pH (potential of hydrogen) is the measure the of balance between positively and negatively charged ions in the body fluids, blood, urine and saliva. A low pH number below 7 indicates that your body fluid is on the acidic side, above 7 indicates it on the alkaline side, 7 is neutral. You should test your pH levels every 2 days. You can use pH test strips to determine your pH factor quickly and easily. If your urinary pH fluctuates between 6.0 to 6.5 in the morning and between 6.5 and 7.0 in the evening, your body is functioning within a healthy range. If your saliva pH stays between 6.5 and 7.5 all day, your body is functioning in a healthy range. The best time to test pH is one hour before and two hours after a meal. Additionally, you can have a lab test your blood pH. The blood pH is a more accurate indication of your overall system pH and a true indicator of your overall balance. Ideally, your blood pH should be 7.36.
Note that a food’s acid or alkaline-forming tendency in the body has nothing to do with the actual pH of the food itself. For example, lemons are very acidic, however the end-products they produce after digestion and assimilation are very alkaline so lemons are alkaline-forming in the body. Likewise, meat will test alkaline before digestion but it leaves very acidic residue in the body so, like nearly all animal products, meat is very acid-forming.
An acidic pH can occur from, an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and/or immune reactions or any process that deprives the cells of oxygen and other nutrients. The body will try to compensate for acidic pH by using alkaline minerals. If the diet does not contain enough minerals to compensate, a build up of acids in the cells will occur.
An acidic balance will: decrease the body’s ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decrease the energy production in the cells, decrease it’s ability to repair damaged cells, decrease it’s ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumor cells thrive, and make it more susceptible to fatigue and illness. A blood pH of 6.9, which is only slightly acidic, can induce coma and death.
The reason acidosis is more common in our society is mostly due to the typical American diet, which is far too high in acid producing animal products like meat, eggs and dairy, and far too low in alkaline producing foods like fresh vegetables. Additionally, we eat acid producing processed foods like white flour and sugar and drink acid producing beverages like coffee and soft drinks. We use too many drugs, which are acid forming; and we use artificial chemical sweeteners like NutraSweet, Spoonful, Sweet ‘N Low, Equal, or Aspartame, which are poison and extremely acid forming. One of the best things we can do to correct an overly acid body is to clean up the diet and lifestyle.
To maintain health, the diet should consist 80% alkaline forming foods and 20% acid forming foods. Strong resistance against disease.
“Avoid using a microwave, it will kill your food”
drink water 🙂 No processed or canned food!!!
Healthy Alkaline Foods +7.0 and up
– Eat lots of them!
Vegetables
Alfalfa Grass +29.3
Barley Grass +28.1
Cabbage Lettuce, Fresh +14.1
Cayenne Pepper +18.8
Celery +13.3
Chives +8.3
Cucumber, Fresh +31.5
Dandelion +22.7
Dog Grass +22.6
Endive, Fresh +14.5
French Cut Green Beans +11.2
Garlic +13.2
Kamut Grass +27.6
Leeks (Bulbs) +7.2
Shave Grass +21.7
Sorrel +11.5
Soy Sprouts +29.5
Spinach (Other Than March) +13.1
Spinach, March Harvest +8.0
Sprouted Chia Seeds +28.5
Sprouted Radish Seeds +28.4
Straw Grass +21.4
Watercress +7.7
Wheat Grass +33.8
Root Vegetables
Beet +11.3
Horseradish +6.8
Red Radish +16.7
Summer Black Radish +39.4
Turnip +8.0
Fruits ” no canned or seedless fruits”
Avocado (Protein) +15.6
Fresh Lemon +9.9
Limes +8.2
Tomato +13.6
Non-Stored Organic Grains And Legumes
Granulated Soy (Cooked Ground Soy Beans) +12.8
Lima Beans +12.0
Soy Lecithin (Pure) +38.0
Soy Nuts (soaked Soy Beans, Then Air Dried) +26.5
Soybeans, Fresh +12.0
White Beans (Navy Beans) +12.1
Seeds
Wheat Kernel +11.4
ALKALIZING MINERALS
Cesium: pH +14
Potassium: pH +14
Sodium: pH +14
Calcium: pH +12
Magnesium: pH +9
Bonus stuff
Figs 30.0
Apricots 9.5
Raisins 7.0
Raw Almonds and Almond butter
Raw Sesame “Tahini” Butter
It is no surprise that many people have “wheat-allergies”, because wheat is not a natural grain; it is a hybrid product created by science and it is acid-based. Natural Growing Grains are alkaline-based; it is recommended that you consume the following instead of Wheat:
Amaranth
Black Rice
Kamut
Quinoa
Rye
Spelt
Tef
Wild Rice
ALL NATURAL HERBAL TEAS
Allspice
Anise
Chamomile
Cloves
Fennel
Ginger
Lemon grass
Raspberry
SPICES & SEASONINGS
Mild Flavors
Basil
Bay leaf
Cilantro
Dill
Marjoram
Oregano
Savory
Sweet Basil
Tarragon
Thyme
Pungent & Spicy Flavors
Achiote
Cayenne
Cumin
Coriander
Onion Powder
Sage
Salty Flavors
Pure Sea Salt
Powdered Granulated Seaweed
(Kelp/Dulce/Nori – has “sea taste”)
Sweet Flavors
100% Pure Maple Syrup – Grade B recommended
Maple “Sugar” (from dried maple syrup)
Date “Sugar” (from dried dates)
100% Pure Agave Syrup – (from cactus)
Anything below +7.0 aint good acidic poison ( low on oxygen )acid ash in the body.
*Tabbacco all alcohol but a lil acid once and a while balance ya know but need to heal first to get to balance.
Unhealthy Acidic Foods
– Try to avoid them!
Meat, Poultry, And Fish
Beef -34.5
Chicken (to -22) -18.0
Eggs (to -22)
Liver -3.0
Ocean Fish -20.0
Organ Meats -3.0
Oysters -5.0
Pork -38.0
Veal -35.0
Milk And Milk Products (also soy & rice)
Buttermilk +1.3
Cream -3.9
Hard Cheese -18.1
Homogenized Milk -1.0
Quark -17.3
Bread, Biscuits (Stored Grains/Risen Dough)
Rye Bread -2.5
White Biscuit -6.5
White Bread -10.0
Whole-Grain Bread -4.5
Whole-Meal Bread -6.5
Nuts
Cashews -9.3
Peanuts -12.8
Pistachios -16.6
Fats
Butter -3.9
Corn Oil -6.5
Margarine -7.5
Sweets
Artificial Sweeteners -26.5
Barley Malt Syrup -9.3
Beet Sugar -15.1
Brown Rice Syrup -8.7
Chocolate -24.6
Dr. Bronner’s Barley
Dried Sugar Cane Juice -18.0
Fructose -9.5
Honey -7.6
Malt Sweetener -9.8
Milk Sugar -9.4
Molasses -14.6
Turbinado Sugar -9.5
White Sugar -17.6
Condiments
Ketchup -12.4
Mayonnaise -12.5
Mustard -19.2
Soy Sauce -36.2
Vinegar -39.4
Beverages
Beer -26.8
Coffee -25.1
Fruit Juice Sweetened With
Fruit Juice, Packaged, Natural -8.7
Liquor -38.7
Tea (Black) -27.1
White Sugar -33.6
Wine -16.4
Miscellaneous
Canned Foods
Microwaved Foods
Processed Foods
Fruits
(In Season, For Cleansing Only Or With Moderation)
Apricot -9.5
Bananas, Ripe -10.1
Bananas, Unripe +4.8
Black Currant -6.1
Blueberry -5.3
Cantaloupe -2.5
Cherry, Sour +3.5
Cherry, Sweet -3.6
Coconut, Fresh +0.5
Cranberry -7.0
Currant -8.2
Date -4.7
Fig Juice Powder -2.4
Gooseberry, Ripe -7.7
Grape, Ripe -7.6
Grapefruit -1.7
Italian Plum -4.9
Mandarin Orange -11.5
Mango -8.7
Orange -9.2
Papaya -9.4
Peach -9.7
Pear -9.9
Pineapple -12.6
Rasberry -5.1
Red Currant -2.4
Rose Hips -15.5
Strawberry -5.4
Tangerine -8.5
Watermelon -1.0
Yellow Plum -4.9
Non-Stored Grains
Brown Rice -12.5
Wheat -10.1
Nuts
Hazelnuts -2.0
Macadamia Nuts -3.2
Walnuts -8.0
Fish
Fresh Water Fish -11.8
Fats
Coconut Milk -1.5
Sunflower Oil -6.7