The Alkaline body is a term that referrs to when the internal environment of your body is maintained at a pH range between 7.35 – 7.55, which is alkaline. For necessary cell reactions and functions to occur, our body must maintain this appropriate pH. While your body can regulate pH, there is a limit to how much it can neutralize. Excess acids can accumulate from one or more of the following conditions:

1. Acid – forming diet.
2. Distress.
3. Toxins (or their metabolites) that are acidic.
4. Immune system.

The Alkaline Way is a program based on foods that are predominantly alkaline forming. This directly neutralizes excess metabolic acids and makes it possible to maintain sustained health and immune competence.

Over time, eating The Alkaline Way can help restore your pH, digestive and immune system competence.

Going The Alkaline Way means to:

• Choose fresh, whole foods with certified organic and biodynamic being the best choices.
• Eat a wide variety of foods. Many Americans eat a limited variety of foods. A wider choice of foods is more interesting and helps to stimulate recovery. Rotation of foods may be advised, especially to help relieve a weakened digestive system.
• Drink lots of pure water. This will rapidly excrete soluble wastes rather than allowing them to accumulate in your body.
• Build your alkaline mineral reserves. This enhances energy production, efficiency of protein production, and tissue repair.

Most alkaline forming foods are fruits and vegetables; and most acid forming foods are meats, soft drinks, breads, pastries, and sugar.

I have listed below a list of alkaline and acid forming foods. How to use this list? Pretty simple:

1. Highlight with a yellow marker the foods you like to eat.
2. Buy (and consume) more of the highlighted foods in the extreme and moderately alkaline forming foods section; and buy less (or eliminate if you can) the highlighted foods from the extremely and moderately acid forming foods.
3. Buy pH-strips at your local health food store. Make sure you buy the ones that can test your salivary pH (because your urine pH is always acidic). Measure your pH by putting the strip under your tongue. You most likely will get a reading below 7.35, which means you are acidic. Continue to use these pH-strips to monitor your progression in your quest to obtain and maintain a healthy pH.

Is that easy enough?

This should bring your acid pH back to normal range. Continue to check your pH with your pH strips! You are doing it for your fish and your pool; I’m sure you can do it for yourself too! If the pH doesn’t normalize, you need to increase your intake of alkaline forming foods and reduce your intake of acid forming foods MORE! Good luck! You will feel so much healthier (less fatigued, more energy), so much faster! If that doesn’t do the job, or you just don’t like to eat tons of fruits and vegetables, you will need to add effective supplements to balance your pH (great supplements containing grasses and greens).

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The List:

Extremely Alkaline Forming Foods include lemons, watermelon, cayenne, dried dates, kelp, lime, mango, papaya, sweet grapes, kiwi, sweet pears, pineapple, raisins, umeboshi plum, and vegetable juices.

Moderately Alkaline Forming Foods include apples, apricots, alfalfa sprouts, ripe bananas, carrots, celery, garlic, grapefruit, peaches, peas, pumpkin, spinach, lettuce, ginger, oranges, potatoes and skin, raspberry, strawberry, squash, sweet corn, turnip, apple cider vinegar.

Slightly Alkaline Forming to Neutral Foods include almonds, artichokes, Brussel sprouts, cherries, coconut, raw honey, leeks, miso, mushroom, ripe olives, onions, pickles, radish, sweet tomatoes, horseradish, spices, sea salt, olive oil, rhubarb, soy beans, sesame seeds, tofu.

Extremely Acid Forming Foods include artificial sweeteners, beef, soft drinks & fizzy drinks, cigarettes, drugs, white & wheat flour, goat, lamb, pastries & cakes from white flour, pork, sugar , beer, chicken, chocolate, coffee,  jams and jellies, pasta (white), black tea, turkey, wheat bread, white rice, white vinegar (processed).

Moderately Acid Forming Foods include tobacco,   fish, fruit juices, maple syrup, pickles (commercial), breads (refined) of corn, oats, rice & rye, cereals (refined) and corn flakes, whole wheat foods, wine, Yogurt (sweetened), cheeses (sharp),  egg whole (cooked hard), ketchup, mayonnaise, oats, peanuts, popcorn, rice etc.

Slightly Acid to Neutral Forming Foods include barley, bran, cashews, cranberries, fructose, lentils, macadamias, milk (homogenized) and most processed dairy products, nutmeg, mustard, pistachios, rye (grain), rye bread (organic sprouted), seeds (pumpkin & sunflower), walnuts, blueberries,  butter, dried beans (mung, adzuki, pinto, kidney, garbanzo), egg whites, olives (pickled), pecans, plums, prunes, oils (except olive).

Yours in Optimal Health,

Dr. Mike

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