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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Suggested food combination... vegetables with carbohydrates, meats with vegetables instead of carbohydrates.. why?

Most vegetables or almost all vegetables are alkaline in nature...
Most fruits or almost all fruits are alkaline in nature...
Most carbohydrates and sugars are acidic in nature...
Meats, white or red are all acidic in nature...

Thus for best food combination, just search out the foods that can come along into neutralizing acidity with alkaline foods and it pays to check what foods are acidic and which are alkaline...

Too acidic blood nature will cause a lot of health problems... A very obvious acidic nature called acidosis which is one of the major reason for most ailments.

Acidic Foods

  • Corn
  • Meat
  • Beans
  • Fish
  • Fowl
  • Most grains
  • Coffee
  • Plums
  • Prunes
  • Cranberries
  • Distilled water

Very Acidic Foods and Supplements Include

  • Eggs
  • Liver and other organ meats
  • Gravy
  • Broth made from bones or other animal parts
  • Wine
  • Yogurt with active cultures
  • Buttermilk, including buttermilk pancakes and biscuits
  • Sour cream
  • Most fermented foods and aged cheeses
  • Some B vitamin supplements (or foods supplemented with B vitamins) can make your stomach more acid
  • Hydrochloric acid supplements
  • Digestive enzymes

Alkaline Foods

  • Most fruits, except as noted above
  • Most vegetables, except as noted above

Very Alkaline Foods Include

  • Bananas
  • Chocolate
  • Figs
  • Mineral water
  • Orange juice
  • Potatoes
  • Spinach
  • Watermelon
  • Dandelion Greens

Please note that some foods, such as citrus fruits, have an acid pH before they are consumed and but they usually leave an alkaline residue in the body after they have been metabolized.