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Trying to go alkaline?

It’s easier when you know which foods help your get to and stay in an alkaline state. A general rule of thumb is that you can eat these foods without worrying about any acidic effect they’ll have, although some are more alkaline than others.

IT ISN’T NECESSARY TO EAT ONLY ALKALINE FOODS IN ORDER TO GET BODY’S PH LEVELS TO BE ALKALINE, AND A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF FOODS CAN BE ACIDIC, BUT IT’S BEST IF THEY’RE NATURAL, WHOLE FOODS LIKE FRUITS.

Almonds

Almonds consistently rank on the list of healthiest foods to eat, so it’s no wonder that they’re also an alkaline food.

MOST NUTS AND SEEDS ARE CONSIDERED ACID UNLESS THEY’RE SPROUTED; HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE NEUTRAL OR JUST SLIGHTLY ALKALINE SUCH AS ALMOND

— Raw Foods Diet Center

Top stats (per 100g):
Calcium – 27%
Iron – 25%
Protein – 44%

Amaranth

This is a grain that not many people are familiar with, but that makes a great addition to any alkaline-focused diet plan.

TODAY AMARANTH IS VALUED WORLDWIDE. THE UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION HAS FOSTERED AMARANTH’S USE SINCE 1967 BECAUSE WHEREVER IT IS CONSUMED THERE IS NO MALNUTRITION. AMARANTH HAS MORE PROTEIN THAN WHEAT AND HIGHER IN THE AMINO ACID LYSINE THAN OTHER GRAIN SOURCES OF PROTEIN.

BOTANISTS NOTE THAT AMARANTH BELONGS TO A REMARKABLE GROUP OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC SUPER PERFORMERS CALLED THE C4 GROUP, MEANING IT IS SUPER EFFICIENT IN CONVERTING SOIL, SUNLIGHT, AND WATER INTO PLANT TISSUE.

— Eden Foods

Artichoke

Top stats (per 100g):
Calcium – 16%
Iron – 42%

Protein – 14g

Artichokes are often seen on top of salads, or used in a dip, but there are a number of reasons why you can bring them to the forefront of your diet.

ARTICHOKES HAVE THE HIGHEST ANTIOXIDANT LEVELS OUT OF ALL VEGETABLES, ACCORDING TO A STUDY DONE BY THE USDA, AND OUT OF 1,000 PLANTS DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOODS, THEY RANKED #7 IN ANTIOXIDANT CONTENT. ANTIOXIDANTS ARE ONE OF THE PRIMARY MEANS OF DEFENSE FOR THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF FREE RADICALS, NATURAL BYPRODUCTS OF CELL METABOLISM THAT CAN LEAD TO A NUMBER OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND DISEASES IN THE BODY, INCLUDING CANCER AND HEART DISEASE, AMONG OTHERS.

— Organic Facts

Top stats (per 100g):
Vitamin C – 20%
Vitamin K – 12%
Folates – 17%

Arugula

Here’s a leafy green that’s worth getting to know. Arugula is often used as part of a detox diet plan, and the fact that it’s an alkaline food is a big part of that.

ARUGULA ALSO PROVIDES HIGH LEVELS OF PROTEIN, THIAMIN, RIBOFLAVIN, VITAMIN B6, ZINC, COPPER, AND PANTOTHENIC ACID (VITAMIN B5) FOR RAISING GOOD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND LOWERING THE BAD. ITS FLAVONOID CONTENT HAS MULTIPLE BENEFITS: TO PREVENT CHOLESTEROL FROM STICKING TO ARTERIES, LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, INCREASE BLOOD FLOW, LOWER INFLAMMATION, AND IMPROVE BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION.

— Dr. Mercola

Top stats (per 100g):
Calcium – 16%
Vitamin A – 47%
Iron – 8%

Asparagus

Asparagus has an alkaline effect on the body, and it just so happens that it’s one of the strongest foods you can eat in terms of alkalinity.

EACH FOOD IS RANKED ACCORDING TO HOW ALKALINE IT IS, AND ASPARAGUS IS ONE OF THE “BIG DOGS”. BUT IT BRINGS A LOT MORE THAN THAT TO THE TABLE, INCLUDING ANTIOXIDANTS, NUTRIENTS, AND PLENTY OF DETOXIFYING QUALITIES. IT’S EVEN BEEN NOTED THAT ASPARAGUS HAS ANTI-AGING BENEFITS, WHICH IS ENOUGH FOR MOST PEOPLE TO START ADDING MORE OF IT TO THEIR MENU.

— Bembu

Top stats (per 100g):
Vitamin A – 15%
Vitamin C – 9%
Iron – 12%

Avocado & Avocado Oil

It’s no surprise that avocado is on our list of alkaline foods. It’s managed to make it onto our list of superfoods as well, so you know it’s packing a nutritional punch.

AVOCADOS ARE HIGH IN POTASSIUM AS WELL AS HEALTHY FAT, SO IN ADDITION TO HELPING YOU BE MORE ALKALINE, YOU’RE GETTING OTHER PERKS AS WELL. YOU CAN ALSO USE AVOCADO OIL IN FAVOR OF OTHER OILS THAT DON’T PROVIDE ANY ALKALINE BENEFIT, OR WORSE ARE ACID-FORMING IN THE BODY.

Top stats (per 100g):
Vitamin C – 17%
Vitamin A – 3%
Fiber – 27%

Basil

You might not have thought that the herbs and spices you use on your food have an effect on how alkaline or acidic your pH levels are.

BUT AS IT TURNS OUT THERE ARE GOOD SPICES AND BAD SPICES. BASIL HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT HELPS KEEP YOU ALKALINE, AND IT ALSO HAS PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS GOING FOR IT, SUCH AS THE FLAVONOIDS IT CONTAINS. THESE HELP THE BODY TO HEAL AND BASIL IN GENERAL CAN HELP WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BODY.

Top stats (per 100g):
Vitamin A – 175%
Vitamin K – 345%
Calcium – 18%

Beetroot

Beetroot gets more attention now than ever before, and it’s one of the foods out there that will act to help raise your pH levels.

THE REASON IT’S AN IMPORTANT VEGETABLE TO INCLUDE IN YOUR ARSENAL IS BECAUSE IT’S ONE OF THE ONLY SOURCES OF THE PHYTONUTRIENT BETALAIN WHICH MAY HAVE ANTI-CANCER PROPERTIES. ADD THESE AS A SIDE, OR USE THEM AS A SALAD TOPPER. BE SURE TO BUY THIS ONE FRESH AND STEAM IT, AS THE PICKLED VARIETY HAS REDUCED NUTRITIONAL VALUE.

Top stats (per 100g):
Vitamin C – 8%
Vitamin K – 11%
Folate – 75%

Broccoli

This is a quintessential healthy food and it’s easy to understand that it’s an alkaline food.

BROCCOLI IS ONE OF THOSE VEGETABLES THAT HAS SO MUCH GOING ON YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO MAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO GET MORE OF IT INTO YOUR SYSTEM. SOME PEOPLE EAT BROCCOLI EVERY DAY AS A WAY TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH AND MAKE SURE THEY’RE ON THE ALKALINE SIDE. YOU AT LEAST WANT TO EAT IT MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK, WITH 3 OR 4 TIMES BEING A GOOD RULE OF THUMB.

Top stats (per 100g):
Vitamin C – 135%
Vitamin A – 11%
Calcium – 4%

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We risk to suffer from serious diseases and even death, if we fail to maintain balanced pH levels in our body, since it is an essential homeostatic function. Too low or too high pH levels lead to diseases and in some cases, death. In most cases, people are in an acidic state- when their blood pH is below 7.35. This acidic state allows cancer to thrive in the body.

Increased metabolism of glucose and poor perfusion can lead to acidic external pH of a solid tumor.Namely, we to maintain normal acid-base balance in our body in order to remain in a state of health or homeostasis, and the blood needs to stay in a pH range between 7.35-7.45 in order to remain in homeostasis.

One of the prevention measure to reduce the rate of cancer is to keep normal acid-base balance-homeostasis, as it enables the body to defend itself against cancer and other diseases.

It is very important to establish your pH level in the body. In this case, you need to buy a testing kit from your local pharmacy or local health food store. These usually come in rolls and consists small set of pH balance test strips.

The one test strip is by testing your saliva and the other is your urine.

When testing your saliva, make sure you have not eaten or had drink within two hours. Wash your mouth with your own saliva, and then swallow. Make sure you keep your saliva in your mouth and then place the strip on your tongue. Afterwards, compare the results against to the color chart that goes along with your strips and establish your pH.

In case the saliva pH is too high (over 6.8), it indicates that body suffers from excess gas, constipation and production of yeast, mold and fungus. If the saliva pH is too low (below 6.5), it indicates that the body eliminated them through the urine.

On the other hand, the best time do to the urine test is in the morning after you get up. You simply just need to urinate on the strip and compare it the results with the guide on the kit. You need to pay more attention to the lower acid levels. When the average urine pH is below 6.5, it indicates on an overwhelmed buffered system and body’s fluids are too acid.

Correcting your pH

Your pH levels are influenced by various factors. More importantly, what you put into your body affects the creation of the pH level.

Unhealthy diet, a diet too high in fatty foods, contributes for our body chemistry to become too acidic which increases the risk of illness, including cancer.

The bet way to balance your pH level is to eat as clean as possible, which means to restrict yourself from processed food. Instead, consume organic foods which can reduce the number of chemicals that enter your body.

Namely, the acidic state of your body is referred to as its pH balance. It is similar to the one of a swimming pool, and if the water is with a high pH balance, it indicates that it become too alkaline and has similar effects on the human body. On the other hand, if the pH balance of a pool is low, it indicates that the water became too acidic and leads to dry itchy skin and sore, burning eyes and nose.
Proper diet is essential to restore your body’s pH to homeostasis. Therefore, it is of great importance to distinguish what foods are alkaline and what are acid.

Raw vegetables are alkaline and meats are acidic, but this does not mean that you need to completely eliminate meat and eat only raw vegetables. Instead, you simply need to consume greater portions of vegetables than meat.

Dr. Lindsey is an author of a number of books and articles, and has earned a doctorate degree in education specializing in instructional technology and adult education. He has also served in different roles as a paramedic, firefighter and educator and served in different leadership positions in the Fire Chief rank.

In 2007, his wife was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, and after numerous chemotherapy treatments, his education of acid-base balance and living in homeostasis helped him to clarify the situation of the western culture failure.

Namely, in order to protect from diseases, the body requires maintenance of normal acid-base balance. Struggling to save his wife’s life, Dr. Lindsey changed his lifestyle entirely. Unfortunately, his wife died 4 years after she was diagnosed with cancer for still living in a western culture has shown as too much for the 6 months of a holistic lifestyle.

After her death, Dr. Lindsey has dedicated himself to the homeopathic and naturopathic aspects of medicine, in order to educate others how to prevent themselves from the same devastation he encountered with his wife’s battle with cancer.

He now lives in the Tampa Bay (FL) area and continues his education in the fire and EMS industry.

Moreover, he is PhD at the Global of Natural Medicine and completed his Master Herbal and Nutritional Consultant certifications.

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