.
A score of 0 would represent a neutral load. Meq is a unit of measure used to quantify this load. 5 7 to 6 8 chicken. 6 6 to 6 8 tuna fish.
Fill half your plate at each meal with leafy greens broccoli cauliflower eggplant asparagus celery onions peppers and radishes. Spinach kale and fennel are some of the most alkaline vegetables. Dairy eggs meat most grains and processed foods like canned. The net acid or base load from the diet is the potential renal acid load pral.
The alkaline diet is also known as the acid alkaline diet or alkaline ash diet. 5 2 to 6 1 milk. Basic alkaline cations in food include sodium potassium calcium and magnesium. A whole food plant.
4 5 to 5 2 strawberries. Here are the ph values of some common foods according to oklahoma state. Dozens of guidebooks include extensive lists of alkaline and acid forming foods. Under the alkaline diet some fruits are good for your ph and others aren t.