Showing posts with label Diets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diets. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Be aware of the alkalinity and acidity of our diets

The pH of our normal blood serum is near alkali and around 7.4, which is a right environment to keep our body healthy. Cancer cell love acidic environment and cancer cell pH in the range of 4.0-6.5.

Generally, alkaline food is better than acidic food. Here is a list of diets we may need to know:

Alkaline foods:

Vegetables
· Asparagus
· Artichokes
· Cabbage
· Lettuce
· Onion
· Cauliflower
· Radish
· Swede
· Lambs Lettuce
· Peas
· Courgette
· Red Cabbage
· Leeks
· Watercress
· Spanish
· Turnip
· Chives
· Carrot
· Green beans
· Beetroot
· Garlic
· Celery
· Grasses (wheat, straw, barley, dog, kamut)
· Cucumber
· Broccoli
· Kale
· Brussels

Fruits
· Lemon
· Lime
· Avocado
· Tomato
· Grapefruits
· Watermelon (neutral)

Fats & Oils
· Flax
· Hemp
· Avocado
· Olive
· Evening primrose
· Borage
· Coconut oil
· Oil Blends

Drinks
· “green drinks”
· Fresh vegetable juice
· Pure water (distilled or ionized)
· Lemon water
· Herbal tea
· Vegetable broth
· Non-sweetened soy milk
· Almond milk

Seeds, nuts & grains
· Almonds
· Pumpkin
· Sunflower
· Sesame
· Flax
· Buckwheat groats
· Spelt
· Lentils
· Cumin seeds
· Any sprouted seed

Others
· Sprouts (soy, alfalfa, mung been, wheat, little radish, chickpea, broccoli
· Bragg liquid aminos (soy sauce alternative)
· Hummus
· Tahini

Acid foods

Meats
· Pork
· Lamb
· Beef
· Chicken
· Turkey
· Crustaceans
· Other Seafood (apart from occasional oily such as salmon)

Dairy products
· Milk
· Eggs
· Cheese
· Cream
· Yogurt
· Ice cream

Conventional foods
· Sweets
· Chocolate
· Microwave meals
· Thinned foods
· Powdered soups
· Instant meals
· Fast food

Fruits
· All fruits aside from those listed in the alkaline column

Drinks
· Fizzy drinks
· Coffee
· Tea
· Beers
· Spirits
· Fruit juice
· Dairy smoothies
· Milk
· Traditional tea

Fats and oils
· Saturated fats
· Hydrogenated oils
· Margarine (worse than butter)
· Corn oil
· Vegetable oil
· Sunflower oil

Seeds & Nuts
· Peanuts
· Cashew nuts
· Pistachio nuts